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What have I actually played?

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
CLEAR TO PLAYLast played about 20 months ago.
TRACK IN THE ARCHIVE

New Year's Day U2

Last played5 Jan 2025
Total plays3
Previous20 Sep 2024
Most played onSunday Specials
PLAY HISTORY

Archive results

3 matches
DateArtistTrackShowEpisode
5 Jan 2025 U2 New Year's Day Sunday Specials 2025-01-05 New
20 Sep 2024 U2 New Year's Day Other Radio Bits The A to Z of Rock
1 Jan 2023 U2 New Year's Day Now That's What I Call a Number One Episode 01 - Happy New Year
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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