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Rock Around the Clock

**Rock Around the Clock** was the name given to a marathon BBC2 musical entertainment show, broadcast annually between 1983 and 1987. It featured live music, documentaries, video votes, various guests and competitions. It was presented by Mark Ellen joined by others co-presenters in various locations.

## Links to Janice

Janice Long featured in the 1986 of the show broadcast beginning early evening on Saturday 20 September and ending in the early hours of Sunday 21 September.

Janice's name is not listed among the individual programmes in the Radio Times, although an archive clip shows her interviewing Morgan Khan and Dave Pearce of Streetwave/Street Sounds records, live from the Town and Country Club, Kentish Town, where John Peel was also present.

* 8.05 pm Rock Around the Clock: Hip-Hop Grandmaster Class *Mantronix and DJ Cheese from New York do battle at the turntables with local boys Faze One and John Peel (shurely shome mishtake). The Town and Country Club shakes, breaks and pops to the very 'freshest' hip-hop sounds. Yo'. [1]*

Cameo had also performed live earlier at the same venue. The Housemartins, Echo & The Bunnymen, Z.Z. Top, W.A.S.P., Billy Bragg, The Damned, The Smiths and Bryan Ferry were also among the artists featured in this year's edition.
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## Shows

* 30 April 1983 (R1) - Auto da Fe; Belgique; (sessions)
* 30 April 1985 (R1)
* 30 April 1986 (R1)
* 30 April 1987 (R1)

* 30 April 2001 (R2)
* 30 April 2002 (R2)
* 30 April 2003 (R2)
* 30 April 2003 (6 Music)
* 30 April 2004 (R2)
* 30 April 2007 (R2)
* 30 April 2008 (R2)
* 30 April 2009 (R2) [1]
* 30 April 2010 (R2) [2]- The Candle Thieves (session)
* 30 April 2012 (R2) [3]
* 30 April 2013 (R2) [4]
* 30 April 2014 (R2) - Nick Mulvey former member of Portico Quartet (guest & Spoken Word session) [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041y1l3
* 30 April 2015 (R2) [5]

* 30 April 2018 (RW) - Jane Weaver (guest) [6]
* 30 April 2019 (RW) - Boat To Row (session)[7]
* 30 April 2020 (RW) [8]
New Order

**New Order** are a new wave / dance music group from Manchester, UK active since 1980. The group was formed from the line-up of Joy Division after their lead singer Ian Curtis committed suicide in May, 1980. The surviving members Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris were then joined by Gillian Gilbert. Following their debut album Movement, released in November 1981, and several experimental singles mixing new wave guitar and drums with electronic elements, the group eventually achieved mainstream success in March 1983 with their groundbreaking single Blue Monday, released on 12" vinyl format only.

New Order continued their success throughout the 1980s achieving global commercial success, even in the US, while remaining loyal to Factory records and the independent and experimental ethic. After a series of live dates in 2006 bassist Peter Hook effectively left the group which continued to exist despite not issuing any new material. The group returned to the live scene in 2011 and their latest album *Music Complete*, their first without Peter Hook, was released in September 2015.

Group members have been involved in several spin-off projects such as Electronic (Sumner), The Other Two (Gilbert and Morris) and Monaco (Hook).

## Links to Janice

Janice would undoubtedly have been a fan of the group since their formation and would have followed their rise to success during the 1980s. Their is no evidence of Janice meeting the group, although Peter Hook's tribute message after her death would seem to suggest the two had a special friendship.[1]

In 1988 Janice presented a three-part series on BBC Radio 1 entitled *Substance*, the story of Joy Division and New Order up to that point.

## Shows played

all 7" or 12"/singles unless otherwise stated

* 05 May 2009 - Blue Monday (1983)
* 08 May 2009 - Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head (mash-up with Kylie Minogue)
* 17 June 2009 - The Perfect Kiss (1985)
* 18 May 2010 - Shellshock (as Tunes of the Unexpected) (1986)
* 07 April 2011 - Ceremony (1981)
* 31 May 2011 - Hellbent (2011)
* 23 May 2012 - The Perfect Kiss
* 22 June 2012 - World in Motion
* 02 May 2013 - Blue Monday
* 07 May 2013 - True Faith '94 (1994)
* 10 October 2013 - Temptation (1982)
* 12 May 2014 - Temptation
* 28 May 2014 - Regret (1993)
* 13 June 2014 - Blue Monday
* 09 February 2015 - The Perfect Kiss
* 29 April 2019 - Blue Monday 88
* 13 January 2020 - Regret
* 10 May 2021 - Be A Rebel (Arthur Baker Remix) (2020)
* 07 December 2021 - Bizarre Love Triangle (1986)

## Covered

* George Michael - True Faith 05 April 2011
* Sophie Ellis‐Bextor - True Faith 08 October 2014

## External links

* Official site
* Discogs
* Musicbrainz
* Official UK Chart Archive
* Spotify
Duran Duran

**Duran Duran** are a new wave and pop group formed in Birmingham the UK in 1978.

They first gained mainstream success in 1981 with their debut single Planet Earth and eponymous debut album released the same year. They went on to become a global success both on record and as a live act.

Band members also formed the spin-off groups Arcadia and The Power Station in the 1980s.

Their latest album *Future Past* was released in 2021.

## Links to Janice

Janice would have been a fan of their earlier music, although mainstream pop success meant that she did not necessarily favour playing their records on her shows. The group's music also featured relatively rarely in more recent years.

