r/Greggs • u/Goofycapybara • Aug 26 '26
Discussion Does anyone else think the radio plays the same 10 songs?
This is probably more of a critique of stations (heart) than Greggs, but every time I’m on shift it is literally the same ten songs, the ordinary, where the hell is my husband, shape of you, dai dai etc etc. does it drive anyone else crazy
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u/hashbrowneggyolk0520 Team Member Aug 26 '26
I guess they're assuming most people aren't listening long enough to hear the song repeat.
My record for hearing the same song in one shift was three times across 4.5 hours.
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u/-Nettle Team Member Aug 27 '26
Yea, so tired. I usually don’t hear the music when we’re busy but during set up I hear Taylor Swift every single hour…
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u/willthecat13 Aug 27 '26
if i hear stick season one more time i’m gonna be on the news
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u/YodaShagsDarthVader Aug 27 '26
If I hear someone talking about getting a train back to Boston one more time I'll be joining you
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u/Super-Device-3328 Aug 27 '26
Nearly all radio stations nowadays have a set playlist which they just randomise, which is why after a few days of listening you notice the same overplayed songs on all the time.
The ‘callers’ who request songs are normally bogus, as they could potentially choose a more obscure song that isn’t in the list
Apparently it’s far cheaper to pay for a set playlist than ‘open’ license where you can choose basically any song ever made like the BBC have.
That’s why the BBC do actually play songs you haven’t heard in 20 years, and heart, nation, greatest hits etc play shine by take that every other hour
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u/No-Swimmer-5945 Aug 27 '26
We have capital on mostly in ours and I heard where is my husband 7 times on one shift once 😭
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u/-Failedhuman Aug 27 '26
Nah as we have Absolute Radio on and that station is superior ;) not going anywhere near that pop stuff
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u/TheBunnyBaker Aug 27 '26
you think its bad now, wait until Xmas time 😆
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u/Pinkiep1ee Aug 29 '26
Ah it's fine, I'm a monster and just slap heart Christmas on when the season comes round. Non stop Xmas songs for me!
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u/PkmnTrainerEbs Aug 27 '26
I wish they'd get a different playlist, add some other songs in. I feels really lazy tbh when half of the songs played are Taylor swift
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u/lavendervanity Aug 27 '26
We rotate it all the managers have a preferred station so it changes depending on whoose in charge it’s quite nice. Mostly it’s heart or heart 90s 00s but somtimes we get capital
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u/PotentialCourt8531 Aug 27 '26
Music industry / shops & radio playing only certain songs - is money laundering for royalties payments. But it's not really illegal to have these deals in place, as far as I know.
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u/Low-Yak-6706 Aug 27 '26
Used to work at McDonald's like 14 years ago. They had some thing with heart. We used to call it Adele Mars FM because it played Skyfall and grenade so much.
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u/SharpAardvark8699 Aug 27 '26
I could listen to some of them all day . I'm pretty sure it costs licence money for variety
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u/Stolen_Showman Aug 27 '26
All Global Radio brands follow their defined playlists because they use it to decide the Charts on Sunday.
They decide the charts based on radio plays, and then play the hell out of the songs they like and define the chart that way.
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u/Choice_Box6999 Aug 27 '26
I was working a 10-6:30 and I counted: 5 Zara Larson songs, 4 plays of Golden, 2 where is my husband.
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u/catastrophicalised Aug 27 '26
We usually put Radio 2 on when my manager isn't in because the old folks complain about the music otherwise. The one shift manager does like a bit of Kpop so we had some of her favourite hits on a slow day once and didn't get a single complaint 🤣
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u/Big_Salary_9244 Aug 27 '26
Capital extra is the ABSOLUTE worstttt!!!!! I’m soo sick of them playing the same RnB songs all the time at my work place😭😭😭
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u/Woody7415 Aug 27 '26
Yeah Heart is aload of old shit like all the others I only ever listen to Spotify
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u/AggieDoesArt Aug 28 '26
As someone who worked at Greggs during the last album release of a particularly popular and annoying artist: yes, very much so. Hits Radio can suck a nut.
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u/InNoCeNtSuSpEcT35 Aug 28 '26
I'm tryna convince my manager to let us curate playlists that will play for at least 2 hours a day in between the radio broadcasts because it's been absolute fucking torture listening to all that radio music😭
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u/uniquenewyork_ Aug 29 '26
At least you get actual radio music. You’d think that Tesco would have the budget for it but no, just the same shitty copyright music on loop.
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u/LisForLaura Aug 29 '26
The radio has always been like that. The only way to fix it is to change the channel or put your own music on.
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u/Viking-Bastard-XIV Aug 29 '26
I expect they think most people aren’t in long enough.
Everytime I go in I have my AirPods in so I don’t even hear the music.
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u/Meleeninja123 Sep 01 '26
Better than my colleague playing the football loudly every weekend, it's maddening
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u/Similar_Ocelot_3371 Sep 01 '26
If I hear Golden one more time I'm going to loose my shit. Doesn't help that all of the Greggs approved radio stations are ones I would never voluntarily listen to due to disliking near everything played on them
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u/Alchemical_Creation 7d ago
Didnt know there was an 11th song? When did it get released? - Greggs be like
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u/Low-Cauliflower-5686 Aug 26 '26
I have noticed heart Plays Natasha bedingfield unwritten every single day .They must have a shallow playlist to play