• 2015
    Jul 8 2023

    The Paris attacks, FIFA scandal, Jeremy Clarkson's fracas, The Force Awakens...

    Tracklisting:

    • Eastenders – Who Killed Lucy
    • Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
    • Buckingham Palace denies Andrew claims
    • Poldark
    • Charlie Hebdo attacks
    • Hozier – Take Me to Church
    • Australia allowed in Eurovision
    • Piers Morgan joins GMB
    • OMI – Cheerleader
    • Princess Charlotte born
    • The Dress
    • Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean
    • Justin Bieber – Sorry
    • General Election – debates/Tories win/SNP success/resignations
    • James Bay – Hold Back the River
    • Tunisia beach attack
    • Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do
    • Calais migrant crisis
    • Furious 7
    • Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth – See You Again
    • Nepal earthquake
    • Lost Frequencies – Are You With Me
    • Jeremy Clarkson fracas
    • Love Island
    • Jason Derulo – Want to Want Me
    • Same sex marriage in US and Ireland
    • Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand
    • Snapchat
    • Major Lazer – Lean On
    • Britain win Davis Cup
    • Jess Ennis wins Heptathlon
    • Lewis Hamilton wins F1
    • Walk the Moon – Shut Up and Dance
    • Tyson Fury beats Klitchscko
    • Sepp Blatter arrested, FIFA scandal
    • Jurassic World
    • Elon Musk
    • Little Mix – Black Magic
    • Alton Towers crash
    • Trump announces Presidency run
    • Drake – Hotline Bling
    • Hatton Garden raid
    • The Weeknd – Cant Feel My Face
    • James Corden
    • Jeremy Corbyn becomes leader
    • Years & Years – King
    • Caitlyn Jenner
    • Nadiya wins Bake Off
    • Queen is longest reigning monarch
    • Calvin Harris – How Deep is Your Love
    • Germanwings crash
    • Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
    • Tim Peake in space
    • Star Wars the Force Awakens
    • Paris attacks
    • Adele – Hello

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  • 2014
    May 26 2020

    Indyref, Benefits Street, Tower of London poppies...

    Tracklisting:

    • Donald Trump does the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
    • Pharrell Williams – Happy
    • UKIP and Nigel Farage win at European elections
    • Magic – Rude
    • Nude celebrity photo iCloud hack
    • Ed Sheeran – Sing
    • Ukraine revolution / Russia annexes Crimea
    • Ariana Grande – Problem
    • Bake Off‘s Bingate
    • Ella Henderson – Ghost
    • Rocket lands on comet 67P
    • Guardians of the Galaxy
    • Robin Williams dies
    • Mr Probz – Waves (Robin Schultz remix)
    • Teacher Ann Maguire killed
    • Sam Smith – Stay With Me
    • Scotland votes to stay in the UK
    • Clean Bandit – Rather Be
    • Facebook buys Whatsapp
    • Benefits Street
    • Lewis Hamilton wins second F1 Championship
    • Rory McIlroy wins two Majors
    • Meghan Trainor – All About that Bass
    • World Cup: England out at group stage, Luis Suarez bite, Germany thrash Brazil, Germany beat Argentina in final
    • Sigma – Nobody to Love
    • Philip Hughes death
    • Nico & Vinz – Am I Wrong
    • Streaming included in charts
    • True Detective
    • Max Clifford jailed / Rolf Harris jailed / Bill Cosby allegations
    • Katy Perry – Dark Horse
    • Solange vs Jay Z elevator fight
    • Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX – Fancy
    • Peaches Geldof dies
    • George Ezra – Budapest
    • PewDiePie on YouTube
    • Taylor Swift – Shake it Off
    • Hong Kong’s umbrella revolution
    • Ferguson protests / Black Lives Matter
    • Route 94 & Jess Glynne – My Love
    • Flight MH370 goes missing
    • Flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine
    • Sia – Chandelier
    • Ebola outbreak
    • Barack Obama warns of global pandemic
    • John Legend – All of Me
    • Boko Haram kidnap schoolgirls
    • Rise of ISIS
    • Kiesza – Hideaway
    • Boris Johnson to stand as MP
    • Take That – These Days
    • Tower of London poppies
    • Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud

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  • 2013
    Jan 29 2020

    Murray's Wimbledon, Lee Rigby, a royal birth, Richard III is found...