### 80s

* 22 March 1983 - Is There Something I Should Know? (*unconfirmed - Top 40 new entry at no.1*)
* 29 March 1983 - Is There Something I Should Know? (*unconfirmed* - *Top 40 - no.1*)
* 03 August 1987 - Rio

### 2000s

* 28 May 1984 - The Reflex (Dance mix)
* 04 May 2009 - Hungry Like the Wolf
* 04 September 2009 - Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me) (cover)
* 05 May 2014 - Planet Earth
* 08 January 2015 - Rio

### Top of the Pops

* 02 December 1982 (TOTP) - Rio (video)
* 26 April 1984 (TOTP) - The Reflex
* 24 May 1984 (TOTP) - The Reflex (video)
* 30 October 1986 (TOTP) - Notorious (breaker)

## Other shows played

* Roundtable, 30 July 2015 - Pressure Off (feat. Janelle Monáe & Nile Rodgers)
Deepest Blue

**Deepest Blue** are a British electronic music duo comprising Matt Schwartz and Joel Edwards. They are best known for their UK Top 10 hit singles, "Deepest Blue" (2003) and "Give It Away" (2004). In 2004 they released their debut and only album *Late September*.

## Session

Recording from YouTube - probably June 2004. Interview with Joel Edwards and acoustic versions of:

* Deepest Blue / Shooting Star

Janice mentions she had just been down to London to do The Album Chart Show and played Shooting Star from *Late September*, which would place this recording in the week of 13 June 2004, when the album had entered the charts.[1] Edwards mentions the group will be playing this year's V Festival and Janice says she will be there too.

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* Spotify
Politburo

**The Politburo** was the name given to an early version of the band Walking Wounded. Only one single containing two tracks 20th Century Bum / Graffiti Writer was released under this name in 1986. In 1987 they released under a further single under the name of Furious Babes.

## Session

First and only session, tx date 05 March 1987
30 January 1986 (TOTP)

## Show

**Name**: Top of the Pops

**Station**: BBC One

**Date**: Thursday 30 January 1986, 7.00 pm

**Source**: BBC

## Programme notes

* Janice's second TOTP of 1986 and within the space of one month, and fifth ever with co-host Gary Davies.
* Full chart here. The highest new entry this week was Simple Minds with Sanctify Yourself (17). Billy Ocean was up from no.28 to no.6 and would become the following week's no.1.
* This edition was repeated on BBC Four on 20 July 2018.

## Songs played

chart placings in brackets

* (6) Billy Ocean – When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going
* (4) Madonna – Borderline  (video)
* (22) Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It
* (19) James Brown – Living In America  (breaker)
* (17) Simple Minds – Sanctify Yourself  (breaker)
* (15) Grace Jones – Pull Up To The Bumper  (video)
* (8) Fine Young Cannibals – Suspicious Minds
* (1) A-ha – The Sun Always Shines On TV  (video)
* (30) Kurtis Blow – If I Ruled The World  (audience dancing/credits)
All Woman - The Music of Lisa Stansfield

## Show

**Name**: *All Woman - The Music of Lisa Stansfield*

**Station**: BBC Radio 2

**Date**: Sat., 28 April 2001, 08:00 pm

**Source**: BBC Index

## Programme notes

* *A portrait of the singer presented by Janice Long and featuring an interview as well tracks from her new album* Face Up*. Producer Czarina Deen.*

* *Face Up* was the fifth album by British singer Lisa Stansfield, released by Arista Records on 20 June 2001. It was the long awaited follow-up to her previous studio album, *Lisa Stansfield* (1997). (*read more on Wikipedia*)
* Despite heavy promotion, the album was not a great success in the UK reaching only no.38 on its release. Her previous four studio albums had all gone Top 10.[1]

## Tracklisting

* unknown although would probably have featured the single Let's Just Call It Love.
R.E.M.

**R.E.M.** were an American rock band from Athens, Georgia formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and lead vocalist Michael Stipe. The band enjoyed some underground success with their first few releases, and their debut album *Murmur* was widely acclaimed when released in 1984. A succession of albums gradually build up their reputation, and in 1988 they signed with Warners for their sixth studio album *Green*which went Top 30 in the UK. Their commercial breakthrough came with the follow-up *Out of Time*, a UK no. in 1991. 1992’s Automatic For The People and 1994’s Monster also hit no.1 in the UK.

Hit songs include Losing My Religion, Everybody Hurts, Shiny Happy People and Daysleeper.

R.E.M. have won the BRIT Award for Best International Band three times, in 1992, 1993 and 1995.

## Links to Janice

Janice was undoubtedly a fan of the band in their early days, although she was not regularly broadcasting when they reached their commercial zenith in the early 1990s. In recent years she has continued to play a selection of their songs on her radio shows.

A live concert of the band recorded and first broadcast on Radio 1 in 1984 [1] was repeated on Janice's shows on BBC Radio 6 Music in 2003. The concert has been repeated many times, most recently in 2022.

See also : *How throwing shapes, confidence and a 'great stare' make Michael Stipe a photographers dream* - Janice interviews Photographer Tom Sheehan - BBC Wales clip.[2]

## Shows played

all 7"/singles unless otherwise stated (year of release)

* 14 April 2003 (6 Music) - highlights of a live concert by R.E.M., first broadcast on Radio 1 in December 1984.
* 21 April 2003 (6 Music) ‎- as above
* 19 September 2003 ‎- Orange Crush (1988)
* 26 May 2009 - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (1987, 1991)
* 22 July 2011 - Stand (1989)
* 31 May 2012 - Losing My Religion (1991)
* 10 July 2012 - What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
* 07 May 2014 ‎- Losing My Religion
* 07 May 2015 - Everybody Hurts (1993)
* 24 May 2016 - The One I Love (1987)
* 26 January 2017 ‎- It's The End Of The World As We Know It
* 22 May 2017 - Losing My Religion (1991)
* 11 July 2017 - Losing My Religion
* 16 November 2017 - Everybody Hurts
* 23 January 2018 - Radio Free Europe (debut single, 1981)
* 27 March 2018 ‎- The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite (1993)
* 02 May 2018 - It's The End Of The World As We Know It
* 20 June 2019 - Orange Crush
* 04 May 2020 - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
* 16 November 2020 - Near Wild Heaven (1991)
* 03 May 2021 - Stand (1989)
* 06 April 2021 - Losing My Religion

* *A Life in Music* - Man on the Moon (1992)

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* Official charts archive
David Cassidy

**David Cassidy** (b.1950 - d.2017) was an American actor, singer, musician and songwriter. He first became famous in his role of Keith Partridge, a member of the fictitious Partridge Family, who had their own musical sitcom. Cassidy also embarked on a solo career scoring several hits in both the UK and the USA and with his good looks and charming manner became one of the biggest 'teen-idols' of the seventies.

