The Chain (playlist)
The Chain is a playlist created by Gina on the Community Garden Radio Discord. It is a never-ending collaborative playlist on Spotify[1] which invites Gardeners to add songs to the playlist with tedious links from the previous one in the playlist. According to Gina, it is the "same concept as Radcliffe & Maconie" with their feature on BBC Radio 6 Music[2].
The Chain Game was started on 28th September 2022, born from discussion on the #mixes Discord Channel. A dedicated thread[3] was set up for discussion.
Current chain
| No. | Artist | Song | Added by | Link to previous track |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleetwood Mac | The Chain | Gina | - |
| 2 | Tina Arena | Chains | Gina | Song title - chains |
| 3 | Tina Turner | Proud Mary | Gina | Artist - Tinas |
| 4 | Supergrass | Mary | Gina | Song title - Mary |
| 5 | Radiohead | Electioneering | max | Geography - Supergrass and Radiohead formed in Oxford |
| 6 | R.E.M. | Ignoreland | Lauren in Liverpool | Song theme - voting and governments |
| 7 | The Sunshine Underground | I Ain't Losing Any Sleep | Kathryn | Artist to song title - sleep |
| 8 | Taylor Swift | Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version) | max | Song title - sleep and dreams |
| 9 | Philip Oakley and Giorgio Moroder | Together in Electric Dreams | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - dreams |
| 10 | AC/DC | Thunderstruck | Gina | Song title to artist - electricity |
| 11 | Charli XCX | Lightning | max | Song title - thunder and lightning |
| 12 | Milburn | Storm In A Teacup | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - storms |
| 13 | Nirvana | Pennyroyal Tea | Pete | Song title - tea |
| 14 | Stone Temple Pilots | Pretty Penny | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - penny |
| 15 | The Beatles | Penny Lane | max | Song title - penny |
| 16 | Doves | Pounding | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - money, pennies, the pound |
| 17 | The Stone Roses | She Bangs the Drums | Gina | Song title - pounding, banging |
| 18 | Hot Chip | Flutes | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - musical instruments |
| 19 | Lizzo | Coldplay | ScottFromDevon | Song title to artist - Lizzo plays the flute |
| 20 | Coldplay | Yellow | ScottFromDevon | Song title to artist - Coldplay |
| 21 | Taylor Swift | Red (Taylor's Version) | max | Song title - colours |
| 22 | Love | My Little Red Book | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - red |
| 23 | Peter Gabriel | The Book Of Love | max | Song title - books |
| 24 | Maximo Park | Books From Boxes | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - books |
| 25 | The Slow Readers Club | Lunatic | Gina | Song title to artist - books, reading |
| 26 | Gnarls Barkley | Crazy | max | Song title - craziness |
| 27 | CeeLo Green | Fuck You | KathrynFromSouthShields | Artist - CeeLo Green was in Gnarls Barkley |
| 28 | Frankee | F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back) | max | Song title - fuck you |
| 29 | Fucked Up | The Other Shoe | ScottFromDevon | Song title - fuck |
| 30 | My Vitriol | Cemented Shoes | Pete | Song title - shoes |
| 31 | Johnny Boy | You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - shoes |
| 32 | Pet Shop Boys, Dusty Springfield | What Have I Done to Deserve This? (with Dusty Springfield) | max | Song title - deserved |
| 33 | Rainbow | Since You Been Gone | Lauren in Liverpool | Song lyric to title - "since you went away" |
| 34 | The Wedding Present | Gone | ScottFromDevon | Song title - gone |
| 35 | Cinerama | Superman | ScottFromDevon | Multiple: Artist - the same band members between The Wedding Present and Cinerama, and Gone was on the extended album Bizarro who is a Superman villain |
| 36 | Donovan | Sunshine Superman | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - Superman |
| 37 | Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly | Once More with Feeling | Gina | Song title to artist - Superman, cape |
| 38 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cast | What You Feel - Reprise | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title to song lyric - "once more with feeling" |
| 39 | Janelle Monáe | Make Me Feel | max | Song title - feelings |
| 40 | Grimes | Venus Fly (feat. Janelle Monáe) | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist - Janelle Monáe is featured |
| 41 | MARINA | Venus Fly Trap | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - venus fly traps |
| 42 | Ash | Girl From Mars | Gina | Song title - planets in our Solar System |
| 43 | Belinda Carlisle | Heaven Is a Place On Earth | max | Song title - planets in our Solar System |
