Matt Lucas sits in, with Mica Paris
Matt Lucas sits in for Zoe and chats to singer, TV presenter and actress Mica Paris about her upcoming live dates. Plus the QI Elves are back with another Why Workshop.
Matt Lucas sits in for Zoe and chats to the UK's soul queen, Mica Paris. Mica made an immediate impact on the UK music scene in 1988 when she released her debut, the platinum-selling So Good album. She followed with more worldwide hit albums and singles, and has collaborated with many respected artists such as Prince and Jools Holland, leading to her to being considered one of the UK’s most respected female singers with the terrific range, power, and sheer soulfulness of her voice. She's playing dates across the UK, performing music from her latest album, Gospel, which mixes classic hits such as ‘Oh Happy Day’ and ‘Something Inside (So Strong)’ and original songs which give emotional insights into Paris’s life.
It’s The Why Workshop, and Matt quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.
Along with Adam Porter on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Matt and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners and more music than you can shake a glitterball at!
There's also a Pause For Thought from Reverend Alan Sorensen and listeners on the line as Matt entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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Cher
Believe
- Love Songs - 39 All Time Love Classic.
- Polygram Tv.
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Will Young
Crying On The Bathroom Floor
- Crying On The Bathroom Floor.
- Cooking Vinyl.
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Modjo
Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
- Now 47 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Forrest
Rock The Boat
- Sealed With A Kiss (Various Artists).
- BMG.
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Supertramp
Breakfast In America
- The Very Best Of Supertramp.
- Polygram Tv.
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Gotye
Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
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- Island.
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Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin
Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
- Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
- Telstar.
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Ed Sheeran
Bad Habits
- (CD Single).
- Asylum Records.
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Heatwave
Boogie Nights
- Too Hot To Handle.
- BBR.
- 013.
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Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man
Giant
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Pet Shop Boys
Go West
- Pet Shop Boys - Very.
- Parlophone.
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Sam Fender
Seventeen Going Under
- Seventeen Going Under.
- Polydor.
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Paul McCartney & Wings
Jet
- The 7" Singles Box.
- MPL.
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Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak
Skate
- An Evening With Silk Sonic.
- Atlantic.
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Phil Collins
You Can't Hurry Love
- Singles.
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Kylie Minogue
Spinning Around
- Now 46 (Various Artists).
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Becky Hill & David Guetta
Remember
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- Polydor.
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The Cardigans
Lovefool
- The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
- Columbia/Sony Tv.
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Sia
Cheap Thrills (feat. Sean Paul)
- This Is Acting.
- RCA.
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Pretenders
Brass In Pocket
- The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Blur
Country House
- The Best Album In The World Ever!(Va).
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Jake Bugg
Lost
- Saturday Night, Sunday Morning.
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Mica Paris
Mama Said
- gospel.
- East West Records.
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Belinda Carlisle
In Too Deep
- A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
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The Weeknd
Blinding Lights
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- Universal Republic Records.
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David Bowie
Let's Dance
- David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
- EMI.
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Sparks
Looks, Looks, Looks
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Ken Dodd
Happiness
- All The Songs I Love.
- EMI.
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KSI
Holiday
- All Over The Place.
- BMG Rights Management (US).
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Boney M.
Daddy Cool
- Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
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Paul Williams
Fat Sam's Grand Slam
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Pause For Thought
This time on Friday I was polishing my shoes, ironing my shirt and doing a few hundred last minute things before getting married.ÌýÌýI even trimmed the hair on my ears – sorry, a wee bit too much information there…
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Nothing surprising or unusual in all of that, but it crossed my mind: do I really need to be doing all this?ÌýÌýAfter all, my wife…just getting used to saying that… my wife, Judith, knows what I’m like, and most of the time I look nothing like I did on Friday.ÌýÌýAlthough, my brother always tells people that in 2010 I was voted the best dressed man … of 1982!
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But, of course, if you love someone you will do that special thing for them, go the extra mile, you want to please them.ÌýÌýIf I’d turned up in jeans and a T-shirt she’d still love me just as much …after the bruising went down….
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And I guess that’s why marriage is used as a metaphor in the Bible for God’s relationship with us.ÌýÌýWhen you get married you take solemn vows, to love each other for better or worse ‘as long as ye both shall live.’ And I believe God loves me in the same way, even more – he’ll love me for life and longer!ÌýÌýLike my wife…I do like saying that…God knows me only too well, and still loves me.
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And so, like polishing the shoes and sprucing myself up for the wedding, my response to God’s love is that I want to please God, I want to do my best…be my best for God.ÌýÌýMy faith isn’t about doing good stuff because I’m afraid of punishment, it’s a response to love.ÌýÌýAnd because it starts with God’s love, there is nothing I can do to make him love me more.Ìý
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But, the really radical difference is, that although it is conceivable that I could hurt someone so much that they couldn’t bring themselves to stay married to me - there is nothing I could ever do that would make God love me any less.ÌýÌý
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And that’s the kind of love that I and my wife – there it is again! – asked God to bless us with in the church on Friday.
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Broadcast
- Wed 4 Aug 2021 06:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2