After his successful early seventies period, Cassidy made several 'comebacks' the most successful being with the single The Last Kiss in 1985.

## Links to Janice

Janice may have been a fan of Cassidy's during his 1970s heyday. This led to the famous exchange with John Peel when presenting his hit Last Kiss on *Top of the Pops* in 1985: JL “*I’ll have you know that I had him on my bedroom wall*.” JP: “*That seems to indicate a degree of agility I didn’t believe you were capable of, Janice, I must say*.”

There is at time of writing no evidence of Janice playing his songs on her shows in the 1980s or even in more recent years.
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Only shows with known track listings, session artists or other known information are listed. External links to BBC Radio page with tracklistings are given, where available.

Shows with 'sit in' presenters are not listed.

## Shows

* 27 March 1985 (R1) - New Model Army (session, rpt.)
* 27 March 1987 (R1) - Singled Out

* **1998**: 107 Crash FM launches

* 27 March 2008 (R2) [1]
* 27 March 2009 (R2) [2]
* 27 March 2012 (R2) [3]
* 27 March 2013 (R2) [4]

* 27 March 2018 (RW) [5]
* 27 March 2019 (RW) - Georgia Ruth (session) [6]

## Other shows

* 2018 - 02 December 1982 (TOTP) (BBC Four, rpt.)[7]
Knomad Spock

**Knomad Spock** (real name Sam Elmi) is an enigmatic, multi-faceted Neo-Folk artist, and an elusive British-Somali poet, rapper, and singer-songwriter, who explores musical genres as extended analogies for his own multiethnic heritage. He’s as deeply rooted in the northern British working-class community that raised him, as he is in the Somali nomadic traditions of his inheritance.

He released his debut album *Winter of Discontent* in 2021. (read more here)

## Sessions

* one session, live 01 March 2021 (Radio Wales)
	+ Egypt / Ballad / Maps

## External links

* Facebook
* Spotify
29 June 2010

## Show

**Name**: Janice Long

**Station**: BBC Radio 2

**Date**: Tues., 29 June 2010. 00.00 (Mon. night)

**Source**: BBC

## Programme notes

* *With the best live sessions, irreverent chat and the finest music to keep you going throughout the night. Including obscure and lesser heard records in Tunes Of The Unexpected.*

## Tracklisting

* Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now
* Elvis Costello - Veronica
* Scissor Sisters - Fire With Fire
* Sly & the Family Stone - Dance To The Music
* Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - Kites
* Bad Manners - Special Brew
* Moby - We Are All Made Of Stars
* The Seahorses - Love Is The Law
* David Ford - Makin' Up For Lost Time
* Ash - Shining Light
* Tom Jones - Burning Hell
* U2 - Magnificent
* Bryan Ferry - The Price Of Love
* Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue
* Lissie - When I'm Alone
* Slash and Ian Astbury - Ghost
* Rick Astley - Lights Out
* Petula Clark - My Love
* The Verve - Lucky Man
* Snow Patrol - Run
* Sheryl Crow - Summer Day

TUNES OF THE UNEXPECTED

* OMD vs. Aretha Franklin - Save Me

* The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
27 May

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## Shows

* 27 May 1985 (with Steve Wright) (R1) - with Steve Wright (outside broadcast from Herstmonceux Castle, The Royal Greenwich Observatory).
* 27 May 1985 (R1) - Weekend in Paris with Paul King, Hot House (session)
* 27 May 1986 (R1)
* 27 May 1987 (R1) - The Raw Herbs (session)

* 27 May 2000 (R2) - *Music Live: Paul Weller in Concert* - presented by JL.
* 27 May 2009 (R2) - New York Dolls (guests) [1]
* 27 May 2010 (R2) - Tiffany Page (live session) [2]
* 27 May 2011 (R2) - The Dead Fronts (live session) [3]
* 27 May 2013 (R2) [4]
* 27 May 2014 (R2) [5]
* 27 May 2015 (R2) [6]

* 27 May 2019 (RW) - Adam Walton sits in [7]
* 27 May 2020 (RW) [8]
* 27 May 2021 (RW) - Gruff Rhys (guest) [9]
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## Shows

* 28 June 1985 (R1) - *Select-a-Disc*

* 28 June 2000 (R2)
* 28 June 2001 (R2)
* 28 June 2002 (R2)
* 28 June 2003 (6 Music)
* 28 June 2004 (R2)
* 28 June 2004 (6 Music) - archive festival sets
* 28 June 2005 (R2)
* 28 June 2006 (R2)
* 28 June 2007 (R2)
* 28 June 2010 (R2) [1]
* 28 June 2011 (R2) [2]
* 28 June 2012 (R2) [3]
* 28 June 2013 (R2) [4]
* 28 June 2016 (R2) [5]

* 28 June 2018 (RW) - Davie Scott (guest) [6]
* 28 June 2021 (RW) - Adam Walton sits in [7]
Gary Davies

**Gary Davies** (b.13 December 1957) is a British broadcaster and radio DJ. From 1982 to 1993 he was a BBC Radio 1 presenter and a regular host of *Top of the Pops*. He currently broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 2, specialising in music from the 1980s.

Coming from Manchester's Piccadilly Radio, he began on Radio 1 with a late night show on Saturdays, moving to the lunchtime show in 1984. From September 1987 he occasionally presented the Sunday afternoon stereo countdown of the Top 40. His regular show was moved to weekends in 1992, and he was finally dismissed in 1993. He went on to work for century Radio and Virgin Radio before returning to the BBC on Radio 2 in June 2017. Since 2018 he has been the host on *Sounds of the 80s*.[1]

## Links to Janice

* Davies was taken on by Radio 1 at the same time as Janice, with his debut show coming directly after hers on Saturday evenings, starting from 04 December 1982.
* Likewise, he was introduced as a *Top of the Pops* presenter together with Janice (and Pat Sharp) on 02 December 1982. Davies went on to present several editions of *Top of the Pops* with Janice (see below).
* The pair co-presented *Superdance 85* in December 1985.

