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There are some songs that just have to go together.  Imagine hearing Queen's 'We will rock you' without it immediately being followed by 'We are the Champions'.  It just wouldn't be right.  Unfortunately, most automatic playlist generators don't know about these, so when you are listening to your iPod on shuffle play you are likely to hear one of these song orphans.  To make it easier for playlist generators I'm attempting to put together the canonical list of song chains.  These are songs pairs that must occur together, and any DJ (or automatic playlist generator) worth his or her salt will make sure that they are never played separately.   This initial list was put together with the help of listeners over at Radio Paradise.  Feel free to offer additions to the list.

First Song	Second Song	Artist
Amazing Journey	Sparks	The Who
She came in through the bathroom window	Golden Slumbers / Carrth that weight / The End	The Beatles
Intro	Sweet Jane	Lou Reed
War	No More Trouble	Bob Marley
Pseudo Silk Kimono	Kayliegh / Lavender	Marillion
Come On into my kitchen	Evil	Steve Miller
Countdown to Armageddon	Bring the Noise	Public Enemy
Threshold	Jet Airliner	Steve Miller
Aquarius	Let the sunshine in	Hair
P.Funk (Wants to get Funked Up)	Mothership Connection (Star Child)	Parliament
Moving in Stereo	All Mixed Up	The Cars
People's Parties	Same Situation	Joni Mitchell
Troubled Child	Twisted	Joni Mitchell
Sailing Shoes	Hey Julia / Sneakin' Sally	Robert Palmer
Bongo Bong	Je Ne T'Aime Plus	Manu Chao
Glad	Freedom Rider	Traffic
Eruption	You really got me	Van Halen
Fat Lenny	Cold and Wet	Ween
Funeral for a friend	Love lies bleeding	Elton John
Summer's Cauldron	Grass	XTC
Uncle Albert	Admiral Halsey	Paul McCartney
Tainted Love	Where did our love go?	SoftCell
Need you tonight	Mediate	INXS
Dulcimer Stomp	The Other  Side	Aerosmith
People's Parties	The Same Situation	Joni Mitchell
We will Rock You	We are the champions	Queen
Heartbreaker	Living Loving Maid	Led Zeppelin