THE FRIDAY FIVE – 17.1.2020

1. Post Malone – Circles
2. Wallis Bird – That’s What Life Is For
3. Harry Styles – Adore You
4. The Lightning Seeds – Sense
5. Badly Drawn Boy – Something To Talk About

THE FRIDAY FIVE – 10.1.2020

1. Stereophonics – Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day
2. Ash – Darkest Hour Of The Night
3. Harry Styles – Adore You
4. Tones and I – Dance Monkey
5. Sam Fender – Saturday

THE FRIDAY FIVE – 3.1.2020

1. Neil Innes – Raggy Dolls
2. Harry Styles – Adore You
3. Tonnes and I – Dance Monkey
4. Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now
5. Inhaler – Ice Cream Sundae

Tonight on BBC Four (9pm) sees The Story Of 1989, which will officially start the repeats of Top Of The Pops episodes from 1989 on BBC Four (Starting Thursday 9th January)

So, to celebrate this, here’s some songs from 1989 for you.

1. Then Jerico – Big Are
2. Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start The Fire
3. Tom Petty – Freefallin
4. Tears For Fears – Sowing The Seeds Of Love
5. Queen – The Miracle

THE FRIDAY FIVE – 20.12.2019

1. Robert Goulet – Jingle Bells, Batman Smells
2. The Waitresses – Xmas Wrapping
3. Greg Lake – I Believe In Father Christmas
4. Jonah Lewie – Stop The Cavalry
5. John Lennon – Merry Xmas (War Is Over)

Hope you’ve enjoyed my Friday Fives in 2019, apologies for the weeks when I forgot or was too busy. I’ll try to avoid a repeat in 2020.

I promise, I do promise, to do a Sound Of 2019 round-up before the end of the year.

THE FRIDAY FIVE – 13.12.2019

1. Sam Fender – Will We Talk
2. Vic and Bob – Bono’s Cooking Some Pork
3. Roxette – It Must Have Been Love
4. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Wandering Star
5. Primal Scream – Jailbird

THE FRIDAY FIVE – 29.11.2019

1. Bastille – Can’t Fight This Feeling
2. Miles Kane – That’s Life
3. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Wandering Star
4. Liam Gallagher – Once
5. Dea Matrona – Hard On Yourself

THE FRIDAY FIVE – 22.11.2019

1. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Wandering Star
2. Bloxx – Go Out With You
3. Chvrches – Death Stranding
4. Blossoms – The Keeper
5. Rews – Birdsong

THE FRIDAY FIVE – 15.11.2019

1. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Wandering Star
2. Chvrches – Death Stranding
3. Rick Astley – Every One Of Us
4. Haim – Now I’m In It
5. Alexandr – Stay

THE FRIDAY FIVE – 1.11.2019

1. Foals – The Runner
2. Haim – Now I’m In It
3. Dermot Kennedy – Outnumbered
4. Coldplay – Orphans
5. Tiny Magnetic Pets – Echoes

THE FRIDAY FIVE – 24.10.2019

1. Dermot Kennedy – Outnumbered
2. Tiny Magnetic Pets – Echoes
3. OMD – Walking On The Milky Way
4. Two Door Cinema Club – Talk
5. The Divine Comedy – Something For The Weekend