### TOTP with Janice

* 20 January 1983 (first full show for both)
* 18 October 1984
* 20 June 1985
* 12 December 1985
* 30 January 1986
* 05 March 1987
* 02 April 1987
* 03 December

## See also

* Marathon Music Quiz (1984)
* Blankety Blank

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Twitter - djgarydavies

## Note

This is the 100th page of this Wiki, and was created on Wednesday 09 February 2022.
Midge Ure

**Midge Ure** (b. James Ure, 10 October 1953) is a British singer, musician, songwriter and recording artist from Lanarkshire, Scotland. Although most noted for his role as frontman of the group Ultravox from 1980, and as a solo artist from 1982 onwards, he had also previously played in and written songs for various groups including Slik, Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy and Visage. He also founded the Band Aid charity supergroup project with Bob Geldof in 1984 and co-wrote the song Do They Know It's Christmas?.

As a solo artist he scored a number one hit in the UK in September 1985 with If I Was.

After an Ultravox reunion between 2008 and 2013, Ure has continued to record and perform live as a solo artist, often performing Ultravox and Visage as well as solo material.

## Links to Janice

Ure was a guest on Janice's Singled Out on 23 May 1986, together with Mike Read.

## Sessions

* 26 September 2014 - Spoken Word session

## Other shows played

### Radio

* 01 September 2010 - Fade to Grey (Visage cover)

### Top of the Pops

* 21 November 1985 (TOTP) ‎ - That Certain Smile

## See also

* Ultravox
* Live Aid for Africa
* UK Singles Chart Number Ones
* Janice Long Remembered (GHR) ‎

## External links

* Official site
* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* Spotify
Remembering Janice Long

**Remembering Janice Long** was a series of BBC Radio 2 programmes made available for a limited time on BBC Sounds after Janice's death.

The programmes made available were:

* *Janice Long: A Life In Music* (avail. until 22 Feb 2022)
* A Long Walk With.., S1 & S2 (avail. for 30 days after repeat transmission)
Animotion

**Animotion**  are an American synth-pop band from Los Angeles, California. They had a hit with their song Obsession, which reached no.5 in the UK 1985, staying in the Top 40 for ten weeks. The single also went to no.6 in their native US.

Follow-up singles fared less well, save for their cover version of Climie Fisher song Room to Move, which went to no.9 on the Billboard Hot 100.
After the inevitable changes in line-up and split, the group reformed in 2001. UK based label Cherry Red Records re-released deluxe editions of both the *Animotion* (1985) and *Strange Behavior* (1986) albums in 2009. Their latest album *Raise Your Expectations* was released in 2016.

## Links to Janice

It's not known whether Janice was a fan of the song but she introduced the video to Obsession on Top of the Pops on 30 May 1985 and, as a radio hit, the song featured in her joint Radio 1 broadcast with Steve Wright on 27 May 1985.

## Shows played

### Radio

* 27 May 1985 (with Steve Wright) - Obsession
* 03 November 2011 - Obsession

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* Official charts archive
* Spotify
Cliff Richard

**Cliff Richard** (Harry Rodger Webb, b.1940) is a British singer-songwriter, actor and musician active since 1958. During his long career he has had 14 UK N1 singles, 68 Top 10 hits and 7 UK N1 albums.

He was awarded the OBE in 1980.

## Shows played

### TV

* 15 September 1983 (TOTP) - Never Say Die (Give A Little Bit More)  (video)
* 03 April 1986 (TOTP) - Living Doll (video) with The Young Ones

## Covered

* The Farmer's Boys - In the Country (05 August 1984)
30 March

## Shows

* 30 March 1983 (R1) - standing in for Peter Powell
* 30 March 1984 (R1) - Select-a-Disc
* 30 March 1987 (R1) - Howard Jones, Camper Van Beethoven

* 30 March 2001 (R2)
* 30 March 2003 (6 Music)
* 30 March 2004 (6 Music)
* 30 March 2004 (R2)
* 30 March 2005 (R2)
* 30 March 2006 (R2)
* 30 March 2007 (R2) - Rob McCulloch (session)
* 30 March 2008 (R2) [1]
* 30 March 2009 (R2) [2]
* 30 March 2010 (R2) [3]
* 30 March 2011 (R2) [4]
* 30 March 2012 (R2) [5]
* 30 March 2015 (R2) [6]
* 30 March 2016 (R2) [7]

* 30 March 2020 (RW) - Adam Walton sits-in [8]
* 2021 - no show due to World Cup 2022 Qualifier: Wales v Czech Republic
31 May 2011

## Show

**Name**: Janice Long

**Station**: BBC Radio 2

**Date**: Tues., 31 May 2011. 00.00 midnight (Mon. night)

**Source**: BBC

## Programme notes

* *Top chat, great music and the best live sessions to keep you going through the night. Includes rare tracks, remixes and unusual cover versions in Tunes of the Unexpected.*
* Bank Holiday Monday has just finished.
* BBC Two had just shown the second of two parts of the documentary *Queen - Days of Our Lives*, showing Queen at the peak of their powers, followed by another showing of their legendary live concert on Christmas Eve 1975 at London's Hammersmith Odeon. On BBC Four the final two episodes of *The Night Shift*, an award-winning Icelandic comedy series involving three men working at a petrol station in Reykjavik who battle boredom, strange visitors and their own customers

## Tracklisting

* Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
* David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
* Jonathan Jeremiah - Heart Of Stone
* Clare Teal - Chasing Cars

LIVE ON THE SHOW LAST WEEK

* The Dead Fronts - You & Me (Live for The Janice Long Show)

* The Feeling - Set My World On Fire
* Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe
* Keane - Spiralling
* Patrick Wolf - House
* New Order - Hellbent

