# Songs you've not heard on the radio in a LONG time?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 5, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-not-heard-on-the-radio-in-a-long-time/788212 "2017-06-05T18:58:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![femmejean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/0ea827/32.png) [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-not-heard-on-the-radio-in-a-long-time/788212/1 "2017-06-05T18:58:50Z")

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That you would request if possible?

Mine has to be ‘If I Ever Lose My Faith In You’ by Sting. Good song but the last I heard it was in the early-mid noughties. to be fair, It wasn’t his most popular song but what’s funny is that on a holiday in Southern France 2 years ago, an English guy on holiday politely interrupted my conversation to tell me that he heard the song on a train to Monaco in 94’ which was around the time it was at his peak.

Don’t think here in Dublin they would take that request; but in your city what song would you like to hear on the radio?

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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-not-heard-on-the-radio-in-a-long-time/788212/2 "2017-06-05T19:08:03Z")

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Sorry this isn’t a direct response, but I just got back from a trip, and was shocked to hear The Clash’s Train in Vain, and Peter Gabriel’s Salisbury Hill played as muzak in the Charlotte airport.

I guess I don’t need to call int to radio stations, seeing as I’m apparently getting old enough that what was my favorite music is not considered background noise… :eek: