List of Intros on Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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This is a list of songs used in the Intros round of the satirical music-based panel game Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:
If Phill's team won the point, the background is red.
If Sean/Bill's team won the point, the background is green.
If no-one won the point, the background is yellow.
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Series 1 | Series 2 | Series 3 | Series 4 | Series 5 | Series 6 | Series 7 | Series 8 | Series 9 | Series 10 | Series 11 | Series 12 | Series 13 | Series 14 | Series 15 | Series 16 | Series 17 | Series 18 | Series 19 |
[edit] Series 1 | |||||||||
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| Show | Air date | Phill's intros | Sean's intros | ||||||
| 1x01 | 12 November 1996 | Dancing Queen, ABBA | Down Down, Status Quo | Reach Out I'll Be There, The Four Tops | Step On, Happy Mondays | Baker Street, Gerry Rafferty | Parklife, Blur | I Love You Love Me Love, Gary Glitter | How Soon Is Now?, The Smiths |
| 1x02 | 19 November 1996 | Blue Monday, New Order | Crazy Horses, The Osmonds | It's Oh So Quiet, Björk | Material Girl, Madonna | I Heard It through the Grapevine, Marvin Gaye | Shiny Happy People, R.E.M. | Block Buster, The Sweet | Step It Up, Stereo MCs |
[edit] Series 2 | |||||||
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| Show | Air date | Phill's intros | Sean's intros | ||||
| 2x07 | 27 October 1997 | Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, Baccara | You're the First, the Last, My Everything, Barry White | Love Hangover, Diana Ross | Come Together, The Beatles | Walk of Life, Dire Straits | Radar Love, Golden Earring |
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| Show | Air date | Phill's intros | Sean's intros | ||||
| 4x02 | 11 September 1998 | California Girls, The Beach Boys | Rasputin, Boney M | Love Action (I Believe In Love), The Human League | Master Blaster (Jammin), Stevie Wonder | That's the Way (I Like It), KC and the Sunshine Band | Born Slippy, Underworld |
| 4x03 | 25 September 1998 | Holiday, Madonna | Girls on Film, Duran Duran | Viva Forever, Spice Girls | The Tears of a Clown, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles | Money, The Flying Lizards | Cigarettes & Alcohol, Oasis |
[edit] Series 9 | |||||
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| Show | Air date | Phill's intros | Sean's intros | ||
| 9x11<ref name="xmas">Christmas Special</ref><ref>Instrumental breaks were performed to the captains</ref> | 30 December 2001 | Alright, Supergrass | Runaway, Del Shannon<ref>which Lamarr 'remixed' with the use of a hand-held button-stick</ref> | The Chain, Fleetwood Mac | Summer in the City, The Lovin' Spoonful |
[edit] Series 12 | |||||
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| Show | Air date | Phill's intros | Bill's intros | ||
| 12x04 | 27 January 2003 | I.O.U., Freeez | Roll Away the Stone, Mott the Hoople | Fly By II, Blue | Everything About You, Ugly Kid Joe |
[edit] Series 14 | |||||
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| Show | Air date | Phill's intros | Bill's intros | ||
| 14x07 | 16 February 2004 | Special Brew, Bad Manners | The Combine Harvester, The Wurzels | Sweet Dreams My LA Ex, Rachel Stevens | Dilemma, Nelly & Kelly |
[edit] Series 15 | |||||
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| Show | Air date | Phill's intros | Bill's intros | ||
| 15x07<ref name="xmas" /><ref>Intros were performed, in their own signature style, to Bill's team, by The Wurzelsand, to Phill's, Bad Manners</ref> | 20 December 2004 | Walking in the Air, to the tune of Una Paloma Blanca | Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, to the tune of The Combine Harvester | ||
| White Christmas, to the tune of Black Night | Frosty the Snowman, to the tune of Blackbird | ||||
| Mary's Boy Child, to the tune of Special Brew | Silent Night, to the tune of I Am a Cider Drinker | ||||
[edit] Series 16 | |||||
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| Show | Air date | Phill's intros | Bill's intros | ||
