In The Groove: (Almost) all the music we played during the spring fundraiser

Our playlist gets a bit interrupted when we’ve got to pause our programming for the spring fundraiser. And a lot of you asked about the music we were playing! So I put it all in one playlist for you — broken down by day it aired and theme (as it turns out, we did lose two days of the fundraising shows due to a technical difficulty, so sorry about that!).

Check the playlists and listen for two weeks after the air date using the media players below. And if you didn’t get a chance to make a gift to WDET during fundraiser, it’s not too late to support your source for news, music and conversation!

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlists for WDET’S SPRING FUNDRAISER 2025

Monday, March 10 (Belle Isle Bangers)

• “Everybody Loves The Sunshine” – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
• “Weak” – SWV
• “Climbing” – Caribou
• “Happy Feelin’s” – Maze & Frankie Beverly
• “Help Me Lose My Mind (feat. London Grammar)” – Disclosure
• “Ain’t It Nice” – Madison McFerrin
• “No One’s Watching Me (feat. Olivia Dean)” – Ezra Collective
• “Her Strut (Remastered)” – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
• “I Want You (John Morales M+M Pianopella Mix)” – Marvin Gaye
• “I’m Coming Out” – Diana Ross
• “Didn’t I (Dave Allison Rework)” – Darondo
• “This Land Is Your Land” – Chicano Batman
• “Turnin’ Me Up” – BJ the Chicago Kid
• “American Dreaming” – Sierra Ferrell

Tuesday, March 11

• “It’s Rough On Rats (If You’re Asking)” – Jack White
• “Inner City Blues” – Rodriguez
• “S.N.C.” – Darkside
• “Thrown Around” – James Blake
• “Operator (DJ Koze’s Disco Edit)” – Låpsley
• “Mum Does the Washing” – Joshua Idehen
• “Because I’m Me” – The Avalanches
• “I Think Of You” – Rodriguez
• “AA   BOUQUET   FOR   YOUR   180   FACE” – Saya Gray
• “Another Star” – Stevie Wonder
• “Back 2 Me (feat. Sadie Walker)” – Girls Of The Internet

Wednesday, March 12 (Motown Throwdown)

• “Money (That’s What I Want) [Single Version / Mono]” – Barrett Strong
• “Cruisin’” – Smokey Robinson
• “Respect” – Aretha Franklin
• “Please Mr. Postman” – The Marvelettes
• “Needle In a Haystack (Single Version)” – The Velvelettes
• “Love Child” – Diana Ross & the Supremes
• “We Can Work It Out” – Stevie Wonder
• “P.Y.T.” – Michael Jackson
• “Didn’t Cha Know” – Erykah Badu
• “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today) [Single Version / Mono]” – Temptations
• “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” – Temptations
• “I Want You Back” – Jackson 5
• “Keep On Truckin” – Eddie Kendricks
• “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Isn’t She Lovely” – Stevie Wonder
• “Twenty Five Miles” – Edwin Starr
• “Bernadette” – Four Tops
• “I’m A Road Runner” – Junior Walker & The All Stars

Thursday, March 13 (313 Day — All Detroit Music)

• “One Nation Under a Groove” – Funkadelic
• “Jump” – Aretha Franklin
• “Baby I Love You” – Aretha Franklin
• “Think Twice” – Detroit Experiment
• “Chains Of Love” – Dirtbombs
• “Livin’ for the City” – Dirtbombs
• “I Wanna Be Your Dog” – The Stooges
• “Put Your Hands up for Detroit” – Matthew Dear 
• “You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else” – Jones Girls
• “Lansana’s Priestess” – Donald Byrd
• “Let The Moon Get Into It” – Soft Location
• “Catamaran” – Bear Vs. Shark
• “Want it (feat. Amp Fiddler & Dames Brown) [Jon’s 6 Mile Edit] [Mixed]” – Jon Dixon
• “God’s Been Good to Me” – The Mighty Walker Brothers
• “Stay Down” – Detroit Cobras

Friday, March 14 

• “The Punch” – Shigeto & Kesswa
• “Mercy (feat. Jacob Lusk)” – Blessed Madonna
• “Love and Hate in a Different Time (Original)” – Gabriels
• “Estrelar” – Marcos Valle
• “Nomalizo (Eddie C Rework)” – Letta Mbulu
• “Taurus” – DJ Holographic
• “JOY (Unspeakable) [feat. Pharrell Williams]” – Voices of Fire
• “Free” – SAULT
• “Little Things” – Lake Trout
• “(I Know) I’m Losing You” – Rod Stewart
• “Radiant Hue” – Shadow Show
• “Sandwiches” – Detroit Grand Pubahs
• “N THE D” – Sheefy McFly
• “Check Stub” – DJ Assault

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.