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Mark sits in for Vernon, with a new round of our quiz Ten To The Top and the second part of Tracks Of My Years from presenter Kelly Cates, ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

Mark sits in for Vernon, with a new round of our quiz Ten To The Top and some archive anthems celebrating the 90s.

Plus, Vernon pops up for the second part of this week's Tracks of My Years with Match Of The Day presenter Kelly Cates. Kelly is leading the coverage of the 2026 Men's World Cup for the BBC and today she tells us about a family connection with the band Simple Minds, plus how she got into sports broadcasting as a career.

Listen to Tracks Of My Years in full on BBC Sounds and watch Vernon's conversations on BBC iPlayer. Just search for 'Tracks Of My Years'.

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Music Played

  • D:Ream

    Things Can Only Get Better

    • Now 27 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Superstition

    • Motown Chartbusters Volume 8 (Various Artists).
    • Spectrum Music.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Light Up

    • (CD Single).
    • Darenote.

  • Stacy Lattisaw

    Jump To The Beat

    • Let Me Be Your Angel.
    • BBR.
    • 009.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Detroit Emeralds

    Feel The Need In Me

    • Heart Full Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Black Box

    Ride On Time

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Simply Red

    Fairground

    • Simply Red Greatest Hits.
    • East West Records.

  • The Rolling Stones

    In The Stars

    • Foreign Tongues.
    • Polydor.

  • Babybird

    You're Gorgeous

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Emeli Sandé

    Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • Taylor Swift

    I Knew It, I Knew You

    • (CD Single).
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Duffy

    Mercy

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Supertramp

    The Logical Song

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • A&M.

  • Paul McCartney

    Home To Us (feat. Ringo Starr)

    • The Boys Of Dungeon Lane.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Blue

    Too Close

    • (CD Single).
    • Innocent.
    • 1.

  • Diana Ross

    Chain Reaction

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.

  • a‐ha

    Take On Me

    • NOW That's What I Call The 80s (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Duran Duran

    Free to Love (feat. Nile Rodgers)

    • (CD Single).
    • Tape Modern.

  • U2

    Mysterious Ways

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Chaka Khan

    I Feel For You

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Niall Horan

    Fighting Over Nothing

  • The Verve

    Lucky Man

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • SIENNA SPIRO

    Material Lover

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

  • Simple Minds

    The American

    • VIRGIN.

  • Wham!

    Freedom

    • Make It Big.
    • Columbia.

  • Calvin Harris & Jazzy

    Satisfy

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday 09:30
    BBC Radio 2

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