    Tracklisting:

    • ‘Let me take a selfie’
    • Bastille – Pompeii
    • Horsemeat scandal
    • Lorde – Royals
    • North Korea’s nuclear tests, truce with South Korea ends
    • GTAV
    • Boston Marathon bombings
    • will.i.am & Britney Spears – Scream & Shout
    • Pope Benedict retires, Pope Francis announced
    • OneRepublic – Counting Stars
    • Russia meteor
    • Selfies
    • Miley Cyrus and twerking
    • Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball
    • Dhaka garment factory collapse
    • Naughty Boy & Sam Smith – La La La
    • Nigel Farage’s UKIP rise
    • Bauer – Harlem Shake
    • David Cameron promises EU referendum
    • Ellie Goulding – Burn
    • Murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich
    • Passenger – Let Her Go
    • Ghouta chemical attack
    • Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
    • Morsi removed as President of Egypt
    • Les Miserables
    • Prince George born
    • Daft Punk – Get Lucky
    • Hugo Chavez dies
    • Margaret Thatcher dies
    • Avicii – Wake Me Up
    • Edward Snowden
    • Icona Pop – I Love It
    • Wigan win FA Cup
    • Sir Alex Ferguson retires
    • Andy Murray wins Wimbledon
    • Katy Perry – Roar
    • HMV saved from administration
    • Blurred Lines controversy
    • Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines
    • Oscar Pistorius arrested
    • Ian Watkins jailed
    • House of Cards on Netflix
    • Paul Walker dies
    • Richard III’s body found
    • Gogglebox
    • Bedroom tax
    • The Lumineers – Ho Hey
    • Gay marriage passed
    • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop
    • Plebgate
    • Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble
    • Clutha bar disaster
    • Michael Schumacher ski accident
    • Nelson Mandela dies
    • Pink & Nate Ruess – Just Give Me a Reason
    • Frozen
    • Idina Menzel – Let It Go

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  • 2012
    Jan 13 2018

    The London Olympics, Jimmy Savile scandal, Diamond Jubilee, Avengers...

    Tracklisting:

    • Benedict Cumberbatch’s Olympics intro
    • Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
    • Felix Baumgartner
    • Boat race is hijacked
    • Emeli Sande – Next to Me
    • Diamond Jubilee
    • Gary Barlow – Sing
    • Typhoon Bopha
    • Rudimental – Feel the Love
    • Man City win Premier League in final seconds
    • Chelsea win Champions League
    • England knocked out of Euro 2012 on penalties, Spain win
    • Alex Clare – Too Close
    • Andy Murray beaten in Wimbledon final
    • Bradley Wiggins wins Tour de France
    • Europe win Ryder Cup
    • Chris Moyles leaves Radio 1
    • Whitney Houston dies
    • James Arthur – Impossible
    • Israel-Hamas ceasefire
    • Keeping Up with the Kardashians
    • Lance Armstrong stripped of titles
    • Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know
    • Stephen Lawrence killers jailed
    • Dark Knight Rises shooting
    • Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
    • Shard is opened
    • Catfish
    • Olympic flame
    • London 2012 opening ceremony
    • David Guetta & Sia – Titanium
    • 2012 Olympics highlights
    • Nicki Minaj – Starships
    • Paralympics
    • Avengers
    • Jimmy Savile scandal
    • Schofield vs Cameron
    • Adele – Skyfall
    • Philpott house fire
    • Rihanna – Diamonds
    • Prince Harry naked
    • Fifty Shades of Grey sales
    • Psy – Gangnam Style
    • Trayvon Martin shooting
    • Sandy Hook
    • Fun – We Are Young
    • Syria civil war
    • Malala shot
    • Andy Murray wins US Open
    • Robbie Williams – Candy
    • Donald Trump’s Presidential ambitions
    • Obama wins second Presidency
    • Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
    • Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant, Australian radio prank call
    • Gabrielle Aplin – Power of Love

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  • 2011
    Dec 9 2016

    UK riots, a royal wedding, phone hacking scandal, Game of Thrones...

