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Kickstarting your week.

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.
Richie Anderson gets you ready for a brand new week, bringing you Monday Motivation, live from Salford.

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, 3 songs linked to 3 things you need to know about in the next 7 days.

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

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3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Mon 25 Aug 2025 00:00

Music Played

  • Taylor Swift

    Shake It Off

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Machine.
    • 1.
  • Gala

    Freed From Desire

    • Friday Night Fever (Various Artists).
    • PolyGram TV.
    • 18.
  • Ian Van Dahl

    Castles In The Sky (feat. Marsha)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Perrie

    If He Wanted To He Would

    • PERRIE.
    • Sony Music.
  • Freak Power

    Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out

    • 100% Acid Jazz (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • Kylie Minogue

    In Your Eyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • Sam Ryder

    Go Steady (feat. ѿý Symphony Orchestra)

    • (CD Single).
    • Artist Theory.
  • Meghan Trainor

    All About That Bass

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.
  • Belinda Carlisle

    The Air That I Breathe

    • Once Upon A Time In California.
    • Demon Music.
  • Anastacia

    Not That Kind

    • Ultimate Collection.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 6.
  • sombr

    12 to 12

    • I Barely Know Her.
    • Warner Records.
  • Deep Blue Something

    Breakfast At Tiffany's

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
    • Global Television.
  • Junior Senior

    Move Your Feet

    • Smash Hits Chart Summer 2003.
    • EMI/Virgin/Universal Music.
  • Olly Murs

    Save Me

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
  • Cher

    Strong Enough

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • The Beatles

    Hey Jude

    • LOVE.
    • Parlophone.
    • 021.
  • Alison Moyet

    All Cried Out

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.
  • Robbie Williams

    Spies

    • BRITPOP.
    • Sony.
  • Stevie Wonder

    Superstition

    • Motown Chartbusters Volume 8 (Various Artists).
    • Spectrum Music.
  • Cameron Whitcomb

    Fragile

    • The Hard Way.
    • Atlantic.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Always On My Mind

    • Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
    • Parlophone.
  • Vanessa Carlton

    A Thousand Miles

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
  • No Doubt

    Don't Speak

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Alison Goldfrapp

    Hey Hi Hello

    • (CD Single).
    • AG Records.
  • Backstreet Boys

    Everybody (Backstreet's Back)

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Louise

    Only Dancer

    • Confessions.
    • Lil Lou Records.
  • Ed Sheeran

    Azizam

    • PLAY.
    • Atlantic.
  • Tom Grennan

    Higher

    • (CD Single).
    • Insanity Records.
  • HUNTR/X

    Golden

    • K-Pop Demon Hunters O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Republic.
  • Cyndi Lauper

    Time After Time

    • No Greater Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Craig David

    Rain

    • Commitment.
    • Believe UK.
  • Rihanna

    Don't Stop The Music

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 7.
  • Janet Devlin

    Houston

    • Emotional Rodeo.
    • OK!Good Records.
  • Martin Solveig & Dragonette

    Hello

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 78 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Sophie Ellis‐Bextor

    Murder On The Dancefloor

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Andy Stewart

    Donald Where's Your Troosers?

    • 20 Scottish Favourites.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Mon 25 Aug 2025 00:00