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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
VERY RECENTLast played 28 days ago.
TRACK IN THE ARCHIVE

Rat Trap The Boomtown Rats

Last played15 Aug 2026
Total plays10
Previous25 Oct 2025
Most played onThe Saturday Show
PLAY HISTORY

Archive results

10 matches
DateArtistTrackShowEpisode
15 Aug 2026 The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap The Saturday Show Caturday
25 Oct 2025 The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap The Saturday Show Tamara and the Rats
26 Jul 2025 The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap The Saturday Show Steve Porter and Verso Gigs
15 Mar 2025 The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap The Saturday Show Battles and Buckler
2 Feb 2025 The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap Sunday Specials 2025-02-02 Sound of the Suburbs
17 Nov 2024 The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap Sunday Specials November No. 1's
7 Jul 2024 The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap Sunday Specials 1978
28 Nov 2023 The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap Verso's Home Run Episode 43 - Battle of the Bands QF2
12 Feb 2023 The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap Now That's What I Call a Number One Episode 06 - Punk and New Wave
11 Dec 2022 The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap Now That's What I Call a Number One Episode 05 - All the Eights
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. View plays →

 BUSIEST SHOW

The Saturday Show

4,783 logged plays. View plays →
Most played artistThe Beatles191 plays · View → Most played trackI Don't Like MondaysThe Boomtown Rats · 23 plays · View →
Repeat plays6,947plays beyond each track's first appearance
Heavy rotation106tracks played 10+ times · See all → Regular artists123artists played 20+ times · See all →
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
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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