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Mark sits in for Vernon, with a new round of Ten To The Top and the first 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 80s.

Plus, Vernon pops up for the first 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 begins her ten-track journey by telling Vernon about her childhood growing up as the daughter of legendary footballer Kenny Dalglish.

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

  • James

    Sit Down

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Sugababes

    Hole In The Head

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Script

    Man In The Arena

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

  • Post Malone

    I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Nik Kershaw

    Wouldn't It Be Good

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Desmond Dekker

    You Can Get It If You Really Want

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

  • Carly Simon

    Why

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • Eurythmics

    Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

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

  • Harry Styles

    Dance No More

    • Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
    • Columbia.

  • Erasure

    A Little Respect

    • Erasure - Pop!.
    • Mute Records.

  • The Lightning Seeds

    Lucky You

    • Lightning Seeds - Jollification.
    • Epic.

  • Taylor Swift

    I Knew It, I Knew You

    • (CD Single).
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Van Morrison

    Brown Eyed Girl

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Oasis

    Stand By Me

    • The 1998 Brit Awards (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Paul Heaton

    Favourite Kind Of Idiot

    • Jenius.
    • EMI.

  • Gloria Gaynor

    Never Can Say Goodbye

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Olly Murs

    Troublemaker (Radio 2 In The Park 2025)

  • The Killers

    Mr Brightside

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Myles Smith

    Hold Me In The Dark

    • My Mess, My Heart, My Life.
    • RCA.

  • The Smiths

    Panic

    • The Very Best Of The Smiths.
    • WEA.
    • 16.

  • Alison Limerick

    Make It On My Own

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

  • Niall Horan

    Tastes So Good

  • Thin Lizzy

    Sarah

    • Thin Lizzy - Black Rose.
    • Vertigo.

  • Shania Twain

    Dirty Rosie

    • Little Miss Twain.
    • Republic Nashville.

  • Madness

    Our House

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

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Someone to watch over me

    • A Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Stylus.

  • George Benson

    The Greatest Love Of All

    • George Benson - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 18.

  • Natalie Imbruglia

    Upside Down

    • Algorithm.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 09:30
    BBC Radio 2

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