TUNES OF THE UNEXPECTED

* Felt - Rain of Crystal Spires

* De’Lacy - Hideaway
* Pulp - Common People
* Sam Gray - Cartwheel Queen
* Take That - Love Love
* Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear
* Sam & Dave - I Thank You
* Faith No More - Epic
* Dirty Vegas - Days Go By
* Michael Franti & Spearhead - The Sound Of Sunshine
* Morrissey - Suedehead

TUNES OF THE UNEXPECTED

* Chet Baker - I Get Along Without You Very Well

* Friends Electric - Fireworks
* Julian Velard - Sentimental
Kim Wilde

**Kim Wilde** (real name Kim Smith, b.1960) is a British singer and TV personality. She first reached mainstream success as a solo recording artist with singles such as Kids in America, Chequered Love and Water On Glass, all hits in 1981. She was backed by a band led by her brother Marty - both are the children of late 1950s/early 60s pop star Marty Wilde. Continued success meant that she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist in 1983. She also enjoyed success in Europe, the US and Australia and by the end of the 1980s had become a worldwide pop phenomenon.

Wilde holds the record for being the most-charted British female solo act of the 1980s, with seventeen UK Top 40 hit singles throughout the decade. Her charts success continued throughout the 1990s, and towards the end of the decade, pursuing her hobby for horticulture, she became a 'celebrity gardener' presenting specialist shows for both ITV and the BBC. She has also written books on the subject.

Her latest album *Here Come the Aliens* was released in 2018.

## Links to Janice

As one of the few female solo acts making it in the pop and rock world, Janice would no doubt have featured Wilde's singles in her 80s radio shows both on Radio Merseyside and Radio 1. There is no evidence of the two women ever meeting, save perhaps for the occasions on which Janice presented editions of *Top of the Pops* on which Wilde also featured (see below). Kim was guest presenter on a January edition of ORS 85 in which Janice also introduced Jazawaki. Janice's contribution to that particular show was however pre-recorded in Newcastle. Janice and Kim were both guests of Richard Skinner on Roundtable on Friday 21 June 1985.

Kim's father Marty Wilde features in *The 45 at 50* presented by Janice, first broadcast in December 1999.

On her Radio Wales show on 29 January 2018 Janice mentions that Kim Wilde has recorded a cover version of Born To Be Wild.

## Shows played

### Radio

* 27 May 1985 (with Steve Wright) - Rage to Love
* 19 December 2008 - Kids in America (1981)
* 08 May 2009 - Kids in America
* 24 May 2012 - Kids in America

### Top of the Pops

* 09 May 1985 (TOTP) - Rage to Love (*short videoclip as 'breaker'*)
* 30 October 1986 (TOTP) - You Keep Me Hanging On
* 16 April 1987 (TOTP) - Another Step (Closer To You) with Junior (breaker)
* 04 August 1988 (TOTP) - You Came
29 June 2009

## Show

**Name**: Janice Long

**Station**: BBC Radio 2

**Date**: Mon., 29 June 2009. 00.00 (Sun. night)

**Source**: BBC

## Programme notes

* *With live sessions, irreverent chat and great music, including obscure, lesser-heard records in Tunes Of The Unexpected. Plus a Pause for Thought.*

## Tracklisting

* T. Rex - Hot Love
* Johnny Nash - There Are More Questions Than Answers
* ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
* Blur - To The End
* Beverley Knight - Every Step
* Bruce Springsteen - Mary's Place
* Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing
* VV Brown - Shark In The Water
* De La Soul - Me, Myself and I

TUNES OF THE UNEXPECTED

* Nouvelle Vague - Our Lips Are Sealed

* Neil Young - The Needle and the Damage Done
* Nell Bryden - What Does It Take
* Coldplay - 42
* Heaven 17 - Temptation
* Frantique - Strut Your Funky Stuff

RADIO 2'S ALBUM OF THE WEEK

* Lenka - Dangerous And Sweet

* La Roux - Bulletproof
* Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father
* Iggy Pop - Nightclubbing
* Kasabian - Fire
* Everything but the Girl - I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love

RADIO 2'S RECORD OF THE WEEK

* Polarkreis 18 - Allein Allein (Alone Alone)

* James Morrison - Nothing Ever Hurt Like You
* Johnny Kidd and the Pirates - Shakin' All Over
* Art of Noise - Moments In Love
* Adele - Cold Shoulder
* Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
* The Killers - All These Things That I've Done
* Sammy Davis Jr. - Rhythm Of Life
* Paloma Faith - Stone Cold Sober
* The Grid - Swamp Thing
* Noisettes - Never Forget You
* Dave Edmunds - Queen Of Hearts

TUNES OF THE UNEXPECTED

* The Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll

* The Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush; Hush Hush
* Tom Jones - I'm Alive
BBC Four

**BBC Four** is a free-to-air UK television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 02 March 2002, with a schedule running from 7:00 pm to around 4:0 0am, timesharing with CBeebies (which starts at 6:00am). The channel shows a wide variety of programmes including arts, documentaries, music, international film, comedy, original programmes, drama and current affairs.

Programmes also feature on the BBC iplayer (UK only).

## Links to Janice

The channel is well known for its re-runs of archive editions of *Top of the Pops* and Janice has appeared on the channel through these, starting with her debut show, first repeated in December 2016. She has also featured in some of the 'The Story of...' introductory programmes which start each year of re-runs.

## Appearances

* *Top of the Pops* - see appearances page

* *Top Of The Pops - The Story Of 1983*

* *Top Of The Pops - The Story Of 1985*
	+ a presentation with John Peel taken from the 11 July edition opens the programme - short interview clip on the subject of Dead Or Alive appearing on the show - longer interview concerning her presentation partnership with Peel with various archive clips - short interview clip concerning the 'impromptu' nature of studio presenting (incl. intro t The Smiths' How Soon Is Now?.
* *Top Of The Pops - The Story Of 1986*
	+ short interview clip on the subject of new style Top 40 presentation (and how wit didn't work) *-* archive clip introducing Simon Mayo - new theme tune The Wizard by Paul Hardcastle - Peel & Janice's objection to the Robert Palmer video - the beginnings of 'house' music "*a totally different sound that everyone was talking about*" (Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk – Love Can’t Turn Around - 25 September)
Samuel Walter

**Samuel Walter** - folk singer.

## Links to Janice

Janice had heard Walter performing at the Moseley Folk Festival in 2009 and subsequently had him as her guest on a BBC West Midlands show.

