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The LTHT Playlist

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As part of our Trustwide Kindness campaign, we asked colleagues to help us choose the definitive LTHT Playlist – after all, what brings people together more than music?

On World Music Day (20 June 2021) we launched our quest to find the Top 20 tracks of staff and patients. Bringing together a shortlist from the biggest all-time UK chart-toppers and Hospital Radio's most requested, we asked for your votes to determine the Top 20.

After hundreds of votes, as well as opportunities to nominate two of your own personal favourites, the final playlist was set. On Sunday, 12 July, the LTHT Playlist – as chosen by LTHT staff and patients - was aired in all its glory over a two-hour show on Leeds Hospital Radio, and included some selected personal favourites from colleagues.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote, contributed their favourite songs, and told us why music matters to them.

The Top 20 Countdown

20

Kings of Leon

Sex On Fire

19

Survivor

Eye Of The Tiger

18

Human League

Don’t You Want Me

17

Tina Turner

(Simply) The Best

16

Culture Club

Karma Chameleon

15

George Michael

Careless Whisper

14

Robbie Williams

Angels

13

David Guetta Feat. SIA

Titanium

12

Blondie

Heart of Glass

11

Pharrell Williams

Happy

10

Mark Ronson / Bruno Mars

Uptown Funk

9

Dexys Midnight Runners

Come On Eileen

8

Black Eyed Peas

I gotta Feeling

7

New Order

Blue Monday

6

Abba

Dancing Queen

5

Louis Armstrong

What a Wonderful World

4

Soft Cell

Tainted Love

3

Oasis

Wonderwall

2

Neil Diamond

Sweet Caroline

1

Queen

Bohemian Rhapsody

Catch up with our two-part podcast special!

Catch up or listen again to the Hospital Radio show in its entirety - we've split the programme into two one-hour segments for convenience.

The LTHT Playlist - Part one:

Listen on Anchor.FM

The LTHT Playlist - part two:

Listen on Anchor.FM

Add to your heavy rotation on Spotify!

Take the full LTHT Playlist wherever you go and stream the hospitals' favourite tracks direct from Spotify.

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Tracks of their years - the LTHT Executive Team

We asked some of the LTHT Executive Directors to tell us what tracks are their all-time favourites, never fail to get their feet moving, or keep popping up on their Most Played...

Julian Hartley - Chief Executive

Julian centre photoWaterfront by Simple Minds - I attended their gig at Leeds University in March 1984 - a brilliant opening to a great concert by a band at the height of their powers. I was a Sixth Form student at Bingley Grammar School at the time and had an unforgettable evening with my friends.

Ask by The Smiths - This was played as the opening number at my wedding in 1997 - a great tune with typically wry, dark humour ("if it’s not love then it’s the bomb that’ll bring us together") with a stunning arrangement by Johnny Marr.

Jenny Lewis - Director of HR and OD

IMG 0267edit 2Blue Skies by Ella Fitzgerald – This was my Dad's favourite song.
By Your Side by Calvin Harris (feat. Tom Grennan) – Just my current favourite bop in the kitchen record!

Clare Smith - Chief Operating Officer

AGM clare cropI absolutely love This Isn’t Everything You Are by Snow Patrol, I just love it.

My other fave for dancing around is Red Light Spells Danger by Billy Ocean, can’t listen to that without cranking it up.