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Belle and Sebastian

Belle and Sebastian is a group from the UK, active since 1996.

Group GB since 1996 indie pop twee pop chamber pop

TOTAL PLAYS

3,139

SONGS PLAYED

249

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-14 14:37 · 6 Music — "Women's Realm"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · 6 Music — "Legal Man (feat. The Maisonettes)"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

400 300 200 100 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 2,761 88%

Radio 2 354 11%

Radio 1 24 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 06:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 The Boy With the Arab Strap 265 2026-02-27

2 I Want the World to Stop 254 2024-10-07

3 Lazy Line Painter Jane 197 2026-05-15

4 I'm a Cuckoo 178 2026-05-02

5 Write About Love 165 2025-05-12

6 Legal Man 123 2026-05-21

7 The Blues Are Still Blue 121 2026-05-06

8 Wrapped Up in Books 109 2026-03-05

9 Step Into My Office Baby 106 2026-01-29

10 The Party Line 97 2024-03-01

11 White Collar Boy 89 2025-05-01

12 We Were Beautiful 88 2022-06-16

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-26 04:33 Legal Man (feat. The Maisonettes) 6 Music

2026-05-21 14:26 Legal Man 6 Music

2026-05-15 02:54 Lazy Line Painter Jane 6 Music

2026-05-06 19:31 The Stars of Track and Field Radio 2

2026-05-06 04:16 The Blues Are Still Blue 6 Music

2026-05-04 06:47 Lazy Line Painter Jane 6 Music

2026-05-02 08:14 I'm a Cuckoo Radio 2

2026-03-05 19:34 Wrapped Up in Books Radio 2

2026-03-02 03:19 Lazy Line Painter Jane Radio 2

2026-02-28 18:17 Legal Man (feat. The Maisonettes) Radio 2

2026-02-27 03:19 The Boy With the Arab Strap Radio 2

2026-01-29 20:51 Step Into My Office Baby Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

249 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(My Girl's Got) Miraculous Technique —

