Celebrity Theme Party with Matthew Mitcham - 30 December

We're very excited for tonight's show, which features Olympic-gold-medal-winning Australian diver Matthew Mitcham. We sat down for a chat with Matthew a couple of weeks ago, and he was eloquent on the topics of his sport, coming out, social media, his university studies, and much more. He also went off on some hilarious tangents! Tune in at 9pm for a full hour of Matthew, including some of his favourite party tracks.

Celebrity Theme Party with Cassidy Haley - 25 November

We'll be posting a full track listing and links to Cassidy's videos soon. If you missed the show tonight or want to listen again, you can download it in full here thanks to two beautiful listeners in Tokyo, @mmyy9 and @glambee666.

November song lists

Here are the songs we played in our first three November shows. Comments are open - don't be shy!

HORSES songs - 4 November
Guns and Horses - Ellie Goulding
Ride a White Horse - Goldfrapp
A Horse with No Name - America
Crazy Horses - The Osmonds [Totally freaky. Check out the video!]
A Horse Is Not a Home - Miike Snow
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
All the King's Horses (and All the King's Men) - Honey Cone
White Horses - The Whitlams
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite

From Daniel's blog: “On the cocktail menu, we had four cocktails: the Four Horsemen (equal parts gold tequila, Jägermeister, Rumple Minze and Bacardi 151), the Headless Horseman (vodka and ginger ale with bitters and a slice of orange), the Trojan Horse (a pint glass with equal parts Coke and Guinness), and, just to completely break everyone, the Horse Jizz (equal parts beer and milk). As one of our Twitter followers, SammiLou, commented DON’T EVER GOOGLE IT WITH SAFE SEARCH OFF. Words to live by, I think. Incidentally, that last link is to SammiLou’s tweet, not to a Google search on Horse Jizz. It’s totally safe.”

WAR songs - 11 November
Love Is a War - Rogue Traders
Heartbreak Warfare - John Mayer
No More War - Bronski Beat
The Start of War - Clare Bowditch & The New Slang
The War Song - Culture Club
The War Is Not Over - Walters & Kazha
Cold War - Janelle Monae
Some Unholy War - Amy Winehouse
When the War Is Over - Cosima DeVito
War - Edwin Starr

From Daniel's blog:
Costumes: “Katie came all bundled up in a (faux)fur hat and blankets and such; she was a Cold War. Nat came as someone who was sick at home and was Silent War (I may have made that up, but she was at home ill). I came as a copy of The Truth, i.e. The First Casualty of War.”
Cocktails: “... the kinda disgusting Celtic War Party, the kinda lethal Suburban War Hammer, and the kinda awesome Unknown Warrior.”

LOVERS songs - 18 November
All the Lovers - Kylie Minogue
Lovers in the Backseat - Scissor Sisters
The Book Lovers - Broadcast
Calling All Lovers - Rogue Traders
Such Unlikely Lovers - Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach
True Lovers - Dannii Minogue
Young Lovers - Paul Kelly
Lovers (Live a Little Longer) - ABBA
Hello Young Lovers - Julie Andrews

Costumes: Daniel came as one of the extras in Kylie's “All the Lovers” video (i.e. in a pair of white undies), Katie carried many books and was a Book Lover, and Nat wore a toga-type-situation-experience - she was the Greek god of love, Eros.
Conversation Pit: The topic was, “What makes a good lover?” Between us and our listeners, the consensus seemed to be “a sense of humour”, though Daniel insisted that a cock helps.

Cassidy Haley in Melbourne

Gorgeous and talented LA queer artist Cassidy Haley will be in our fair city this weekend for an intimate gig at Kaye Sera's BiZARRE. Prior to the gig (which we're going to, of course!), we'll be pre-recording an interview with Cassidy about his music and videos. The interview will go to air on our next Celebrity Theme Party, Thursday 25 November.

September and October song lists

Here are the songs we played on our September and October shows. Comments are open - please tell us what you think!

CRACKS songs - 2 September
(Crack It) Something Going On - Bomfunk MCs
Crack the Shutters - Snow Patrol
The Visitors (Cracking Up) - ABBA
You Crack Me Up - Huey Lewis and The News
The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away!) - Doris Day
Pavement Cracks - Annie Lennox
Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
Walking on the Cracks - The Backsliders
MTV Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack - Beck

Costumes: Katie painted cracks all over herself, Nat showed off her plumber's crack, and Daniel came as a particularly tragic crack whore.
Cocktails: 'Pitbull on Crack', 'Back, Crack and Sack' and the delicious 'Sand in Your Crack'.

CLOWNS songs - 9 September
The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson
Cathy's Clown - You Am I
Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
Cabaret Clown - Marc Almond
Ha Ha Said the Clown - The Yardbirds
Clown Song - P-Control
Laughin' and Clownin' - Sam Cooke
Send in the Clowns - Judi Dench
Rodeo Clowns - Jack Johnson
Clowns - Goldfrapp

STONE songs - 16 September
Rolling Stone - Robbie Williams
Papa Was a Rolling Stone - Was (Not Was)
Stepping Stone - Duffy
The World Is Stone - Cyndi Lauper
Stone Cold - Jimmy Barnes
Heart of Stone - Bucks Fizz
Heart of Stone - Cher
Apricot Stone - Eva Rivas
The Stone Age - Hair 2009 Broadway Revival Cast
Blood from a Stone - Shooter Jennings
We Do (The Stonecutters' Song) - The Simpsons
To Turn the Stone - Frida

BLOW songs - 23 September
Blown It Again - Daniel Bedingfield
Blown Away - Bachelor Girl
Blow Your Mind - Nick Carter
Blow Up the Pokies - Tim Freedman
Blowin' in the Wind - Jay Brannan
Blow Me Away - Vanessa Amorosi
The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
When the Wind Blows - David Bowie
Any Way the Wind Blows - Doris Day

Celebrity Theme Party - 30 September
Writer and broadcaster Clem Bastow was our special guest for this show, and she brought along some of her favourite party tracks. If you're not already following her on Twitter (@clembastow), we highly recommend that you do! Here's our playlist, with the name of the person who chose each track in parentheses.

Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love) - Kylie Minogue (Daniel)
Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) - Lady Gaga (Katie)
Cyprestition - Lenlow (Clem)
Do Something - Britney Spears (Clem)
Fuck You - Cee Lo Green (Daniel)
Holy Grail - Hunters & Collectors (Katie)
Breakaway - Big Pig (Clem)
Voodoo - Adam Lambert (Katie)

SPRING songs - 7 October
Come On Spring - Antenna
The First Day of Spring - The Ghandarvas
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most - Rickie Lee Jones
Sprung - Nedra Johnson
You Must Believe in Spring - Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway
Springtime's Here Again - Scared Weird Little Guys
I Am the Spring - Morcheeba
Life Looks Better in Spring - Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders
I Dream of Spring - k.d. lang

FLOWERS songs - 14 October
Flowers on the Wall - Eric Heatherly
Life Is a Flower - Ace of Base
100 Flowers in Bloom - David Bridie
You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
Flowers - UnClubbed feat. Sweet Female Attitude
Flowers in the Rain - Kaiser Chiefs
Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) - Roxette
Flowers - The Bluehouse

ALONE songs - 21 October
Leave Me Alone - Pink
I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
Leave Me Alone - The Veronicas
You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & The Pacemakers
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
When I Get You Alone - Thicke
Alone - Kristin Chenoweth & Matthew Morrison
Never Alone - Sara Bareilles
Never Leave Your Heart Alone - Butterfly Boucher
Wake Up Alone - Amy Winehouse

Celebrity Theme Party - 28 October
Drug/alcohol centre worker and erstwhile tarot-card reader Amanda Kelly was our special guest for this show, and as is our format with a Celebrity Theme Party, she brought along some of her favourite party tracks. Here's our playlist, with the name of the person who chose each track in parentheses.

Whataya Want from Me (Brad Walsh Remix) - Adam Lambert (Amanda)
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (Daniel)
Running Away - Spacifix (Katie)
The Song that Never Was (Voide Remix) - Imogen Heap (Amanda)
Je Ne Sais Quoi - Hera Björk (Daniel)
Overboard - Rezzalp (Katie)
Get Outta My Way - Kylie Minogue (Daniel)
Whiskey in Churches - Cassidy Haley (Amanda)
Strut - Adam Lambert (Katie)

ADAM LAMBERT SPECIAL #2 - 29 August

Here is the playlist from our wildly successful second Adam Lambert special - sorry it's taken so long to post it! Video links are provided for the less well-known ones. Audio and download of the whole two hours are available here.

