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We Close Our Eyes - with Peter Cox!

Celebrating 40 years since their chart debut with 'We Close Our Eyes', Go West's Peter Cox joins Gary in the studio.

Celebrating 40 years since their chart debut with 'We Close Our Eyes', Go West's Peter Cox joins Gary in the studio.

A weekly celebration of the greatest musical decade – “If you were there, you’d know”… and if you weren’t, pay attention!

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1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sat 15 Mar 2025 20:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Dead or Alive

    You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Tears for Fears

    Shout

    • Songs From The Big Chair (Super Deluxe Edition).
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 3.

  • The Source

    You Got The Love (1986 Version) (feat. Candi Staton)

    • Source Records.

  • THE STEVE LILLYWHITE MASTERMIX

    • Thompson Twins

      In the Name of Love

      • The Edge Of The Eighties (Various Artists).
      • Sony BMG.

    • Talking Heads

      Blind

      • EMI.

    • The Rolling Stones

      Harlem Shuffle

      • Jump Back: Best Of The Rolling Stones.
      • Virgin.

    • Simple Minds

      Waterfront

      • Glittering Prize - Best Of Simple Min.
      • Virgin.

    • Big Country

      In a Big Country

    • The Pogues

      If I Should Fall From Grace With God

      • Pogue Mahone.

    • U2

      Two Hearts Beat As One

      • Island.

    • XTC

      Generals and Majors

      • XTC - Compact XTC:The Singles 1978-85.
      • Virgin.

    • Kirsty MacColl

      Free World

      • Virgin.

  • Five Star

    System Addict

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

  • SARAH COSTEN in ALBERTA, CANADA

    • Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians

      What I Am

      • Songwriter (Various Artists).
      • Columbia.
      • 3.

    • Fairground Attraction

      Perfect

      • The First Of A Million Kisses (Expanded Edition).
      • Cherry Red Records.
      • 002.

    • The Cure

      Why Can't I Be You?

      • The Cure - Galore.
      • Fiction.

    • Guns N’ Roses

      Sweet Child O' Mine

      • The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
      • Hits Album.

  • GARY’S BIT IN THE MIDDLE

    • Londonbeat

      9 AM (The Comfort Zone)

      • (CD Single).
      • Anxious.

  • Ten City

    Devotion

    • 100 Greatest Motivation Songs.
    • Rhino.
    • 31.

  • Go West

    We Close Our Eyes

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Prince

    1999

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Whitney Houston

    I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

    • Whitney Houston - Whitney.
    • Arista.

  • Go West

    Call Me

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

  • U2

    Where The Streets Have No Name

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Kate Bush

    This Woman's Work

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.

  • Bruce Hornsby & the Range

    The Way It Is

    • The Way It Is.
    • RCA Records Label.
    • 5.

  • THE SLOPPY BIT

    • Phil Collins

      A Groovy Kind Of Love

      • Singles.
      • Rhino.

  • Go West

    Don't Look Down (The Sequel)

    • The Best Of.
    • Chrysalis.

Broadcast

  • Sat 15 Mar 2025 20:00
    BBC Radio 2