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Coffee Break: Flu shots

What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?Sam Trewick | MPR

by Anna Weggel

September 25, 2018

Jill and Brian are getting their flu shots today on the air just after 9 am.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention needles, vaccines, healing, influenza, viruses, etc.?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."

Songs played

Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay
Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
Ramones - Needles and Pins
the The - Infected
Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done
The Kills - U.R.A Fever
Lil Jon and LMFAO - Shots
Johnny Rivers - Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu
Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot