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A Certain Ratio

A Certain Ratio is a group from the UK, active since 1977.

Group GB since 1977 post-punk new wave funk

TOTAL PLAYS

644

SONGS PLAYED

137

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-03-21 18:57 · 6 Music — "Shack Up"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Shack Up"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 637 99%

Radio 1 3 0%

Radio 2 2 0%

1Xtra 2 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Shack Up 198 2026-08-26

2 Samo 47 2023-07-07

3 All Comes Down to This 41 2026-07-15

4 Afro Dizzy (feat. Ellen Beth Abdi) 35 2023-07-09

5 All Night Party 19 2022-12-15

6 Flight 17 2023-01-05

7 Afro Dizzy 13 2025-03-23

8 Do the Du 11 2025-03-27

9 Keep It Together 11 2022-01-02

10 Houses In Motion 10 2022-01-24

11 Flight (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Oct 1979) 9 2020-10-22

12 Scipscada - BBC Session 29/06/1981 9 2010-10-12

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-26 14:33 Shack Up 6 Music

2026-08-06 20:51 Knife Slits Water (New Mix) 6 Music

2026-07-28 21:41 Lucinda 6 Music

2026-07-19 07:53 Shack Up 6 Music

2026-07-15 05:57 All Comes Down to This 6 Music

2025-11-07 13:54 All Comes Down To This (6 Music Session, 17 Apr 2024) 6 Music

2025-11-01 15:12 Estate Kings (Number Rework) 6 Music

2025-10-20 09:46 Shack Up 6 Music

2025-09-20 05:59 Shack Up 6 Music

2025-08-19 11:51 Shack Up 6 Music

2025-08-07 21:09 The Choir (Radio 1 Session, 1 Oct 1979) 6 Music

2025-08-06 21:51 Flight (Radio 1 Session, 1 Oct 1979) 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

