Radio 1. Established 1967.

[Pip Madeley]

Celebrating 40 years on the air, Radio 1 have got 40 artists of the day to cover a track for each year:

1967 Flowers In The Rain (The Move) covered by Kaiser Chiefs
1968 All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix Experience) covered by The Fratellis
1969 Cupid (Johnny Nash) covered by Amy Winehouse
1970 Lola (The Kinks) covered by Robbie Williams
1971 Your Song (Elton John) covered by The Streets
1972 Betcha By Golly Wow (The Stylistics) covered by Sugababes
1973 Youre So Vain (Carly Simon) covered by The Feeling
1974 Band On The Run (Wings) covered by Foo Fighters
1975 Love Is The Drug (Roxy Music) covered by Kylie Minogue
1976 Lets Stick Together (Bryan Ferry) covered by KT Tunstall
1977 Sound & Vision (David Bowie) covered by Franz Ferdinand
1978 Teenage Kicks (The Undertones) covered by The Raconteurs
1979 Cant Stand Losing You (The Police) covered by Mika
1980 Too Much Too Young (The Specials) covered by Kasabian
1981 Under Pressure (Queen & David Bowie) covered by Keane
1982 Town Called Malice (The Jam) covered by McFly
1983 Come Back And Stay (Paul Young) covered by James Morrison
1984 Careless Whisper (George Michael) covered by The Gossip
1985 The Power Of Love (Huey Lewis & The News) covered by Pigeon Detectives
1986 Dont Get Me Wrong (The Pretenders) covered by Lily Allen
1987 You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate) covered by Stereophonics
1988 Fast Car (Tracy Chapman) covered by Mutya Buena
1989 Lullaby (the Cure) covered by Editors
1990 Englishman In New York (Sting) covered by Razorlight
1991 Crazy For You (Madonna) covered by Groove Armada
1992 It Must Be Love (Madness) covered by Paolo Nutini
1993 All That She Wants (Ace Of Base) covered by The Kooks
1994 Youre All I Need To Get By (Mary J Blige) covered by Mark Ronson
1995 Stillness In Time (Jamiroquai) covered by Calvin Harris
1996 No Diggity (Blackstreet) covered by Klaxons
1997 Love Fool (The Cardigans) covered by Just Jack
1998 Ray Of Light (Madonna) covered by Natasha Bedingfield
1999 Drinking in LA (Bran Van 3000) covered by The Twang
2000 The Great Beyond (REM) covered by The Fray
2001 Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus) covered by Girls Aloud
2002 Like I Love You (Justin Timberlake) covered by Maximo Park
2003 Dont Look Back Into The Sun (The Libertines) covered by The View
2004 Toxic (Britney Spears) covered by Hard-Fi
2005 Father & Son (Yusuf & Ronan Keating) covered by The Enemy
2006 Steady As She Goes (The Raconteurs) covered by Corinne Bailey Rae

Some interesting choices! I'll look forward to getting this.

[Matthew T]

I'll definitely be getting this!

"You're All I Need To Get By" is an odd choice of cover for 1994 though, seeing as it was actually a hit in July 1995, and was a rap version which did no more than repeated the chorus over and over.

[Simon R]

"Crazy For You" for 1991 is a little odd seeing as it was a mere re-release that year. Pity about the lack of Spice and a pity the Girls Aloud one has been knocking about for a few years but there's some good choices on there and I might download the ones I want rather than buy the whole lot.

[Richard Beeby]

There's a nice day of celebration on the 30th too!

They're bringing back Blackburn and Zoe Ball is doing a show with Sara Cox!

Cox and Ball's lunchtime!

[Milky Tears]

It's a winning combination:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a7...wie-cover.html

Girls Aloud join Franz for Bowie cover
Wednesday, September 19 2007, 11:04 BST
By Kimberley Dadds

Girls Aloud have agreed to record the backing vocals for an upcoming Franz Ferdinand song after the group approached them to appear on their David Bowie cover.

The Scottish foursome have recorded the track 'Sound And Vision' as part of a Radio One compilation album to mark the station's 40th birthday and asked the 'Something Kinda Ooooh' singers to feature on it.

Frontman of the band, Alex Kapranos, spoke abut the collaboration for Radio One: Established 1967, telling The Sun: "I asked Girls Aloud to do the famous ‘doo doo doo doo doo doo’ backing vocals. They were in the studio working on their own record.

"They’re pretty laid back so it was a music marriage made in heaven. We’re all independently-minded people who want to do things their way. Franz Ferdinand have much more in common with Girls Aloud than certain other bands.”

The View's cover of The Libertines' song 'Don't Look Back Into the Sun' will also appear on the album, after it debuted on the radio station yesterday.

[Matthew T]

Bought this today.

It's a mix of the great:-

The Streets - Your Song
Foo Fighters - Band on the Run
Keane - Under Pressure
Mark Ronson - You're All I Need To Get By
Natasha Bedingfield - Ray of Light
The Twang - Drinking in LA
Girls Aloud - Teenage Dirtbag
Hard-Fi - Toxic

The Pointless:-

The Fray - The Great Beyond
The View - Don't Look Back Into the Sun

both almost identical to the originals!

and the what the f*ck where they thinking??!!:-

Mika vs Armand Van Helden - Can't Stand Losing You
Stereophonics - You Sexy Thing (They where going to cover T'Pau - China in Your Hand originally - that could have been superb!)
Kooks - All That She Wants
Calvin Harris - Stillness in Time

but worst of all:-

Maximo Park - Like I Love You

[Pip Madeley]

Will be downloading Keane's effort when I get home from work.

[Simon R]

Bedingfield's "Ray of Light" is awful. She shouts it like a barking dog. Mrs Ritchie misses notes galore when she does it live but it's still better than Natasha's!