Alana S Portero, the author of Bad Habit – Dua’s Monthly Read for September – shares the soundtrack she listened to while writing her novel about a young Trans woman growing up in a working-class suburb that has no place for her. From The Smiths and Raffaella Carrà to Madonna, it has everything to transport you to the streets of 1980s Madrid – discover the full Spotify playlist below...
Is It Cold In The Water? – SOPHIE
Qué dolor – Raffaella Carrà
Il cuore e’ uno zingaro – Nicola Di Bari
Holding Out for a Hero – Bonnie Tyler
Mes mains sur tes hanches – Salvatore Adamo
Trinia – Marife De Triana
Embrujada – Tino Casal
You Spin Me Round – Dead or Alive
Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
So Emotional – Whitney Houston
Annabel Lee – Texto Poesía Edgar Allan Poe – Radio Futura
Where The Streets Have No Name – U2
Marinero de luces – Isabel Pantoja
Señora – Rocío Jurado
Historia de un amor – Eydie Gormé, Los Panchos
Amor... Amar – Camilo Sesto
Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix
Like a Virgin – Madonna
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) – Sylvester
Girls Will Be Boys – Bibi Andersen
Follow Me – Amanda Lear
Deeper and Deeper – Madonna
Papa Don’t Preach – Madonna
Cemetry Gates – The Smiths
Leave in Silence – Depeche Mode
I’m Still Standing – Elton John
Sacrifice – Elton John
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
Willkommen – Joel Grey
Rebel Rebel – David Bowie
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me – Culture Club
Spellbound – Siouxsie and the Banshees
Suedehead – Morrissey
L’Autrier Una Sebissa – Marcabru, Paul Hillier, Stephen Stubbs, Andrew Lawrence-King, Erin Headley
Father Figure – George Michael
Policy of Truth – Depeche Mode
La Violetera – Sara Montiel, Juan Quintero, Greg Segura
Better Things – Massive Attack
Lithium – Nirvana
Romeo’s Distress – Christian Death
Alleine zu zweit – Lacrimosa
This Charming Man – The Smiths
Dame Veneno – Las Grecas
La Gata Bajo la Lluvia – Rocío Dúrcal
Rivers of Babylon – Boney M.
La ;eyenda del tiempo (Jaleos) – Camarón de la Isla
Femme Fatale – Nico and The Velvet Underground
