Electric Thunder Radio

There’s some supreme music in there from The Jam, Ian Dury, Madness, Kelly Marie, Randy Crawford and many more. Top ten albums include Michael Schenker, Cliff Richard and Gary Numan.We are playing the entire Top 20 and a peak at the Top 10 albums. Shaky in there, The Clash, Village People, Billy Joel, Hazel O’Connor, and much more. Enjoy!              

The forgotten sounds of the eighties is back! Here you will find some long lost songs in that memory of yours and even one or two new to you music for your ears. There’s classic soul sounds of Marvin Gaye, Sterling Harrison, Oliver Cheatham, Aretha Franklin and Vicky D.You will get some firm favourite artists Heaven 17, Human League, Spandau Ballet, Yazoo, Stray Cats, Showaddywaddy and George Benson. There’s an awakening happening right here over two hours for you, get settled in and just get Alexa to do it for you, “Alexa, play Electric Thunder Radio Podcast on TuneIn”. Enjoy!              

Some more bright and perfect hits of the eighties. The songs you love and are reliving with more cheese that knows no bounds. Two hours of musical genius on the way from Electric Thunder Radio.There’s an array of hits from Culture Club, Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Odyssey, Madonna, Pat Benatar and much more. Classic number ones, “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) and “Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)”, as well as some great moments of New Romanticism. Enjoy!              

There’s a little bit of Shaky, Reo Speedwagon, Michael Jackson, Bad Manners and Kate Bush in this offering of the official chart from July 1981. Six new entries in all including, Carl Carlton, Duran Duran, Louis Clark and Stevie Wonder. SKA was making an impact as the battle for the top included the iconic single of 1981 from The Specials and Bad Manners. Also vying for the top were the ever popular latest mix from Stars On 45 and Mr Wonder as the highest new entry. Who has landed where? Take a trip back in time to find out. 1981 here we come! Comedy Gold from Chic Murray. Enjoy!              

It’s 1986 America. Movies doing the rounds are “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (movie vehicle for Whoopi Goldberg, “An American Tail” and Alex Cox’s bio of “Sid And Nancy”. The Centennial celebrations of the Statue of Liberty are underway in New York, and Mike Tyson beats Trevor Berbick in his first professional World Title win.Music wise here, we have Steve Winwood, The Pretenders, The Bangles and some Cameo on the way. The fight for the top is with Madonna, Bon Jovi, Boston and Human League. More great songs of the era “True Colors”, “Hip To Be Square” and “Shake You Down” do you remember who sang them? Enjoy!              

The world was an arduous place in 1987. Terry Waite, the envoy, becomes a kidnap victim in West Asia until 1991. There were many woes around the world, the sinking of the ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise, the Hungerford massacre, the "Great Storm", the Remembrance Day Bombing in Northern Ireland and the King's Cross fire. Haven’t we rather heard of these types of things every few years since? Margaret Thatcher became the longest serving British Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool in the early 19th century after securing a third term in office. The world is not moving on people. Anyhoo! This is the UK chart from February that year, Andy Warhol died Feb 23 this year. There were re-entries for some old sixties classics, The Blow Monkeys, Mental As Anything, Eric Clapton and the late Gwen Guthrie all make impressions on this chart. Reminisce, enjoy and make the world troubles go away (for a while anyway!).Enjoy!              

Back to 1985, with a bit of Corey Hart, Sade, Gloria Estefan, Phil Collins, Wham! and Lionel Richie. The albums hold some Tears For Fears, John Cougar and Jan Hammer. We have the entire Top 20 singles and some of the bottom as well as the Top 10 Hot 200 Albums.Classic songs to see you through “How Will I Know”, “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going”, “My Hometown”, “Small Town”, “Say You Say Me”, “I’m Your Man”, “Walk Of Life” and plenty more to tame that eighties fire inside. Enjoy!              

Some huge nineties dance floor fillers, Robin S ‘Show Me Love’, Nomad '(I Wanna Give You) De - Vo - Tion' Billie Ray Martin 'Your Loving Arms', as well as some rock staples of the period from Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews Band, Bush and Third Eye Blind. For the Pop fans, Jimmy Sommerville, Kenny Thomas, Frances Nero, Simply Red, and Tasmin Archer. Not forgetting the Hip-Hop fans in Del La Soul and 2Pac. There’s a lot more to sweeten those music tastebuds Enjoy!              

Here we are in the land of 1999, ah yes the end of the world just around the corner. Well, Adam Rickitt was in the chart so that could amount to something similar. Expect some Madonna, Cher, Britney Spears and Jewel. We play all the Top 20 singles for you.Marilyn Manson tell us ‘Rock Is Dead’, even though we have some Flaming Lips, Aerosmith, and Lit in the chart. A look into the Top 10 Albums, more music from Vengaboys, Whitney Houston, TLC, Shanks and Bigfoot, N-Sync, Backstreet Boys and Shania Twain. A-rollin’ back to the 90s we go. Enjoy!              

This is VH1’s list of the greatest songs of the 90s. Here you will find some House of Pain, Oasis, Spice Girls, as well as Celine Dion, Pearl Jam and those boppy Hanson boys. The entire Top 20 played in full as well as a few played from the bottom half.We take in Soundgarden, Eminem and Alanis Morissette. We are counting you down the forty greatest songs of the 90s according to a poll by Vh1. Get some classic songs such as “Baby Got Back”, “Enter Sandman”, “Wonderwall”, “Iris” and many, many more it’s all good in the hood. Enjoy!