‘I can’t listen to music during sex - I start to wonder what mic they used on the snare’: Mark Ronson’s honest playlist

<p>The superstar DJ and producer parties to Candi Staton and secretly loves Pantera, but what weird Brian Eno epic does he find perfect for romance?</p><p><strong>The first song I fell in love with</strong><br>
I have flashes of The Reflex by Duran Duran, but the first song I had a really emotional reaction to was Can’t Find My Way Home by Blind Faith, from the soundtrack to this really cheesy 80s movie called 1969 with Robert Downey Jr, Winona Ryder and Kiefer Sutherland. It was the cliche of stopping you in your tracks, so I had to sit on my bed and experience it. I still find it completely haunting.</p><p><strong>The first single I bought</strong><br>
It was my 12th or 13th birthday and my stepdad [Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones] gave me 20 bucks, so I went and bought four 12-inches from Tower Records on 66 and Broadway, including (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin’ by Whistle and Let’s Go All the Way by Sly Fox.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/sep/21/mark-ronson-honest-playlist-night-people-uptown-funk">Continue reading...</a>