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Before We Became Grown-Ups

It's the songs that take you back to your days before adulthood took over - that carefree chapter - maybe you were a Dancing Queen or just out having Fun Fun Fun and being Free.

Before the deadlines, the bills, the responsibilities and the early alarms, there was a time when life felt wide open. Tonight, we're looking for the songs that take you back to the last carefree chapter before adulthood took over. Maybe you were a Dancing Queen, maybe Girls Just Want to Have Fun, or perhaps you were Walking on Sunshine. What's the song that instantly transports you back to who you were before you grew up? You can text us live on 80295, email the show at getiton@bbc.co.uk, join us on Whatsapp at 0800 92 95 00 or just ask your smart speaker to ask BBC Sounds to send a comment to Radio Scotland.

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Music Played

  • Prefab Sprout

    The King of Rock 'N' Roll

    • Hits Album 8, Part 2 (Various Artist.
    • Hits Album.

  • a‐ha

    The Sun Always Shines on TV

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Wizzard

    See My Baby Jive

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1973.
    • Connoisseur.

  • Oasis

    Live Forever

    • Definitely Maybe.
    • Big Brother Records.
    • 003.

  • Lulu

    To Sir With Love

    • The Don Black Songbook.
    • Play It Again, Sam.

  • The Police

    Message In A Bottle

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • The Tams

    Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy

    • Feelgood Songs.
    • EMI / Virgin.
    • 15.

  • The Cure

    Boys Don't Cry

    • Staring At The Sea: The Singles.
    • Fiction.

  • The Communards

    Never Can Say Goodbye

    • Now That's What I Call Music 1987.
    • Now.

  • Bryan Adams

    (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • The B‐52s

    Roam

    • Cosmic Thing - The B52's.
    • Reprise.

  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Relax

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

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    The Power Of Love

    • 100 Hits: Driving Rock.
    • 100 Hits.
    • 007.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Thinking Out Loud

    • x.
    • Asylum.
    • 1.

  • The Specials

    Ghost Town

    • The Ultimate Eighties (Various).
    • Hit Records.

  • Dusty Springfield

    Goin' Back

    • Dusty- The Silver Collection.
    • Philips.

  • Nick Lowe

    I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass

    • The Best Of Nick Lowe.
    • Demon Records.
    • 6.

  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

    • Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Nanci Griffith

    Late Night Grande Hotel

    • Late Night Grande Hotel.
    • MCA.

  • Edison Lighthouse

    Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Who

    My Generation

    • The Who - Who's Better, Who's Next.
    • Polydor.

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Sep 2026 18:00
    BBC Radio Scotland