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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
14,292Radio plays
7,345Different tracks
3,207Artists
10Shows
5Years in the archive
2,278Plays in 2026
4,713Tracks played once
51.4%Unique-track rate
ARTIST IN THE ARCHIVE

David Bowie

Total plays65
Different songs29
Last played23 May 2026
Most played onThe Saturday Show

Most played David Bowie songs

PLAY HISTORY

Archive results

71 matches
DateArtistTrackShowEpisode
23 May 2026 David Bowie "Heroes" The Saturday Show Amanda Folley
16 May 2026 David Bowie "Heroes" The Saturday Show Goosebumps
2 May 2026 David Bowie Life on Mars? The Saturday Show Covers v Originals
12 Apr 2026 David Bowie Golden Years Verso's Sunday Roast April 12th
15 Mar 2026 David Bowie Starman Verso's Sunday Roast Songs That Changed Everything
21 Feb 2026 David Bowie "Heroes" The Saturday Show 500 Anniversary - Part 1
7 Feb 2026 David Bowie "Heroes" The Saturday Show Friends
25 Jan 2026 David Bowie Wild Is the Wind Verso's Sunday Roast Weather - 2
11 Jan 2026 David Bowie Absolute Beginners Verso's Sunday Roast 1986
3 Jan 2026 David Bowie "Heroes" The Saturday Show 2025 Deaths & Stranger Things
7 Dec 2025 David Bowie "Heroes" Verso's Sunday Roast Katie
2 Nov 2025 David Bowie "Heroes" Verso's Sunday Roast War & Peace
19 Oct 2025 David Bowie Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) Verso's Sunday Roast Spooky & Strange
12 Oct 2025 David Bowie Time Verso's Sunday Roast Turn Back Time
31 Aug 2025 David Bowie Life on Mars? Verso's Sunday Roast Ian Diaper's 70th
17 Aug 2025 David Bowie Space Oddity Verso's Sunday Roast Songs Without a Chorus
9 Aug 2025 David Bowie 1984 The Saturday Show National Book Lovers Day
2 Aug 2025 David Bowie Let's Dance The Saturday Show Battles - Solo Male QF3
27 Jul 2025 David Bowie & Mick Jagger Dancing in the Street Verso's Sunday Roast British Carnival
13 Jul 2025 David Bowie and Queen Under Pressure Verso's Sunday Roast See You in Court
21 Jun 2025 David Bowie "Heroes" The Saturday Show Pulp & Live AId
7 Jun 2025 David Bowie Absolute Beginners The Saturday Show Six Songs of Separation
4 May 2025 David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World Verso's Sunday Roast B Sides
19 Apr 2025 David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World The Saturday Show Battles, April and Oceans
19 Apr 2025 David Bowie "Heroes" The Saturday Show Battles, April and Oceans
23 Mar 2025 David Bowie "Heroes" Verso's Sunday Roast Turn it Up Treaders!
22 Mar 2025 David Bowie Young Americans The Saturday Show Battle & Kaye
15 Feb 2025 David Bowie Life on Mars? The Saturday Show Show 4 - TV Shows
15 Feb 2025 David Bowie Absolute Beginners The Saturday Show Show 4 - TV Shows
7 Dec 2024 David Bowie "Heroes" The Saturday Show Show 48 - Review of 2024
17 Nov 2024 Queen & David Bowie Under Pressure Sunday Specials November No. 1's
17 Nov 2024 David Bowie Space Oddity Sunday Specials November No. 1's
6 Oct 2024 David Bowie Space Oddity Sunday Specials 1975
10 Aug 2024 David Bowie Ziggy Stardust The Saturday Show Show 32 - 170824
10 Aug 2024 David Bowie Suffragette City The Saturday Show Show 32 - 170824
10 Aug 2024 David Bowie Starman The Saturday Show Show 32 - 170824
10 Aug 2024 David Bowie Star The Saturday Show Show 32 - 170824
10 Aug 2024 David Bowie Soul Love The Saturday Show Show 32 - 170824
10 Aug 2024 David Bowie Rock 'n' Roll Suicide The Saturday Show Show 32 - 170824
10 Aug 2024 David Bowie Moonage Daydream The Saturday Show Show 32 - 170824

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ARCHIVE SPAN

27 Jan 2022 to 5 Sep 2026

14,176 plays have an exact broadcast date. A small number of filler specials remain deliberately undated.

BUSIEST YEAR

2024

4,194 logged plays.

BUSIEST SHOW

The Saturday Show

4,783 logged plays.

Most played artistThe Beatles191 plays
Most played trackI Don't Like MondaysThe Boomtown Rats · 23 plays
Repeat plays6,947plays beyond each track's first appearance
Heavy rotation106tracks played 10+ times
Regular artists123artists played 20+ times
A LITTLE DEEPER

Inside the archive

Because four headline numbers were never going to be enough.
Average rotation1.95plays per different track
Catalogue depth2.29different tracks per artist
Widest catalogueThe Beatles76 different songs played
Across the yearsThe Rolling Stonesheard in 5 archive years
Across the showsThe Beatlesplayed on 10 different shows
Most travelled trackGod Only KnowsThe Beach Boys · 7 shows
Busiest calendar monthAugust1,381 dated plays
YEAR BY YEAR

The archive growing up

5 years represented
20262,278 plays
20253,394 plays
20244,194 plays
20233,335 plays
20221,091 plays

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