Tracks Of My Years - Mike Pickering

TRACKS OF MY YEARS - MIKE PICKERING (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 29th March 2026

Musician, DJ, the 'M' in M People and Mancuniuan music legend Mike Pickering takes us on a ten-song journey through the songs that have soundtracked his life.

Mike began his career DJing in the the legendary Hacienda nightclub, and he's credited with introducing house music into the iconic Manchester venue. Later, as an A&R man, he signed Happy Mondays and James to Factory Records, while at Sony he worked with Kasabian, Gossip and Calvin Harris. And with his multi-million selling group M People he sold 11m records, won a Mercury Prize and two BRIT Awards, and helped transform the music industry's attitude to dance music.

At the end of April Mike publishes his memoir 'Manchester Must Dance'.

A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 2.

Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street [Hip-O]
The Beatles - She Loves You [Parlophone]
David Bowie - Suffragette City [EMI]
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. [Virgin]
Buzzcocks - Boredom [Document]
The Clash - London Calling [Columbia]
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart [Now]
Kraftwerk - The Model [Now]
Defunkt - Razor's Edge (12 Inch Version) [Ryko/Rhino]
Quando Quango - Love Tempo [Factory]
Black Box - Ride On Time [Sony Tv/Columbia]
Joe Smooth - Promised Land [Amada Music]
M People - How Can I Love You More? (Sasha Qat Mix) [Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc]
Kasabian - Processed Beats [BMG UK & Ireland]
Rihanna (feat. Calvin Harris) - We Found Love [Now]