Radio One Playlist For Week August 11-17

*A - 'Good Time'
*Abs feat. Nodesha - 'Miss Perfect' (
*Big Brovaz - 'Baby Boy'
The Cooper Temple Clause - 'Promises, Promises'
P Diddy - 'Let's Get Ill'
*Dutch feat. Crystal Waters - 'My Time'
*Freeland - 'We Want Your Soul'
Girls Aloud - 'Life Got Cold'
Grafiti - 'What's The Problem?'
*Kontakt - 'Show Me a Sign'
The Libertines - 'Don't Look Back Into The Sun'
*Million Dan - 'Dogz & Sledgez'
Queens of the Stone Age - 'First It Giveth'
*Rishi Rich Project feat. Jay Sean & Juggy D

Despite the huge amount of crapola on the lists, it's heartening to see a fair few songs I really love there as well... I don't yet have a copy of Crazy In Love, and it's nice to know that if I turn on The Box or Radio 1 I'll probably hear it.

I think they're still pissed off at Blue for beating the cunt Williams to No 1 the week of his Knobworth gigs. HA.

This Week's Xfm PlaylistNew Additions

Martina Topley Bird (pictured) 'Anything' (Independiente)

Costar 'Lee' (Rec 90)

The Rolling Stones (pictured) 'Sympathy For The Devil (The Neptunes Remix)' (Mercury)

Unkle 'Eye For An Eye' (Island)

Grandaddy (pictured) 'El Caminos In The West' (V2)

Mclusky 'Undress For Success' (Beggars Banquet)

Queens Of The Stone Age (pictured) 'First It Giveth' (Universal)

The Rest Of The Xfm Playlist

A 'Good Time'

Audio Bullys (pictured) 'Way Too Long' (Source) listen

The Bees (pictured) ‘A Minha Menina’ (Astralwerks) listen

Benny Benassi Presents The Biz ‘Satisfaction’ (Data Records) listen

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (pictured) ‘Stop’ (Virgin) listen

Clarkesville ‘Secret File’ (Platterpus) listen

Coldplay (pictured) ‘God Put A Smile On Your Face’ (Capitol) listen

The Cooper Temple Clause ‘Promises, Promises’ (BMG)

The Coral (pictured) ‘Pass It On’ (Sony) listen

The Dandy Warhols ‘You Were The Last High’ (Capitol) listen

The Darkness (pictured) ‘Growing On Me’ (Must Destroy) listen

Davey Brothers ‘Heart Go Faster’ (AN) listen

Dizzee Rascal (pictured) 'Fix Up Look Sharp' (XL) listen

Dogs Die In Hot Cars (pictured) 'I Love You Cause I Have To' (Radiate) listen

Elbow (pictured) ‘Fallen Angel’ (V2) listen

Frank Black And The Catholics 'Everything Is New' (Cooking Vinyl) listen

The Free Association 'Sugarman' listen

Good Charlotte (pictured) 'The Anthem' (Epic) listen

Funeral For A Friend Juneau (Infectious) listen

Hot Hot Heat (pictured) ‘No, Not Now’ (B-Unique) listen

Jet (pictured) 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl?'

The Kills (pictured) ‘Pull A U’ (Domino) listen

Kings Of Leon ‘Molly’s Chambers’ (RCA) listen

LFO (pictured) 'Freak' (Warp)

The Libertines (pictured) ‘Look Back Into The Sun’ (Rough Trade) listen

McKay 'Take Me Over' (Universal) listen

Muse (pictured) 'Time Is Running Out'

Planet Funk ‘The Switch’ (Illustrious) listen

P*nut 'Hey Hey Hey'

Pretty Girls Make Graves (pictured) ‘This Is Our Emergency’ (Matador) listen

Psychid (pictured) 'Digging For Victory' (DB)

The Rapture (pictured) 'House Of Jealous' (Subpop) listen

Radiohead (pictured) ‘Go To Sleep’ (Parlophone) listen

Razorlight 'Rock 'N' Roll Lies' (Mercury)

Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Universally Speaking’ (Warner Bros) listen

Serafin (pictured) ‘Day By Day’ (Taste Media) listen

Simple Kid (pictured) ‘The Average Man’ (Phantom)

South ’Loosen Your Hold’ (Kinetic) listen

The Stands (pictured) ‘She Speaks Of These Things’ (Echo) listen

The Stills 'Still In Love Song' (Atlantic) listen

Starsailor (pictured) ‘Silence Is Easy’ (Capitol) listen

The Stereophonics ‘Maybe Tomorrow’ (V2) listen

Supergrass ‘Rush Hour Soul’ (Def Jam) listen

The Thrills (pictured) 'Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)' (Virgin) listen

The White Stripes (pictured) ‘I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself’ (XL) listen

The White Stripes (pictured) ‘Seven Nation Army’ (XL) listen

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I am pleased with my choice of radio station, looking at that lot.

Artist Track

Barth The Last Wig
Eva Cassidy Album: American Tune
Holly Lerski My Love
JA-13 feat. Don Ricardo Must Be Love
John Mayer No Such Thing
Macy Gray She Ain't Right For You
Norah Jones I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Ocean Colour Scene Make The Deal
Robbie Williams Something Beautiful
Sonique Alive
Speedway Save Yourself
Starsailor Silence Is Easy
LISTEN OUT FOR...

THE RECORD OF THE WEEK
Gareth Gates: Sunshine

THE ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Sugar Ray: In The Pursuit Of Leisure

THE GOLD ALBUM OF THE WEEK
New Woman (The New Collection) Compilation

As featured on the Ken Bruce and Janice Long shows.


About The Radio 2 Playlist
The Playlist Committee, made up of producers and chaired by Colin Martin, Executive Producer Music Radio 2, meet each week to decide which new releases will be added to the station's playlist.The playlist contains about 30 tracks which are divided into three levels: A list, which receive the most plays, about 20 each week; B list 10 plays and the C list around 5 plays.

The Radio 2 playlist is one of the most varied of any radio station in the UK and can include albums as well as singles. Before any CD can be considered for inclusion it must be commercially available.

Vote for London's Top 20

The singles chart you can control. Simply select the songs you love the most from the list of current hits and new releases below then tune in to Mick Brown's countdown every Saturday to hear London's Top 20 singles as voted for by London.

Beyonce Knowles - Crazy in Love
R Kelly - Ignition
Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
Busta Rhymes/Mariah Carey - I Know What You Want
Ashanti - Rock Wit U
Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow
Mis-Teeq - Can't Get It Back
Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go
Christina Aguilera - Fighter
Craig David - Spanish
Good Charlotte - The Anthem
Jason Nevins - I'm In Heaven
Clarksville - Secret File
Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side
Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue
Dido - White Flag
Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent
Coldplay - God Put A Smile On Your Face
Busted - Sleeping With the Lights On
Jaimeson - Complete
D Side - Invisible
Pink/William Orbit - Feel Good Time
Kosheen - All In My Head
John Mayer - No Such Thing
Benny Benassi - Satisfaction
Robbie Williams - Something Beautiful
Mark Owen - Four Minute Warning
Triple 8 - Give Me a Reason
Girls Aloud - Life Got Cold

