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Global pop icon Anastacia shares her 10 song musical journey on this week's Tracks of My Years. Plus there's more music quizzing on Ten To The Top.

Global pop icon Anastacia shares her musical journey through ten of her most influential and favourite songs in this week's Tracks of My Years.

Anastacia started her claim to fame as a finalist on MTV's talent show 'The Cut' in 1998. She signed with Daylight Records just a year later, and released her debut album 'Not That Kind' in June 2000.

She's now released eight studio albums - the most recent was 'Our Songs' in 2023 - and her self-titled album, which included the massive hit 'Left Outside Alone' reached the top of the UK Album Charts in 2004.

She'll be touring the UK in April and May with her ‘Not That Kind’ tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album of the same name, including dates at the London Palladium, the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, Manchester’s O2 Apollo and more.

Plus there's the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top, a trip in to the ѿý Archive with Vernon's Vault, and the Record and Album Of The Week.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Ricky Martin

    Livin' La Vida Loca

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Madness

    Our House

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Jonas Brothers

    Love Me To Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Jonas Brothers Recording.
  • D:Ream

    Things Can Only Get Better

    • Now 27 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Alex Warren

    Ordinary

    • Cheaper Than Therapy.
    • Atlantic.
  • Gary Numan

    Cars

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.
  • Sugababes

    Jungle

    • (CD Single).
    • The Orchard.
  • Sam Smith

    Stay With Me (Radio 2 Session, 31 Mar 2014)

  • Pulp

    Spike Island

    • More.
    • Rough Trade.
  • Lenny Kravitz

    California

    • Lenny Kravitz - Baptism.
    • Parlophone.
  • Tears for Fears

    Sowing The Seeds Of Love

    • The Best Of Drive Time (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 7.
  • Sam Ryder

    White Lies

    • (CD Single).
    • Artist Theory.
  • Shanice

    I Love Your Smile

    • Now Yearbook '92 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music.
  • The Beatles

    Twist and Shout

    • Please Please Me.
    • Parlophone.
    • 14.
  • Ian Dury & the Blockheads

    Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Ravyn Lenae

    Love Me Not

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • The La’s

    There She Goes

    • Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • The Osmonds

    Love Me For A Reason

    • The Very Best Of The Osmonds.
    • Polydor.
  • Chesney Hawkes

    Love's Here When You Need It

  • The Beach Boys

    Help Me, Rhonda

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • 17.
  • Elton John

    Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • ܲ‐D... & Aerosmith

    Walk This Way

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Beverley Knight & Billy Porter

    Never Say Never

    • (CD Single).
    • Tag Music.

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Apr 2025 09:30

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