Certified Bangers

This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY-NINE of Certified Bangers, where Kgabo is once again joined by Ben Charles and Josh Jenkins for the long-awaited second annual BANGY Awards. The following pieces of music will be played:

-----2024 Best Drum 'n' Bass Track-----

1. Azotix - Liars (feat. VISLA & Riko Dan)

2. Retrospekt – Deception

3. WheelUP – Singularity (feat. Abacus & Steelo) (Makoto Remix)

4. Nelver & SiLi – Environment

5. Fred V x Hybrid Minds – Faded Blue (feat. Lottie Jones)

6. Subkey - Halcyon

-----Nominees for 2024 Best RnB/Soul Song-----

7. Sam Gellaitry – Assumptions (KAYTRANADA Edit)

8. Ella Mai – Leave You Alone

9. KAYTRANADA – Lover/Friend (feat. Rochelle Jordan)

10. Amber Mark – What It Is

11. Muni Long – Made For Me (Soul Train Performance)

12. Anthony David – Ride On

-----Nominees for 2024 Best Soundtrack Composition/Classical Music Piece-----

13. John Powell – This Is Berk (Original Opening Version) (from How to Train Your Dragon)

14. George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa – The Funeral (September 25, 1987) (from Cry Freedom)

15. John Murphy – Mo Ergaste Forn (from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)

16. Hans Zimmer – Circle Of Life / King Of Pride Rock (feat. Lebo M. and Zoe Mthiyane) (Live In Prague) [from The Lion King (1994)]

17. Renée Fleming – Rusalka, Op. 114, Act I: 0 Silver Moon [Rusalka]

18. John Powell – Losing Mom / Meet The Good Alpha (from How to Train Your Dragon 2)

-----Nominees for 2024 Best Rock/Metal Song-----

19. Maxeen – Block out the World

20. Autopilot Off – Make A Sound

21. Submersed – Better Think Again

22. Godsmack – Faceless

23. Puddle Of Mudd – Blurry

24. Thrice - Lullaby

-----Nominees for 2024 Best Indie Pop Song-----

25. Rachel Bobbitt – I must apologise

26. Nemahsis – i wanna be your right hand

27. Malcolm Todd – Art House

28. Emilie Kahn – Search History

29. Bathe Alone – Awfully Quiet

30. Luna Li – Golden Hour

-----Nominees for 2024 Ultimate Certified Banger-----

31. Grafix - Dance All Day

32. Coldplay – Charlie Brown

33. John Powell – Flying With Mother (from How to Train Your Dragon 2)

34. Gang Starr – The Militia (feat. Big Shug & Freddie Foxxx)

35. Tomoya Ohtani – Dragon Dance (from Sonic Lost World)

36. Lana Del Rey – Art Deco

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The top 10 of the 2025 CB World Tour is unchanged from last week as this is a World Tour-Exempt Episode.

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY-EIGHT of Life's Opening Radio: Certified Bangers, where Kgabo celebrates the one-year anniversary of CB being on Rainbow Radio Wales and also ushers in a new era for CB. The 2025 CB World Tour has begun as well. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Tommy James & The Shondells – Crystal Blue Persuasion (featured in Breaking Bad)

2. Hiroshima - Days Gone By

3. Sara Bareilles - Eyes on You

4. Nine Lashes - Anthem Of The Lonely

5. Disclosure - Holding On (feat. Gregory Porter)

6. Oliver Heldens x warner case Ghosts Believe In

7. Alesso & John Newman - Call Your Name (Andromedik Remix)

8. SiLi - All I Want

9. Atlantic Connection - That's Life

10. Love Spells – Flow

11. Etta Marcus – Death Grips

12. beabadoobee - Art Class

13. Bathe Alone - In Your Wake

14. Gigi Perez – Kill For You

15. Eurythmics – I Saved the World Today (featured in The Sopranos)

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The top 10 of the 2025 CB World Tour is as follows:

1. Eurythmics – 15 pts

2. Gigi Perez – 10 pts

3. Bathe Alone - 10 pts

4. beabadoobee - 10 pts

5. Etta Marcus – 10 pts

6. Love Spells - 10 pts

7. Atlantic Connection – 10 pts

8. SiLi - 10 pts

9. Andromedik – 10 pts

10. Disclosure – 10 pts

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY-SEVEN of Life's Opening Radio: Certified Bangers, where Kgabo rings in 2025 with some awesome music. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. JasonMartin – DON'T STOP (BABY, BABY) 2222 (feat. Tank) (prod. KAYTRANADA)

2. Tinashe - Naturally

3. Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone

4. Kasey Chambers – The Captain (featured in The Sopranos)

INTERLUDE: The Sopranos: Tony Soprano reluctantly promotes Ralph Cifaretto to caporegime as an apology for beating him up after Ralph beat Tracee the sex worker to death. "YOU OUTTA YOUR F**KIN' MIND LAYING YOUR HANDS ON ME?!! I'M A MADE GUY!!!"