1. Pick U Up*
2. Starlight (Idols Live 2009 tour, Dallas, TX, 23 July)
3. Starlight (Good Morning America Summer Concert Series, 7 August 2009)
4. Time for Miracles**
5. Music Again (acoustic performance on Netherlands radio station MetMichiel 3fm, 27 April 2010)
6. Whataya Want from Me (acoustic performance on Germany's Viva Live TV show, 30 April 2010)
7. Broken Open (VH1 Unplugged, 10 March 2010)
8. My Conviction (European tour of Hair, 2003 - audio only, no video)
9. Kiss and Tell (MySpace version)
10. Ray of Light (soundcheck at Council Bluffs, IA, 10 June 2010)
11. Voodoo**
12. Down the Rabbit Hole**
14. Ring of Fire***
15. Sleepwalker (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 2 March 2010)
16. Aftermath (Cleveland, OH, 9 July 2010)
17. Master Plan**
18. Can't Let You Go**
19. Mad World/20th Century Boy (Providence, RI, 17 August 2010 - with bonus tongue-diving)

* from For Your Entertainment
** bonus track from For Your Entertainment
*** American Idol official recording

Celebrity Theme Party with Chris Stevenson - 26 August

For Celebrity Theme Party this month, we welcomed Chris Stevenson, trainer and technical dude from San Francisco IT company Thoughtworks, to the JOY studio. We have a Celebrity Theme Party on the last Thursday of every month, in which our guest brings some of his or her favourite party tracks and we fill up the playlist with party songs of our own.

Here's the playlist, with the name of the person who chose each song in parentheses:
Fever - Adam Lambert (Katie)
Alejandro - Lady Gaga (Chris)
Boys in Town - Divinyls (Katie)
It's the Time to Disco - K. K. Shaan & Vasundhava Das (Chris)
California Gurls/Tik Tok (mash-up) - Katy Perry/Ke$ha (Katie)
Groove is in the Heart - Deee-Lite (Nat)
One Night in Beijing - Shin (Chris)
Fuck You - Cee-Lo (Daniel)
San Francisco - Scott McKenzie (Chris)
Hello - The Cat Empire (Nat)

Download or listen to our August 29 Adam Lambert special!

Thanks to Japanese Adam fan @mmyy9 for recording the show and making it available so quickly to download. Check out @TheSpindleshay's blog here for audio and a download link.

Another Lambert special

We told you we loved Adam Lambert, and to prove it we'll be doing another two-hour special on the Glittery Alien from Planet Fierce this Sunday 29 August from 9pm to 11pm! A slot opened up on the grid and it was offered to us, and we said, 'Can we do another show on Adam Lambert?' The answer was yes, so it's ON.

Last time we did this we had people listening all over the world at joy.org.au/listenlive. Our Twitter feed went crazy, and we even received a tweet from Adam himself! We look forward to seeing how it goes this time around.

Click here for the equivalent world times for 9pm in Melbourne. We hope you can tune in!

Celebrity Theme Party - 26 August

Tonight on our monthly Celebrity Theme Party, our guest is Chris Stevenson, trainer and technical dude from San Francisco-based global IT company Thoughtworks. He's bringing five of his favourite party songs, and Katie, Nat and Daniel will be adding their own favourites to the mix.

PROMISES songs - 19 August

Here is the playlist for last week's show, which was the third of our trio of election-themed shows. Seeing as how Australia has ended up with a hung parliament after last Saturday's federal election, the BLAME, SHAME and PROMISES are still flying thick and fast!

The Promise - Girls Aloud
Too Young for Promises - Koo De Tah
Promises - Kylie Minogue
Promised You a Miracle - Simple Minds
Promises, Promises - Dionne Warwick
Promises - Lyle Lovett
Promises - The Cranberries
Promises - Take That
The Promise - Olivia Newton-John
You Promised Me (Tu es foutu) - In-Grid
The Promise - Hayley Clare

Costumes? Dress code for the party was Promise Rings, and everyone had to stand around not touching each other. At a given signal, our guests were told they could remove their promise rings and let their crazy roam free. You can imagine what happened after that. ;)

Adam Lambert special now downloadable

You can now download our Adam Lambert special from TheSpindleshay's blog. (Thanks, babe - you rock!) Don't forget to leave a comment here on our blog if you have any feedback.

We love Adam Lambert

If you've only been listening to Theme Party for a short time, you might have missed the two-hour special we did back in March on the then-little-known-in-Australia Adam Lambert. Since then, Australia has gone crazy for Adam, with both Whataya Want from Me and If I Had You going platinum. Australian fans are eagerly anticipating the GlamNation tour dates here in October.

You can listen to the show here on TheSpindleshay's blog, All That Glitters, and then, if you're interested, have a look back at our April posts to see how our special WENT OFF all over the world.

We hope to do another Adam Lambert Theme Party in October in honour of Adam's Australian tour. Watch this space!

BLAME and SHAME songs - 5 and 12 August

Here are the song lists for our BLAME and SHAME shows - the first two of three "election-themed" shows.

Blame It on the Boogie - The Jacksons
Blame It on the Girls - Mika
Blame It on the Rain - Milli Vanilli
Blame Canada - "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut" Soundtrack
Blame It on the Music - Dannii Minogue
Blame It on the Summer Night - Julia Migenes (from Original Cast Album of "Rags")
No One Is to Blame - Howard Jones
She Put the Blame on You - Colin Hay
Blame It - Jamie Foxx
Blame It on the Weatherman - B*Witched

Shame - Evelyn 'Champagne' King
Cry in Shame - Johnny Diesel & The Injectors
Crying Shame - Jack Johnson
Shame - Eurythmics
It's a Shame - Mahalia Barnes
Shame on You - Indigo Girls
Shame - The Motels
Shame Shame Shame - Harry Manx
Shameless - Ani DiFranco

Tonight's show

In the lead-up to the Australian federal election, we're doing three appropriately themed shows: BLAME, SHAME and PROMISES. Tonight it's BLAME, featuring tracks from The Jacksons, Howard Jones, Milli Vanilli and more.

Our first "celebrity" Theme Party - 29 July

As per our last blog post, it was our pleasure to welcome Siro Battaglin to the JOY studio for our first "Celebrity Theme Party". We'll be having a Celebrity Theme Party on the last Thursday of every month, in which our guest brings some of his or her favourite party tracks and we fill up the playlist with party songs of our own.

Here's the playlist, with the name of the person who chose it in parentheses (Nat was absent as she had to go to work):
All the Lovers - Kylie Minogue (Siro, Katie, Daniel)
Gloria - Mando Diao (Siro)
Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime - Nena with Kim Wilde (Daniel)
Telephone - Lady Gaga and Beyonce (Katie, Siro)
In My Head - Remady (Siro)
Pretty Vegas - INXS (Katie)
Glow - Madcon (Siro)
Satellite - Lena Meyer-Landruth (Daniel)
Comic Strip - Fiona Thorn (Katie, Daniel)
Down the Rabbit Hole - Adam Lambert (Katie)

Costumes: Siro wore his school tie as a G-string (and nothing else!), Daniel wore a business suit, and Katie wore a nude body stocking covered in glitter.

There was no Conversation Pit, but Nat did phone in from work, where she had the radio tuned to JOY for the entertainment of her co-workers. And there was a fair amount of discussion of Eurovision 2010, because Daniel and Siro are both huge fans and were both in Germany during this year's competition. Apparently it was crazy-fun!

It's party time!

Tonight we're introducing a new, monthly type of Theme Party. On the last Thursday every month, we will have an in-studio guest, whom we have asked to bring five of their favourite party songs. The rest of the playlist will be made up of some of Katie, Nat and Daniel's favourite party songs. Tonight's guest is Mr Siro Battaglin, resident conductor and repetiteur at Cologne Opera in Germany. Originally from Melbourne, Siro is in town for a holiday and will share stories and music from the German gay scene.

HEAT songs - 22 July

Daniel was still sick, so once again it was just Katie and Nat.

Here's the playlist:
Canned Heat - Jamiroquai
The Heat Is On - Glenn Frey
Heat of the Night - Aqua
Heat of the Moment - Asia
Heat Wave - Ella Fitzgerald
(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave - Martha & The Vandellas
Heatseeking Pleasure Machine - Paulmac feat. Tex Perkins
Steam Heat - Carol Haney with Buzz Miller and Peter Gennaro
Turning Up the Heat - Vanessa Amorosi
Heat Treatment - Graham Parker & The Rumour

Costumes: Nat came in "doona [duvet] pyjamas", as seen on the Shopping Channel, while Katie was dressed in athletic gear - she was taking part in a heat. Geddit?