33 2024-11-25 ▶

A Century of Elvis —

1 2018-09-09 ▶

A Century of Fakers —

27 2025-12-10 ▶

A Century of Fakers - 6 Music session 16/12/2010 —

2 2016-09-03 ▶

A Space Boy Dream —

5 2025-09-21 ▶

A Summer Wasting —

8 2022-07-24 ▶

A Summer Wasting - Summer Sundae 2006 —

3 2007-11-26 ▶

A Summer Wasting - Summer Sundae 2006 —

2 2015-06-13 ▶

Act of the Apostle —

5 2022-07-06 ▶

Allie —

77 2019-01-25 ▶

Another Sunny Day —

17 2025-09-10 ▶

Belle —

1 2010-06-13 ▶

Beyond the Sunrise —

1 2023-01-01 ▶

Blues Are Still Blue - Hub Session 20/01/2006 —

2 2007-10-27 ▶

Blues Are Still Blue - Summer Sundae 2006 —

2 2007-11-26 ▶

Blues Are Still Blue - Summer Sundae 2006 —

2 2015-06-13 ▶

Boy With The Arab Strab 1999 —

8 2010-01-05 ▶

Boy with the Arab Strap —

1 2008-02-06 ▶

Boy With The Arab Strap (Glastonbury 2015) —

1 2025-06-25 ▶

Boy With The Arab Strap - Bowlie Weekender 1999 —

2 2015-10-09 ▶

Boy With The Arab Strap - Summer Sundae 2006 —

2 2007-11-26 ▶

Boy With The Arab Strap - Summer Sundae 2006 —

2 2015-06-13 ▶

Boys Are Back In Town 2002 —

1 2007-07-06 ▶

caught in love —

3 2012-03-09 ▶

Caught In Love - Summer Sundae 2006 —

1 2006-12-13 ▶

Chickfactor —

1 2021-01-13 ▶

Come On Sister —

38 2013-11-03 ▶

Crash —

7 2025-07-08 ▶

Dear Catastrophe Waitress —

2 2017-02-24 ▶

Did The Day Go Just Like You Wanted? —

1 2019-09-17 ▶

Dirty Dream Number Two —

3 2021-01-13 ▶

Do You Follow —

2 2023-01-25 ▶

Dog On Wheels —

30 2025-10-19 ▶

Dog on Wheels —

48 2011-11-05 ▶

Dog On Wheels 1999 —

4 2010-07-22 ▶

Dog On Wheels (6 Music Festival 2017) —

2 2021-03-28 ▶

Dog On Wheels - Bowlie Weekender 1999 —

2 2019-05-09 ▶

Don't Know What You See In Me —

1 2023-01-13 ▶

Dress Up in You —

1 2010-08-09 ▶

Ease Your Feet in the Sea —

3 2023-02-27 ▶

Ease Your Feet Into The Sea —

2 2014-09-03 ▶

Electric Rennaissance - Summer Sundae 2006 —

1 2007-11-26 ▶

Electronic Renaissance —

1 2023-01-01 ▶

Ever Had A Little Faith —

1 2015-01-14 ▶

Expectations —

2 2012-02-24 ▶

Expectations - Summer Sundae 2006 —

2 2007-01-04 ▶

Family Tree —

1 2019-08-18 ▶

Fickle Season —

1 2018-02-21 ▶

For the Price of a Cup of Tea —

3 2022-12-18 ▶

Frosty The Snowman (Radio 2 Session, 14 Dec 2017) —

1 2017-12-14 ▶

Funny Little Frog —

48 2024-12-02 ▶

Funny Little Frog - Hub Session 20/01/2006 —

3 2007-10-27 ▶

Funny Little Frog - Summer Sundae 2006 —

6 2015-06-13 ▶

Get Me Away Form Here, I'm Dying (Radio 1 Session, 30 Jul 1997) —

2 2016-08-24 ▶

Get Me Away Form Here, I'm Dying - BBC Session 30/07/1997 —

4 2008-12-02 ▶

Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying —

2 2016-01-27 ▶

Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying - Hub Session 20/01/2006 —

3 2007-10-27 ▶

get me away from here im dying —

2 2007-11-07 ▶

Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying —

2 2019-09-17 ▶

Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying (Evening Session 30.7.1997) —

1 2013-03-13 ▶

Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying (Radio 1 Session, 30 Jul 1997) —

2 2020-05-27 ▶

Give A Little Time —

2 2023-01-23 ▶

I Can See Your Future —

1 2016-07-08 ▶

I Didn't See It Coming —

4 2011-02-14 ▶

I Didn't See It Coming (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-26 ▶

