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Craig David chooses his final Tracks Of My Years

Craig David joins Vernon to select his final two Tracks Of My Years of the week. And two listeners take on the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top.

Craig David joins Vernon to select the songs that have soundtracked his life in Tracks Of My Years. And two listeners take on the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top and Vernon dives into the vault to explore the 麻豆社 archive.

Born and raised in Southampton, Craig had his first break into music after winning a songwriting contest held by the R&B group Damage. After meeting the duo Artful Dodger, they collaborated on the track Re-Rewind, which reached #2 in the UK charts when Craig was just 18. He continued working with Mark Hill, one half of Artful Dodger, on his solo work which would become the album Born To Do It. The album was released in 2000. It topped the UK chart and became the fastest-selling debut album ever by a British male solo artist, going on to sell over 7.5 million copies worldwide.

His career has gone from strength to strength, releasing a total of nine studio albums to date as well as DJing and performing across the world. This month, he's releasing a 25th anniversary edition of Born To Do It and will be playing the album in full along with other material at two big shows in April 2026 at London鈥檚 Hammersmith Apollo.

Produced by 麻豆社 Audio for 麻豆社 Radio 2

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 12 Dec 2025 09:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Cardigans

    My Favourite Game

    • Q The Album (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    That's the Way (I Like It)

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Katy Perry

    bandaids

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.

  • Rihanna

    Pon De Replay

    • (CD Single).
    • Def Jam.

  • Chic

    I Want Your Love

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Jonas Brothers

    Coming Home This Christmas (feat. Kenny G)

    • A Very Jonas Christmas Movie O.S.T..
    • Hollywood.

  • Nat King Cole

    Deck the halls

    • Christmas With Nat & Dean.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Wilson Pickett

    Mustang Sally

    • Atlantic Rhythm & Blues - Vol 6: 1966.
    • Atlantic.

  • Remember Monday

    More Than Ever

    • (CD Single).
    • Nothing Nice To Say.

  • Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

    Together In Electric Dreams

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.

  • Ella Eyre

    hell yeah

    • everything, in time.
    • PIAS.

  • Chris de Burgh

    A Spaceman Came Travelling

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World... Ever! (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Olivia Dean

    So Easy (To Fall In Love)

    • The Art Of Loving.
    • Capitol.

  • Madness

    Baggy Trousers (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025)

  • Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, Matthew Garber & Karen Dotrice

    Chim Chim Cher-Ee

    • Pickwick.

  • Shakira

    Zoo

    • Zootopia 2 O.S.T..
    • Disney.

  • Ed Sheeran & Elton John

    Merry Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Cynthia Erivo

    No Place Like Home

    • Wicked: For Good - The Soundtrack.
    • Wicked Soundtrack.
    • 3.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Heartbreaker

    • Friends & Lovers (Various Artists).
    • K-Tel.

  • Brandy

    I Wanna Be Down

    • I Wanna Be Down.
    • East West.

  • Tyrese

    How You Gonna Act Like That

    • J Records.

  • Bryan Adams

    California Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Bad Records.

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Dec 2025 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 2

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