Dan17F1

Why would they play 80s songs when their target audience wasn’t born then? Even Heart rarely (if ever) play anything from the 80s now and they have an older audience target. It would be like saying R1 needs to play more 80s and no one is asking for that!

It’s taken 2 weeks but I really do like this now! In terms of her leads, I can’t decide between this and Dangerous Woman for 2nd place! (With No Tears Left To Cry miles in front!)

Big drop for this!

Yes, Lauren is now on maternity leave!

Yeah I reckon she’ll be number 1 this week but only for 1 week again. Hopefully The Cure can rise a bit further but I have a feeling we’ll be back to Rein Me In

Ahh in my mind Hypnogogic (?) was playlisted too and was only C Listed but I must have misremembered

I feel like a Love Regenerator song that he did a few years ago might have done? I just wondered if that didn’t appear in your data as it was under a different name

Good to see Garrix/Sheeran finally added, think it's too late in the day for it to do anything now though. Also good to see Ariana added too.

Radio 2 Playlist: 06/06/26 A List: Duran Duran Feat. Nile Rodgers - Free To Love [A-A-A-A-A] Harry Styles - Dance No More [A-A-A-A] Kylie - Light Up [A-A-A] Myles Smith - Hold Me In The Dark [A-A-A-A] Paul McCartney Feat. Ringo Starr - Home To Us [A-A-A-A-A] Sienna Spiro - Material Lover [B-A-A-A-A] STELLA LEFTY - Boston [A-A-A-A] * Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You [A] The Rolling Stones - In The Stars [A-A-A-A-A] ^ The Script - Man In The Arena [B-B-A] B List: * Appleton - Ready To Begin [B] * Ariana Grande - hate that i made you love me [B] Calvin Harris Feat. Jazzy - Satisfy [B-B] Delta Goodrem - Eclipse [B-B-B] * Jalen Ngonda - Burning Temptation [B] Keith Urban Feat. Michael McDonald - We Go Back [B-B] * Martin Garrix & Ed Sheeran - Repeat It [B] Natalie Imbruglia - Upside Down [B-B-B] * Paul Heaton Feat. Rianne Downey - Favourite Kind Of Idiot [B] Shania Twain - Dirty Rosie [B-B-B-B] C List: Ashley McBryde - What If We Don't [C-C-C-C] * Elles Bailey - Can't Take My Story Away [C] Haircut 100 - Come Back To Me [C-C] Meghan Trainor - Shimmer [C-C-C] Tiwayo - I've Got To Travel Alone [C-C] Record of the Week: Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You Album of the Week: Niall Horan - Dinner Party Out: Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love [A-A-A-A-A] Niall Horan - Little More Time [B-B-B-A] Kehlani Feat. Usher - Shoulda Never [C-B-B-B] Marshmello, Portugal. The Man - Phoenix [C-B-B-B] Olivia Rodrigo - Drop Dead [A-A-A-A-B-B] Stephen Sanchez - CHUCK THE MONEY [B-B-B] Billy Lockett - Things Are Looking Up [C-C-C]

He literally has… not sure you can bring someone back from the dead ;)

I actually wasn’t! I really liked Friend Of Mine but it seems to have been completely forgotten

I think we’re all forgetting the real great soundtrack song she released… Friend Of Mine!

I don’t think it will be anywhere close unless the video provides a big boost! Pretty sure all her physicals have already been shipped as well

It was Milky climbing more than I expected - would have been lovely for Lily though ;)

Is there an unexpected song to come? The Top 8 from last week, Beat It, new Ariana plus one more?

I think that might have been Sami's point - like they are now playing Ariana again so why not Olivia Dean as well if they were both previously blacklisted?

