Radio Play History

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More than 14,000 logged radio plays, with enough stats, Top Tens and archive rabbit holes to keep you busy for a while.

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14K+logged plays

14,472Radio plays

7,294Different tracks

3,218Artists

10Shows

5Years in the archive

2,458Plays in 2026

4,629Tracks played once

50.4%Unique-track rate

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ARTIST IN THE ARCHIVE

Captain Sensible

Total plays4

Different songs2

Last played15 Mar 2025

Most played onThe Saturday Show

Most played Captain Sensible songs

Glad It's All Over2 Happy Talk2

PLAY HISTORY

Archive results

4 matches

Date	Artist	Track	Show	Episode
15 Mar 2025	Captain Sensible	Glad It's All Over	The Saturday Show	Battles and Buckler
14 Jul 2024	Captain Sensible	Happy Talk	Sunday Specials	July No. 1's
24 Feb 2024	Captain Sensible	Glad It's All Over	The Saturday Show	Show 8 - 240224
20 Nov 2022	Captain Sensible	Happy Talk	Now That's What I Call a Number One	Episode 03 - Now and No.1's - World Cup Special

ARCHIVE SPAN

27 Jan 2022 to 27 Sep 2026

14,356 plays have an exact broadcast date. A small number of filler specials remain deliberately undated.

2024

4,194 logged plays. View plays →

The Saturday Show

4,898 logged plays. View plays →

Most played artistThe Beatles191 plays · View → Most played trackI Don't Like MondaysThe Boomtown Rats · 23 plays · View →

Repeat plays7,178plays beyond each track's first appearance

Heavy rotation120tracks played 10+ times · See all → Regular artists128artists played 20+ times · See all →

A LITTLE DEEPER

Inside the archive

Because four headline numbers were never going to be enough.

Average rotation1.98plays per different track

Catalogue depth2.27different tracks per artist

Widest catalogueThe Beatles75 different songs played · View →

Across the yearsABBAheard in 5 archive years · View →

Across the showsBob Dylanplayed on 10 different shows · View →

Most travelled track99 Red BalloonsNena · 7 shows · View →

Busiest calendar monthAugust1,381 dated plays

YEAR BY YEAR

The archive growing up

5 years represented

20262,458 plays 20253,394 plays 20244,194 plays 20233,335 plays 20221,091 plays

RADIO TOP TEN

Artists by different songs

RADIO TOP TEN

Tracks across the most shows

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