name your favorite older artist that radio still plays:

madonna: holiday, lucky star, borderline, like a virgin, material girl, crazy for you, into the groove, live to tell, open your heart, papa dont preach, la isla bonita, like a prayer, express yourself, cherish, vogue, take a bow, frozen, ray of light, music, dont tell me and hung up

janet jackson: what have you done for me lately, nasty, when i think of you, control, lets wait awhile, miss you much, escapade, come back to me, that's the way love goes, again, scream, together again, all for you

celine dion: beauty and the beast, the power of love, because you loved me, its all coming back to me now, all by myself, my heart will go on, im your angel, that's the way it is

mariah carey: vision of love, emotions, cant let go, make it happen, i'll be there, dreamlover, hero, cant live without you, fantasy, one sweet day, always be my baby, we belong together

whitney houston: you give good love, saving all my love for you, how will i know, greatest love of all, i wanna dance with somebody, didnt we almost have it all, so emotional, where do broken hearts go, im your baby tonight, all the man i need, i will always love you, im every woman, i have nothing, exhale, heartbreak hotel, its not right but its okay, my love is your love

beyonce: crazy in love, baby boy, naughty girl, irreplaceable, deja vu, if i were a boy, single ladies, halo, sweet dreams, telephone

destiny's child: say my name, jumpin jumpin, independent women, survivor, bootylicious

britney spears: baby one more time, Oops!...I Did It Again, toxic, gimme more, womanizer, circus, hold it against me, til the world ends, i wanna go

You have just listed nearly all the songs from all your favourite artists instead of a couple of examples Makes difficult reading. Very boring. Totally pointless. Running out of ideas? I really hope so

I wasn't the only one that didn't understand, good.

I think they have plenty of Ida's left to hit us with

In an attempt to answer the question more succinctly. I think Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush still gets a fair old play especially on music channels, I constantly see the video when I browse through. Classic dance moves, should incorporate it into the national anthem.

I wouldn't consider some of the songs mentioned in the OP's list old. The last three Britney singles mentioned (Hold It Against Me, Till The World Ends and I Wanna Go) only came out last year and are definitely not old. Baby One More Time probably is but it's a classic as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah I was thinking that. I don't know what constitutes old but surely at least a couple of decades?

Every now and then I hear Friday I'm In Love by The Cure on the radio, that makes me smile

I heard Blondie's One Way Or Another on the radio whilst driving a few days ago.

Guess they're not completely forgotten

Honestly though, the title of this thread makes very little sense... Sometimes I wonder if you're just a troll

Classics on Radio may have been a better title.

I here a couple of Fleetwood Mac songs on radio at odd times. Always reminds me why I love them

Good answer, I played Rumors on the way to work this morning. Awesome it was too.

Heart Fm play Son of a preacher man, one of Dusty's signiture hits released in the late 60's. It's a classic.

I think anything from the 90s or 80s would be considered old. Madonna's 80s stuff would be old but I refer to those songs as classics, not old

I like the word Vintage

But yes, Classics is good, not old.

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

Yeah I was thinking that, it sounds too negative.

Don't forget running up that hill and this womans work two great songs may favourte artist.

The smiths this charming man and how soon is now get a fair going over.

Can't move for classic Kylie i.e i should be so lucky

In other words if thetywere popular and have stood the test of time and have a solid fan base they'll get played

Can't beat a blast of Bucks Fizz and Dollar to give you an audio energy buzz.

Hung Up is 7 years old???

Vintage sounds better and in the case of some songs Classics is even better I listen to a fair bit of 80s stuff.

Anything from the sixties.

Not really sure what the point of the thread is but if you listen to Radio 2 there's plenty of stuff gets played from not only the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s but they often dip into the 1950s as well.

The OP is just a list of all those artists biggest hits more than anything.

Phill Collins Don't care any more ??!

You know on the radio I hear ashanti's songs like foolish, happy, always on time with ja rule and what's luv with fat Joe being played again and I bet you anything people are like what a cool song and people will be like who sings that song? And the disc jockey or sign on their car will say Ashanti and they'll be like ashanti who? Or who's ashanti?