137 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

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1982 —

1 2023-03-31 ▶

1982 (6 Music session, 12th April 2023) —

1 2023-04-12 ▶

Afro Dizzy —

13 2025-03-23 ▶

Afro Dizzy (6 Music session, 12th April 2023) —

1 2023-04-12 ▶

Afro Dizzy (feat. Ellen Beth Abdi) —

35 2023-07-09 ▶

All Comes Down to This —

41 2026-07-15 ▶

All Comes Down To This (6 Music Session, 17 Apr 2024) —

5 2025-11-07 ▶

All Comes Down to This (6 Music Session, 17th April, 2024) —

2 2024-06-13 ▶

All Night Party —

19 2022-12-15 ▶

All Night Party (John Peel Session - 10/01/1979) —

1 2017-11-06 ▶

All Night Party (Radio 1 Session, 1 Oct 1979) —

2 2025-08-04 ▶

All We Need —

1 2024-04-19 ▶

Always In Love —

4 2020-10-08 ▶

Always in Love (Skream Remix) —

1 2021-11-05 ▶

And Then Again (6 Music session for Marc Riley 111217) —

2 2022-06-20 ▶

And Then Again_Riley Session_111217 —

1 2017-12-11 ▶

Atmosphere Sings —

1 2024-03-10 ▶

Ballad of ACR —

1 2023-03-31 ▶

Be What You Wanna Be —

1 2020-07-30 ▶

Below the Canal —

3 2025-02-02 ▶

Berlin —

1 2020-09-27 ▶

Berlin (Cosmodelica Remix) —

1 2021-10-26 ▶

Berlin (feat. Denise Johnson) —

2 2020-10-12 ▶

Blown Away —

1 2019-05-27 ▶

Bootsy —

1 2020-08-11 ▶

Bootsy (Swingfire Mix) —

1 2017-02-28 ▶

Bouncy Bouncy —

1 2020-10-06 ▶

Bouncy Bouncy (Chop & Drop LoneLady Mix) —

1 2021-10-11 ▶

Clockwork Orange —

5 2024-09-03 ▶

Constant Curve (6 Music session, 12th April 2023) —

1 2023-04-12 ▶

Crystall (6 Music Session, 20th Nov 2018) —

2 2023-04-11 ▶

Day One BBC Session 29/06/1981 —

1 2012-12-20 ▶

Day One - BBC Session 29/06/1981 —

5 2012-05-30 ▶

Dirty Boy —

3 2018-08-27 ▶

Dirty Boy (6 Music session 201118 ) —

1 2018-11-20 ▶

Dirty Boy (6 Music Session, 20th Nov 2018) —

1 2019-08-06 ▶

Dirty Boy (Chris Massey Mix) (feat. Barry Adamson) —

2 2019-08-08 ▶

Dirty Boy (Massey Mix) —

1 2019-08-07 ▶

Do The Do (With Cass) —

6 2017-05-10 ▶

Do The Do (With Cass) (John Peel Session - 10/01/1979) —

1 2017-11-08 ▶

Do The Do (With Cass) (Radio 1 Session, 1 Oct 1979) —

4 2020-06-09 ▶

Do The Do (With Cass) - BBC Session 01/10/1979 —

1 2008-10-14 ▶

Do the Du —

11 2025-03-27 ▶

Do The Du (6 Music session for Marc Riley 111217) —

3 2021-05-10 ▶

Do The Du (Casse) —

5 2024-08-18 ▶

Do the Du (Casse) (Radio 1 Session, 1 Oct 1979) —

1 2025-08-05 ▶

Dorothy Says —

1 2024-04-19 ▶

Dorothy Says (6 Music Session, 17th April, 2024) —

1 2024-04-17 ▶

Down & Dirty (Mr Dan Remix) —

3 2021-12-10 ▶

Down and Dirty —

1 2021-10-06 ▶

Down and Dirty (Mr Dan Remix) —

3 2021-10-18 ▶

Downtown Vibes —

1 2021-08-22 ▶

Dubwork Orange —

1 2024-09-21 ▶

Emperor Machine —

2 2021-06-21 ▶

Emperor Machine (ACR vs. The Emperor Machine) —

1 2021-06-12 ▶

Emperor Machine (feat. The Emperor Machine) —

1 2021-05-31 ▶

Estate Kings (Number Rework) —

1 2025-11-01 ▶

Family —

3 2020-10-14 ▶

Flight —

17 2023-01-05 ▶

Flight (6 Music session 201118 ) —

1 2018-11-20 ▶

Flight (6 Music Session, 20th Nov 2018) —

2 2023-04-11 ▶

Flight (John Peel Session - 10/01/1979) —

1 2017-11-07 ▶

Flight (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Oct 1979) —

9 2020-10-22 ▶

Flight (Radio 1 Session, 1 Oct 1979) —

3 2025-08-06 ▶

