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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.

25 days left to listen

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Madonna

    Material Girl

    • Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Rhino.
    • 2.
  • Rihanna

    SOS

    • (CD Single).
    • Def Jam Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Olive

    You’re Not Alone

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Chaka Khan & Snoop Dogg

    Boogie's In My Soul

    • Chakzilla.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Keane

    This Is The Last Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Island.
  • Diana Ross

    Upside Down

    • And They Danced The Night Away Volume 2 CD2.
    • Debutante.
  • Adam Lambert

    Under The Rhythm

    • ADAM.
    • EastWest.
  • Olivia Rodrigo

    drop dead

    • you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.
    • Geffen.
  • Kool & the Gang

    Celebration

    • NOW That's What I Call The Ultimate Party (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • George Michael

    Freedom! '90

    • Listen Without Prejudice (Deluxe).
    • Epic.
    • 1.
  • Shakira & Burna Boy

    Dai Dai

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music Latin.
  • Moony

    Dove (I'll Be Loving You)

    • Is Harry On The Boat? (Various).
    • Virgin.
  • Katy Perry

    Part Of Me

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 82 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Taylor Swift

    I Knew It, I Knew You

    • (CD Single).
    • Walt Disney Records.
  • Brothers in Rhythm

    Such A Good Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
  • Ella Langley

    Choosin' Texas

    • Dandelion.
    • Columbia.
  • Billy Joel

    Uptown Girl

    • An Innocent Man.
    • CBS.
  • Ariana Grande

    hate that i made you love me

    • petal.
    • Republic Records.
  • Spice Girls

    Say You'll Be There

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Myles Smith

    Heaven

    • My Mess, My Heart, My Life.
    • RCA.
  • Roger Taylor

    Come On Summer (It's Party Time) (feat. Ndlovu Youth Choir)

    • Violence Insane In A Beautiful World.
    • Columbia.
  • Gabrielle

    Rise

    • Gabrielle - Rise.
    • Go Beat.
  • The Cure

    Boys Don't Cry

    • Now That's What I Call An Era: Sound Of The Suburbs (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Girls Aloud

    Call The Shots

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Alex Warren

    PASSENGER

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Cher

    I Found Someone

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • Aztec Camera

    Somewhere in My Heart

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Cameo

    Word Up

    • Platinum - The Definitive R&B Collection (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music TV.
  • Paul McCartney

    Come Inside

    • The Boys Of Dungeon Lane.
    • Capitol Records.
  • Pretenders

    Kid

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.
  • Brother Wallace

    Let's Get Together

    • Electric Love.
    • ATO Records.
  • INXS

    Need You Tonight

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • Elles Bailey

    Can't Take My Story Away

    • Can't Take My Story Away.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
  • Martin Solveig & Dragonette

    Hello

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 78 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Blondie

    Atomic

    • Now That's What I Call An Era: Sound Of The Suburbs (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • ABBA

    Mamma Mia

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 004.

Broadcast

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