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The Folio · No. 19Wednesday 23 September 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 13 songs

The kettle’s on

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The songs
  1. 1

    Those Sweet Words

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    Autumn Leaves

    Eva Cassidy

  3. 3

    Where You Lead

    Carole King

  4. 4

    Dive

    Olivia Dean

  5. 5

    Just the Way You Are

    Billy Joel

  6. 6

    The Best Day

    Taylor Swift

  7. 7

    Rainbow

    Kacey Musgraves

  8. 8

    Blame It on Me

    George Ezra

  9. 9

    Flying Without Wings

    Westlife

  10. 10

    Seasons of Love

    Original Broadway Cast of Rent · the original cast reunite for Rent’s 30th anniversary concert

  11. 11

    If I Ain’t Got You

    Alicia Keys · she closed Vogue World in Milan last night

  12. 12

    Hesitate

    Jonas Brothers

  13. 13

    Green & Gold

    Lianne La Havas

Shower · 13 songs

All the big notes

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The songs
  1. 1

    So Emotional

    Whitney Houston

  2. 2

    Fantasy

    Mariah Carey

  3. 3

    Please Please Please

    Sabrina Carpenter

  4. 4

    Take a Chance on Me

    ABBA

  5. 5

    Walk Away

    Kelly Clarkson

  6. 6

    Don’t Start Now

    Dua Lipa

  7. 7

    Hot N Cold

    Katy Perry

  8. 8

    Breaking Free

    High School Musical Cast

  9. 9

    Let It Go

    Idina Menzel

  10. 10

    Viva Forever

    Spice Girls

  11. 11

    You’re the Voice

    John Farnham · Celine Dion sang it at his tribute concert this week

  12. 12

    Don’t Cry for Me Argentina

    Elaine Paige · Evita’s Broadway casting was announced yesterday

  13. 13

    Singin’ in the Rain

    Gene Kelly · the UK and Ireland tour has its full cast for 2027

Work · 14 songs

Quiet desk, long view

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The songs
  1. 1

    Weep You No More

    Patrick Doyle · from Sense and Sensibility, reviewed in today’s paper

  2. 2

    Primavera

    Ludovico Einaudi

  3. 3

    Brooks Was Here

    Thomas Newman

  4. 4

    Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights

    Sergei Prokofiev · Robert Eggers is adapting the play at Focus

  5. 5

    Princess Mononoke Theme

    Joe Hisaishi

  6. 6

    Time

    Hans Zimmer

  7. 7

    Elegy for Dunkirk

    Dario Marianelli

  8. 8

    Across the Stars

    John Williams

  9. 9

    You’ve Got a Friend in Me

    One Piano · Toy Story 5 lands on Disney+ next month

  10. 10

    Dancing Queen

    Vitamin String Quartet

  11. 11

    Canon in D

    Brooklyn Duo

  12. 12

    A Thousand Years

    The Piano Guys

  13. 13

    Beauty and the Beast

    Walt’s Piano

  14. 14

    My Foolish Heart

    Bill Evans

Car · 14 songs

Windows down, A-road

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The songs
  1. 1

    That Don’t Impress Me Much

    Shania Twain

  2. 2

    When It Rains It Pours

    Luke Combs

  3. 3

    Shake It Off

    Taylor Swift

  4. 4

    Run the World (Girls)

    Beyonce

  5. 5

    Choosin’ Texas

    Ella Langley · 23 weeks at number one, the longest run in Hot 100 history

  6. 6

    Nothing Breaks Like a Heart

    Miley Cyrus

  7. 7

    Circles

    Post Malone

  8. 8

    Sucker

    Jonas Brothers

  9. 9

    Two Black Cadillacs

    Carrie Underwood

  10. 10

    Roses

    Chvrches · their first single since 2021, out today

  11. 11

    Chasin’ You

    Morgan Wallen

  12. 12

    My Life Would Suck Without You

    Kelly Clarkson

  13. 13

    Ordinary

    Alex Warren

  14. 14

    (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life

    Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes · Dirty Dancing returns to the West End in 2027