Flight - BBC Session 01/10/1979 —

2 2008-12-05 ▶

God Knows —

1 2024-05-22 ▶

Good Together —

2 2020-06-14 ▶

Gum —

2 2011-02-20 ▶

Guv'nor —

2 2021-12-13 ▶

Holy Smoke —

1 2023-04-09 ▶

Houses In Motion —

10 2022-01-24 ▶

Houses In Motion (Demo Version 1) —

1 2019-05-28 ▶

Houses In Motion (Single Version) —

1 2022-11-04 ▶

I Need Someone Tonight —

1 2019-05-29 ▶

I Need Someone Tonite —

1 2017-06-24 ▶

I Won't Stop Loving You (feat. Bernard Sumner) —

1 2022-02-13 ▶

It All Comes Down to This —

5 2024-01-30 ▶

Keep it Real —

4 2024-04-22 ▶

Keep it Real (6 Music Session, 17th April, 2024) —

2 2024-04-23 ▶

Keep it Real (Single Version) —

1 2024-04-24 ▶

Keep It Together —

11 2022-01-02 ▶

Knife Slits Water —

4 2018-10-28 ▶

Knife Slits Water BBC Session 29/06/1981 —

1 2014-05-26 ▶

Knife Slits Water (New Mix) —

1 2026-08-06 ▶

Knife Slits Water - 7" Version —

1 2021-11-14 ▶

Knife Slits Water - BBC Session 29/06/1981 —

4 2009-05-26 ▶

Life's a Scream —

1 2010-02-23 ▶

Loss —

1 2022-07-30 ▶

Lucinda —

5 2026-07-28 ▶

Mickey Way —

3 2021-03-21 ▶

Mickey Way (6 Music session 191118 ) —

1 2018-11-20 ▶

Mickey Way (6 Music Session, 20th Nov 2018) —

1 2019-08-06 ▶

Musik Kontrol —

1 2021-08-08 ▶

Now & Laughter —

2 2024-12-23 ▶

Now and Laughter —

1 2024-12-19 ▶

Piu Lento - BBC Session 20/11/1982 —

1 2020-01-14 ▶

Salvador's Fish —

1 2024-03-10 ▶

Samba 123 (Fila Brazillia remix) —

1 2023-05-26 ▶

Samo —

47 2023-07-07 ▶

SAMO (6 Music session, 12th April 2023) —

1 2023-04-12 ▶

SAMO (Werkha Remix) —

2 2024-07-05 ▶

Scipscada BBC Session 29/06/1981 —

1 2014-05-26 ▶

Scipscada - BBC Session 29/06/1981 —

9 2010-10-12 ▶

Shack Up —

198 2026-08-26 ▶

Shack Up (6 Music session for Marc Riley 111217) —

1 2018-10-01 ▶

Shack Up (Electronic Remix) —

1 2025-05-24 ▶

Shack Up (radio edit) —

1 2019-06-21 ▶

Shack Up - 6Music Hub Session Date —

1 2009-04-15 ▶

Shack Up - 6Music Session 11/08/2005 —

1 2012-03-08 ▶

Si Firmi o Grido —

1 2023-02-02 ▶

Sommadub —

1 2014-12-07 ▶

Souls in the City (Part 2) —

1 2021-08-21 ▶

Souls In The City Pt.2 —

1 2021-08-02 ▶

Sounds Like Something Dirty - Riley Session 201118 —

1 2018-11-20 ▶

The Big E —

1 2017-12-11 ▶

The Choir —

5 2017-05-09 ▶

The Choir (John Peel Session 10/01/1979) —

1 2017-11-09 ▶

The Choir (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Oct 1979) —

2 2019-09-23 ▶

The Choir (Radio 1 Session, 1 Oct 1979) —

3 2025-08-07 ▶

The Choir - BBC Session 01/10/1979 —

1 2008-12-05 ▶

The Fox —

4 2021-02-09 ▶

The Fox (6 Music session for Marc Riley 111217) —

1 2022-06-20 ▶

Tier 3 —

1 2023-04-04 ▶

Touch - BBC Session 20/11/1982 —

2 2020-01-14 ▶

Tumba Rhumba —

1 2019-05-30 ▶

Waiting on a Train (feat. Chunky & Ellen Beth Abdi) —

1 2022-10-14 ▶

Waterline —

2 2020-02-26 ▶

We All Need (6 Music Session, 17th April, 2024) —

1 2024-04-17 ▶

What's Wrong —

1 2020-10-06 ▶

Where You Coming From —

1 2024-12-18 ▶

Who's To Say - BBC Session 20/11/1982 —

2 2020-01-14 ▶

Won't Stop Loving You —

1 2012-04-29 ▶

Won't Stop Loving you (Bernard Sumner Remix) —

1 2018-07-13 ▶

Wonderland —

2 2021-04-20 ▶

Yeah Boy (DJ Die remix) —

1 2024-11-01 ▶

Yo Yo Gi —

6 2020-11-22 ▶

YOYOGRIP (feat. Jacknife Lee & Maria Uzor) —

6 2020-12-15 ▶