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Bloc Party

Bloc Party is a group from the UK, active since 1999.

Group GB since 1999 indie rock alternative rock post-punk revival

TOTAL PLAYS

4,166

SONGS PLAYED

232

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-05-12 06:28 · 6 Music — "Banquet - The Fez Club Reading"

LAST PLAYED

4 days ago · 6 Music — "So Here We Are"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

700 525 350 175 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 2,601 62%

Radio 1 1,481 36%

Radio 2 77 2%

1Xtra 7 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 15:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Flux 675 2026-08-20

2 Banquet 376 2026-09-16

3 Mercury 285 2026-10-09

4 The Prayer 263 2026-10-07

5 Helicopter 254 2026-10-16

6 One More Chance 234 2024-07-24

7 Two More Years 146 2025-10-17

8 Hunting For Witches 133 2012-02-24

9 One Month Off 123 2025-09-24

10 Talons 122 2011-11-22

11 Octopus 108 2025-05-12

12 So Here We Are 99 2026-10-23

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-10-23 04:18 So Here We Are 6 Music

2026-10-16 21:24 Helicopter 6 Music

2026-10-16 05:00 Now We Can't Be Friends (Stephen and Gillian The Other Two from New Order Remix) 6 Music

2026-10-14 00:14 Hunting for Witches 6 Music

2026-10-09 16:00 Helicopter 6 Music

2026-10-09 02:07 Mercury 6 Music

2026-10-07 20:03 The Prayer Radio 2

2026-10-07 14:34 So Here We Are 6 Music

2026-10-07 03:42 Helicopter Radio 1

2026-10-05 08:15 Little Thoughts 6 Music

2026-10-02 20:47 Helicopter 6 Music

2026-10-01 20:52 So Here We Are 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

