Merran Regan’s IN THE SPOTLIGHT show on Wednesdays from 4-7pm is a mix of popular music, interviews and guests.
Each week Merran chooses a music theme and invites listeners to call in with requests along that theme to be played live during the show. You can see each week’s theme listed on Merran’s facebook page In The Spotlight with Merran Regan on Northside Radio. Merran plays an eclectic mix of pop, rock, jazz, indie, country, even musical theatre from Australia and all around the world – from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s through to songs from today.  She regularly interviews local mayors, actors, playwrights, directors, artists, musicians, performers, writers, authors, artistic directors and producers across all art forms – theatre, dance, opera, musicals, festivals, family events, even kids shows.
Tune in 4-7pm Wednesday afternoons.
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| Time | Title | Artist | |
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16:08 | I've Been Thinking About You | Londonbeat |
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16:11 | Two Princes | Spin Doctors |
| 16:12 | Ending | Lil Kello | |
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16:12 | Somebody That I Used To Know | Gotye |
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16:16 | Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) | Los Del Rio |
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16:21 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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16:21 | Tainted Love | Soft Cell |
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16:24 | It's Raining Men | The Weather Girls |
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16:29 | Morena Bonita | Anna Setton |
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16:38 | Minha Voz, Minha Vida | Anna Setton |
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16:41 | Spirit in the Sky | Norman Greenbaum |
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16:46 | These Boots Are Made For Walking | Nancy Sinatra |
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16:49 | Ca Plane Pour Moi | Plastic Bertrand |
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16:52 | A Whiter Shade Of Pale | Procol Harum |
| 16:56 | Echo Beach (2002 Digital Remaster) | Martha And The Muffins | |
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17:07 | Walking In Memphis | Marc Cohn |
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17:12 | Torn | Natalie Imbruglia |
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17:16 | Race with the Devil | The Gun |
| 17:20 | Lovin' You - 1993 Digital Remaster | Minnie Riperton | |
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17:25 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
| 17:25 | For Lovers | The London West End Orchestra | |
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17:27 | Never Gonna Give You Up | Rick Astley |
| 17:43 | This Old Love | Lior | |
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17:48 | Seasons in the Sun | Terry Jacks |
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17:55 | You Light Up My Life | Debby Boone |
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18:07 | Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | Rupert Holmes |
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18:12 | Mambo No. 5 | Lou Bega |
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18:19 | Don't Worry, Be Happy | Bobby McFerrin |
| 18:24 | Me And Mrs. Jones (Single Version) | Billy Paul; Arranged by Bobby Martin | |
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18:38 | Walking On Sunshine | Katrina & the Waves |
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18:45 | Monster Mash | Bobby "Boris" Pickett |
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18:48 | I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) [2011 Remaster Version] | The Proclaimers |
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18:52 | Video Killed The Radio Star | The Buggles |
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18:56 | In The Summertime | Mungo Jerry |
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16:06 | Substitute | The Who |
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16:10 | Mountain Of Love | Johnny Rivers |
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16:13 | Think | Aretha Franklin |
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16:15 | I Love My Dog (Mono Single Version) | Cat Stevens |
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16:18 | Where Were You When I Needed You | The Grass Roots |
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16:23 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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16:23 | We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin' | Simon & Garfunkel |
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16:25 | Navy Blue | Diane Renay |
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16:27 | I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) | The Electric Prunes |
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16:31 | No Milk Today | Herman's Hermits |
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16:34 | Madrigal | Neil Diamond |
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16:35 | Abigail Beecher | Freddy Cannon |
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16:37 | Thank The Lord For The Night Time | Neil Diamond |
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16:41 | If I Were A Carpenter | Four Tops |
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16:44 | Sweet Cherry Wine | Tommy James & The Shondells |
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16:48 | Back in the Day | Christina Aguilera |
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16:48 | Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy Of Arts | Bee Gees |
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16:53 | Make It Easy On Yourself | The Walker Brothers |
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16:56 | Country Music's Coming To Town | Troy Cassar-Daley |
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16:57 | Tales Of Brave Ulysses | Cream |
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17:10 | Eloise | Barry Ryan |
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17:13 | What's Wrong With The Way I Live? | The Twilights |
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17:17 | Elusive Butterfly (Remastered) | Bob Lind |
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17:19 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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17:20 | Under My Thumb | The Rolling Stones |
| 17:24 | Birthday (Remastered 2009) | The Beatles | |
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17:24 | Time of the Season | The Zombies |
| 17:28 | get back(with billy preston) | The Beatles | |
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17:32 | Brown Sugar | The Rolling Stones |
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17:36 | Let's Dance (Single Version) | David Bowie |
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17:41 | Where Do Broken Hearts Go | Whitney Houston |
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17:46 | Ice In The Sun | Status Quo |
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17:48 | Back in the Day | Christina Aguilera |
| 17:48 | The Pied Piper | Crispian St. Peters | |
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18:00 | Good Morning Starshine | Oliver |
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18:06 | Black Is Black | Los Bravos |
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18:09 | Help Me Girl | Eric Burdon & The Animals |
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18:12 | Lowdown | Boz Scaggs |
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18:12 | Bobby's Girl | Marcie Blane |
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18:14 | Madrigal | Neil Diamond |
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18:15 | I Live For The Sun | The Sunrays |
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18:18 | Leader of the Pack | The Shangri-Las |