    Tracklisting:

    – Mrs Brown’s Boys

    – Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger

    – News of the World shuts down

    – Phone hacking scandal, Murdoch trial

    – Jessie J – Price Tag

    – Occupy Wall Street

    – Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar

    – Unemployment levels at record low

    – UK riots

    – Rizzle Kicks – Down with the Trumpets

    – Japan earthquake

    – Christina Perri – Jar of Hearts

    – Amy Winehouse dies

    – Steve Jobs dies

    – Nicki Minaj – Super Bass

    – Obama releases birth certificate, Donald Trump takes credit

    – Rebecca Black - Friday

    – Amanda Knox released

    – Olly Murs – Heart Skips a Beat

    – Tucson shooting, Gabrielle Giffords survives

    – Norway attacks

    – Lana Del Rey – Video Games

    – Vincent Tabak guilty of Joanna Yeates murder, Christopher Jeffries innocent

    – Adele – Someone Like You

    – David Cameron rejects EU referendum, Nigel Farage not happy

    – The Wanted – Glad You Came

    – Conrad Murray guilty of causing Michael Jackson’s death

    – One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful

    – Ryan Giggs super injunction

    – The Only Way is Essex/Made in Chelsea

    – Jimmy Savile dies

    – LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem

    – Rory McIlroy wins first golf major

    – Novak Djokovic dominates tennis, wins first Wimbledon

    – Man Utd 1 Man City 6

    – Gary Speed dies

    – Ed Sheeran – The A Team

    – Prince William and Kate Middleton wedding

    – Final Harry Potter movie

    – Osama bin Laden killed

    – Professor Green & Emeli Sande – Read All About It

    – Kim Jong Il dies

    – Coldplay – Paradise

    – Burqa ban in France

    – Italy PM Silvio Berlusconi resigns

    – Rihanna & Calvin Harris – We Found Love

    – Richard Keys and Andy Gray sexism row

    – Game of Thrones

    – Egypt President Hosni Mubarak resigns

    – Colonel Gaddafi killed in Libya

    – Iraq War ends

    – Military Wives – Wherever You Are

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    59 mins
  • 2010
    Jan 25 2016

    Chilean miners, Glee, coalition, Haiti disaster...

    Tracklisting:

    – David Tennant leaves Doctor Who

    – Usher – OMG

    – BP oil spill

    – Glee

    – Glee Cast – Don’t Stop Believin’

    – Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’

    – Snow in Britain

    – Helping Haiti – Everybody Hurts

    – Haiti earthquake

    – Chile earthquake

    – China earthquake

    – Pakistan floods

    – Iceland volcano halts flights

    – Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed

    – Sherlock

    – Alexander McQueen dies

    – Adele – Rolling in the Deep

    – Gordon Brown’s bigot gaffe

    – Lady Gaga & Beyonce – Telephone

    – John Terry’s affair and captaincy axe

    – Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – We No Speak Americano

    – Isner v Mahut at Wimbledon

    – AP McCoy wins Grand National and Sports Personality

    – Chelsea win the Double

    – Vuvuzelas

    – Rihanna – Only Girl in the World

    – England thrashed by Germany at the World Cup

    – Spain win World Cup

    – Qatar wins World Cup 2022 bid

    – Despicable Me

    – Wikileaks Afghanistan war logs

    – Eminem & Rihanna – Love the Way You Lie

    – General Election: TV debates, Tories win, Brown resigns, Tory/Lib Dems coalition

    – Plan B – She Said

    – Ed Miliband beats David in Labour leader election

    – Justin Bieber – Baby

    – Polish President Lech Kaczynski killed in plane crash

    – Old Spice advert

    – Owl City – Fireflies

    – 6 Music saved

    – Take That reunite with Robbie Williams

    – Take That – The Flood

    – Greece bailout

    – Downton Abbey

    – Steve Jobs launches Apple’s iPad

    – Tinie Tempah – Pass Out

    – US/Russia arms treaty

    – Chris Evans first Radio 2 breakfast show

    – Inception

    – Cumbria massacre

    – BoB & Hayley Williams – Airplanes

    – Raoul Moat manhunt

    – Facebook reaches half a billion users

    – The Social Network

    – Prince William and Kate Middleton engagement

    – Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are

    The Great British Bake Off

    – One Direction formed on X Factor

    – Matt Cardle – When We Collide

    – Tony Blair faces Chilcot inquiry

    – Cee Lo Green – Forget You

    – Chilean miners freed

    – Katy Perry – Firework

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    59 mins
  • 2009
    Jul 27 2015

    Recession, Lady Gaga, Somali pirates, Fred the Shred, Michael Jackson's death...