I Didn't See It Coming - 6 Music session 16/12/2010 —

3 2016-02-18 ▶

I Don't Know What You See In Me —

17 2023-02-15 ▶

I Don't Love Anymore 1999 —

2 2009-12-31 ▶

I Don't Love Anyone —

3 2020-02-16 ▶

I Fought in a War —

2 2018-07-11 ▶

I Know Where the Summer Goes —

2 2019-09-17 ▶

I Know Where The Summer Goes (6 Music Session, 16 Sept 2019) —

1 2019-09-16 ▶

I Love My Car —

2 2025-06-22 ▶

I Want the World to Stop —

254 2024-10-07 ▶

I'll Be Your Pilot —

46 2018-03-02 ▶

I'll Be Your Pilot (Radio 2 Session, 14 Dec 2017) —

1 2017-12-14 ▶

I'm a Cuckoo —

178 2026-05-02 ▶

I'm a Cuckoo (6 Music Festival, 2017) —

1 2025-03-27 ▶

I'm A Cuckoo (Avalanches Mix) —

1 2009-11-25 ▶

I'm a Cuckoo (Avalanches remix) —

3 2022-01-21 ▶

I'm a Cuckoo (Glastonbury 2015) —

1 2025-06-28 ▶

I'm Not Living in the Real World —

2 2010-10-11 ▶

I'm Waking Up to Us —

8 2025-06-09 ▶

If She Wants - Summer Sundae 2006 —

1 2015-06-13 ▶

If She Wants Me —

9 2024-04-21 ▶

If You're Feeling Sinister —

6 2017-03-27 ▶

If You're Feeling Sinister 1999 —

1 2009-12-31 ▶

If You're Feeling Sinister - Bowlie Weekender 1999 —

1 2014-11-13 ▶

If You’re Feeling Sinister (Bowlie Weekender, 1999) —

1 2018-07-10 ▶

Is It Wicked Not to Care? —

3 2024-11-13 ▶

It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career —

5 2024-01-01 ▶

Jonathan David —

1 2017-04-03 ▶

Jonathan David (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-26 ▶

Jonathan David - Summer Sundae 2006 —

4 2014-03-03 ▶

Judy & The Dream Of Horses - Radio 1 Session, 11 July 1996 —

1 2017-03-21 ▶

Judy and Her Dream of Horses —

1 2016-08-30 ▶

Judy and the Dream of Horses —

25 2023-10-24 ▶

Judy And The Dream Of Horses (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-26 ▶