In the Conversation Pit, the topic was "What have you done in the heat of the moment?" Listeners' (and presenters') answers included stripping down to only underpants and shoes at a dance party, knocking a girl out at school because she was rude, and pashing a stranger (or two ...) at a pub.

Daniel's Cocktail Menu was given by Katie, and featured a Heat Wave, a Tropical Heat and a Heat of the Moment (from supercocktails.com). Very fruity.

Tonight's show

Just about ready to go with tonight's HEAT show. Looking forward to warming up the studio!

WINTER songs - 15 July

Daniel was sick with a winter lurgy, so it was just Katie and Nat for the WINTER show.

Here's the playlist:
Winter Wonderland - Eurythmics
Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles
Winter Winds - Mumford & Sons
Wintercoat - Paul Kelly & The Messengers
White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
Walk Out to Winter - Aztec Camera
Winter in America (Leave Love Enough Alone) - Doug Ashdown
A Winter's Tale - Queen
Warm This Winter - Gabriella Cilmi

Costumes: Nat came as a "snow bunny", in layer upon layer of ski gear; during the party, several layers may or may not have been removed. Katie came as a "snow-woman" - she sprayed herself with fake snow, put a carrot on her nose and wrapped a scarf around her neck. Fetching!

In the Conversation Pit, the topic was "What is your favourite thing about winter?" Listeners' answers included winter clothes ("Everyone just looks so fashionable!"), hot warming drinks such as hot chocolate and mulled wine, open fires, and snuggling in bed listening to the rain on the window. We decided that Melbourne does winter well - it's not TOO cold, and there are lots of things to do (football, the Film Festival, etc.).

Katie's Clutch Purse contained trivia about the way animals and plants cope with winter. Some hibernate, some migrate to warmer places, some store food, some grow extra fur, and some even change colour to blend in with the snow.

Theme for 15 July show

It's freezing here in Melbourne, so our theme for this week is WINTER. Come and join us in Nat's toasty-warm Conversation Pit for some good company and good music.

WELCOME songs - 8 July

Willkommen - Joel Grey
Welcome to My Life - Simple Plan
Welcome to Hollywood - Beyonce
Welcome to the 60's - Marisa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein and Original Broadway Cast (Hairspray)
Welcome - Christina Aguilera
Welcome - The Cruel Sea
Welcome to My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
Welcome Meanness - Kristy Apps
Welcome Back - John Sebastian

We're back!

Tonight's the night - show #1 of the new season of Theme Party. The theme is WELCOME. We'll be on air in about 10 minutes' time.

We're coming back!

Yay! Theme Party will be back on JOY from 8 July, every Thursday night 9-10pm Australian Eastern Standard Time. No more Thursday Drive for Nat and Katie and only one hour instead of two, but that's cool. Let us know in the comments if you have any theme suggestions.

We're doing Thursday Drive

Nat and Katie are official new hosts for JOY's Thursday Drive, with Daniel popping in for the last hour each week. Read JOY's press release here. It's a bit different from Theme Party as all the music is playlisted and we have to do regular traffic and weather updates - but hopefully our style translates well to the format! Catch us every week 3 to 6 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Still flailing

You guys, we still can't believe the worldwide response to our show. Thank you so, so much for all your lovely tweets and messages. We have picked up about 170 new Twitter followers, and they're still coming.

The show wasn't long enough to include everything Katie wanted to cover. She had more tracks to play, plus she wanted to devote some time to talking about Adam's band, his doing Time for Miracles for the movie 2012, his appearances on US television (including the infamous AMAs), the awards he has won, his music videos, his magazine covers and photo shoots ... Hopefully we'll get to do a second show!

Thanks to some lovely person on Twitter (who are you? tell us!), most of the show was recorded. You can listen to it as many times as you like on TheSpindleShay's blog, All That Glitters.

Here is the playlist. Track 15 was recorded by @tinafea_pf and cleaned up by @lambosessed - thank you so much!

1. Music Again*
2. Kiss and Tell
3. I Just Love You
4. Ring of Fire**
5. Tracks of My Tears**
6. Mad World (live and acoustic on Live! With Regis and Kelly)
7. If I Can't Have You***
8. Feelin' Good***
9. Beth**
10. We Are the Champions** (with Kris Allen, Brian May and Roger Taylor)
11. Fever*
12. Whataya Want from Me (live and acoustic for Take 40 Australia)
13. Down the Rabbit Hole****
14. Whole Lotta Love**
15. Whole Lotta Love (live and acoustic at Fantasy Springs)
16. Broken Open*
17. Voodoo****

* from For Your Entertainment
** live on American Idol
*** American Idol official recording
**** bonus track from For Your Entertainment


And we just HAVE to post this! :D

Thank you, Adam fans!

