20 Years Music Mix Competition

To celebrate 20 years of community radio in the UK, let's create a music mix that reflects the top songs over the past 2 decades!

We're inviting you to create a music mix using the longest UK number 1 in each year, which will be used to open the Community Radio Awards 2025.

Use the 20 songs listed below to create a montage that reflects how music has changed during the 20 years that community radio has reflected communities across the UK.

The winner will have their mix used in the opening of the 2025 awards ceremony on Saturday 25 October in Bradford, and be invited to join the night with a pair of tickets.

Enter the competition

To enter, create a music mix using the track and then share a high quality version of your mix via email to production@communityradioawards.org.uk

The Tracks

  • 2005 - (Is This the Way to) Amarillo - Tony Christie ft. Peter Kay
  • 2006 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
  • 2007 - Umbrella - Rihanna ft. Jay-Z
  • 2008 - Mercy - Duffy
  • 2009 - Poker Face - Lady Gaga
  • 2010 - Fireflies - Owl City
  • 2011 - We Found Love - Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris
  • 2012 - Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra
  • 2013 - Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell
  • 2014 - Rather Be - Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne
  • 2015 - Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
  • 2016 - One Dance - Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla
  • 2017 - Shape of You - Ed Sheeran
  • 2018 - God's Plan - Drake
  • 2019 - Dance Monkey - Tones and I
  • 2020 - Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
  • 2021 - Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran
  • 2022 - As It Was - Harry Styles
  • 2023 - Sprinter - Dave & Central Cee
  • 2024 - Taste - Sabrina Carpenter
  • 2025 - Ordinary - Alex Warren

Need some inspiration?

Check out this mix from our Production Manager. We think it could use some improvement!

The fine print

  • Entrants are required to provide the tracks themselves, acquired from a legal source.
  • Entries should be provided as high quality audio files,
  • No swearing lyrics are accepted in the entry.
  • Methodology: each song is the song that spent the most number of weeks at No 1 on the UK Singles Chart, according to the Official Charts Company, during its given year.
  • The winner of the competition will be determined by the Community Radio Awards Production Manager, and be contacted via the email address from which the entry is sent.
  • There is one (1) prize: the winning entry played during the opening of the 2025 Community Radio Awards Ceremony, and two (2) complimentary tickets to the Community Radio Awards Ceremony on Saturday 25 October in Bradford. If the winner is unable to attend, the tickets will not be offered or transferred to others.
  • The winner will be credited on screen during the playback of the mix, along with credit in the live stream description, recording description and end credits of the event.