| 44 | The Futureheads | The No. 1 Song in Heaven | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - Heaven |
| 45 | Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs | Hell's Teeth | Pete | Song title - Heaven and Hell |
| 46 | Suede | We Are The Pigs | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist to song title - pigs |
| 47 | Fat White Family | Touch The Leather | Gina | Artist to song title - suede, leather |
| 48 | Little Mix | Touch | max | Song title - touch |
| 49 | Toy Dolls | Nellie the Elephant - 1984 Version | KathrynFromSouthShields | Geography - (half of) Little Mix and Toy Dolls are from South Shields |
| 50 | Randy Newman | You've Got a Friend in Me - From "Toy Story" | max | Artist to soundtrack - toys |
| 51 | Neil Young | Old Man | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist to song title - new man/old man |
| 52 | Crosby, Stills & Nash | Cathedral | KathrynFromSouthShields | Artist - Neil Young was in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young with CS&N |
| 53 | Heidi Talbot | Cathedrals | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - cathedrals |
| 54 | Green Day | Church on Sunday | max | Song title - cathedrals and churches |
| 55 | The Sundays | Here's Where the Story Ends | ScottFromDevon | Song title to artist - Sunday |
| 56 | The Strokes | The End Has No End | Gina | Song title - ends |
| 57 | Nine Inch Nails | The Beginning Of The End | max | Song title - ends |
| 58 | Tori Amos | Precious Things | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist to song lyric - "Demigods with their nine inch nails", a specific reference by Tori Amos to the band |
| 59 | The Coral | Simon Diamond | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - precious gemstone |
| 60 | Rihanna | Diamonds | max | Song title - diamonds |
| 61 | Manic Street Preachers | Umbrella | Gina | Artist to song title - Rihanna had a hit with Umbrella |
| 62 | The Bangles | Manic Monday | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist to song title - mania |
| 63 | Tegan and Sara | Monday Monday Monday | max | Song title - Mondays |
| 64 | Craig David | 7 Days | Gina | Song title - the week |
| 65 | Vampire Weekend | A-Punk | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title to artist - the week/end |
| 66 | Arctic Monkeys | Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But… | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist to song title - vampires |
| 67 | ABC | Poison Arrow | Jimmy G | Geography - Arctic Monkeys and ABC are both from Sheffield |
| 68 | The Sonics | Strychnine | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - poison |
| 69 | Sonic Youth | Superstar | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist - sonic |
| 70 | Carpenters | Top Of The World | ScottFromDevon | Multiple: Song theme - superstars, top of the world. Superstar is a cover of a Carpenters song |
| 71 | The Saw Doctors | I Useta Lover | Jimmy G | Artists - carpenters are saw doctors |
| 72 | blink-182 | All The Small Things | Gina | Album cover - doctors and nurses |
| 73 | Radio 4 | Eyes Wide Open | KathrynFromSouthShields | Artist to song title - blinking or not blinking |
| 74 | Chris Isaak | Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing | Jimmy G | Song title to soundtrack - Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing was on the Eyes Wide Shut soundtrack |
| 75 | Travis | Baby One More Time - In Session | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - baby |
| 76 | Daft Punk | One More Time | max | Song title - one more time |
| 77 | Viagra Boys | Punk Rock Loser | ScottFromDevon | Multiple: Artist to song title - punk. Song title to artist - viagra offers men the chance of 'one more time' (Sid James laugh) |
| 78 | LCD Soundsystem | Daft Punk Is Playing at My House | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - punk (also an artist to song title from 76 - Daft Punk) |
| 79 | The Animals | House of the Rising Sun | Gina | Song title - house |
| 80 | Alphaville | Big in Japan | max | Song title - the Japanese flag features a rising sun |
| 81 | Gojira | Stranded | Jimmy G | Song title to artist - Gojira is the Japanese pronounciation of Godzilla |
| 82 | CHVRCHES | Death Stranding | max | Song title - stranded |
| 83 | Alvvays | Archie, Marry Me | Gina | Artist - using v as an alternative letter |
| 84 | The Rankin Family | An T-Each Ruadh (The Red Horse) | Jimmy G | Artist - Molly (Alvvays) is the daughter of John Morris Rankin from The Rankin Family |
| 85 | America | A Horse with No Name | max | Song title - horse |
| 86 | Simon & Garfunkel | America | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - America |
| 87 | Don McLean | American Pie | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - America |