We are overwhelmed by all the support from Adam fans who listened to our show and took the time to tweet. Thank you all so much! We're glad you enjoyed it. To get an actual tweet from Adam himself (!!!) was icing on the glittery cake.

Keep your eye on Twitter and this blog for further updates, and thanks again. Kisses to you all!

Special Adam Lambert show 31 March

Tune in at 10pm on Wednesday 31 March for a two-hour beginners' course on the extraordinary Adam Lambert. Whether you're curious or already a fan, we'll be telling you what you need to know about the Glittery Alien from Planet Fierce, as well as playing plenty of tracks from his album For Your Entertainment and rare recordings from before, during and after his appearances on American Idol.

Last show before we take a break

Tonight (26 February) we do our last show for a while. We've been on air continuously for a year now, and we need some time out! Tune in to hear some of our favourite songs of the year, plus the usual silly banter.

December and January song lists

Welcome to 2010! Here are the songs we played on our December and January shows. Comments are open - please tell us what you think!

DANCES songs - 4 December
Vogue - Madonna
Nutbush City Limits - Ike and Tina Turner
Funky Gibbon - The Goodies
(Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop - The Fatback Band
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Das Hokey Kokey - Bill Bailey
Time Warp - Rocky Horror Show Original Australian Cast
The Hustle - Van McCoy
Monster Mash - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers
Blame It on the Bossa Nova - Eydie Gorme
Lambada - Kaoma
Mambo No. 5 - Palast Orchester and Max Raabe
Cell Block Tango - Chicago Original Broadway Cast
Samba Pa Ti - Santana
The Power (of Bhangra) - Snap! vs Motivo
The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
A Death Waltz - Jay Brannan
Jitter Bug - Cab Calloway
Charleston - Django Reinhardt
The Ketchup Song (Asereje) - Las Ketchup
Blame It on the Boogie - The Jacksons

SHOPPING songs - 11 December
Shopping - West End Girls
Shoppin' - Cher
Shopping - Barenaked Ladies
Window Shopping - Jamelia
Hot Girl in the Comic Shop - Tripod
Shop Around - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Don't Have to Shop Around - The Mad Lads
Candy Store - Madonna
Candy (Sugar Shoppe) - The Brady Bunch
Candy Shop - 50 Cent feat. Olivia
Sweetheart (Waitress in a Donut Shop) - Suzy Bogguss
The Bargain Store - Dolly Parton
Soda Shop - Jay Brannan
Tired Little Shop - Mick Thomas and the Sure Thing
Dimestore Diamond - The Gossip
Window Shopper - 50 Cent
Nan You're a Window Shopper - Lily Allen
Shop Around - Michael Peter
We're the Pet Shop Boys - Robbie Williams with Pet Shop Boys

NINE songs - 18 December
Soul Mate #9 - Tina Arena
9PM (Till I Come) - ATB
Ninety Nine (Flash the Message) - John Forte
Love Potion No. 9 - The Clovers
Nine Times Out of Ten - Cliff Richard and the Shadows
Riot in Cell Block #9 - Wanda Jackson
Nine Lives - The Cat Empire
Cloud 9 - Ant and Dec
Nine Million Bicycles - Katie Melua
Nine in the Afternoon - Panic at the Disco
Love Potion No. 9 - The Searchers
Cloud Nine - The Temptations
Nine Lives - Midnight Juggernauts
Love Potion No. 9 - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
9 to 5 - 9 to 5 The Musical Original Broadway Cast
Count Up to Nine - The Count with Ftatateeta and the Bats
Grade 9 - Barenaked Ladies
9 Crimes - Damien Rice
Nine People's Favourite Thing - [title of show] Original Broadway Cast
Love Potion No. 9 - Melissa Langton with Mark Jones
#9 Dream - John Lennon

