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TRACKS OF MY YEARS - MARK RONSON (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 26th October 2025
Award-winning producer musician and DJ Mark Ronson takes us on his 10-song journey in this week's Tracks of My Years.
Born in the UK, but spending much of his teens in New York, Mark was introduced to music from a young age by his parents, as well as his step-father Mick Jones, the guitarist, keyboard player and songwriter in the band Foreigner. He played in bands but soon was inspired by his love of hip hop to try DJing, which he soon fell in love with.
In the 2000s, he moved into songwriting and production, releasing his hugely successful covers album Version in 2007. Over his career to date, he has worked with a huge range of artists including Bruno Mars, Dua Lipa, Adele, Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish and Paul McCartney to name just a few. He worked extensively with Amy Winehouse, co-producing her seminal 2006 album Back To Black, and more recently has moved into film soundtracks, winning an Oscar for co-writing Shallow from A Star Is Born.
Mark has just published his memoir, Night People - How To Be A DJ In 90s New York City, documenting his time in the city at the time.
Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 2.
Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is [Telstar]
Duran Duran - Wild Boys [EMI]
Soul II Soul (feat. Caron Wheeler) - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) [NOW]
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro [Factory]
Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) [RCA]
Tears For Fears - Shout [Mercury]
Stevie Wonder - All I Do [Motown]
The Jacksons - I Want You Back [Polygram Tv]
AC/DC - Back In Black [Epic]
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black [Universal]
THIS CULTURAL LIFE - 138. MARK RONSON (320kbs-m4a/98mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 23rd October 2025
Having spent his early years in London, Mark Ronson grew up in Manhattan, began working as a DJ as a teenager and quickly made a name for himself on the New York club scene of the 1990s. He moved into music production and, in 2006, co-wrote and co-produced the Amy Winehouse album Back To Black. The record won five Grammys and Mark Ronson himself scooped the Producer of the Year Award. Since then, he has released five solo albums and worked with some of the most successful names in pop including Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa, Queens Of The Stone Age and Paul McCartney. The winner of ten Grammys and two Brits, he added an Academy Award to his list of accolades in 2018 as co-writer of the song Shallow from the film A Star Is Born. He was also Oscar nominated for his work as executive producer, composer and songwriter for the soundtrack to the Barbie movie. More recently he has written a book called Night People, a memoir about his time as a DJ in 90s New York.
Mark Ronson tells John Wilson about the influence of his music-loving parents, who often threw parties at their north London home when he was a child. He talks about the influence of his stepfather Mick Jones, songwriter, guitarist and producer of the 80s rock band Foreigner, who allowed Mark to experiment with equipment in his home studio in New York and encouraged his early interest in production. He remembers how hearing the 1992 track They Reminisce Over You by Pete Rock and CL Smooth led him to pursue a career as a club DJ and become renowned for the diverse range of music he played in clubs - from soul and hip-hop to classic rock - an eclectic approach which later informed his work as a producer. Mark Ronson also recalls first meeting Amy Winehouse and how they wrote and recorded the songs for her Back To Black album.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 1 - 12. MARK RONSON (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th July 2019
Producer and musician Mark Ronson talks to Matt Everitt about the events that have shaped his musical career, including his celebrated album Version from 2006 and producing Amy Winehouse's Back to Black. First broadcast in 2010.
Mark Ronson (Feat. The Daptone Horns) - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face [Columbia]
Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) [Epic]
Billy Squire - The Stroke
The Charlatans - Sproston Green [Situation Two]
The Jackson 5 - ABC [Polygram TV]
Mark Ronson (Feat. Ghostface Killah & Nate Dogg) - Ooh Wee [Elektra]
Lily Allen - Littlest Things [Regal]
Mark Ronson (Feat. Alex Greenwald) - Just [Columbia]
Mark Ronson (Feat. Amy Winehouse) - Valerie [Sony/BMG]
The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black [Island]
Amy Winehouse - Rehab [Island]
Duran Duran - The Chauffeur [EMI]