Saturday Night for Saturday 3 January 2026

This week it's the Z - As...thanks to the RNZ Music department, and me Todd Zaner, Philling in.  While others are taking a break, we're choosing the requests again this week, like last year.  And we will go backwards through the alphabet, more or less, this time.

Z   In the Year 2025 - Zager and Evans

Y   Falling Down - Charlotte Yates

X   Helicopter - XTC 

W   Star Baby - Guess Who   

V   Na Boca Do Sol - Arthur Verocai

U   Only My Heart Calling - Margaret Urlich

T   Don't Ask Me - Toy Love

S   Don't Leave Me Alone - Sam Cullen (Invercargill)

R   Fall On Me - REM

Q   Ice Queen - The Stranglers

P   Te Akapapa i te Atua - Pacific Connection Choir

O   Rip It Up - Orange Juice

N   It's On - Nesian Mystic

M   Let's Hear It for Summer - Met Office

L   On Top Of The World - The La De Das

K   Rubberneckin' - Elvis Presley (K for The KING) 

J   Day & Night - The Jim Carroll Band

I   Invitation - Miltown Stowaways

H   Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jimmy Helms

G   The Light - Matt Joe Gow

F   Fast Car - Luke Combs

E   Do Anything you Wanna Do - Eddie & The Hot-Rods

D   Racing Through The Night - Delaney Davidson

C   Cactus Cat - Look Blue Go Purple

B   (Can't Stop Those) Crazy Legs - Boom Boom Delux

A   New Your Groove - Ace Frehley

Z   Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Warren Zevon

Y   Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind - Yahyah

X   Los Angeles - X

W   I'm a Yo-Yo Man - Mason Williams

V   Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega

U   Afternoon Delight - The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra

T   Pulled Up - Talking Heads

S   Got Me At A Disadvantage - Spaces

R   Angry - Rolling Stones (Hackney Diamonds album)

Q   It's Oh So Quiet - Bjork

P   I Woke Up In Love This Morning - Partridge Family

O   Breaking In to Another Day - Dennis O'Brien

N   You Shot Me Down - Nazareth

M   Monopoly - Georgia Lines (Tauranga)

L   Te Ao Marama/Solar Power - Lorde

K   People Of The South Wind - Kansas

J   My Buzzsaw Baby (Really Cut Me Up) - The Johnnys

I   Blue Hotel - Chris Isaak

H   Rockin' Soul - Hues Corporation

G   Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel with Kate Bush

F   I'm Going to Spain - The Fall

E   Sorry - Easybeats

D   These Are The Days - Dianne Swann

C   This Is England - The Clash

B   Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch

A   Leave Love Out Of This - Anthonie Tonnin