Judy And The Dream Of Horses (BBC session 11th July 1996) —

1 2016-12-07 ▶

Juliet Naked —

1 2023-01-13 ▶

Late Developers —

2 2023-01-27 ▶

Lazy Jane (BBC session 30th July 1997) —

1 2018-01-18 ▶

Lazy Line Painter 1999 —

3 2010-07-22 ▶

Lazy Line Painter Jane —

197 2026-05-15 ▶

Lazy Line Painter Jane (Evening Session 30.7.1997) —

1 2013-03-12 ▶

Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie —

5 2021-01-05 ▶

Le pastie de la bourgeoisie —

1 2011-07-26 ▶

Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie - Summer Sundae 2006 —

5 2024-03-06 ▶

Legal Man —

123 2026-05-21 ▶

Legal Man (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-26 ▶

Legal Man (feat. The Maisonettes) —

20 2026-05-26 ▶

Legal Man feat. The Maisonettes —

1 2014-01-22 ▶

Like Dylan in the Movies —

22 2024-03-25 ▶

Like Dylan In the Movies - 6 Music session 16/12/2010 —

2 2016-02-16 ▶

Lord Anthony —

1 2015-12-06 ▶

Lord Antony - Summer Sundae 2006 —

1 2015-06-13 ▶

Marx and Engels —

1 2010-11-28 ▶

Mary Jo —

2 2010-02-24 ▶

Matitude Music (6 Music Session, 16th Sep 2019) —

1 2019-09-16 ▶

Mayfly —

3 2021-07-18 ▶

Me & The Major —

1 2016-01-27 ▶

Me and the Major —

1 2012-01-28 ▶

Mornington Crescent —

2 2020-02-09 ▶

My Wandering Days Are Over —

2 2010-02-12 ▶

Night Walk —

1 2021-05-16 ▶

Nobody's Empire —

82 2023-01-26 ▶

Nobody's Empire (6 Music Session, 01 Sept 2015) —

1 2016-02-08 ▶

Nobody's Empire (6 Music Session, 16 Jan 2015) —

1 2025-02-10 ▶

Nothing In The Silence —

16 2025-05-03 ▶

Nothing in the Silence —

9 2010-12-02 ▶

Nothing In The Silence (BBC Session) —

3 2005-07-25 ▶

O Come O Come Emmanuel —

1 2013-12-17 ▶

O Come, O Come Emmanuel —

1 2012-12-11 ▶

Oh Come, O Come Emmanuel —

1 2007-12-23 ▶

Olympic Village 6AM —

1 2016-08-14 ▶

Paper Boat 1999 —

1 2009-12-31 ▶

Party Line (Live Session) —

1 2015-01-18 ▶

Perfect Couples —

4 2015-02-02 ▶

Photo Jenny —

4 2019-11-13 ▶

Photo Jenny 1999 —

8 2010-07-22 ▶

Photo Jenny (Bowlie '99) —

1 2010-11-30 ▶

Photo Jenny (Bowlie Weekender, 1999) —

1 2019-05-09 ▶

Photo Jenny (Live At Bowlie Weekender) —

1 2008-05-27 ▶

Photo Jenny - Bowlie Weekender 1999 —

1 2014-11-13 ▶

Piazza, New York Catcher —

14 2025-04-06 ▶

Piazza, New York Catcher - 6 Music session 16/12/2010 —

3 2016-02-15 ▶

Poor Boy —

2 2018-04-28 ▶

Rapunzel Let Your Feelings Show (6 Music Session, 01 Sept 2015) —

1 2016-02-08 ▶

Rapunzel Let Your Feelings Show (9th Jan 2015) —

1 2015-01-19 ▶

Safety Valve —

1 2021-10-09 ▶

Same Star —

1 2018-01-13 ▶

Seeing Other People —

2 2022-02-01 ▶

Seeing Other People (Bowlie Weekender, 1999) —

1 2019-05-09 ▶

Seeing Other People - Bowlie Weekender 1999 —

1 2014-11-13 ▶

Seeing Other People 1999 —

3 2008-04-04 ▶

Seymour Stein —

1 2021-01-13 ▶

Seymour Stein (Radio 1 Session, 30 Jul 1997) —

3 2020-05-27 ▶

Seymour Stien —

1 2009-02-05 ▶

Seymour Stien (Radio 1 Session, 30 Jul 1997) —

1 2014-07-30 ▶

Seymour Stien - BBC Session 30/07/1997 —

1 2008-10-21 ▶

She's Losing - Summer Sundae 2006 —

3 2007-11-26 ▶

She's Losing - Summer Sundae 2006 —

2 2015-06-13 ▶

She's Losing It —

1 2009-01-06 ▶

She’s Losing It —

5 2025-02-15 ▶

Show Me the Sun —

1 2018-02-21 ▶

Simple Things —

2 2022-09-03 ▶

Sister Buddha —

54 2025-09-23 ▶

Sister Buddha (6 Music Session, 16 Sept 2019) —

1 2019-09-16 ▶

Sleep Around the Clock —

2 2011-01-27 ▶

Sleep Around The Clock - Summer Sundae 2006 —

1 2015-06-13 ▶

Sleep the Clock Around —

10 2024-07-05 ▶

Sleep The Clock Around (Evening Session 30.7..1997) —

1 2013-03-11 ▶

Sleep The Clock Around (Radio 1 Session, 30 Jul 1997) —

8 2022-07-21 ▶

Sleep The Clock Around - BBC Session 30/07/1997 —

2 2008-11-11 ▶

Sleep The Clock Around - Summer Sundae 2006 —

2 2007-11-26 ▶

Slow Graffiti —

4 2020-11-14 ▶

Slow Graffiti (Evening Session 30.7.1997) —

1 2013-03-14 ▶

Slow Graffiti (Radio 1 Evening Session, 30 Jul 1997) —

5 2021-07-13 ▶

Slow Graffiti (Radio 1 Session, 30 Jul 1997) —

1 2015-06-25 ▶

Slow Graffiti - BBC Session 30/07/1997 —

1 2008-10-21 ▶

Slow Graffiti 1999 —

3 2010-07-22 ▶

So In The Moment —

1 2023-01-13 ▶

Song for Sunshine —

3 2020-07-12 ▶

Stars of Track and Field —

6 2016-04-14 ▶

Stay Loose —

1 2012-07-15 ▶

Step Into My Office Baby —

106 2026-01-29 ▶

Step Into My Office, Baby —

65 2016-08-30 ▶

Suki In The Graveyard - Hub Session 20/01/2006 —

1 2007-10-27 ▶

Sukie in the Graveyard —

4 2025-11-28 ▶

Sukie In The Graveyard (6 Music Session, 01 Sept 2015) —

1 2016-02-08 ▶

Sukie In The Graveyard - Summer Sundae 2006 —

2 2015-06-13 ▶

Talk To Me Talk To Me —

3 2022-12-24 ▶

The Blues Are Still Blue —

121 2026-05-06 ▶

The Boy Done Wrong Again (Radio 2 Session, 14 Dec 2017) —

1 2017-12-14 ▶

The Boy With an Arab Strap (1000 Albums) —

1 2010-08-18 ▶

The Boy With the Arab Strap —

265 2026-02-27 ▶

The Boy With The Arab Strap (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-26 ▶

