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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.

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, three songs linked to three things you need to know about in the next seven days.

To get involved with the show, e-mail Richie@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • Dead or Alive

    You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Savage Garden

    Affirmation

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Sleeper

    Inbetweener

    • Live Forever (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Taylor Swift

    Patient Zero

    • The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore.
    • Republic.

  • Harry Styles

    Watermelon Sugar

    • Fine Line.
    • Columbia.

  • P!nk

    What About Us

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Paul McCartney

    Chelsea Boots

    • The Boys Of Dungeon Lane (Special Edition).
    • Capitol Records.

  • Blossoms

    Meet Me In Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Distiller Records.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Suburbia

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Beyoncé

    Déjà Vu

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Stevie Wonder

    My Life Story Of Love

    • Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP.
    • Motown.

  • The Communards

    Don't Leave Me This Way (feat. Sarah Jane Morris)

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Toni Braxton

    Un-Break My Heart

    • Toni Braxton - Secrets.
    • Laface.

  • U2

    Silencio

    • Carnaval De Luz.
    • Island.

  • Jane McDonald & 7th Heaven

    Dance Yourself Dizzy

    • Dance Yourself Dizzy [7th Heaven Mirrorball Radio Edit].
    • JMD Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Alcazar

    Crying At The Discoteque

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.
    • 6.

  • Shanks & Bigfoot

    Sweet Like Chocolate

    • (CD Single).
    • Chocolate Boy.

  • Alison Limerick

    Right Here

    • SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW.
    • Revolver.

  • Duran Duran

    The Reflex

    • Now 1984 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 6.

  • Britney Spears

    She'll Never Be Me

    • Britney (25th Anniversary Edition).
    • Jive/Legacy.
    • 1.

  • R.E.M.

    Man on the Moon

    • Simply The Best Movie Album (Various).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • Belles

    Son Of Jolene (feat. Dolly Parton)

    • (CD Single).
    • East Music Row Records.

  • Tracy Chapman

    Fast Car

    • Tracy Chapman.
    • Elektra.

  • Ronan Keating

    Lovin' Each Day

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Ashe

    Stop The Wedding!

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Ravyn Lenae

    Love Me Not

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Ella Langley

    Choosin' Texas

    • Dandelion.
    • Columbia.

  • Michael Andrews

    Mad World (feat. Gary Jules)

    • Trading Snakeoil For Wolftickets.
    • Adventure Records.

  • Linda Perry

    Feathers In A Storm

    • Let It Die Here.
    • Kill Rock Stars.

  • The Beloved

    Sweet Harmony

    • (CD Single).
    • New State Music.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Tick Tock

    • We Will Always Be The Way We Were.
    • Lanza Music.
    • 4.

  • Lewis Capaldi

    Forget Me

    • Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent.
    • EMI.

  • Cliff Richard

    Spirit In The Sky

    • Only Number Ones.
    • Parlophone.

  • Shaggy

    Boombastic

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 32 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Chuck Berry

    Johnny B. Goode

    • NOW That's What I Call Jukebox Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Adele

    Hello

    • XL Recordings.

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