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April 19, 2026
'I became a New Order groupie': Tim Burgess’s honest playlist
The Charlatans frontman plays Kate Bush deep cuts in his car and loves a bit of Abba, but which scary industrial noiseniks soundtrack his sexy time?
TL;DR
- Tim Burgess's first single purchase was 'Long Haired Lover from Liverpool' by Little Jimmy Osmond.
- He knows all the lyrics to Crass songs, particularly 'Do They Owe Us a Living?'.
- Madness's 'My Girl' was the first song he fell in love with.
- He can no longer listen to Curtis Mayfield's 'Move on Up' or Bob Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' due to overplaying.
- Madonna's 'Deeper and Deeper' is his choice for a party song.
- He secretly likes ABBA's 'SOS'.
- New Order's 'Blue Monday' made him feel anything was possible and led him to become a groupie for the band.
- Carole King's 'Wasn't Born to Follow' makes him cry.
- He would like Kate Bush's 'There Goes a Tenner' played at his funeral.
- His choice for the best song to have sex to is 'Discipline' by Throbbing Gristle.