## Session

YouTube recording. Exact date unknown.

* Bonnie Bunch of Roses

In the interview he mentions he is currently at Bromyard Folk Festival.
27 May 1985

**Two BBC Radio 1 programmes featuring Janice were broadcast on this day -** see also 27 May 1985 (with Steve Wright).

## Show

* **Name**: Janice Long
* **Station**: BBC Radio 1
* **Date**: Monday 27 May 1985, 7:00 pm
* **Source**: BBC

## Programme notes

* *Janice Long and Paul King try out a weekend in Paris - the street life, tourist spots and club scene, without breaking the bank! Hot House in session, and three of the best from The Human League*.
* Audio clips of this programme feature in Radio 1 Vintage - Janice Long.
* Pictures of Janice and Paul in Paris by Shaun Brittain here and here.
Blankety Blank

***Blankety Blank*** is a British comedy quiz show which originally ran from 1979 until 1990 on BBC One and is still running after several revivals from the late nineties onwards.

The game consists of two contestants from the general public competing by attempting to match as many of the six celebrity panellists as possible in a series of fill-in-the-blank statements.

The original host was Terry Wogan (1979-1983), followed by Les Dawson (1984-1990).

The show continues to date on BBC One (as of July 2023), while early episodes are repeated as 'Blankety Blank Classic' on BBC Four.

## Links to Janice

Blankety Blank was one of the many quiz and game shows which Janice appeared in over the years. Appearances and co-celebrities as follows:

* 21 September 1984 - Dana, Johnny More, Wendy Richard, Danny La Rue, Chris Tarrant.
* 07 February 1986 - Peter Alliss, Debbie Arnold, Roy Barraclough, Bertice Reading, Mike Reid
* 23 January 1987 - Frank Carson, Suzanne Dando, Emlyn Hughes, Mike Nolan, Claire Rayner
* 03 April 1987 - Lionel Blair, Aimi MacDonald, Joe Brown, Duncan Norvelle, Suzanne Dando, Mary Parkinson, Gary Davies, Peter Powell, Bertice Reading, Linda Lusardi, Bernie Winters (last in series)
* 09 October 1987 - Joe Brown, Dana, Paul Heiney, Claire Rayner, Frankie Vaughan
* 15 January 1990 - Joe Brown, Bernie Clifton, Ian Krankie, Janette Krankie, Anthea Turner (*Janice had begun hosting Bazaar on the same day*)

### Notes

1. ↑ This episode was repeated on BBC Four as 'Blankety Blank Classic' series on 18 June 2023 and made available on i-player for 30 days.

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Blankety Blank Classic - BBC official site
Gabrielle Aplin

### Best known songs

The Power of Love (FGTH cover, 2012), Please Don't Say You Love Me, Panic Cord (2013)

## Links to Janice

In 2012 Aplin went to the top of the UK charts with her cover of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's The Power of Love which was used for the John Lewis & Partners Christmas advert that year.

## Other shows played

* 02 May 2013 - Panic Cord
* 08 May 2013 - Panic Cord
* 07 October 2014 - That's All (Genesis cover) (album *Sounds Of The 80s*, Radio 2, 2014)
* 29 June 2015 - Light Up The Dark
* 17 September 2015 - Sweet Nothing

## External links

* Offical site
* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* MusicBrainz
* Spotify
Daft Punk

## Daft Punk

### Best known songs

One More Time, Around the World, Get Lucky

### Best known albums

*Discovery* (2001), Random Access Memories (2013)

## Shows played

* 04 May 2010 - One More Time
* 03 May 2013 - Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)
* 09 May 2013 - Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)
* 17 June 2013 - Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)
* 22 January 2014 - Get Lucky

## External links

* Offical site
* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* MusicBrainz
* Spotify
ABC and the BBC Concert Orchestra present The Lexicon of Love

**ABC and the BBC Concert Orchestra present The Lexicon of Love** was a BBC Radio 2 broadcast of a live performance by ABC of their seminal debut album *The Lexicon of Love*, together with the BBC Concert Orchestra on 08 April 2009.

The performance was first broadcast on Saturday 11 April 2009, and repeated on Monday 04 May 2009.

## Links to Janice

Janice Long talked to ABC frontman Martin Fry about the live performance and their conversation was broadcast straight after the concert itself during the programme.

Fry had also appeared on Janice's programme on 09 April 2009 to talk about his career, the album *The Lexicon of Love*, performing the album live at The Royal Albert Hall and picking some of his favourite music.
Pop Science

**Pop Science** (originally known as The Pop Science Programme) was a BBC World Service programme which (according to BBC Programme Index listings) was broadcast between 1988 and 1998.

## Links to Janice

Janice is known to have been the programme's presenter in July 1992, and possibly in August of the same year. *(BBC Index search*)

Dates as per BBC Index listings:

* 07 July - 14 July - 21 July - 28 July ..
31 July 1986 (TOTP)

## Show

**Name**: Top of the Pops

**Station**: BBC One

**Date**: Thursday 31 July 1986, 7.00 pm

**Source**: BBC page

## Programme notes

* Janice's tenth TOTP of 1986, and second of the year and fourth overall with co-host Mike Read.
* Janice sports an unseasonable stripey woolly jumper and skirt.
* This edition was repeated on BBC Four on 26 October 2018
* Next TOTP 28 Aug 1986
* This episode reviewed in Chart Music: the TOTP Podcast (May 3, 2018)

## Songs played

chart placings in brackets

* (15) Spandau Ballet – Fight For Ourselves
* (13) The Jesus & Mary Chain – Some Candy Talking  (video)
* (10) Five Star – Find The Time
* (31) Paul McCartney – Press  (breaker)
* (18) The Smiths – Panic  (breaker)
* (6) Stan Ridgway – Camouflage  ("*Nice one Stan!*")
* (1) Chris De Burgh – The Lady In Red
* (36) It Bites – Calling All The Heroes  (video/credits)
Pop Wallpaper

**Pop Wallpaper** - *there seems to be very little information of this band available (anything would help!).*

The group hailed from Scotland. Their 1984 track / single Over Your Shoulder was included on the 2019 compilation box set *Big Gold Dreams - A Story of Scottish Independent Music 1977-1989*

Their last single Strawberry Letter #23 was a cover version of a 1971 song written and composed by Shuggie Otis, covered by The Brothers Johnson in 1977.

