From Philip Glenister's book "Things ain't what they used to be":

Philip says that when he tried his hand as a DJ on hospital radio he was given a list of songs not to play as they might upset the patients. These included: 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco', 'Stayin Alive', 'The Final Countdown' and 'Knockin on Heaven's Door'.

Of course, there's also 'I Will Survive'. Any other suggestions?

I Will Survive is a perfect example of a very APPROPRIATE song for Hospital Radio. The patients will be grooving to the beat in no time, and it motiviates them aswell - subconsciously, subliminally, there will be a sense of "Yes, Yes....I WILL survive". There is always a subliminal wave of the literally implied meaning in everything we hear. Though it may not be the way we register it (for example, I Will Survive, as we know, is a woman saying that SHE will), the literal meaning of whatever we're hearing will always come across to us (for instance, again with I Will Survive, those three words and most of the other lyrics will be registered also as YOU stating that YOU will survive, etc). Shortly after this, your mind will at some point begin to picture this literal meaning - you surviving, you doing this and that as stated in the song. I believe in this way songs are a form of light hypnotism - the good form. So I see nothing wrong with that one in particular.


The Final Countdown, amazing though it is, just isn't appropriate, I agree. Stayin' Alive....again, the literal implied meaning of this may come through at a point, and other than those two words there aren't many other words in the song. Don't know if that'd be good or not.


I reckon....Dead End Street by the Kinks.

Spirit in the Sky

The Cheeky Girls...that'd be enough to make anyone want to go to the other side.

The Specials - Ghost Town

Queen - Killer Queen
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight
Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes
Led Zepplin - Stairway To Heaven

Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning

Sugababes - Hole In The Head

Katy Perry - erm, every song she's ever made. So bad that every patient in the ward will be praying for someone to burst in with a machine gun and open fire.

Just thought of some more:

Coldplay - Fix You
Paul McCartney & Wings - Live and Let Die
REM - Everybody Hurts

Pete Burns - Dead or Alive.
Rihanna - SOS.
La Roux - In For The Kill [Particularly people who are recovering from nearly being murdered]
Rihanna - Disturbia
Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage! (Fire in the Disco) [Someone who was recovering from one]

Here's another:

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dance Floor

Anastacia - Sick and Tired.

i want to break free by queen

Ring of fire

lets get this party started (pink)

Geriatric ward; Confusion - ELO

Surgical ward; First Cut is the Deepest - Rod Stewart

Urology ward; (Anything) by Wet Wet Wet

Physciatric ward; (Anything) by Madness

Intensive Care; Help Me Make It Through The Night - Kris Kristofferson

Accident & Emergency; Crash and Burn - Savage Garden

Stairway to heaven by Led Zeppelin? Well, the ward for the older people.

Gary Jules - Mad World (the lyrics would be pretty unsuitable!)

will you still love me forever who ever sings that really old song?????