In addition to the Christmas season, radio stations often like to format their playlists for special days and holidays such as Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and Hallowe'en, just to name a few.

But are there many stations that try to format their playlists towards Easter? I'm thinking no, because in comparison to other special days, there doesn't seem like there's a lot of mainstream pop songs that would fit that criteria. One of the most obvious songs would probably be "Superstar" (from "Jesus Christ Superstar") by Murray Head and the Trinidad Singers. I did manage to think of a few others, but I don't think there's enough to fill up a whole day (or even sprinkle generously throughout the day).

Here's a few others:

"The Resurrection Shuffle" - Ashton, Gardner and Dyke
"Spirit in the Sky" - Norman Greenbaum / Doctor and the Medics
"The Lord's Prayer" - Sister Janet Mead
"Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" - Neil Diamond
"Jesus Is Just Alright" - The Doobie Brothers
"Jesus He Knows Me" - Genesis
"White Rabbit" - Jefferson Airplane (you know, like the Easter Bunny...)

There's also "The Ballad of John and Yoko" by The Beatles, which mentions "Christ" and "crucify" throughout the song, but in a somewhat blasphemous manner, so I think we can exclude that one!

Are there any more that come to mind?



PJ