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Big Special

Big Special is a group from Birmingham, active since 2020.

Group Birmingham since 2020
TOTAL PLAYS
394
SONGS PLAYED
43
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2022-08-08 03:41 · 6 Music — "This Here Ain't Water"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Black Dog / White Horse (6 Music Session, 27 Jan 2025)"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2022 — 2026
200 150 100 50 0
'22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 374 95%
Radio 1 16 4%
Radio 2 4 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 16:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Black Dog / White Horse 57 2025-06-11
2 This Here Ain't Water 51 2025-12-26
3 GOD SAVE THE PONY 51 2025-10-13
4 PLAINTIVE NATIVE 43 2025-12-24
5 DUST OFF / START AGAIN 40 2025-03-14
6 Desperate Breakfast 34 2024-11-24
7 YESBOSS. 32 2025-12-25
8 Trees 18 2025-04-21
9 Dust Off 9 2024-02-15
10 Black Dog / White Horse (6 Music Session, 27 Jan 2025) 5 2026-05-05
11 Sluglife 5 2026-01-29
12 Dust Off / Start Again (6 Music Session, 13 May 2024) 5 2024-12-03
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-05 05:20 Black Dog / White Horse (6 Music Session, 27 Jan 2025) 6 Music
2026-01-29 20:25 Sluglife Radio 2
2026-01-21 20:06 Sluglife Radio 2
2026-01-19 19:53 Sluglife Radio 2
2026-01-13 21:21 Sluglife Radio 1
2026-01-12 20:52 Sluglife Radio 2
2025-12-26 15:41 This Here Ain't Water 6 Music
2025-12-25 15:33 YESBOSS. 6 Music
2025-12-25 14:12 DRAGGED UP A HILL (and thrown down the other side) 6 Music
2025-12-24 11:58 PLAINTIVE NATIVE 6 Music
2025-12-24 06:19 PLAINTIVE NATIVE 6 Music
2025-12-23 15:49 PLAINTIVE NATIVE 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

43 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Black Country Gothic — 2 ▶
Black Country Gothic (6 Music Session, 13 May 2024) — 1 ▶
BLACK DOG - WHITE HORSE — 2 ▶
Black Dog / White Horse — 57 ▶
Black Dog / White Horse (6 Music Session, 13 May 2024) — 2 ▶
Black Dog / White Horse (6 Music Session, 27 Jan 2025) — 5 ▶
BLACK DOG / WHITE HORSE (Sleaford Mods Remix) — 2 ▶
Black Dog White Horse — 1 ▶
Black Dog White Horse - Live at IVW 2025 — 1 ▶
Bleephouse — 1 ▶
Butcher's Bin (6 Music Session, 27 Jan 2025) — 1 ▶
Desperate Breakfast — 34 ▶
Desperate Breakfast (6 Music Session, 27 Jan 2025) — 1 ▶
Dig! (SXSW 2025) — 1 ▶
Domestic Bliss — 1 ▶
DOMESTIC BLISS. (6Music Session, 7th July 2025) — 1 ▶
DRAGGED UP A HILL (and thrown down the other side) — 4 ▶
Dust Off — 9 ▶
DUST OFF / START AGAIN — 40 ▶
Dust Off / Start Again (6 Music Session, 13 May 2024) — 5 ▶
Dust Off / Start Again (6 Music Session, 27 Jan 2025) — 3 ▶
Fliphouse (6 Music Session, 13 May 2024) — 2 ▶
GOD SAVE THE PONY — 51 ▶
God Save the Pony (6 Music Session, 7t Jul 2025) — 1 ▶
GOD SAVE THE PONY. (6Music Session, 7th July 2025) — 1 ▶
I MOCK JOGGERS — 2 ▶
I Mock Joggers (6 Music Session, 27 Jan 2025) — 1 ▶
Ill. — 1 ▶
iLL. (6 Music Session, 27 Jan 2025) — 1 ▶
Mongrel (6 Music Session, 27 Jan 2025) — 1 ▶
PLAINTIVE NATIVE — 43 ▶
PROFESSIONALS. — 1 ▶
PROFESSIONALS. (6Music Session, 7th July 2025) — 1 ▶
Sluglife — 5 ▶
Stay Down, Lazarus — 1 ▶
The Mess — 1 ▶
Thin Horses — 1 ▶
THIN HORSES. (6Music Session, (7th July 2025) — 1 ▶
This Here Ain't Water — 51 ▶
This Here Ain't Water (6 Music Session, 27 Jan 2025) — 3 ▶
Trees — 18 ▶
YES BOSS. — 1 ▶
YESBOSS. — 32 ▶