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Arab Strap

Arab Strap is a group from the UK, active since 1995.

Group GB since 1995 indietronica slowcore indie rock

TOTAL PLAYS

441

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-06-17 03:59 · 6 Music — "The First Big Weekend"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Glamour Magick"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

80 60 40 20 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 410 93%

Radio 2 24 5%

Radio 1 7 2%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 The First Big Weekend 122 2025-10-03

2 The Turning Of Our Bones 63 2026-03-03

3 Bliss 50 2024-05-22

4 Compersion Pt. 1 28 2021-02-10

5 The Shy Retirer 21 2023-06-20

6 Daughters Of Darkness 10 2018-07-29

7 Glamour Magick 9 2026-08-26

8 Daughter of Darkness 8 2024-10-08

9 Strawberry Moon 8 2024-04-24

10 (Afternoon) Soaps 7 2020-06-08

11 The First Big Weekend 2016 (Miaoux Miaoux Remix) 7 2016-06-30

12 Speed Date 6 2020-03-08

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-26 17:41 Glamour Magick 6 Music

2026-08-24 20:34 Be a Man 6 Music

2026-08-17 21:50 Glamour Magick 6 Music

2026-08-11 21:10 Glamour Magick 6 Music

2026-08-04 20:51 Glamour Magick 6 Music

2026-07-30 20:39 Glamour Magick 6 Music

2026-07-28 21:21 Glamour Magick 6 Music

2026-07-23 20:16 Glamour Magick 6 Music

2026-07-16 17:00 Glamour Magick 6 Music

2026-07-14 17:50 Glamour Magick 6 Music

2026-05-21 23:52 You You You 6 Music

2026-05-19 21:12 You You You 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

79 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(Afternoon) Soaps —

7 2020-06-08 ▶

(Afternoon) Soaps (Peel Session 04/03/97) —

1 2017-08-10 ▶

(Afternoon) Soaps (Single 1998) —

1 2010-04-27 ▶

Afternoon Soaps —

1 2012-07-26 ▶

Aphelion —

2 2022-11-20 ▶

Be a Man —

1 2026-08-24 ▶

Bliss —

50 2024-05-22 ▶

Bliss (6 Music Session, 15 May 2024) —

1 2024-05-15 ▶

Blood (Radio 1 Session, 10 Feb 1998) —

1 2016-02-10 ▶

Bluebird —

2 2021-03-19 ▶

Bullseye (Evening Session 7.12.2000) —

1 2012-12-10 ▶

Christmas Baby Please Come Home (Evening Session 07.12.2000) —

1 2012-12-11 ▶

Coming Down —

1 2017-03-23 ▶

Compersion Pt 1 —

1 2021-03-05 ▶

Compersion Pt. 1 —

28 2021-02-10 ▶

Compersion Pt. 1 (6 Music session 15 Aug 2022) —

1 2022-08-15 ▶

Confessions Of A Big Brother - Hub Session 16/11/2005 —

1 2007-10-16 ▶

Daughter of Darkness —

8 2024-10-08 ▶

Daughters Of Darkness —

10 2018-07-29 ▶

Don't Ask Me To Dance —

1 2011-09-30 ▶

Dreg Queen —

1 2025-09-04 ▶

Fable of the Urban Fox —

4 2023-11-05 ▶

Fable of the Urban Fox (6 Music session 15 Aug 2022) —

1 2022-08-15 ▶

Glamour Magick —

9 2026-08-26 ▶

Haven't You Heard (6 Music Session, 15 May 2024) —

1 2024-05-15 ▶

Here Comes Comus! —

2 2021-04-19 ▶

Here Comes Comus! (Clean Version) —

2 2021-04-07 ▶

Here Comes Comus! (Riley Session 150822) —

1 2022-08-15 ▶

Here We Go —

1 2011-11-29 ▶

Here We Go - Hub Session 16/11/2005 —

1 2007-10-16 ▶

I Saw You (BBC Session, 4 March 1997) —

1 2025-11-19 ▶

I Saw You (Peel Session 04/03/97) —

1 2017-08-09 ▶

I Saw You - BBC Session 04/03/1997 —

1 2022-05-25 ▶

I Was Once a Weak Man —

2 2025-04-13 ▶

Infra Red (Evening Session 07.12.2000) —

1 2012-12-12 ▶

Just Enough —

2 2025-02-23 ▶

Loch Leven Intro —

1 2017-09-16 ▶

Love Detective —

2 2017-07-12 ▶

Molehills —

3 2024-12-12 ▶

New Birds —

2 2018-02-23 ▶

New Year (Evening Session 7.12.2000) —

1 2014-11-09 ▶

Not Quite A Yes —

3 2024-10-17 ▶

Packs Of Three (Radio 1 Session, 10 Feb 1998) —

1 2016-02-10 ▶

Piglet (Radio 1 Session, 10 Feb 1998) —

1 2016-02-10 ▶

Piglet (Radio 1 Session, 10 Feb 1998) —

1 2018-02-10 ▶

Serenade —

1 2016-01-30 ▶

Soaps —

1 2022-11-22 ▶

Soaps (BBC Session, 4 March 1997) —

1 2025-11-20 ▶

Sociometer Blues —

1 2024-07-18 ▶

Sociometer Blues (6 Music Session, 15 May 2024) —

1 2024-05-15 ▶

Speed Date —

6 2020-03-08 ▶

Strawberry Moon —

8 2024-04-24 ▶

Tears On Tour —

3 2025-09-23 ▶

The First Big Peel Thing (Peel Session 25th March 1997) —

1 2020-07-10 ▶

The First Big Peel Thing (Radio 1 Session, 25th March 1997) —

1 2024-11-18 ▶

The First Big Weekend —

122 2025-10-03 ▶

The First Big Weekend (Miaoux Miaoux Remix) —

2 2017-03-23 ▶

The First Big Weekend 2016 (Miaoux Miaoux Remix) —

7 2016-06-30 ▶

The First Big Weekend Of 2016 —

1 2016-12-30 ▶

The First Big Weekend of 2016 (Miaoux Miaoux Remix) —

6 2016-07-15 ▶

The First Big Weekend of 2016 (Miaoux Miaoux's Remix) —

1 2016-06-16 ▶

The Idea - Hub Session 16/11/2005 —

2 2008-03-18 ▶

The Night Before The Funeral (Radio 1 Session, 10 Feb 1998) —

3 2022-05-25 ▶

The Shy Retirer —

21 2023-06-20 ▶

The Shy Retirer (6 Music session for Marc Riley 21st Sept 2016) —

1 2016-12-22 ▶

The Shy Retirer (BBC Music Day, 2017) —

1 2017-06-15 ▶

The Smell Of Outdoor Cooking —

1 2012-06-19 ▶

The Smell Of Outdoor Cooking (BBC Session, 4 March 1997) —

1 2025-11-18 ▶

The Smell of Outdoor Cooking (Peel Session 04/03/97) —

1 2017-08-07 ▶

The Turning Of Our Bones —

63 2026-03-03 ▶

The Turning of Our Bones (6 Music session 15 Aug 2022) —

1 2022-08-15 ▶

The Turning Of Our Bones (Instrumental) —

3 2022-02-19 ▶

The Turning of the Bones —

1 2020-09-10 ▶

There Is No Ending —

2 2011-06-03 ▶

Turn off the Lights —

1 2024-05-17 ▶

Turning Of Our Bones —

2 2020-09-07 ▶

Whole Again —

1 2006-10-24 ▶

You You You —

3 2026-05-21 ▶

You're Not There —

4 2024-05-07 ▶