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Mika plays some of his favourite tracks from the most iconic songwriters of all time and chats to Louis Walsh about his music tastes and how he spends the festive season.

Mika, the BRIT Award-winning and multi-platinum selling artist plays some of his favourite tracks from the most iconic songwriters of all time and shares his own stories on why they mean so much to him. Plus he chats to X Factor judge Louis Walsh who talks about how he likes to spend his time over the festive season with his family. Louis also shares stories of the kind of music he likes listening to in the car and tells Mika about the song that he just loves to hear over and over again. Danny O'Donoghue from The Script tells Mika about the song that he thinks is quite simply perfect. There's also the chance to hear live performances recorded by Katie Melua and Gary Barlow from the Radio 2 Piano Room in 2017.

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Boxing Day 2017 12:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Free

    All Right Now

    • Back To The 70's (CD1) (Various).
    • EMI.
    • 15.

  • Perry Como

    Accentuate The Positive

    • Yesterday And Today: A Celebration In Song.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 24.

  • East 17

    Stay Another Day

    • East 17 - Steam.
    • London.

  • Whitney Houston

    I Will Always Love You

    • The Bodyguard (Original S/Track).
    • Arista.

  • Jackie Wilson

    Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Katie Melua

    Fields of Gold (Radio 2 Piano Room, 7 November 2017)

  • The Four Seasons

    December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 11.

  • John Mellencamp

    Jack And Diane

    • John Cougar - American Fool.
    • Mercury.

  • Miriam Makeba

    Pata Pata

    • In The Summertime.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 11.

  • Don McLean

    Vincent

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • The Flying Pickets

    Only You

    • Christmas Love Songs (Various Artists.
    • Arcade Records.

  • The Hollies

    He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

    • The Hollies.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • ABC

    Poison Arrow

    • Abc - The Lexicon Of Love.
    • Mercury.

  • Soft Cell

    Tainted Love

    • Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
    • UMC.

  • Wham!

    Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • George Michael

    Older

    • (CD Single).
    • Aegean/Virgin.

  • Haircut One Hundred

    Love Plus One

    • Pelican West - Deluxe Edition.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 002.

  • Katy Perry

    Chained To The Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.

  • Rod Stewart

    The First Cut Is The Deepest

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Gary Barlow

    Back For Good (Radio 2 Piano Room, 12 October 2017)

  • Dan Hartman & Loleatta Holloway

    Relight My Fire

    • More Monty (Various Artists).
    • Rca Victor.

  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan

    Baby It's Cold Outside

    • Oh, Lady Be Good.
    • Universal Classics.

  • Patsy Cline

    Crazy

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • Steely Dan

    Do It Again

    • Air America O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • MCA.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Boxing Day 2017 12:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2