Nice to see adds for Calvin/Jazzy and I really like the Haircut 100 track too! Surprised not to see an insta-add for Ariana though (although it was played by Joel Dommett this morning so I would assume it will be added next week)

Radio 2 Playlist: 30/05/26 A List: Duran Duran Feat. Nile Rodgers - Free To Love [A-A-A-A] Harry Styles - Dance No More [A-A-A] Kylie - Light Up [A-A] Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love [A-A-A-A-A] Myles Smith - Hold Me In The Dark [A-A-A] ^Niall Horan - Little More Time [B-B-B-A] Paul McCartney Feat. Ringo Starr - Home To Us [A-A-A-A] Sienna Spiro - Material Lover [B-A-A-A] STELLA LEFTY - Boston [A-A-A] The Rolling Stones - In The Stars [A-A-A-A] B List: * Calvin Harris Feat. Jazzy - Satisfy [B] Delta Goodrem - Eclipse [B-B] Kehlani Feat. Usher - Shoulda Never [C-B-B-B] * Keith Urban Feat. Michael McDonald - We Go Back [B] Marshmello, Portugal. The Man - Phoenix [C-B-B-B] Natalie Imbruglia - Upside Down [B-B] Olivia Rodrigo - Drop Dead [A-A-A-A-B-B] Shania Twain - Dirty Rosie [B-B-B] Stephen Sanchez - CHUCK THE MONEY [B-B-B] The Script - Man In The Arena [B-B] C List: Ashley McBryde - What If We Don't [C-C-C] Billy Lockett - Things Are Looking Up [C-C-C] * Haircut 100 - Come Back To Me [C] Meghan Trainor - Shimmer [C-C] * Tiwayo - I've Got To Travel Alone [C] Record of the Week: Keith Urban Feat. Michael McDonald - We Go Back Album of the Week: Paul McCartney - The Boys of Dungeon Lane Out: Laufey - Madwoman [B-A-A-A-A] Brooke Combe - Tears Won't Lie [B-B-B-B] Michael Ball - Glow [C-C-C-C] sombr - potential [C-C-C]

I can’t stop playing this! Think it’s my favourite thing she’s done (with Afterglow and Disconnect just behind)

There’s no need to be rude - I think Sami got the idea

I know it’s already been mentioned but No Regrets is my favourite ever. It’s so just unexpected in that type of song

They will be announcing the number 1 at least (I would assume doing a Top 10 countdown) as the show description for 5pm mentions it.

I don’t understand this? Radio 1 played Crush and Midnight Sun last year (before Zara got massive again). Admittedly they were only on the C List but neither of those sound like tracks that R2 would play. I don’t think Radio 1 are only supporting her now because Lush Life and Midnight Sun went massive on TikTok

Thank you to @earthisturning for letting me know about the playlist! Lots of Australian representation this week! A shame to see LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER off so quickly but I can't really be surprised at that. They do love to support Meghan Trainor's tracks!

Radio 2 Playlist: 23/05/26 A List: Duran Duran Feat. Nile Rodgers - Free To Love [A-A-A] Harry Styles - Dance No More [A-A] * Kylie - Light Up [A] Laufey - Madwoman [B-A-A-A-A] Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love [A-A-A-A] Myles Smith - Hold Me In The Dark [A-A] Paul McCartney Feat. Ringo Starr - Home To Us [A-A-A] Sienna Spiro - Material Lover [B-A-A] STELLA LEFTY - Boston [A-A] The Rolling Stones - In The Stars [A-A-A] B List: Brooke Combe - Tears Won't Lie [B-B-B-B] * Delta Goodrem - Eclipse [B] Kehlani Feat. Usher - Shoulda Never [C-B-B] Marshmello, Portugal. The Man - Phoenix [C-B-B] * Natalie Imbruglia - Upside Down [B] Niall Horan - Little More Time [B-B-B] | Olivia Rodrigo - Drop Dead [A-A-A-A-B] Shania Twain - Dirty Rosie [B-B] Stephen Sanchez - CHUCK THE MONEY [B-B] * The Script - Man In The Arena [B] C List: Ashley McBryde - What If We Don't [C-C] Billy Lockett - Things Are Looking Up [C-C] * Meghan Trainor - Shimmer [C] Michael Ball - Glow [C-C-C-C] sombr - potential [C-C-C] Record of the Week: Kylie - Light Up Album of the Week: Michael Ball - Glow Out: Blue - Flowers [B-B-B-B] LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei [C-B-B] Rick Astley - Raindrops [B-B-B-B] Westlife - Your Love Amazes Me [B-B-B-B-B] Lusaint - Love Bites Back [C-C-C-C]