According to YouTube comments, lead singer Audrey Redpath is now an art teacher (see also link below).

## Sessions

* first and only session, rec. 02-12-1984, first tx. 22 January 1985. No known commercial release.
	+ What Did You Do / Nothing Can Call Me Back / Our Way / Headache-Heartache

## Other shows played

* 17 June 1985 - Nothing Can Call Me Back (12")

## External links

* Discogs
* Audrey C Redpath at Artuk.org
30 May 1985 (TOTP)

## Show

**Name**: Top of the Pops

**Station**: BBC One

**Date**: Thursday 30 May 1985, 7.55 pm

**Source**: BBC page

## Programme notes

* Janice's sixth TOTP of 1985, and her first ever solo, without a co-host.
* Tonight's show was live, so presumably Janice's evening show was either recorded or subbed by someone else.
* Janice is very enthusiastic about presenting OMD and says. "*..these guys - they're my old drinking partners!*". At the end of the performance she tells lead singer Andy McCluskey, "*Tuck yer shirt in McCluskey!*". He recalls this comment in his contribution to the BBC Wales tribute to Janice in early 2022.
* Tubeway Army's 1979 hit Are 'Friends' Electric is back in the charts, this time as part of Gary Numan's Live EP.
* This day was Stephen Duffy's birthday, and according to an interview with Duffy broadcast in 2022 as part of Janice Long Remembered (GHR). Janice went up to him to wish him a Happy Birthday.
* Full Top 40 here
* This edition repeated on BBC Four on 08 March 2018.
* Next TOTP 20 June

## Songs played

*chart placings in brackets*

* (20) Stephen Tin Tin Duffy – Icing On The Cake
* (12) Animotion – Obsession (video)
* (19) Billy Ocean – Suddenly
* BREAKERS
	+ (36) Propaganda – Duel (breaker)
	+ (32) Mai Tai – History (breaker)
	+ (27) Gary Numan – Are ‘Friends’ Electric? (breaker – live clip)
* (28) OMD – So In Love

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* (15) Scritti Politti – The Word Girl
* TOP TEN VIDEO CHART
	+ (10) Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love (video clip)
	+ (9) Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine (video clip)
	+ (8) Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Out In The Fields (video clip)
	+ (7) Bronski Beat & Marc Almond - I Feel Love (video clip)
	+ (6) Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer (TOTP clip)
	+ (5) DeBarge - Rhythm Of The Night (video clip)
	+ (4) Marillion - Kayleigh (video clip)
	+ (3)Jimmy Nail - Love Don't Live Here Anymore (video clip)
	+ (2) Duran Duran - A View To A Kill (video clip)
* (1) Paul Hardcastle – 19 (video)
* (30) Five Star – All Fall Down (audience dancing/credits)
Amsterdam (group)

**Amsterdam** are a group formed in Liverpool in 1999 by front man Ian Prowse, formerly of Pele.

## Links to Janice

According to the John Peel Wiki, Amsterdam were championed by Janice while at Radio 2.[1]

The group is known to have performed at least one live session.

## Sessions

Live performance on 12 December 2007. Tracks unknown.[2]
And the Show Goes On

## Show

* **Show**: And the Show Goes On
* **Station**: BBC Radio Merseyside
* **Date**: Sunday 06 December 1981
* **Source**: *Radio Times* (see below)

## Programme notes

* Janice was producer and presenter of this one-off special celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Liverpool Playhouse.
* BBC Radio Merseyside was about to move to its new premises in 'purpose built' studios in Paradise Street.
* Janice was presenting *Streetlife* on Sunday nights at this time. She was featured in the week's *Radio Times*.
Record Mirror

**Record Mirror** was a British weekly music newspaper, published between 1954 and 1991. It became popular in the 1960s, featuring colour pictures and full UK and US singles chart listings, and was one of the four leading music weeklies of the '60s, alongside New Musical Express, Melody Maker and Disc & Music Echo. Later Record Mirror went through a number of relaunches and changes of ownership before closing in 1991.

## Links to Janice

### Main articles

* 05 February 1983: *A Life in the Day of Janice Long* - see page.

### Janice mentioned

* 03 Nov 1984: When reviewing the week's Singles, Andy McCluskey of OMD quipped about the group's own Never Turn Away single: "*Peter Powell likes this record but that's probably because he's mincing around with Janice Long these days and she's from Liverpool, and she owes me a few bevvies*."
* 21 December 1985: *1985* *Readers' Poll* - Janice Long no.3 in Least Offensive DJ category (behind Steve Wright and John Peel)[1]
* 29 December 1987: **1987 Readers Poll** - Janice **No.1 DJ** (followed by John Peel, Steve Wright...)[2]
29 April 2017

## Show

**Name**: Janice Long Live at Cheltenham Jazz Festival

**Station**: BBC Radio 2

**Date**: Saturday 29 April 2017, 3.00 pm

**Source**: BBC

## Programme notes

Janice Long presents live from backstage at Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

She is joined by live guests Ben Folds, playing tracks on the piano, Jack Savoretti fresh from his performance on Jo Whiley and Mica Paris performing a rendition of an Ella Fitzgerald classic.

She also looks back at some of the highlights of this year's festival, and plays some classic jazz and new releases.