| 88 | Warrant | Cherry Pie | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - pie |
| 89 | Arrested Development | Mr. Wendal | Gina | Artist - warrants for arrest |
| 90 | Tegan and Sara | Everything Is AWESOME!!! (feat. The Lonely Island) | max | Artist to soundtrack - Will Arnett was in Arrested Development and in the film the Lego Movie of which this is the theme song |
| 91 | Less Than Jake | Soundtrack of My Life | Lauren in Liverpool | Soundtrack to song title - soundtrack |
| 92 | Harry Styles | She | Jimmy G | Song title to artist - One Direction (with Harry Styles) had a song Story of My Life |
| 93 | Emerson Niceuns | Harry Styles' Hair Style | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist to song title - Harry Styles |
| 94 | Taylor Swift | Style | max | Multiple: song title - style, plus Taylor Swift dated Harry Styles |
| 95 | Sisters of Mercy | 1959 | Lauren in Liverpool | Song album to song title - number 94 is from the album 1989, linking to 1959 as a year ending in 9 |
| 96 | Teddy Johnson, Pearl Carr | Sing Little Birdie | Jimmy G | Song title - 1959 was the year that Sing Little Birdie won Eurovision |
| 97 | They Might Be Giants | Birdhouse in Your Soul | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - birds |
| 98 | Goldfinger | Superman | max | Song title to soundtrack - Birdhouse sponsor Tony Hawk and Superman is on the Tony Hawk game soundtrack |
| 99 | Stevie Wonder | Superstition | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title to artist - Super > Wonder |
| 100 | Air | Talisman | Gina | Song title - superstitious things |
| 101 | Sia | Breathe Me | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist to song title - air and breathing |
| 102 | Erasure | Breath of Life | max | Song title - breathing |
| 103 | Wheatus | Teenage Dirtbag | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist - Wheatus' other hit was a cover of an Erasure track |
| 104 | Bread | Make It with You | Gina | Artist - bread is made from wheat |
| 105 | The Foundations | Build Me Up Buttercup | KathrynFromSouthShields | Artist to song title - bread and butter |
| 106 | Ace of Base | Life Is a Flower | max | Song title - flowers |
| 107 | The Move | Flowers In The Rain | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - flowers |
| 108 | Daisy Chainsaw | Love Your Money | ScottFromDevon | Song title to artist - flowers |
| 109 | Monty Python | Lumberjack Song | Gina | Artist to song title - chainsaws and lumberjacks |
| 110 | PVRIS, MIYAVI | Snakes (from the series Arcane League of Legends) | max | Artist to song title - pythons and snakes |
| 111 | Goat Girl | Viper Fish | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - snakes and vipers |
| 112 | Nadine Shah | Ladies for Babies (Goats for Love) | KathrynFromSouthShields | Artist to song title - goats |
| 113 | Foxes | Gentleman | max | Song title - ladies and gentlemen |
| 114 | Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey | The Middle | Jimmy G | Artist - Foxes' big break was on a song with Zedd |
| 115 | Sam Fender | Howdon Aldi Death Queue | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - the middle aisle in Aldi |
| 116 | White Lies | Death | max | Song title - death |
| 117 | Blur | Death of a Party | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - death |
| 118 | Perfume | Party Maker | max | Song title - party |
| 119 | Perfume Genius | On the Floor | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist - perfume |
| 120 | Nirvana | Scentless Apprentice | Gina | Artist and song title to song title - 'scentless' if your perfume is on the floor! |
| 121 | Cass Elliot | Make Your Own Kind Of Music | max | Soundtrack - both Scentless Apprentice and Make Your Own Kind of Music were used in Lost |
| 122 | The Music | Take The Long Road And Walk It | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title to artist - music |
| 123 | The Beatles | The Long And Winding Road | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - long roads |
| 124 | Will Young | Jealousy | max | Song title to artist - Will Young's first song after winning Pop Idol was a cover of The Long and Winding Road |
| 125 | Gin Blossoms | Til I Hear It From You | Jimmy G | Song title to artist - Hey Jealousy is a track by Gin Blossoms |
| 126 | Snoop Dogg | Gin and Juice | max | Artist to song title - gin |
| 127 | Squeeze | Cool For Cats | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title to artist - juice is squeezed |
| 128 | Andrew Lloyd Webber / "Cats" 1981 Original London Cast | Macavity: The Mystery Cat | KathrynFromSouthShields | Song title - cats (also a cats and dogs link from 126) |
| 129 | Florence + The Machine | Dog Days Are Over | max | Song title - cats and dogs |
