Aug 20, 2007 • 1 min read

Radio One turns 40

BBC Radio One is marking its 40th birthday with a 40-track compilation of covers, one song per year, recorded by recent artists.

BBC Radio One celebrates its 40th birthday this year and has announced that they will release a compilation to mark the occasion. The 40-track release is a covers fest, comprised of a song from each year of the station's existence covered by a variety of recent artists - as follows in fact...

Kaiser Chiefs - Flowers in the Rain [The Move; 1967]

The Fratellis - All Along the Watchtower [The Jimi Hendrix Experience; 1968]

Amy Winehouse - Cupid [Johnny Nash; 1969]

Robbie Williams - Lola [The Kinks; 1970]

The Streets - Your Song [Elton John; 1971]

Sugababes - Betcha by Golly Wow [The Stylistics; 1972]

The Feeling - You're So Vain [Carly Simon; 1973]

Foo Fighters - Band on the Run [Wings; 1974]

Kylie - Love Is the Drug [Roxy Music; 1975]

KT Tunstall - Let's Stick Together [Bryan Ferry; 1976]

Franz Ferdinand - Sound and Vision [David Bowie; 1977]

The Raconteurs - Teenage Kicks [The Undertones; 1978]

Mika - Can't Stand Losing You [The Police; 1979]

Kasabian - Too Much Too Young [The Specials; 1980]

Keane - Under Pressure [Queen & David Bowie; 1981]

McFly - Town Called Malice [The Jam; 1982]

James Morrison - Come Back and Stay [Paul Young; 1983]

The Gossip - Careless Whisper [George Michael; 1984]

The Pigeon Detectives - The Power of Love [Huey Lewis & the News; 1985]

Lily Allen - Don't Get Me Wrong [The Pretenders; 1986]

Stereophonics - You Sexy Thing [Hot Chocolate; 1987]

Mutya Buena - Fast Car [Tracy Chapman; 1988]

Editors - Lullaby [The Cure; 1989]

Razorlight - Englishman in New York [Sting; 1990]

Groove Armada - Crazy for You [Madonna; 1991]

Paolo Nutini - It Must Be Love [Madness; 1992]

The Kooks - All That She Wants [Ace of Base; 1993]

Mark Ronson - You're All I Need to Get By [Mary J. Blige; 1994]

Calvin Harris - Stillness in Time [Jamiroquai; 1995]

Klaxons - No Diggity [Blackstreet; 1996]

Just Jack - Lovefool [The Cardigans; 1997]

Natasha Bedingfield - Ray of Light [Madonna; 1998]

The Twang - Drinking in L.A. [Bran Van 3000; 1999]

The Fray - The Great Beyond [R.E.M.; 2000]

Girls Aloud - Teenage Dirtbag [Wheatus; 2001]

Maxïmo Park - Like I Love You [Justin Timberlake; 2002]

The View - Don't Look Back Into the Sun [The Libertines; 2003]

Hard-Fi - Toxic [Britney Spears; 2004]

The Enemy - Father & Son [Yusuf & Ronan Keating; 2005]

Corinne Bailey Rae - Steady As She Goes [The Raconteurs; 2006]

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