Here’s a list of the songs that I performed in public for the first time during October 2025. Each month I aim to play at least one new song from each of the following repertoires:

• Songs that reached #1 in the UK.
• Songs that reached #1 somewhere else.
• Songs that have not reached #1 anywhere.

Songs that reached #1 in the UK

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Sun 5-Oct-2025	You’re the One That I Want (John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, 1978)	Rehearsed the day before. Played in C: Am F C E Am / C Em Am F // C F x3 G G7
Sun 12-Oct-2025	Don’t Cha (Pussycat Dolls, 2005)	With a heavy dose of irony, and none of the rapping, for obvious reasons / Just 2 chords: Ebmin, Bbmin
Sun 26-Oct-2025	Tainted Love (Soft Cell, 1981)	In memory of Dave Ball from Soft Cell who died this week / Em G C Asus2 // E G C Am Asus2 Em G C Asus2

Songs that reached #1 somewhere else

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Sun 5-Oct-2025	You’re So Vain (Carly Simon, 1973)	#1 in America
Sun 12-Oct-2025	The Irish Rover (Dubliners & Pogues, 1987)	#1 in Ireland. Played in G: G C G Em D
Sun 12-Oct-2025	Ruby Tuesday (Rolling Stones, 1967)	#1 in America
Sun 12-Oct-2025	Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzy, 1972)	#1 in Ireland. Played in G
Sun 12-Oct-2025	This Guy’s in Love with You (Herb Alpert, 1968)	#1 in America

Songs that have not reached #1 anywhere

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Sun 5-Oct-2025	The Times They Are A-Changing (Bob Dylan, n/a)	“Come mothers and fathers throughout the land / And don’t crtiticize what you can’t understand / Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command” / Played in C
Sun 5-Oct-2025	I Fought the Law (Clash, n/a)	In memory of Sonny Curtis from the Crickets who died last month
Sun 26-Oct-2025	You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones, n/a)	Played in D: Verse: D G throughout, E in the chorus