Playlists

The Folio · No. 38Monday 12 October 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 12 songs

Rain on the window

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The songs
  1. 1

    Those Sweet Words

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    Carmen

    Olivia Dean

  3. 3

    Imagine

    Eva Cassidy

  4. 4

    Blame It on Me

    George Ezra

  5. 5

    Beautiful

    Carole King

  6. 6

    And So It Goes

    Billy Joel

  7. 7

    Sweet Creature

    Harry Styles

  8. 8

    Peace

    Taylor Swift

  9. 9

    Black Dog

    Arlo Parks · the song she takes apart on today’s Song Exploder

  10. 10

    Bridge Over Troubled Water

    Simon & Garfunkel · Art Garfunkel has postponed his UK tour

  11. 11

    Slow Burn

    Kacey Musgraves

  12. 12

    My Love

    Westlife

Shower · 12 songs

Big chorus, no witnesses

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The songs
  1. 1

    The Fate of Ophelia

    Taylor Swift · a 14th week at No. 1 for The Life of a Showgirl

  2. 2

    Magnolias

    Rosalia · she sang it in the rain on SNL this weekend

  3. 3

    She’s the Best

    Troye Sivan · voted the week’s favourite new song

  4. 4

    Mamma Mia

    ABBA

  5. 5

    I Will Always Love You

    Whitney Houston

  6. 6

    2 Become 1

    Spice Girls

  7. 7

    Hero

    Mariah Carey

  8. 8

    Stick to the Status Quo

    High School Musical Cast

  9. 9

    Houdini

    Dua Lipa

  10. 10

    Manchild

    Sabrina Carpenter

  11. 11

    Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)

    Beyonce

  12. 12

    Midnight Sky

    Miley Cyrus

Work · 12 songs

Steady hands

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The songs
  1. 1

    Blank Space

    Vitamin String Quartet

  2. 2

    Thinking Out Loud

    Brooklyn Duo

  3. 3

    Let It Go

    The Piano Guys

  4. 4

    Remember Me

    One Piano

  5. 5

    Go the Distance

    Walt’s Piano

  6. 6

    Someone to Watch Over Me

    Beegie Adair

  7. 7

    Some Other Time

    Bill Evans

  8. 8

    Creep

    Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

  9. 9

    The Incredits

    Michael Giacchino · Brad Bird’s Ray Gunn premiered at the London Film Festival

  10. 10

    Dreaming

    Bruno Coulais · from Coraline, by Wildwood’s studio Laika

  11. 11

    Una Mattina

    Ludovico Einaudi

  12. 12

    Written on the Sky

    Max Richter

Car · 13 songs

Windows down, Monday anyway

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The songs
  1. 1

    Steady, As She Goes

    The Raconteurs · the band reunited at Jack White’s Nashville show

  2. 2

    Options

    Sasha Keable · she performed it on Saturday Night Live UK

  3. 3

    Hurricane

    Luke Combs

  4. 4

    Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?

    Shania Twain

  5. 5

    Weren’t For The Wind

    Ella Langley

  6. 6

    Better Now

    Post Malone

  7. 7

    S.O.S.

    Jonas Brothers

  8. 8

    Cowgirls

    Morgan Wallen

  9. 9

    Southbound

    Carrie Underwood

  10. 10

    Roar

    Katy Perry

  11. 11

    Another One Bites the Dust

    Queen

  12. 12

    Craving You

    Thomas Rhett

  13. 13

    This Is How We Roll

    Florida Georgia Line