Abs & Nodeesha - Miss Perfect
Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Billy Crawford - Trackin'
Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love **New**
Blu Cantrell - Breathe
Busta Rhymes/Mariah Carey - I Know What You Want
Busted - Sleeping With the Lights On
Christina Aguilera - Fighter
Christina Aguilera - Can't Hold Us Down
Clarkesville - Secret File
Craig David - Spanish
Dido - White Flag
Elton John - Are You Ready For Love
Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
Gareth Gates - Sunshine **New**
Girls Aloud - Life Got Cold
Good Charlotte - The Anthem
Jamieson - Complete
Jason Nevins - I'm In Heaven
Javine - Real Things
John Mayer - No Such Thing
Justin Timberlake - Senorita **New**
Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent
Leann Rimes - We Can
Lee Cabrera feat. Alex Cartana - Shake It
Lemar - Dance (With You)
Lisa Scott Lee - Too Far Gone **New**
Lumidee - Never Leave You (Uh-Oooh)
Mark Owen - Four Minute Warning
Mel Blatt - Do Me Wrong **New**
Mis-Teeq - Can't Get It Back
Norah Jones - Don't Know Why **New**
Richard x/Kelis - Finest Dreams
Robbie Williams - Something Beautiful
Shania Twain - Thank You Baby **New**
Snap vs Motivo - The Power of Bhangra **New**
Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow
Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes
Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go
Wheatus - America In Amsterdam **New**

Apologies for always copying and Pasting but I find it awkward opening too many windows on my machine.

[NME's pointless popularity chart for NME's teenage rock audience to ring in and vote]

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Stop (single of the week)
Elbow - Cast of thousands (album of the week)
Grafiti - What is the problem?
Ween - Fancy pants
Unkle - Eye for an eye
The Coral - In the forest
Zoot Woman - Grey day
Client - Rock and roll machine
Killing Joke - Loose Cannon
Super Furry Animals - Out of sight
Timbaland & Magoo featuring Missy Elliott - Cop that shit
Mark Ronson featuring Ghostface & Nate Dogg - Ooh wee
The Rapture - Killing
Static starring Ronald Lippok - Ghost boy
The Warlocks - Shake the dope out
Dizzee Rascal - Fix up, look sharp
The Raveonettes - The great love sound
The Nextmen featuring Dynamite MC - High score
Jane's Addiction - True nature
The Robocop Kraus - Fake boys
Opgeduveld - Te warm
OutKast - GhettoMusick
Kings Of Leon - Molly's chambers
Martina Topley-Bird - Need one
Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance
The Sleepy Jackson - Vampire racecourse
Quintron - I'm not busy
Rufige Kru - Rhythm killa

i don't think i could handle Capital for more than a few minutes - but there are a lot of pop tracks out at the mo that i find irresistable so as long as they minimised the boybands and Bedingfield i might actually find it no worse than XFm or Radio 1 - XFM still prioritise dreary guitar rock far too much but are otherwise very good (supporting Graffiti, LFO, AUdio Bullys etc.)

the Elton John track already came out and got in the 20s or 30s i think - but i can see a re-release taking it top ten

Dido - 'White Flag'
Jaimeson - 'Complete'
Elton John - 'Are You Ready for Love'
D. Kay & Epsilon feat. Stamina MC - 'Barcelona'
R Kelly - 'Snake'
Lee-Cabrera feat. Alex Cartana - 'Shake It (Move A Little Closer)' (25/8)
Lemar - 'Dance (with U)'
Lumidee - 'Never Leave You (Uh-Oooh)'
Jason Nevins feat. Holly James - 'I'm In Heaven'
Sean Paul - 'Like Glue'
Kelly Rowland - 'Train On A Track'

and only a couple of those are any good - i'm not interested in hearing either The Thrills or Kelly Rowland as i find them equally dull so all in all most of these stations seem pretty evenly matched in terms of crap tunes ratio. as i said before XFM's only real problem is many of the DJs still seem to think it makes sense to play 'Teen Spirit' or 'Basket Case' all the time.

as for the exclusion of "Breathe" from the playlist, of course it's a scandal - at least when Robson & Jerome or Cliff Richard weren't played you always knew Radio 2 would get behind them (although those records might be too MOR even for R2 these days!). in some ways I'm pleased, though; at least it shows that the radio corporates aren't as powerful as they like to think they are, and many of us like to fear they are ... still bizarre, though, that the more musically conservative Capital seem to be playing Blu & Sean more than R1.

what?!?!?!

(Actually it's because I'm skint, but avoiding this pile of cack morning noon and night is a huge bonus)