The Boy With The Arab Strap (Glastonbury 2015) —

1 2015-06-29 ▶

The Boy With The Arab Strap (Glastonbury, 28th June 2015) —

1 2015-08-17 ▶

The Everlasting Muse —

4 2015-02-02 ▶

The Fox in the Snow —

5 2025-11-30 ▶

The Magic of a Kind Word —

1 2021-09-05 ▶

The Model —

1 2021-05-14 ▶

The Model - Summer Sundae 2006 —

3 2015-06-13 ▶

The Monkey's Are Breaking Out The Zoo —

1 2011-10-21 ▶

The Monkeys Are Breaking Out The Jungle —

1 2006-10-20 ▶

The Monkeys are Breaking Out the Zoo —

2 2021-05-20 ▶

The Party Line —

97 2024-03-01 ▶

The Party Line (6 Music Session, 01 Sept 2015) —

2 2022-03-11 ▶

The Party Line (Glastonbury 2015) —

2 2015-06-29 ▶

The Party Line + I Want The World To Stop (6 Music Festival Glasgow 26.03.17) —

1 2017-04-02 ▶

The Rollercoaster Ride —

2 2021-01-13 ▶

The Same Star —

5 2018-03-12 ▶

The Stars of Track and Field —

18 2026-05-06 ▶

The State I Am In —

31 2025-01-28 ▶

The State I Am In (BBC session 11th July 1996) —

1 2016-12-05 ▶

the state i am in (bbc session) —

1 2022-05-19 ▶

The State That I Am In —

1 2017-05-15 ▶

There Is An Everlasting Song —

1 2018-02-21 ▶

This Is Just a Modern Rock Song —

2 2026-01-23 ▶

This Letter (Edit) —

1 2019-09-05 ▶

Unnecessary Drama —

58 2022-12-01 ▶

Wait And See What The Day Holds —

1 2019-09-17 ▶

We Are Sleepyheads - Summer Sundae 2006 —

2 2015-06-13 ▶

We Rule the School —

2 2022-07-21 ▶

We Were Beautiful —

88 2022-06-16 ▶

We Were Beautiful (6 Music Session, 14th December 2017) —

1 2017-12-14 ▶

What Happened to You, Son? —

2 2024-05-04 ▶

When We Were Very Young —

47 2023-02-11 ▶

When You're Not With Me —

41 2023-05-19 ▶

Whiskey In The Jar —

2 2024-10-09 ▶

White Collar Boy —

89 2025-05-01 ▶

White Collar Boy - Summer Sundae 2006 —

2 2015-06-13 ▶

Will I Tell You A Secret —

1 2023-01-13 ▶

Winter Wooskie —

1 2020-01-28 ▶

Winter Wooskie 1999 —

3 2010-03-19 ▶

Winter Wooskie - Bowlie Weekender 1999 —

2 2019-05-09 ▶

Women's Realm —

11 2006-10-21 ▶

Working Boy In New York City —

2 2022-05-18 ▶

Wrapped Up in Books —

109 2026-03-05 ▶

Write About Love —

165 2025-05-12 ▶

Write About Love (Instrumental) —

1 2016-06-30 ▶

Wrong Girl - Bowlie Weekender 1999 —

1 2018-07-10 ▶

Wrong Girl - Summer Sundae 2006 —

1 2015-06-13 ▶

You Don't Send Me —

2 2017-01-06 ▶

Young And Stupid —

3 2022-05-13 ▶

Your Cover's Blown —

1 2013-07-15 ▶

Your Cover's Blown (Miaoux Miaoux Mix) —

2 2013-07-25 ▶

Your Cover's Blown (Miaoux Miaoux Remix) —

5 2013-08-19 ▶