JP's Golden Years - Edition 247 - Saturday, 31 May 2025 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 31 May 2025 from 1700 - 1900 hours CET (1600 - 1800 hours UKT) via South Norfolk Radio in the United Kingdom - click here to listen.  The show airs also on other stations. The detailed schedule is below.  But also a copy of the show will also be available on this website and uploaded to the the Radio International PODCAST server.

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Programme Segments are:

• The Mad Half Hour to get you into the mood for the music of our life
• The Best of Europop
• A TV Theme Tune or Radio Theme Tune to remember
• The UK Top 20 Best-Selling Singles of 1995
  
  

The Show is available at:

• South Norfolk Radio, United Kingdom (Saturdays 1700 - 1900 hours CET)
• Venture Radio, United Kingdom (Saturdays 0700 - 0900 hours CET)
• Venture Radio, United Kingdom (Wednesdays 1700 - 1900 hours CET)
  
• Go Go Radio Gibraltar (Wednesdays from 2200 - 2359 hours CET)
  
• Bradley Stoke Radio FM103.4 (Mondays from 2300 - 0100 hours CET)
• Malta's Sunshine Radio Malta's Sunshine Radio
  (Monday to Friday from 1000 - 1200 hours CET and repeated from 1600 - 1800 hours CET)
• on the website of www.radiointernational.tv
• Mixcloud Channel of Radio International
• ILR (Indenpendent Local Radio Network), UK and Tenerife (Sundays 0100 - 0300 hours CET)
  
• PODBEAN, Itunes, Spotify and various PODCAST Channel (see above players)
  

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THE PLAY LIST

Hour 1

1.
Chilly
Come let's go
1980 - Best of Europop

2.
Chilly
Secret Lies
1982 - Best of Europop

3.
Real Life
Send me an angel
1984
Best of Europop
Number 1 in Germany
Number 1 in New Zealand
Number 2 in Switzerland
Number 6 in Australia
Number 9 in Austria
Number 18 in Canada
Number 19 in Spain
Number 29 in the USA

4.
Styx
Mr. Roboto
1983
Number 90 in 1983
Number 1 in Canada
Number 3 in the USA
Number 4 in Switzerland
Number 8 in Germany
Number 11 in Zimbabwe
Number 16 in Austria
Number 40 in Australia

5.
Pet Shop Boys
In the Night (B-Side of Opportunities - Let's make lots of Money)
1985
(the 7" version of which was the b-side of the Boys' first Parlophone single, "Opportunities")

6.
Bruno Mars
24K Magic
2016

7.
Thrust
Put Your Body To It (12 Mix)
1984


The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of 1995

8.
Blur
Country House
The UK's 20th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 1 for 2 weeks in Aug - Sep 1995

9.
Perez "Prez" Prado and his Orchestra
Guaglione
The UK's 19th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 2 in May 1995

10.
Ini Kamoze
Here comes the Hotstepper
The UK's 18th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 4 in Jan 1995

11.
Alex Party
Don't give me your life
The UK's 17th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 2 in Feb 1995

12.
Diana King
Shy Guy
The UK's 16th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 2 in Jul 1995


Hour 2
The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of 1995 - ctd

1.
Smokie feat Roy Chubby Brown
Living next door to Alice (Who the F...k is Alice
The UK's 15th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 3 in Aug 1995

2.
Shaggy
Boombastic
The UK's 14th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 1 for 1 week in Sep 1995

3.
Everything but the Girl
Missing
The UK's 13th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 3 in Oct 1994

4.
U2
Hold me, Thrill me, Kiss me, Kill me
The UK's 12th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 2 in Jun 1995

5.
N-Trance
Set you free
The UK's 11th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 2 in Jan 1995 (remix)
Number 4 in Sep 2001 (2nd Remix)
Number 39 in May 1994 feat Kelly Llorenna

6.
Robson and Jerome
I believe / Up on the Roof
The UK's 10th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 1 for 4 weeks in Nov - Dec 1995

7.
Simply Red
Fairground
The UK's 9th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 1 for 4 weeks in Sep - Oct 1995

8.
Take That
Back for good
The UK's 8th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 1 for 4 weeks in Apr - May 1995

9.
Michael Jackson
You are not alone
The UK's 7th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 1 for 2 weeks in Sep 1995

10.
Rednex
Cotton Eye Joe
The UK's 6th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 1 for 3 weeks in Jan - Feb 1995

11.
Coolio feat LV
Gangsta's Paradise
The UK's 5th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 1 for 2 weeks in Oct - Nov 1995

12.
Outhere Brothers
Don't stop (Wiggle Wiggle)
The UK's 4th Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 1 for 1 week in Apr 1995

13.
Outhere Brothers
Boom Boom Boom
The UK's 3rd Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 1 for 4 weeks in Jul - Aug 1995

14.
Robson Green and Jerome Flynn
Unchained Melody / White Cliffs of Dover
The UK's 2nd Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 1 for 7 weeks in May - Jul 1995

15.
Celine Dion
Think Twice
The UK's Bestselling Single of 1995
Number 1 for 7 weeks in Feb - Mar 1995