| 16x03 | 16 January 2005 | To Cut a Long Story Short, Spandau Ballet | Club Tropicana, WHAM! | All Right Now, Free | Praise You, Fatboy Slim |
| 16x04 | 23 January 2005 | Radar Love, Golden Earring | Crazy in Love, Beyoncé | Kids in America, Kim Wilde | Living in the Past, Jethro Tull |
| 16x05 | 30 January 2005 | Uptight, Stevie Wonder | Werewolves of London, Warren Zevon | Paranoid, Black Sabbath | Lola's Theme, Shapeshifters |
| 16x07 | 13 February 2005 | Walk Like an Egyptian, The Bangles | Love Machine, Girls Aloud | You to me are Everything, The Real Thing | These Words, Natasha Bedingfield |
| 16x08 | 27 February 2005 | e=mc2, Big Audio Dynamite<ref name=garraway>Lamarr insists Garraway perform an intro to the others upon her failure - she chooses Dancing Queen, Abba</ref> | Fell in Love with a Boy, Joss Stone<ref name=stethoscope>Lemarr then uses a stethoscope prop to 'listen' to Bez's, Bill's and his own, heads. From Bez we hear loud, heavy trance music, from Bill, the cries of birds of prey, and from Mark, Suicide is Painless, and, later, upon proclaiming his happiness at Bex's antics, a jaunty sea shanty</ref> | Drive, The Cars | 5 Colours in Her Hair, McFly<ref>to which Lemarr sings Do Wah Diddy Diddy. When Bez seems to turn the question to Mark, he guesses it correctly, thus possibly winning the point himself</ref><ref name=stethoscope /> |
| 16x09 | 6 March 2005 | Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out, Freakpower | The House of the Rising Sun, The Animals<ref>of which Lamar gives a rendition</ref> | I'm a Believer, The Monkees | When Will I Be Famous?, Bros<ref>Lamar's suggestions: Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Manfred Mann; Theme from "The Bill"</ref> |
| 16x11 | 20 March 2005 | Boom Boom, John Lee Hooker | Somebody Told Me, The Killers | Summer in the City, The Lovin' Spoonful<ref>confused with Theme from "Jaws"</ref> | The Blue Öyster Thingy, The Doodahs |
[edit] Series 17 | |||||
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| Show | Air date | Phill's intros | Bill's intros | ||
| 17x01 | 31 October 2005 | Kinky Afro, Happy Mondays | Chocolate, Snow Patrol | God Only Knows, The Beach Boys | Feel Good Inc., Gorillaz |
| 17x03 | 14 November 2005 | Dakota, Stereophonics | I'm Still Standing, Elton John | Mirror in the Bathroom, The Beat | Smile Like You Mean It, The Killers |
| 17x04 | 21 November 2005 | Babies, Pulp | I Predict a Riot, Kaiser Chiefs | When Doves Cry, Prince<ref>actually Word Up!, Cameo, which Phill got, Lamarr later asserts that the intro was Daytrip to Bangor, Fiddler's Dram</ref> | What a Fool Believes, Michael McDonald for 9 points Peg, Steely Dan for 7 points<ref>actually Ray of Light, Madonna</ref> |
| 17x05 | 28 November 2005 | Stir It Up, Bob Marley | Move on Up, Curtis Mayfield | (I Just) Died in Your Arms, Cutting Crew | I'll Be There for You, The Rembrandts |
| 17x06 | 5 December 2005 | Uptown Top Ranking, Althea & Donna | Galvanize, The Chemical Brothers | Voulez-Vous, ABBA | Harlem Shuffle, Bob & Earl |
[edit] Series 18 | |||||
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| Show | Air date | Phill's intros | Bill's intros | ||
| 18x02 | 20 March 2006 | Straight Up, Paula Abdul | Bat out of Hell, Meat Loaf | Speed of Sound, Coldplay | The Bad Touch, Bloodhound Gang |
| 18x05 | 10 April 2006 | Walking on Sunshine, Katrina and the Waves | Get Ready, The Temptations | Dancing on the Ceiling, Lionel Richie | 1 Thing, Amerie |
| 18x06 | 17 April 2006 | Cry Me a River, Justin Timberlake | Black and White Town, Doves | Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart, Gene Pitney | Our Lips Are Sealed, Fun Boy Three |
[edit] Reference
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| <tr><th colspan="2" align="center" style="background:#FF44FF;">Never Mind the Buzzcocks</th></tr> | <tr align="left"><th>Format:<td>Episodes, Intros Round, Identity Parade</tr> | <tr align="left"><th>Hosts:<td>Mark Lamarr, Simon Amstell, Guest hosts</tr> | <tr align="left"><th>Captains:<td>Phill Jupitus, Sean Hughes, Bill Bailey</tr> |