5. Charlie Wilson - Superman

6. Gang Starr – What I'm Here 4

7. Kimiko Kasai - Yarikake No Jinsei

8. Jaguar Wright - Self Love

9. Joonie - Share My Love (feat. PJ Morton)

10. Debbie - Is This Real Love? (Remix) (feat. Lucky Daye)

11. Lira - Believer

12. JMSN - Talk Is Cheap

13. Mica Millar – Flashlights

14. Jenevieve - Baby Powder

15. Akemi Fox – Lemon Tea (prod. Teo)

16. Orla Gartland - More Like You

17. Mallory Merk – Thorns

18. Hana Lili – Common Ground

19. Madeline The Person – August (feat. Adam Melchor)

20. Calica - Darlin'

21. Blair Lee - Don't Wanna Leave

22. Helena Deland – Spring Bug

23. Rosemary Fairweather - Chemicals

24. Echo Huang & Kelsey Kuan – Fall For You

25. Lally - Flicker (feat. REICO VIBES)

26. Submorphics & Pola & Bryson - Albion Road

27. Particle - Fooling

28. Elipsa - Addicted

29. ShockOne - Follow Me (Blanke Remix)

30. Dimension & Sub Focus & NGHTMRE – Angel (feat. Mougleta)

31. Eric Prydz – Pjanoo (Club Mix) (featured in Grand Theft Auto IV)

INTERLUDE: The trailer for GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony

32. Oliver Heldens - Deja Vu (feat. Anabel Englund)

33. Godsmack - Cryin' Like A Bitch!!

34. Edgewater - Sweet Suffocation

35. The Calling - Wherever You Will Go

36. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY-SIX of Life's Opening Radio: Certified Bangers. Kgabo hosts another Christmas episode. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Train - Shake Up Christmas

2. Bleach Lab - All Night

3. cherilyn - Silencio

4. Masayoshi Soken - Find the Flame (from Final Fantasy XVI / TEKKEN 8)

5. Tasha Angela - Away

6. Jasmine Myra - Knowingness

7. Hiroshima - Holidays

8. Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning (theme song of The Sopranos)

INTERLUDE: The Sopranos: Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri is assigned with being Santa Claus. "F**k you Santa!"

9. Emba & Karina Ramage - Night & Day

10. WUFO - Control Flow

11. Minos - Illusion

12. AUDBL - Night's Embrace

13. Tomoya Ohtani – Snowball Waltz (from Sonic Lost World)

14. beabadoobee - Winter Wonderland

15. Wham! - Last Christmas

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY-FIVE of Life's Opening Radio: Certified Bangers. Kgabo continues to celebrate his 20th birthday which happened on 16 December. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Andrea Chahayed - Belong

2. Minos & Messiah - Breach

3. Retrospekt - Memories

4. Redeyes - Vibes From The Rhymes

5. Akemi Fox - Movie

6. Conor Albert & Alice Auer - Forget

7. Far Caspian - Own

8. Japanese Breakfast - Boyish

9. Etta Marcus - Mechanical Bull

10. Abby Sage - Backwards Directions

11. Moon Panda - Starfruit

12. ODESZA - Light Of Day (feat. Ólafur Arnalds)

13. Anna Yvette - Shooting Star (featured in Forza Horizon 4)

14. The Knocks - Ride or Die (feat. Foster the People) (Big Gigantic Remix) (featured in Forza Horizon 4)

15. Yuu Miyake - Twilight Party Cruise (from TEKKEN 8)

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY-FOUR of Life's Opening Radio: Certified Bangers. This is the last World Tour episode of the year. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime

2. Nu:Tone - Tides (feat. Lea Lea)

3. Alpha Rhythm & IYRE - Mercury

4. C418 - Aria Math (from Minecraft)

5. KAYTRANADA - BULLETS (feat. Little Dragon)

6. Grace Weber - Super Good (feat. TOBi)

7. Marie Dahlstrom - On My Own

8. Khamari - These Four Walls

9. John Legend - One Last Dance (Piano Version)

10. Luna Li - Golden Hour

11. Evangeline - Windansea

12. beabadoobee - Tired

13. PinkPantheress - I Must Apologise

14. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

15. Keeno - Fall Beneath You (feat. Etherwood)

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The final top 10 of the 2024 LORCB World Tour, along with the LORCB World Tour MVP, will be announced at the BANGY Awards.

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY-THREE of Life's Opening Radio: Certified Bangers. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Avril Lavigne - Bite Me (Acoustic)

2. Liang Lawrence - growing

3. Luna Li - What You're Thinking

4. Hiroshima - From the Heart

5. Natalie Holt - Cleveland, Ohio 2022 (from Loki)

6. AJURIKA (Akitaka Tohyama) - Volcanic Bomb (from TEKKEN 8)

7. Bert H & Edlan - Intercept (Hiraeth Remix)

8. Fishy & Nostre - Bloom

9. Erika de Casier - Little Bit

10. DAISY WORLD - pho & cry

11. Marie Dahlstrom - Clouds (feat. Delleile Ankrah)

12. Tyla - Truth or Dare

13. En Vogue - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)

14. Adele - I Drink Wine

15. Coldplay - Viva La Vida

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The top 10 of the LORCB World Tour is as follows:

1. John Powell - 115 pts

2. Coldplay - 110 pts

3. beabadoobee - 92.5 pts

4. Lana Del Rey - 85 pts

5. Luna Li - 75 pts

-----ELIMINATION THRESHOLD-----

6. Oliver Heldens - 72.5 pts

7. Ed Sheeran - 70 pts

8. Avril Lavigne - 65 pts

9. Submorphics - 65 pts

10. Keeno - 60 pts

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY-TWO of Life's Opening Radio: Certified Bangers. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Mason vs. Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder) (1991 Remix)

2. Ruth Royall - Feels Like Home

3. Charlotte Plank - Rage

4. Natty Lou - Crazy Love

5. Fred V & Grafix - Better Times Are Coming (feat. Josie) (Keeno Remix)

6. Qumulus - Brethren

7. Hugh Hardie - Blush (feat. Zara Kershaw)

8. Lenzman - Gimmie a Sec (feat. Danny Sanchez)

9. Sonic Rain - Future Citizen

10. Nymfo - Touch My Hand

11. Sub:liminal & SOLR - A Moment In Time

12. BCee - Life, Money (feat. [KSR])

13. Yue - Saturn

14. LP Giobbi x Bklava - Sinner (Flava D Remix)

15. T>I - 2nd Chance

16. Georgie Riot & AIRGLO - Get Down

17. Justin Hawkes - Black Bloc VIP

18. Klinical & Fre4knc - The Shaman

19. SMG - Viya

20. Lens x LZee - After Party

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The top 10 of the LORCB World Tour stays the same as last week due to this episode being a World Tour-Exempt Episode.

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY-ONE of Life's Opening Radio: Certified Bangers. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Tomas Andersson – Washing Up (Tiga Remix) (featured in Need for Speed: Carbon)

2. Tony Christie - Avenues & Alleyways

3. Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 1 in C Minor: I. Adagio - Allegro energico

4. Michael Giacchino - Gloom and Doom

5. lilo - Spit Up

6. Luna Li - Confusion Song

7. Swiss Portrait – Paper Houses

8. Emba - Mirrors

9. BCee & L-Side & Charlotte Haining Crossroads

10. Lenzman – Old Times' Sake

11. Jack Page - Alone With You

12. Shae Universe – Summertime (A COLORS SHOW)

13. Jorja Smith - What if my heart beats faster?

14. FLO - Feature Me

15. Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out

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The top 10 of the LORCB World Tour is as follows:

1. John Powell – 115 pts

2. beabadoobee – 92.5 pts

3. Lana Del Rey – 85 pts

4. Coldplay - 80 pts

5. Oliver Heldens - 72.5 pts

-----ELIMINATION THRESHOLD-----

6. Ed Sheeran – 70 pts

7. Submorphics – 65 pts

8. Luna Li - 60 pts

9. Keeno - 60 pts

10. Avril Lavigne - 50 pts

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This is episode ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY of Life's Opening Radio: Certified Bangers. The following pieces of music will be played:

1. Night Ranger - Sister Christian (featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City)

2. Coldplay - Spies

3. Tom Walker – Leave a Light On (Acoustic)

4. Matt Maltese - little person

5. Sara Bareilles - Breathe Again

6. Ed Sheeran - New Man

7. Avril Lavigne - Naked

8. Hans Zimmer - Circle Of Life / King Of Pride Rock (feat. Lebo M. and Zoe Mthiyane) [from The Lion King (1994)]

9. Joanna Teters – Back to Brooklyn

10. Melle Jutte – Moving

11. KAYTRANADA – Oh No (feat. Estelle)

12. Submorphics – Return To The Source

13. Geety - Envision

14. Keeno - Enigma

INTERLUDE: The 2024 LORCB World Tour Heats have begun

15. WheelUP – Singularity (feat. Abacus & Steelo) (Makoto Remix)

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The top 10 of the LORCB World Tour is as follows:

1. John Powell – 115 pts

2. beabadoobee – 92.5 pts

3. Lana Del Rey – 85 pts

4. Coldplay – 80 pts

5. Oliver Heldens – 72.5 pts

-----ELIMINATION THRESHOLD-----

6. Ed Sheeran – 70 pts

7. Submorphics – 65 pts

8. Keeno – 60 pts

9. Avril Lavigne – 50 pts

10. John Legend - 50 pts

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