| 130 | Pink Floyd | Welcome To The Machine | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist to song title - the machines |
| 131 | The Surfing Magazines | Pink Ice Cream | ScottFromDevon | Artist to song title - pink |
| 132 | The Drums | Lets Go Surfing | KathrynFromSouthShields | Artist to song title - surfing |
| 133 | Butthole Surfers | Whatever (I Had A Dream) | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title to artist - surfing |
| 134 | The Beach Boys | Surfin' U.S.A. | max | Artist to song title - surfing |
| 135 | Wilson Phillips | Hold On | Jimmy G | Artist - Brian Wilson is in The Beach Boys and his daughters are in Wilson Phillips |
| 136 | Placebo | Hang on to Your IQ | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - holding on |
| 137 | Garbage | Stupid Girl | max | Song title - IQ |
| 138 | Darren Hayman | I Tried and I Tried and I Failed | ScottFromDevon | Song title - Someone might think they are stupid if the tried and tried and failed |
| 139 | Hefner | The Greedy Ugly People | Jimmy G | Musician - Darren Hayman was lead singer of Hefner |
| 140 | Suede | Beautiful Ones | max | Song title - ugly / beautiful |
| 141 | The Bluetones | Down At The Reservoir | Lauren in Liverpool | Song theme - misfits |
| 142 | Friday Night At The Movies | My Little Buttercup (From "Three Amigos") | Jimmy G | Artist to soundtrack - The Bluetones covered Blue Shadows from "Three Amigos" |
| 143 | At the Drive-In | One Armed Scissor | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist - drive-in movies |
| 144 | Scissor Sisters | I Don't Feel Like Dancin' | max | Song title to artist - scissors |
| 145 | David Bowie, Mick Jagger | Dancing in the Street | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - dancing |
| 146 | Alison Moyet | Wishing You Were Here | Jimmy G | Musician - Neil Conti played drums on Dancing in the Street, and also on Wishing You Were Here |
| 147 | Yazoo | Only You | max | Musician - Alison Moyet was in Yazoo |
| 148 | The Reverend Peyton's Big DamnBand | Pot Roast and Kisses | Jimmy G | Artist - Yazoo were named after Yazoo Records who signed TRPBDB |
| 149 | The Pipettes | Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me | max | Song title - kisses |
| 150 | Queens of the Stone Age | Better Living Through Chemistry | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist to song title - pipettes are used by chemists (amongst others) |
| 151 | Girls Aloud | Biology | max | Song title - the sciences |
| 152 | Darwin Deez | Radar Detector | Gina | Song title to artist - biology > Charles ‘Darwin’ Deez |
| 153 | Thompson Twins | We Are Detective | Lauren in Liverpool | Song title - detecting |
| 154 | The Proclaimers | Sunshine on Leith | Gina | Artist - twins |
| 155 | Smash Mouth | All Star | max | Artist to soundtrack - The Proclaimers had a song on the Shrek soundtrack, of which this is the theme song |
| 156 | Florence + The Machine | Kiss With A Fist | Gina | Artist to song title - euphamism for punching in the mouth |
| 157 | Marillion | Punch and Judy | Jimmy G | Song title - punches |
| 158 | The Last Shadow Puppets | The Age Of The Understatement | Gina | Song title to artist - puppetshows |
| 159 | New Found Glory | Understatement | max | Song title - understatement |
| 160 | Jeff Buckley | Hallelujah | KathrynFromSouthShields | Artist to song title - glory / Hallelujah |
| 161 | Fall Out Boy | Hum Hallelujah | max | Song title - hallelujah |
| 162 | girl in red | i wanna be your girlfriend | KathrynFromSouthShields | Artist - boy/girl |
| 163 | Boy Meets Girl | Waiting For a Star to Fall | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist - boy/girl |
| 164 | Television | See No Evil | Gina | |
| 165 | Sylvan Esso | Radio | max | Artist to song title - television and radio |
| 166 | Queens of the Stone Age | You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire | Jimmy G | Song title - the QOTSA track starts with a radio transmission |
| 167 | Self Esteem | Still Reigning | ScottFromDevon | Song title to artist - positive self esteem |
| 168 | Bloc Party | Mercury | Gina | |
| 169 | Bananarama | Venus | max | Song title - planets in our Solar System |
| 170 | The Smiths | Shakespeare's Sister | Gina | Musician to song title - Siobhan Fahey of Shakespeares Sister was also in Bananarama |
| 171 | Eric Clapton | Lay Down Sally | Jimmy G | Song title to musician - Marcella Detroit was in Shakespears Sister and co-wrote Lay Down Sally |
| 172 | Status Quo | Down Down | max | Song title - down |
| 173 | David Bowie | Changes | Lauren in Liverpool | Artist to song title - status quo and changes |
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