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23/12/2025

Song 2: S.5 Ep.18 - 23.12.25 : Skin - Skunk Anansie, 23/12/2025

"I always give an album 3 songs. If you're not into an album by track 3, then your switching off" Another one that we've had on the back burners for a little while. Skin is a fascinating character - check out the full interview (on demand) via RTL Play. Since this interview was recorded, SA have been in Luxembourg a couple of times and the band show no signs of slowing down. Skin is categorically NOT a Song 2 believer. But does take the view that artist front load their records with the best stuff.

23/12/2025

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6 JAN

Song 2 S.5 Ep.21: Jolly - Bad Omens, 06/01/2026

"I truly believe that an album is a journey that needs to flow from first song to the last" Bad Omen’s are having a bit of a renaissance at present with new music being drip fed and a new album touted for release in 2026, we caught up with Jolly from the band some time back – the full interview is available on RTL Play, on demand so get onto that after finishing up here. Jolly has some fantastic points on Song 2, unfortunately none of them support the theory… at all, but Jolly’s take on track-listing is a terrific listen. So go ahead and check it out. Joll of Bad Omen’s on the Song 2 theory….

6 Jan

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7 min
29/12/2025

Song 2 - S.5 Ep.20: Pink Floyd - Breathe (In The Air), 29/12/2025

Now, The Dark Side of the Moon really doesn’t need an introduction but let’s give it one anyway... Released in 1973, it was the band’s eighth studio album and the one that took them from underground cult favourites to global superstardom. Before that, Pink Floyd had spent the late 60s experimenting with long psychedelic jams and, yeah a fair bit of chemical inspiration which earned them a loyal following but not exactly mass appeal.

29/12/2025

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5 min
15/10/2025

Song 2 : S.5 Ep. 09 - Billy Bragg, 15/10/2025

“It’s crucial that you draw people in when you’re making records. Putting a track listing together can be very complex” Joining us this time is legendary troubadour Billy Bragg. For over four decades, Billy has blended sharp political insight with heartfelt storytelling, from early anthems like Between the Wars to recent records that prove his voice is as vital as ever. Few artists understand the power of a perfectly sequenced album like Billy, and his catalogue is full of second tracks that land like mission statements, passionate, pointed, and unforgettable. There’s a great Joshua Tree Anecdote too.

15/10/2025

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27/11/2025

Song 2: S.5 Ep.15 - 27.11.25: Otis Pavlovic - Royel Otis, 27/11/2025

"It depends on the album, but I'd say the 1st song is most important, for the 2nd one, you need to back it up. For Hickey, it was more about the first" Check out the full interview with Otis on The Lunchbox AND on-demand via RTL Play. Here though Otis tells us about the band's track listing and whether or not he agrees with our rather muddled theory....

27/11/2025

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4 min
08/11/2024

Song 2: Dizzee Rascal - Stand Up Tall (S.4 Ep.11), 08/11/2024

Let us take you back! The year is 2004, grime experienced its first wave of success the summer previous and the wait for Dizzee’s 2nd album is finally over With “Boy In Da Corner” Dizzee Rascal put Grime well and truly on the map, but what was to follow? Was it going to be another fad like those silly tectonic dances of the early 2000’s or was it here to stay? Dizzee is set to play den Atelier in tickets at atelier.lu

08/11/2024

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9 min
29/09/2023

Song 2: Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (S.2 Ep.25), 29/09/2023

This week's Song 2 brings us to one of the most well-known and universally acclaimed rap songs ever…and a track listing loophole Many albums open with an intro track…nominally a skit, or an interlude, some type of meandering almost start, and, anything that’s sub 90secs is not a track in my eyes. Feel free to argue, but I am running with this as far as my middle-aged legs will carry me.

29/09/2023

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14 min
05/09/2025

Song 2: Season 5 - Ep.1 Bjork - Hyperballad, 05/09/2025

The opener kicks the door in. But track two? Track two defines the journey. This is episode one of season five and if it seems like we’ve been away for ages, it’s because we have. Not, you understand, due to the relentless beatdowns we’ve had when voicing our USP but due to a lot of other things, cush as Show Tunes, new radio programme launches, and a lot there besides. Today, we head into the sonic wilderness with none other than Iceland’s most fearless innovator: Björk. And her second track from 1995’s Post, the glacial, emotional masterpiece “Hyperballad” might just be the clearest proof of our theory yet.

05/09/2025

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05/11/2025

Song 2: S.5 - Ep.11 - Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano, 05/11/2025

Go ahead and get the pronunciation right on first go... I dare you. Today, we’re jumping back to 1972 Italy, to an artist who somehow managed to predict mumble rap, YouTube virality, and the power of rhythm over meaning, all in one glorious nonsense track. That artist is Adriano Celentano, and the song is the magnificent, the bizarre, the utterly infectious “Prisen colinens inain ciusol”, track two on his album Nostalrock.

05/11/2025

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6 min
24/05/2024

Song 2: The Libertines (S.3 Ep.25), 24/05/2024

"I leave it to Carl to sort that out (track listing), I just write the fucking songs" Pete Doherty A rather ramshackle and impromptu take on Song 2 featuring Pete Docherty and Gary Powell, Charlie does his best to get back from QPR, 'Purple Pig Puppies', Lichtenstein and landlubbers.

24/05/2024

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7 min

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