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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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Produced in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Radio 2.

26 days left to listen

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • David Morales & The Face

    Needin' U

    • (CD Single).
    • Manifesto.
  • Kool & the Gang

    Straight Ahead

    • In The Heart.
    • BBR.
    • 006.
  • Madison Avenue

    Don't Call Me Baby (Motez Vicious21 Remix)

    Remix Artist: Motez.
    • Holiday Hits: Non Stop Euro Pop (Var).
    • Virgin.
  • Backstreet Boys

    Bottle Up

    • Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • IEMI.
  • Gonzalez

    I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.
    • 4.
  • KT Tunstall

    Suddenly I See

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.
  • Keith Urban

    We Go Back (feat. Michael McDonald)

    • Flow State.
    • MCA.
    • 6.
  • Jalen Ngonda

    Mr. Train Conductor

    • Doctrine of Love.
    • DAPTONE RECORDS.
    • 3.
  • a‐ha

    The Living Daylights

    • NOW - Yearbook 1987 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.
  • Paul Heaton

    Favourite Kind Of Idiot

    • Jenius.
    • EMI.
  • Ultra Naté

    Free

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Dolly Parton

    Here You Come Again

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.
  • Spiller

    Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (feat. Sophie Ellis‐Bextor)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.
  • Meghan Trainor

    Shimmer

    • Toy With Me.
    • Epic.
  • Artful Dodger

    Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) (feat. Craig David)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 44 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Lady Gaga

    Paparazzi

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 74 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Electric Light Orchestra

    All Over The World

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
  • Taylor Swift

    I Knew It, I Knew You

    • (CD Single).
    • Walt Disney Records.
  • Dasha

    Austin (Boots Stop Workin')

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music.
  • Adam Lambert

    Under The Rhythm

    • ADAM.
    • EastWest.
  • Britney Spears

    Toxic

    • (CD Single).
    • Zomba.
  • The Script

    Man In The Arena

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • TLC

    Creep

    • (CD Single).
    • LaFace.
  • Mariah Carey

    We Belong Together

    • (CD Single).
    • Island/Def Jam.
  • David Bowie

    Changes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • Myles Smith

    Hold Me In The Dark

    • My Mess, My Heart, My Life.
    • RCA.
  • Mark Morrison

    Return Of The Mack

    • (CD Single).
    • WEA.
  • Olivia Dean

    So Easy (To Fall In Love)

    • The Art Of Loving.
    • Capitol.
  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Parlophone.
  • Appleton

    Ready To Begin

    • Side By Side.
    • Appleton Recordings.
  • Whitney Houston

    Saving All My Love For You

    • Whitney Houston.
    • Arista.
  • ROLE MODEL

    High Hopes 3000

    • Chuck Timely & The Hourglass.
    • Interscope.
  • One Direction

    What Makes You Beautiful

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.
  • Tiwayo

    I've Got To Travel Alone

    • Outsider.
    • Record Kicks.
  • Gala

    Freed From Desire

    • Friday Night Fever (Various Artists).
    • PolyGram TV.
    • 18.
  • Baccara

    Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Will Young

    Evergreen

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/RCA.

Broadcast

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