RE-GAY YOUR CHRISTMAS songs - 25 December
Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John
Got to Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
Yes - Liza Minnelli
Miss Chatelaine - k d lang
History Repeating - Shirley Bassey with Propellerheads
Your Disco Needs You - Kylie Minogue
Love Long Distance - The Gossip
I'm Beautiful - Bette Midler
Fever - Adam Lambert
Lady Marmalade - Labelle
Coffee - Supersister
Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
Casanova in Hell - Pet Shop Boys with Rufus Wainwright
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Love Today - Mika
Sing Hallelujah! - Dr Alban
Housewife - Jay Brannan
Millennium - Robbie Williams
I Spent My Last $10.00 (on Birth Control and Beer) - 2 Nice Girls
Don't Leave Me This Way - The Communards
It's Raining Men - Martha Wash and RuPaul

BEGINNING songs - 1 January
New Beginning - Stephen Gately
Where Do I Begin (Away Team Mix) - Shirley Bassey
It's Only the Beginning - Deborah Conway
I Begin to Wonder - Dannii Minogue
The Rain (Where Do I Begin?) - Si*Se
The End Where I Begin - The Script
Begin Again - Colbie Caillat
That's the Beginning of the End - Elaine Stritch
Begin - Ben Lee
Begin to Spin Me Round - Dannii Minogue vs Dead or Alive
Begin the Beguine - David Campbell
Can I Begin - Alesha Dixon
Truth Begins - Dirty Pretty Things
Time to Begin - Katie Noonan
Absolute Beginners - David Bowie
It's Beginning to Feel Like Love - Mis-Teeq
Waiting for My Real Life to Begin - Colin Hay
We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters

HOLES songs - 8 January
Hole in the Head - Sugababes
Hole in My Heart - Cyndi Lauper
I Need You Like This Hole in My Head - Sting
Hole in My Pocket - Sheryl Crow
Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
Down the Rabbit Hole - Adam Lambert
A Hole in the Garden - Jackson Jackson
Ace in the Hole - Honey Cone
Fixing a Hole - The Beatles
Asshole - Denis Leary
Holes in the Road - Deborah Conway
Hole in the River - Crowded House
Hole in Your Soul - ABBA
Holes to Heaven - Jack Johnson
Hole to Feed - Depeche Mode
Plugging Holes with Water - Matt Tonks
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

PUSH/PULL songs - 15 January
Push Up - Freestylers
Push It - Salt 'N Pepa
Gotta Pull Myself Together - The Nolans
Push the Button - Sugababes
Pull Up to the Bumper - Grace Jones
Push Your Lover Down - Fireside Bellows
Push It - Garbage
Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
Push - Matchbox Twenty
Pull Shapes - The Pipettes
Push De Button - Lena Horne
Pull My Trigger - Firefox
Don't Push It - Sophie Monk
Pulling Mussels (from the Shell) - Squeeze
Pullin' Back the Reins - k d lang
Push It - Kristy Apps
Stop Pushing Me - Five
Feeling the Pull - The Swell Season
Pull Up to the Bumper - Deni Hines

MIDDLE songs - 22 January
Stuck in the Middle with You - Stealers Wheel
Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night - Boney M
Caught in the Middle - a1
Drop Me in the Middle - Natasha Bedingfield
In the Middle of Nowhere - Dusty Springfield
Smack Dab in the Middle - Ray Charles
Man in the Middle - ABBA
In the Middle of the Night - Madness
In the Middle - Sugababes
Middle People - Dappled Cities
Stuck in the Middle - Mika
Left of the Middle - Natalie Imbruglia
Middle of the Hill - Josh Pyke
Middle of the Road - The Pretenders
Middle of the Night - Michelle Parsons
Middle Man - Jack Johnson
Middle of the Day - The Polyphonic Spree
Stuck in the Middle with You - Michael Buble

TEN songs - 29 January
Ten Thousand Nights - Alphabeat
Dance: Ten; Looks: Three - Pamela Blair
10/10 - Paolo Nutini
Perfect 10 - The Beautiful South
Ten Songs About Love - Eran James
I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten - Dusty Springfield
Nine Times Out of Ten - Cliff Richard and the Shadows
Big Ten Inch Record - Aerosmith
10 Years - One Dollar Short
I Spent My Last $10.00 (on Birth Control and Beer) - 2 Nice Girls
The Ten Commandments of Health - Dr Thad and the Medications
Ten Days - Celine Dion
Ten Days - Missy Higgins
Souls on Ten - The Almost
Ten Ft Tall - Pete Murray
Ten Little Indians - Harry Nilsson
One in Ten - UB40