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Workers of the World Unite

Ahead of May Day 3 hours of records that reference jobs, trades, work and working.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 28 Apr 2022 21:00

Music Played

  • The Silhouettes

    Get A Job

    • New Millennium Doo Wop Party (Various.
    • Rhino.
  • The Miracles

    Got A Job

    • Doo-Wop Soul, Vol. 15.
    • Treasure Goldies.
    • 6.
  • Chefs

    Let's Make Up (Radio 1 Session, 2 Aug 1981)

  • XTC

    Love on a Farmboy's Wages

    • Virgin.
  • Dick Gaughan

    Workers' Song

  • Bert Jansch

    The Gardener

    • Jack Orion.
    • Transatlantic.
    • 4.
  • Pernice Brothers

    Working Girls (Sunlight Shines)

  • Gregory Isaacs

    Night Nurse (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 27 Nov 1982) (feat. Roots Radics)

  • King Jammy

    Dub Tribute To All Hospital Workers

    • King Jammy Destroys The Virus With Dub.
    • VP Records.
    • 10.
  • Van Morrison

    I've Been Working (1999 Remaster)

    • His Band and the Street Choir.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 4.
  • James Brown & Marva Whitney

    You Got to Have a Job (If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat)

    • James Brown's Original Funky Divas.
    • Universal Records.
    • 22.
  • Comet Gain

    These Are the Dreams of the Working Girl

  • The Fall

    Container Drivers

  • The Other Half

    Mr Pharmacist

  • Steve Grey & The Walker Brothers

    The Electrician

    • If You Could Hear Me Now.
    • Columbia.
    • 18.
  • Nat Adderley

    Work Song

    • The Riverside Records Story.
    • Riverside.
    • 5.
  • The Clash

    Career Opportunities

    • Sandinista! (Remastered).
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 35.
  • The Apostles

    Workers' Autonomy, Pt. 1

  • Billy Bragg

    The Milkman of Human Kindness

    • Go Discs.
  • Avalanche Kaito

    Sunguru

    • Glitterbeat.
  • Solomon Burke

    Maggie's Farm

    • Blue and Soulful.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 34.
  • Lee Dorsey

    Working In A Coal Mine

    • Universal Island.
  • Wire

    Outdoor Miner

    • EMI Gold.
  • The Human League

    The Dignity Of Labour (Part 1)

    • Reproduction.
    • Virgin Records.
    • 11.
  • Jane Weaver

    Stages Of Phases (6 Music Session, 29 July 2021)

  • Decoration

    Job In London

  • Gwen Guthrie

    Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Denise LaSalle

    A Man Size Job

  • Public Service Broadcasting

    All Out

  • The Redskins

    16 Tons

    • Neither Washington Nor Moscow....
    • London Music Stream/Because Music.
    • 13.
  • Dead Kennedys

    Take This Job And Shove It

  • Jimmy Reed

    Big Boss Man

    • Ronnie On The Radio - The Ronnie Wood Show - Rock & Roll Selections.
    • Chrome Dreams.
    • 18.
  • Captain Beefheart

    Hard Workin' Man

  • The Beatles

    A Hard Day's Night

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 006.
  • The Marvelettes

    Please Mr. Postman

    • Marvelettes-Compact Command Performan.
    • Motown.
    • 3.
  • Field Music

    Working to Work (6 Music Session, 17th Jan 2017)

  • The Pogues

    Poor Paddy On The Railway

  • Randy Newman

    Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)

    • Good Old Boys.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 4.
  • Tom Waits

    Ice Cream Man

    • Edsel.
  • Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

    Ice Cream Man (Live)

    • Roadrunner: The Beserkley Collection.
    • Castle Communications.
    • 8.
  • The Utopia Strong

    Brainsurgeons 3

    • Rocket Recordings.
  • Bernard Cribbins

    Hole in the Ground

    • The 1962 British Hit Parade Pt. 1: Jan.-May, Vol. 1.
    • Acrobat.
    • 34.
  • The Smiths

    You've Got Everything Now

    • Complete.
    • WM UK.
    • 2.
  • The Congos

    Fisherman

    • Heart Of The Congos.
    • VP Records.
    • 1.
  • The Saxophones

    Lamp Lighter

  • Tim Hardin

    If I Were A Carpenter

    • Fetenhits - Flower Power (Best Of).
    • Polystar.
    • 47.
  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    The Cause Of Labour Is The Hope Of The World

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Apr 2022 21:00