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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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Produced in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Radio 2.

29 days left to listen

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • C+C Music Factory

    Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Freedom Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Sister Sledge

    Lost In Music

    • Disco Inferno (Various Artists).
    • East West.
    • 9.
  • Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man

    Giant

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Jessie Ware

    Automatic

    • Superbloom.
    • EMI.
  • Blue Boy

    Remember Me

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Tracy Chapman

    Fast Car

    • Tracy Chapman.
    • Elektra.
  • Lizzo

    Don't Make Me Love U

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Michael Sembello

    Maniac

    • Flashdance O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • VIRGIN.
  • Laufey

    Lover Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Vingolf Recordings.
  • Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mýa & P!nk

    Lady Marmalade

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope Records.
  • Kacey Musgraves

    Dry Spell

    • Middle Of Nowhere.
    • Lost Highway.
  • Duffy

    Mercy

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
  • LeAnn Rimes

    Can't Fight The Moonlight

    • (CD Single).
    • London/Curb Records.
  • Jessie J

    California

    • Don't Tease Me With A Good Time.
    • D.A.P..
  • Womack & Womack

    Teardrops

    • NOW That's What I Call 40 Years (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    Big Love

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 005.
  • Peter Andre

    All About Us 2.0 (feat. Montell Jordan)

    • Legacy.
    • Absolute.
  • McFadden & Whitehead

    Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

    • Now 100 Hits 70s (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • The Zombies

    She's Not There

    • The Godfathers Of Britpop.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Ed Sheeran

    Shivers

    • = Equals.
    • Atlantic.
  • Billy Joel

    Uptown Girl

    • An Innocent Man.
    • CBS.
  • Dermot Kennedy

    Turnstile

    • The Weight Of The Woods.
    • UMGRI Interscope.
  • Bruno Mars

    I Just Might

    • The Romantic.
    • Atlantic.
  • N‐Trance

    Set You Free

    • (CD Single).
    • All Around The World.
  • Alexander O’Neal

    Criticize

    • Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • Hits.
    • 9.
  • Teddy Swims

    Mr. Know It All

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • The Soup Dragons

    I'm Free (feat. Junior Reid)

    • Weekender - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.
  • Loreen

    True Love

    • Wildfire.
    • Polydor.
  • Kelly Clarkson

    Since U Been Gone

    • Now 62 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Holly Humberstone

    Cruel World

    • Cruel World.
    • Polydor.
  • Tina Turner

    We Don't Need Another Hero

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.
  • Taylor Swift

    Elizabeth Taylor

    • The Life Of A Showgirl.
    • TS/Republic.
  • George Michael

    Faith

    • NOW - Yearbook 1987 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • The Shires

    Getaway Car

    • Bonfire.
    • Big Machine.
  • Boyzone

    Words

    • Boyzone - By Request.
    • Polydor.
  • The Temptations

    My Girl

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.
  • ABBA

    Money, Money, Money

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 009.

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