## External links

* Clips and photos on BBC website
* allaboutjazz.com
Paloma Faith

**Paloma Faith** (b.1981) is a British singer and actress. Her debut album *Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?,* was released in 2009 and was certified double platinum in the UK.

## Shows played

* 20 May 2009 ‎- Stone Cold Sober (R2 Record of the Week)
* 17 June 2009 ‎ - Stone Cold Sober
* 29 June 2009 ‎ - Stone Cold Sober
* 29 March 2012 - Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?
* 24 May 2012 ‎- Picking Up The Pieces
* 27 April 2012 ‎- Picking Up The Pieces
* 04 June 2012 ‎ - Picking Up The Pieces
* 08 June 2012 ‎- Picking Up The Pieces
* 31 May 2013 ‎ - Picking Up The Pieces
* 05 May 2014 - Only Love Can Hurt Like This
* 12 May 2014 ‎- Only Love Can Hurt Like This
* 14 May 2014 ‎ - Only Love Can Hurt Like This
* 04 May 2015 - New York
* 12 November 2015 - Only Love Can Hurt Like This
* 03 May 2016 ‎- Picking Up The Pieces
* 08 June 2016 - Stone Cold Sober
* 22 May 2017 - New York

## External links

* Official site
* Wikipedia
* Discogs
29 April 2019

## Show

**Name**: Janice Long

**Station**: BBC Radio Wales

**Date**: Mon. 29 April 2019. 7.00 pm

**Source**: BBC

## Programme notes

* *Janice remembers the late Dolores O’Riordan, and discusses The Cranberries’ final album with band members Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan and Fergal Lawler.*
* Mike, Noel and Fergal chat to Janice Long about The Cranberries new album *In The End*. There is also a snippet of an interview Janice did with Dolores O’Riordan from 2009.

## Tracklisting

* New Order - Blue Monday 1988
* The Cranberries - Dreams
* Mark Lanegan Band - Stitch It Up
* Kelis - Acacpella
* Idlewild - Dream Variations
* Marshmello - Here With Me ft. Chvrches
* Allman Brown - Home
* Jade Bird - My Motto
* The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
* FKA twigs - Cellophane
* I Fight Lions - Better Days
* Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
* The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl
* Super Furry Animals - Hello Sunshine
* The Cranberries - Wake Me When It's Over / Linger / In The End / Zombie / All Over Now / Illusion
* Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line
* Echobelly - Great Things
* Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci - Poodle Rockin'
* Massive Attack - Teardrop
* Tallies - Mother
* Boat to Row - On Your Own
* Richard Hawley - Alone
* Serol Serol - Pareidolia
* Oscar Jerome - Misty Head / Sunny Street
* Mannequin Pussy - Drunk II
* Beatenberg - Stamina
* Jack Savoretti - What More Can I Do?
* Hannah Cohen - All I Wanted
* Elma Orkestra/Ryan Vail - Arlene

## File

Name
* Mike Hogan, Noel Hogan & Fergal Lawler (The Cranberries)interview with Janice Long (BBC Radio Wales)

Duration
* 32:22

Other
* Thanks to Chris Pell

Available
* YouTube
Ruefrex

**Ruefrex**, originally **Roofwrecks**, were a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1977.

*Read more on Wikipedia.*

## Sessions

* One session, rec. 15-09-85, first broadcast 24 September 1985.
	+ In the Traps / By the Shadowline / The Ruah / Even in the Dark Hours

## External links

* Official site (defunct)
* Discogs
* Musicbrainz
* Spotify
31 May 2013

## Show

**Name**: Janice Long

**Station**: BBC Radio 2

**Date**: Fri., 31 May 2013. 00.00 midnight (Thurs. night)

**Source**: BBC

## Programme notes

* *Great music and top chat after midnight on Radio 2, including indie classics and more unusual tracks in Tunes of the Unexpected.*
* Janice was a guest on Steve Lamacq's *Roundtable* on BBC 6 Music earlier this evening (see 30 May 2013 (Roundtable)). Tom Ravenscroft was in for Gideon Coe after that with a live concert from Belle and Sebastian and sessions from China Crisis[1] among others.
* BBC Four was continuing with re-runs of *Top of the Pops* from 1978.[2]

## Tracklisting

* Faces - Cindy Incidentally
* Fleetwood Mac - Sad Angel
* The Thrills - Big Sur
* Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
* Nell Bryden - Echoes
* Sly & the Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay
* Booker T. & the MG’s - Green Onions
* Josephine - Last Minute
* Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All
* Billy Fury - Halfway to Paradise
* Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
* Kate Bush - Babooshka
* Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror
* Paloma Faith - Picking Up The Pieces
* Dobie Gray - The In Crowd
* Tegan and Sara - I Was A Fool
* Elton John - Bennie and the Jets
* KT Tunstall - Feel It All
* Temples - Colours To Life
* Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
* Moby - Natural Blues
* Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
* Max Romeo & The Upsetters - Chase The Devil
* The All Seeing I - Beat Goes On
* 2Pac - California Love (feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman)
Gerry Rafferty

Gerry Rafferty (1947-2011)

## Links to Janice

In September 2000 Janice hosted a special Radio 2 programme *City to City*, tracing the career of Rafferty "*before and since his landmark City to City album".*

## Shows played

* 26 December 1983 - Baker Street ("*reminds me of when I first joined the BBC and came down to London on a training cours*e")
* 02 September 2000 - *City to City* special, probably Baker Street and title track from *City to City*, 1978.

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* MusicBrainz
* Spotify
Gloria Jones

**Gloria Jones** (b.1945) is an American singer and songwriter who first found success in the UK, being recognized there as "The Queen of Northern Soul". She is also best known as having recorded the original version of the song Tainted Love, released in 1965 and which later became a no.1 hit for the British duo Soft Cell.

She was also in a relationship with British artist Marc Bolan, with whom she had a son in 1975.

## Shows played

all 'Tainted Love'

* 05 January 2021

## Cover versions

* Soft Cell - Tainted Love (05 July 2011)
* Imelda May - Tainted Love (04 January 2011)