April 19, 20206 yr Author When's the last time Pet Shop Boys didn't get into the A List on radio 2? Say It To Me only got to the B List and Brick England which was a feature with Jean-Michel Jarre got to the C List, both in 2016. Kiesza's R2 add is a surprise, have they even supported any of her last few singles? This is actually her first time on the playlist!
April 22, 20206 yr Author No R2 update as of yet which is odd. I'd speculate what they'll add but it's always so hard to call though I reckon Niall Horan and Tiesto & Becky Hill are in with a shot
April 22, 20206 yr No R2 update as of yet which is odd. I'd speculate what they'll add but it's always so hard to call though I reckon Niall Horan and Tiesto & Becky Hill are in with a shot What's Niall's new single, Heartbreak Weather?
April 23, 20206 yr Black and White Decent enough choice, but I would have gone for Heartbreak Weather.
April 23, 20206 yr Author BBC Radio 2 Playlist | 25/04/2020 A List Ava Max - Kings & Queens [A-A-A-A] Blossoms - If You Think This Is Real Life [A-A-A] Doja Cat - Say So [b-B-A-A-A] Dua Lipa - Break My Heart [A-A-A-A] James Blunt - The Greatest [b-A-A] Jessie Ware - Spotlight [b-A-A-A] Jonas Blue & Paloma Faith - Mistakes [A-A-A-A-A] ^ Pretenders - The Buzz [b-B-A] * The Rolling Stones - Living In A Ghost Town [Record of the Week] The Weeknd - In Your Eyes [A-A-A] B List Little Mix - Break Up Song [b-B-B-B] * Live Lounge Allstars - Times Like These (BBC Radio 1 Stay Home Live Lounge) Major Lazer feat. Marcus Mumford - Lay Your Head On Me [b-B] Melanie C - Who I Am [b-B] * OneRepublic - Didn't I Pet Shop Boys - I don't wanna [b-B-B-B] ^ Rumer - Hard Times For Lovers [C-C-B] Sam Smith & Demi Lovato - I'm Ready [b-B] * The Shires - About Last Night ↓ Taylor Swift - The Man [A-A-A-A-B] C List Kiesza - All Of The Feelings [C-C] * Lauv - Modern Loneliness The Lemon Twigs - The One [C-C] Twinnie - I Love You Now Change [C-C] * UB40 feat. Ali Campbell & Astro - Lean On Me Album of the Week Mark Kingswood - Brave Enough OUT Richard Marx - Limitless [b-A-A-A] Ellie Goulding - Worry About Me [b-B-B-B] Lady Gaga - Stupid Love [A-A-A-A-A-B-B] Mura Masa feat. Georgia - Live Like We're Dancing [b-B-B] Rita Ora - How To Be Lonely [b-B-B-B-B] The Shapeshifters feat. Kimberly Davis - Second Chance [C-C-C]
April 23, 20206 yr Author Guess maybe they were waiting for the Live Lounge thing to happen? Idk. Record of the Week is still TBA. Fantastic add for Lauv and I'm starting to enjoy that OneRepublic track, not really got on board with The Shires this era though.
April 23, 20206 yr Listened to radio 2 quite a lot this week, only really hear the A List stuff and then Sam Smith as he's record of the week. Ken Bruce is a legend!
April 28, 20206 yr Author The Rolling Stones are Record of the Week on R2 this week though not sure where they are on the playlist. There is a gap on the A List so I’ve put them there for now
April 29, 20206 yr Author BBC Radio 2 Playlist | 02/05/2020 A List Ava Max - Kings & Queens [A-A-A-A-A] Blossoms - If You Think This Is Real Life [A-A-A-A] James Blunt - The Greatest [b-A-A-A] Jessie Ware - Spotlight [b-A-A-A-A] * The Killers - Caution [Record of the Week] ↑ Live Lounge Allstars - Times Like These (BBC Radio 1 Stay Home Live Lounge) [b-A] * Niall Horan - Black And White Pretenders - The Buzz [b-B-A-A] The Rolling Stones - Living In A Ghost Town [A-A] The Weeknd - In Your Eyes [A-A-A-A] B List ↓ Doja Cat - Say So [b-B-A-A-A-B] ↓ Dua Lipa - Break My Heart [A-A-A-A-B] ↑ Lauv - Modern Loneliness [C-B] Major Lazer feat. Marcus Mumford - Lay Your Head On Me [b-B-B] Melanie C - Who I Am [b-B-B] OneRepublic - Didn't I [b-B] Rumer - Hard Times For Lovers [C-C-B-B] Sam Smith & Demi Lovato - I'm Ready [b-B-B] * Shaun Escoffery - Candle The Shires - About Last Night [b-B] C List * Beoga & Lissie - In A Rocket Kiesza - All Of The Feelings [C-C-C] The Lemon Twigs - The One [C-C-C] Twinnie - I Love You Now Change [C-C-C] UB40 feat. Ali Campbell & Astro - Lean On Me [C-C] Album of the Week Richard Marx - Limitless OUT Jonas Blue & Paloma Faith - Mistakes [A-A-A-A-A] Little Mix - Break Up Song [b-B-B-B] Pet Shop Boys - I don't wanna [b-B-B-B] Taylor Swift - The Man [A-A-A-A-B]
April 29, 20206 yr Author Yay for Niall and The Killers (they’ve been spot playing it for ages). The Beoga song is a run of the mill country track :shrug:
April 29, 20206 yr Over the moon to see they're supporting that Kiesza track! :o I wish it'd get some form of proper success. :(
April 29, 20206 yr Great to see 'Caution' and 'Living In A Ghost Town' on the A List two fantastic tracks. Don't know why Radio 2 have got into this thing of pushing long running songs onto the B List for a week before removing them.
April 29, 20206 yr Author Don't know why Radio 2 have got into this thing of pushing long running songs onto the B List for a week before removing them. Happening a lot lately right?! It was an occasional thing but now it’s every week! I guess it’s good because they’re not dumping tracks just so others can move up. Someone in the playlist meeting must be like nooooo we’re not getting rid just yet. They could also simply be doing it because of a lack of releases suited to the station right now too. Also they are late to the party with Richard Marx’s album as it’s been out for 3 months. Listening to it now and I’m actually surprised at how good it is.
April 29, 20206 yr Great to see The Killers added. There may still be hope Radio 1 will add it too. I’m not sure they will. As far as I’m aware, I don’t think they’ve given it any spot plays even on Annie Mac’s show who’s normally more supportive of those kinds of bands anyway, even if they don’t make the main playlist.
April 29, 20206 yr Yeh I thought it was due to a lack of releases but also despite Covid-19 there has been a lot of new releases I've found in the lockdown period but maybe from now there will be less.
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