    Tracklisting:

    – Jedward on X Factor

    – Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers

    – Christian Bale meltdown

    – Barack Obama inauguration

    – Lily Allen – The Fear

    – UK is in recession

    – La Roux – In for the Kill

    – Woolworths closes down

    – Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow

    – Somali pirates hijack US ship, Captain Phillips praised

    – Kesha – Tik Tok

    – Josef Fritzl sentenced

    – Susan Boyle audition on Britain’s Got Talent

    – Fred ‘the Shred’ Goodwin’s pension, RBS losses

    – MPs expenses scandal

    – Lady Gaga – Poker Face

    – Gurkhas granted UK settlements, Joanna Lumley celebrates

    – Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling

    – Manchester United win Premiership, lose Champions League final

    – Thierry Henry handball against Ireland

    – Jenson Button wins F1

    – Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick in Wimbledon final

    – England win the Ashes

    – Sir Bobby Robson dies

    – Kings of Leon – Use Somebody

    – Swine flu outbreak

    – Go Compare, Compare the Meerkat ads

    – Jason Mraz – I’m Yours

    – Gaza ceasefire

    – Jay Z and Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind

    – Pilot lands plane in Hudson River

    – Red Dwarf returns

    – Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift, Obama calls him a ‘jackass’

    – Taylor Swift – Love Story

    – Stephen Gately dies

    – Jade Goody dies

    – David Guetta and Kelly Rowland – When Love Takes Over

    – Tiger Woods affair scandal

    – Cheryl Cole – Fight for this Love

    – Rihanna beaten by Chris Brown

    – Alexandra Burke – Bad Boys

    – Amanda Knox sentenced for Meredith Kercher murder

    – Oasis split

    – BNP’s Nick Griffin on Question Time

    – Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)

    – Terry Wogan’s final breakfast show

    – Michael Buble – Haven’t Met You Yet

    – Harry Patch dies

    – Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over

    – UK soldiers in Afghanistan

    – Avatar

    – Michael Jackson dies

    – Michael Jackson – This Is It

    – Rage Against the X Factor

    – Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name

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    59 mins
  • 2008
    Mar 24 2015

    Credit crunch, Boris Johnson, Dark Knight, Usain Bolt, Barack Obama...

    Tracklisting:

    – Taken

    – Nickelback – Rockstar

    – Lehman Brothers bankrupt

    – Credit crunch

    – Sam Sparro – Black & Gold

    – Fidel Castro steps down

    – Slumdog Millionnaire

    – Israel strikes on Gaza Strip

    – The Script – The Man Who Can’t Be Moved

    – David Cameron declares end of New Labour

    – Boris Johnson elected Mayor of London

    – The Killers – Human

    – Shoes thrown at George W Bush

    – Beijing Olympics opening ceremony

    – Basshunter – Now You’re Gone

    – Michael Phelps breaks Olympic record

    – Usain Bolt wins two golds, breaks two world records

    – Rebecca Adlington & Christine Ohuruogu win gold

    – Chris Hoy wins Sport Personality of the Year

    – Guru Josh Project – Infinity 2008

    – Portsmouth win FA Cup

    – Manchester United beat Chelsea in Champions League final

    – That Mitchell & Webb Look: Football!

    – Pink – So What

    – Nadal beats Federer in ‘greatest’ Wimbledon final

    – Lewis Hamilton wins F1

    – Iron Man

    – Medvedev is Russian President

    – Zimbabwe election

    – Girls Aloud – The Promise

    – Islamabad hotel bombing

    – Kanye West – Love Lockdown

    – Sichuan earthquake

    – Grand Theft Auto IV

    – Breaking Bad

    – US Presidential Election: John McCain chooses Sarah Palin for VP, Barack Obama wins Democratic nomination

    – Estelle & Kanye West – American Boy

    – Mark Speight dies

    – Beyonce – If I Were a Boy

    – Phoenix Rover lands on Mars

    – Large Hadron Collider

    – Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire

    – Heath Ledger dies

    – The Dark Knight

    – Mumbai attacks

    – Leona Lewis – Run

    – Bill Gates retires

    – The Inbetweeners

    – Duffy – Mercy

    – Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross’ Sachsgate row

    – Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe

    – Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl

    – Twilight

    – Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – No Air

    – Twitter rise

    – Kid Rock – All Summer Long

    – John Sergeant leaves Strictly Come Dancing

    – Coldplay – Viva La Vida

    – OJ Simpson jailed

    – Flo Rida & T-Pain – Low

    – QE2 retired

    – Take That – Greatest Day

    – Barack Obama elected US President

    – Elbow – One Day Like This

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