The Chi-Lites used this euphoric five-second earworm 33 years before it became the sample that launched the solo career of eyoncé Knowles.

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Summer’s here and what better way to enjoy the sunshine than by pressing play on my latest playlist? We’ve got a fair few Northern Soul stompers, some old classics from The Kinks, Steely Dan and 10cc, a little bit of country and reggae, and a couple of unlikely collabs like Robert Smith and Olivia Rodrigo and (even more unlikely) Jeremaine Jackson and Devo.

Bill Callahan turned away from his lo-fi smog persona on his 1998 album Knock Knock, and this heartbreaking tune.

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Tobi Legend stamped her mark on music history when her obscure demo recording Time Will Pass You By became a Northern Soul anthem.

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The Gun Club were one of the most interesting bands to emerge after the first wave of punk began to fragment and roots music began to infect the LA punk scene.

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Brandon Flowers of The Killers previews his new solo country album, recorded in Nashville with a stellar cast of studio veterans.

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The Royal Teens had a big novelty hit back in 1958 with this tune, Short Shorts, while still at school in New Jersey.

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Eels offer up a taster from their latest album Cookie Happened with this beautifully bruised and bittersweet song, Cap In Hand.

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Jeffrey Alexander is a prolific purveyor of his hazy brand of stoner rock jams, especially with The Heavy Lidders.

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The Kinks kicked off their golden age with the heavily satirical hit sigle Sunny Afternoon in England’s celebrated World Cup winning year of 1966.

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