Now that listening to Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 has officially become impossible outside the UK, this is a wonderful opportunity to remember what we had and how amazing it was.

One quote from Pete Tong: "The golden rule is that clubbers always stay the same age and you just get older. You have to be excited by the same things as they are because the minute you aren't, you'll find yourself losing the plot." He is 65 in 2025