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18:22 | Universal Soldier | Glen Campbell |
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18:24 | Baby the Rain Must Fall (From the Columbia Film "Baby the Rain Must Fall") | Glenn Yarbrough |
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18:26 | Delta Lady | Joe Cocker |
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18:32 | Ride My See-Saw | The Moody Blues |
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18:36 | Penny Arcade | Roy Orbison |
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18:43 | A Song For Jeffrey | Jethro Tull |
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18:47 | Music | John Miles |
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18:53 | Birthday | The Beatles |
| 18:53 | Something in the Air | Thunderclap Newman | |
| 18:59 | Route 66 | The TV Theme Players |
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16:07 | Your Smiling Face | James Taylor |
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16:18 | I Think I Love You | The Partridge Family |
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16:21 | Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | Doris Day |
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16:26 | Alone With You | Sunnyboys |
| 16:40 | Call Me (Digitally Remastered 98) | Blondie | |
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16:47 | Watching The Detectives | Elvis Costello |
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16:51 | Living Next Door to Alice | Smokie |
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16:55 | Honey, Honey | Abba |
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16:58 | It Doesn't Matter Anymore | Buddy Holly |
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17:07 | Devil Gate Drive | Suzi Quatro |
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17:12 | If Not For You | Olivia Newton-John |
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17:15 | Last Train to Clarksville | The Monkees |
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17:18 | Howzat | Sherbet |
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17:22 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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17:23 | Brass In Pocket (2018 Remastered Version) | Pretenders |
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17:27 | Rock On | David Essex |
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17:31 | Georgy Girl | The Seekers |
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17:33 | Yesterday's Hero | John Paul Young |
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17:37 | Crazy in Love | Beyoncé |
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17:44 | Things Don't Seem | Australian Crawl |
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17:49 | Sylvia's Mother | Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show |
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17:53 | Start Me Up | The Rolling Stones |
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17:57 | I'm Coming Home | Birtles & Goble |
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18:07 | If I Can Dream (from the NBC Elvis All-Star Tribute) | Elvis Presley |
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18:11 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Live) | George Harrison |
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18:16 | A King For Tonight | Billy Fury |
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18:18 | Sixteen Reasons | Connie Stevens |
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18:22 | Puppy Love | Donny Osmond |
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18:25 | Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) | Elton John |
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18:29 | Oh, Pretty Woman | Roy Orbison |
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18:39 | A Song for You | Leon Russell |
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18:44 | The Night Has A Thousand Eyes | Bobby Vee |
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18:47 | Never Tear Us Apart | INXS |
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18:52 | Livin' la Vida Loca | Ricky Martin |
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18:57 | Oops!... I Did It Again | Britney Spears |
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16:08 | Can't Help Falling In Love | Pentatonix |
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16:11 | All Or Nothing At All | Vince Jones |
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16:14 | Simply the Best (From "Schitt's Creek") | Noah Reid |
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16:18 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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16:19 | Get Me to the Church on Time | Stanley Holloway, Franz Allers |
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16:22 | No Matter Where You Are | Us The Duo |
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16:26 | Sea Of Love | The Honeydrippers |
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16:29 | I Never Will Marry (with Dolly Parton) | Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton |
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16:33 | Let's Stick Together | Bryan Ferry |
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16:36 | Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing | Chris Isaak |
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16:41 | Got to Be | MooveKa |
| 16:43 | Feels Like Home (1999 Remaster) | Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton | |
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16:47 | La Vie en rose | Edith Piaf |
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16:51 | Someone Like You | Van Morrison |
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16:55 | Follow the Sun | Xavier Rudd |
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17:08 | As Long As I'm Alive | Little River Band |
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17:12 | Die With A Smile | Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars |
| 17:17 | Wedding Song (There Is Love) (Remastered Album Version) | Noel Paul Stookey | |
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17:21 | Star of The Show | David Francis |
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17:23 | (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am | Nancy Wilson |
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17:26 | Romeo And Juliet | Dire Straits |
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17:35 | Happy Together | The Turtles |
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17:38 | Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 / Act 1 - "LÃ ci darem la mano" | Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung Whun Chung |
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17:44 | You Sexy Thing | Hot Chocolate |
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17:49 | I Only Have Eyes For You | Pop Royals |
| 17:52 | Let's Stay Together | Guy Sebastian | |
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17:57 | We've Only Just Begun | Carpenters |
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18:07 | Perfect | Ed Sheeran |
| 18:13 | If We Only Have Love | Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris 2016 Off-Broadway Cast | |
| 18:17 | Sarabande Main Title (From the Movie "Barry Lyndon") | Movie Sounds Unlimited | |
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18:22 | Wedding Song | Bob Dylan |
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18:27 | We Like to Party! (The Vengabus) | Vengaboys |
| 18:31 | The Wedding | Julie Rodgers | |
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18:35 | At Last | Etta James |
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18:38 | Up Where We Belong | Joe Cocker |
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18:42 | Home | Phillip Phillips |
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18:46 | White Wedding | Billy Idol |
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18:56 | Chapel Of Love | The Ronettes |