Requestival Has Been Pure Chaos So Far
Everything from ABBA to Iron Butterfly has made the cut.
Requestival, an annual event in which triple j listeners choose the songs that the radio station will play, has quietly become one of the biggest musical events of the year — for no other reason than it always resulting in total chaos.
Let loose upon the control board, listeners pick the strangest amalgamation of music possible, requesting everything from meme-ified songs to distinctly non-triple j classics. It’s a total mish-mash of styles, genres, and tones — and it gets a little bit stranger every single year.
People always have opinions about what Triple J should do but when they say they'll play any request we get the Round the Twist theme song for a week
— Cameron Williams (@MrCamW) May 10, 2021
For instance, this year has been packed full of oddballs and left-turns, including Iron Butterfly’s mammoth ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’, made famous by its inclusion in an episode of The Simpsons…
Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida [17:12]
— triple j Plays (@triplejplays) May 10, 2021
…A ‘song’ plucked from uber popular reality television show The Real Housewives of New Jersey…
The Real Housewives of New Jersey – Gia's Sad Song [08:23]
— triple j Plays (@triplejplays) May 10, 2021
…The classic footy anthem ‘We are Geelong’…
John K. Watts – We Are Geelong [15:19]
— triple j Plays (@triplejplays) May 10, 2021
…A range of throwback classics, including a legendary track by Sir Mix-A-Lot and some good old fashioned ABBA…
Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back [09:09]
— triple j Plays (@triplejplays) May 10, 2021
ABBA – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) [16:31]
— triple j Plays (@triplejplays) May 10, 2021
…Another Simpsons hit, in the form of the song that Millhouse’s ill-fated father Kirk Van Houten sings in order to seduce his former wife…
Kirk Van Houten – Can I Borrow A Feeling? [10:42]
— triple j Plays (@triplejplays) May 10, 2021
…A Miley Cyrus banger…
Miley Cyrus – Party In The U.S.A. [17:20]
— triple j Plays (@triplejplays) May 10, 2021
…The ultimate in tonal shocks…
Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up [08:41]
— triple j Plays (@triplejplays) May 10, 2021
…And yes, a belter by none other than Andrea Bocelli himself.
Andrea Bocelli – Con te partiro [10:55]
— triple j Plays (@triplejplays) May 10, 2021
Basically, it’s been nothing but wall-to-wall bangers — albeit of the strangest sort. Requestival will continue to run until this Friday, May 14th, so get your texting fingers ready and prepare to contribute to the ongoing madness.