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Let’s start the week right!

Richie Anderson is live from Salford with your Monday Motivation to kick-start a brand new week, plus Secret Star and This Week in Songs.

Richie Anderson is live from Salford with your Monday Motivation to kick-start a brand new week, plus Secret Star and This Week in Songs.

Richie Anderson gets you ready for a brand new week, bringing you Monday Motivation, live from Salford.

Make sure you're listening very carefully to his Secret Star. Can you guess the celebrity with the distorted voice from the clues? You'll get one clue every Monday morning, so make sure you make note of them all if you're going to figure it out!

Richie will also be looking ahead to the brand new week, with The Week in Songs, 3 songs linked to 3 things you need to know about in the next 7 days.

To get involved with the show, e-mail Richie@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    That's the Way (I Like It)

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Sophie Ellis‐Bextor

    Murder On The Dancefloor

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • OMC

    How Bizarre

    • Now 34 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter

    Bring Your Love

    • Confessions II.
    • Warner Records.

  • Craig David

    Fill Me In

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 45 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Rose Royce

    Is It Love You're After

    • Sampled (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Paul McCartney

    Ripples On A Pond

  • Kehlani

    Shoulda Never (feat. Usher)

    • KEHLANI.
    • Atlantic.

  • Depeche Mode

    Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted)

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute Records.

  • Janet Jackson

    Together Again

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Billy Lockett

    Things Are Looking Up

    • Things Are Looking Up.
    • Absolute Label Services.

  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Come Back and Finish What You Started

    • Gladys Knight & The Pips - Singles Al.
    • Pro-Tv.

  • Tears for Fears

    Shout

    • Songs From The Big Chair: Deluxe Edition.
    • Mercury.

  • SIENNA SPIRO

    Material Lover

    • The Devil Wears Prada 2 O.S.T..
    • Interscope.

  • Ravyn Lenae

    Love Me Not

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • UB40

    Food For Thought

    • The Very Best Of UB40 1980-2000.
    • Virgin.

  • Aswad

    Shine

    • Now 1994 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • The Rolling Stones

    In The Stars

    • Foreign Tongues.
    • Polydor.

  • Modjo

    Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Martin Garrix & Ed Sheeran

    Repeat It

    • (CD Single).
    • STMPD Records.

  • Paula Abdul

    Straight Up

    • Choose 80's Dance (Various Artists).
    • BMG.

  • Sara Bareilles

    Love Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Meghan Trainor

    Shimmer

    • Toy With Me.
    • Epic.

  • McFly

    5 Colours In Her Hair

    • Now 58 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Anastacia

    I'm Outta Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic/Daylight.

  • Natalie Imbruglia

    Upside Down

    • Algorithm.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • The Feeling

    Love It When You Call

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Take That

    Pray

    • Take That - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Joe Cocker

    With a Little Help From My Friends (Radio 1 Session, 7 Oct 1968)

    • Old Gold.

  • Delta Goodrem

    Eclipse

    • Eurovision Song Contest Vienna 2026 (Various Artists).
    • Universal UK.

  • Des’ree

    You Gotta Be

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • The Script

    Man In The Arena

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Millie

    My Boy Lollipop

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • Ashley McBryde

    What If We Don't

    • Wild.
    • Warner Records Nashville.

  • Alanis Morissette

    Ironic

    • Alanis Morissette -Jagged Little Pill.
    • Maverick.

  • The Wurzels

    Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)

    • Super 70's (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Wham!

    Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Last Monday 00:00
    BBC Radio 2