I call these tracks the “B-list” of my favourite music. These are all special songs to me and remain some of my favourites, but they don’t quite merit a place on my Desert Island Songs list. Like my other lists, this one remains a work in progress.
Here then, is more of my life’s soundtrack:
- Moments Of Pleasure – Kate Bush
- Suddenly Last Summer – The Motels
- Minuet in G Major – J.S. Bach (composer)
- Il Mio Cuore Va – Sarah Brightman
- Safe And Sound – Capital Cities
- Lady Marmalade – Labelle
- Unfinished Business – Boy George
- The Last Song – Elton John
- The Power Of Love – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
- No Promises – Icehouse
- It Couldn’t Happen Here – Pet Shop Boys
- Man On The Moon – R.E.M.
- Crying Out Loud For Love – The Box
- Canon In D – J. Pachelbel (composer)
- Life On Mars? – David Bowie
- Half-Light (Day Version) – George Fitzgerald feat. Tracey Thorn
- I Want To Wake Up (Breakdown Mix) – Pet Shop Boys
- I Can Hear Your Heartbeat (12″ Club Mix Maxi Version) – Chris Rea
- Black Cars – Gino Vannelli
- Sweet Tides (Symphonik Version) – Thievery Corporation
- Cry For Help – Rick Astley
- Constant Craving – k.d. lang
- I Want You Back – The Jackson 5
- Only You – Yaz
- Boy – Book Of Love
- Nothing But A Heartache – Freemasons (feat. Sylvia Mason-James)
- The Sailor Song – Autoheart
- Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers (with Coldplay)
- Breaking Us In Two – Joe Jackson
- Shadow Man – David Bowie
- Pavane – Gabriel Fauré (composer)
- Every Bit Of Love – Ken Tobias
- Be My Number Two – Joe Jackson
- Old Money – Lana Del Rey
- Caroline – Concrete Blonde
- Oh Yeah – Roxy Music
- Girlfriend In A Coma – The Smiths
- Driver’s Seat (12″ version) – Sniff ‘n’ The Tears
- Love Is Everything – k.d. lang
- Give It Up – Dido
- Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan
- Handbags & Gladrags – Rod Stewart
- The Promise – When In Rome
- Pictures Of You – The Cure
- Girl Who Got Away – Dido
