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Coffee Break: Friends, neighbors, building communities

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?Blake, Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0

by Anna Reed

August 07, 2018

It's National Night Out - the annual community-building campaign that promotes neighborhood camaraderie and safety.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that center around friendship, neighbors and building communities?

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

Billy Bragg - You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
Lucius - Neighbors
Rosemary Clooney - Come On-A My House
War - Why Can't We Be Friends?
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
The Beatles - All Together Now
The Beatles - Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
The Youngbloods - Get Together