Tune of the Day - January to June 2009

It's the first six months of 2009 gone, and there was a much varied selection over time for the coveted (ahem) title of Tune of the Day - and so here's what got me going...

January

01 - Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall
02 - Sam Sparro - Black And Gold
03 - David Bowie - Heroes
04 - ABC - Poison Arrow
05 - Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
06 - Madness - One Step Beyond
07 - MC Solaar - Today Is A Good Day
08 - Royksopp - Eple
09 - Deep Purple - Black Night
10 - DJ Zany - Be On Your Way
11 - Nizlopi - JCB Song
12 - Canned Heat - On The Road Again
13 - Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train
14 - Chumbawumba - Tubthumping
15 - The Smiths - Back To The Old House
16 - The Durutti Column - When The World
17 - David Bowie - Heroes
18 - Blondie - Sunday Girl
19 - Doug Wood - Drag Racer
20 - Green Day - Holiday
21 - Rollins Band - We Walk Alone
22 - The Art Of Noise - Krypton Factor Theme
23 - Suzanne Vega - Luka
24 - Avenue Q Cast - There's A Fine Fine Line
25 - Duke Special - Freewheel
26 - Baskery - Here To Pay My Dues
27 - The Breeders - Cannonball
28 - Baskery - One Horse Down
29 - Green Day - Minority
30 - Half Man Half Biscuit - The Trumpton Riots
31 - The Durutti Column - Tomorrow

February

01 - Duke Special - Sweet Sweet Kisses
02 - Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
03 - Julie Atherton - Somebody's Falling
04 - Philip Glass - Heroes
05 - The Jam - Going Underground
06 - Traditional - Highland Laddie
07 - England New Order - World In Motion
08 - Joey Ryan - As It Must Be
09 - Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost
10 - Kristin Hersh - Nerve Endings
11 - Pop Will Eat Itself - Beaver Patrol
12 - Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
13 - Pop Will Eat Itself - There Is No Love Between Us Anymore
14 - Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely
15 - Vonda Shepard - Confetti
16 - Pop Will Eat Itself - Their Law
17 - Gypsy Kings - Djobi Djoba
18 - Blondie - One Way Or Another
19 - Morrissey - Something Is Squeezing My Skull
20 - Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
21 - Ben's Brother - Rise
22 - Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
23 - Frank Zappa - Son Of Mr Green Genes
24 - Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
25 - The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
26 - Pet Shop Boys - Go West
27 - Kristin Hersh - Your Dirty Answer
28 - Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK

March

01 - Vonda Shepard - Maryland
02 - New Order - Blue Monday
03 - The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
04 - Doves - Blue Moon
05 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
06 - The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
07 - Howling Bells - Wishing Stone
08 - Kristin Hersh - Gazebo Tree
09 - The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith
10 - The Proclaimers - Letter From America
11 - The Cure - Pictures of You
12 - Doves - Blue Moon
13 - Swing Out Sister - Beautiful Mess
14 - Levellers - Beautiful Day
15 - Howling Bells - Low Happening
16 - Howling Bells - Setting Sun
17 - John Mayer - St Patrick's Day
18 - Baskery - Why Don't Ya?
19 - Manchester City FC - The Boys in Blue
20 - Kraftwerk - Tour de France
21 - Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
22 - Alan Price Set - Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear
23 - Roxy Music - Editions Of You
24 - Giorgio Moroder - Ivory Tower
25 - Jethro Tull - Aqualung
26 - George and Ira Gershwin - Funny Face
27 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
28 - Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
29 - Levellers - Beautiful Day
30 - REM - The One I Love
31 - John Mayer - Neon

April

01 - Ultravox - New Europeans
02 - Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
03 - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life
04 - Led Zeppelin - Friends
05 - Natalie Merchant - Life Is Sweet
06 - The Cuban Boys - Murray Walker Tribute
07 - Jane Horrocks - Get Happy
08 - John Mayer - Gravity
09 - Terrorvision - Oblivion
10 - Terrorvision - Perseverance
11 - Jane Horrocks - I Want To Be Loved By You
12 - Ultravox - Passing Strangers
13 - Tears For Fears - Mad World
14 - Ultravox - We Stand Alone
15 - Gerry Marsden - You'll Never Walk Alone
16 - Aerosmith and Run DMC - Walk This Way
17 - Nine Inch Nails - Sin
18 - Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing
19 - Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldnt've)?
20 - Half Man Half Biscuit - The Len Ganley Stance
21 - Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
22 - MJ Hibbett and the Validators - Do The Indie Kid
23 - Kristin Hersh - A Loon
24 - The Icicles - Crazy
25 - Wings - Band on the Run
26 - Blondie - One Way Or Another
27 - MJ Hibbett and the Validators - Do More, Eat Less
28 - Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
29 - Doug Wood - Drag Racer
30 - Duke Special - Sweet Sweet Kisses

May

01 - Half Man Half Biscuit - The Len Ganley Stance
02 - Levellers - Beautiful Day
03 - M People - How Can I Love You More?
04 - MJ Hibbett and the Validators - My Boss Was In An Indie Band Once
05 - Win - You've Got The Power
06 - MJ Hibbett and the Validators - We Can Start Having Fun
07 - Ultravox - Astradyne
08 - Julian Nott - Wallace and Gromit Theme
09 - MJ Hibbett and the Validators - Do The Indie Kid
10 - The Killers - Human
11 - The Breeders - No Aloha
12 - Marion - Sleep
13 - Julian Nott - Wallace and Gromit Theme
14 - Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
15 - The Prodigy - Action Radar
16 - Seasick Steve - Just Like A King
17 - Vonda Shepard - Searching My Soul
18 - Kristin Hersh - Me and My Charms
19 - Sandie Shaw - Nothing Less Than Brilliant
20 - 50 Foot Wave - Pneuma
21 - Skunk Anansie - Skunk Song
22 - Kristin Hersh - Teeth
23 - Morrissey - How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
24 - Kristin Hersh - Sno Cat
25 - Pete Green Corporate Juggernaut - I Haven't Got a Myspace Because Myspace F***ing Sucks
26 - Nine Inch Nails - Echoplex
27 - Metallica - Battery
28 - Ben's Brother - Live
29 - Seth Lakeman - How Much?
30 - Nine Inch Nails - We're In This Together
31 - Faithless - Isomnia

June

01 - 50 Foot Wave - Clara Bow
02 - Kristin Hersh - Slippershell
03 - Terrorvision - D'You Wanna Go Faster?
04 - 3 Daft Monkeys - Human Nature
05 - Nine Inch Nails - Down In It
06 - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - The Fairytale of New York
07 - 3 Daft Monkeys - Paranoid Big Brother
08 - Ultravox - Vienna
09 - Ladytron - Runaway
10 - The Icicles - La Ti Da
11 - Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
12 - Baskery - Out of Towner
13 - Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
14 - Bill Bailey - Emo Song
15 - Skunk Anansie - I Can Dream
16 - PJ Harvey - Down By The Water
17 - Lalo Schifrin - Enter The Dragon (main theme)
18 - Baskery - Haunt You
19 - Ladytron - Runaway
20 - Velvet Underground - Waiting For The Man
21 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For?
22 - Keith Mansfield - Light and Tuneful
23 - Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs
24 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
25 - Baskery - The Wise
26 - The Stone Roses - Love Spreads
27 - Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs
28 - Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
29 - Faith No More - Epic
30 - Rage Against The Machine - Bulls on Parade