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Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder: it would leave everyone feeling good.
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Julie Delpy
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Just In Time, by Nina Simone.
Steve Pemberton
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Tears Of Laughter by Cheese and Crackers. We wrote it for an episode of Inside No 9 and it ends “Laughter is my memory of you...”
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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An incredibly long one – maybe the entire St Matthew Passion – just so everybody would have to sit in the church for hours.
Reggie Yates
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Jump Around by House Of Pain, and Pull Up To The Bumper by Grace Jones: stuff people could dance to.
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I would instil confidence in my younger self.
Stevie Wonder: he’s brought so much joy to the world for so many years.
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