232 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

2 More Years —

1 2009-05-16 ▶

All The Things She Said (Sofa Session, 16 Sep 2026) —

2 2026-09-17 ▶

Banquet —

376 2026-09-16 ▶

Banquet (6 Music Festival 2022) —

3 2022-04-08 ▶

Banquet (Boys Noize Remix) —

7 2009-11-27 ▶

Banquet (Demo) —

1 2025-05-07 ▶

Banquet (Instrumental) —

2 2021-08-05 ▶

Banquet (Live At Glastonbury 2009) —

2 2025-06-29 ▶

Banquet (Live at Maida Vale - 6 Music Live - 5 Oct 15) —

3 2015-10-15 ▶

Banquet (Live At Maida Vale) —

1 2009-10-30 ▶

Banquet (Phones Disco Remix) —

1 2025-08-13 ▶

Banquet (Phones Edit Remix) —

1 2007-11-30 ▶

Banquet - Electric Proms 2007 —

2 2009-10-22 ▶

Banquet - Somerset House 2005 —

2 2010-02-26 ▶

Banquet - The Fez Club Reading —

1 2005-05-12 ▶

Banquet <Live from the Electric Proms 2007> —

1 2007-10-28 ▶

Banquet/Pioneers <Electric Proms 2007> —

1 2007-10-29 ▶

Better Than Heaven —

2 2025-02-23 ▶

Black Crown - 6Music Session 02/11/12 —

1 2012-11-02 ▶

Bloc Party (6 Music Festival 2022) —

1 2022-04-02 ▶

Bloc Party - 6Music Festival 2016 —

2 2025-01-28 ▶

Bloc Party Mini Mix —

1 2007-01-12 ▶

Blue Light - Somerset House 2005 —

2 2010-02-26 ▶

Blue Light - Somerset House, London 2005 —

1 2025-01-28 ▶

By Any Means Necessary (6 Music Festival 2022) —

1 2022-04-02 ▶

Callum Is a Snake —

1 2022-04-29 ▶

Clip: The Prayer —

3 2006-11-21 ▶

Coliseum —

2 2012-08-19 ▶

Coming on Strong —

28 2026-09-11 ▶

Coming On Strong (6 Music Session, 16 Sep 2026) —

3 2026-09-20 ▶

Compliments —

4 2023-05-14 ▶

Compliments - BBC Session 04/11/2004 —

1 2025-01-28 ▶

Day Drinker —

2 2022-05-04 ▶

Day Four —

2 2012-07-31 ▶

Different Drugs —

1 2016-01-29 ▶

Exes (Live at Maida Vale - 6 Music Live - 5 Oct 15) —

2 2015-10-05 ▶

Flirting Again —

32 2024-07-21 ▶

Flux —

675 2026-08-20 ▶

Flux (12" Instrumental) —

2 2025-01-28 ▶

Flux (6 Music Session, 20th August 2008) —

1 2019-06-03 ▶

Flux (German Version) —

1 2008-06-10 ▶

Flux (in French) —

1 2008-09-16 ▶

Flux (Reading + Leeds 2025) —

2 2025-08-25 ▶

Flux - 6M Hub Session - 200808 —

2 2012-08-08 ▶

Flux <3.16> Love Is Gone —

1 2007-11-07 ▶

Flux <3.29> 2 Hearts —

1 2007-11-14 ▶

Flux <3.29> Uninvited —

1 2007-11-09 ▶

Flux <Live From Reading 2008> —

2 2008-08-26 ▶

Fortress —

1 2016-01-29 ▶

Halo —

5 2009-01-08 ▶

Helicopter —

254 2026-10-16 ▶

Helicopter (6 Music Festival 2016) —

1 2016-02-17 ▶

Helicopter (6 Music Festival, 2022) —

1 2024-02-16 ▶

Helicopter (Glastonbury 2007) —

2 2024-06-26 ▶

Helicopter (Glastonbury 2024) —

4 2024-07-08 ▶

Helicopter (Live from Maida Vale) —

2 2007-12-11 ▶

Helicopter (Live Lamacq In The City) —

1 2007-02-07 ▶

Helicopter (Radio 1 Sesssion, 3rd Jan 2005) —

3 2024-01-15 ▶

Helicopter (Reading 2008) —

1 2008-08-25 ▶

Helicopter (Whitey Remix) —

2 2025-03-28 ▶

Helicopter - 6 Music Festival 14 Feb 2016 —

1 2016-02-22 ▶

Helicopter - Fez Club Reading 2005 —

5 2018-09-13 ▶

Helicopter - Latitude - 19/07/2013 —

5 2014-07-19 ▶

Helicopter - Reading 2007 —

2 2025-09-10 ▶

Helicopter - Somerset House 2005 —

2 2007-12-31 ▶

Helicopter - Somerset House, London 2005 —

1 2016-07-12 ▶

High Life —

9 2023-12-17 ▶

Hunting for Witches —

37 2026-10-14 ▶

Hunting For Witches —

133 2012-02-24 ▶

Hunting for Witches (6 Music Festival 2022) —

3 2022-04-10 ▶

Hunting For Witches (Rockus Roboticus Remix) —

1 2008-10-31 ▶

I Still Remember —

67 2025-06-30 ▶

I Still Remember (6 Music Session, 16 Sep 2026) —

1 2026-09-16 ▶

I Still Remember (Acoustic) —

1 2008-05-06 ▶

I Still Remember (The Chap remix) —

2 2007-04-23 ▶

I Still Remember <live from Maida Vale> —

1 2007-06-13 ▶

i still remember <live lounge> —

2 2007-04-11 ▶

If We Get Caught —

42 2023-11-24 ▶

In Situ —

22 2022-07-10 ▶

Introducing The Band —

1 2022-01-02 ▶

Ion Square —

2 2008-09-09 ▶

Keep It Rolling (feat. KennyHoopla) —

3 2023-07-03 ▶

Kettling —

58 2012-11-22 ▶

Kettling - 6Music Session 02/11/12 —

1 2012-11-03 ▶

Kreuzberg —

2 2021-10-20 ▶

Kreuzberg & Sunday —

1 2007-02-07 ▶

Lagoon Blue —

4 2026-09-15 ▶

Lagoon Blue (6 Music Session, 16 Sep 2026) —

1 2026-09-16 ▶

Lagoon Blue (Sofa Session, 16 Sep 2026) —

1 2026-09-16 ▶

Like Eating Glass —

3 2022-01-02 ▶

Like Eating Glass (Live) —

1 2023-01-11 ▶

Like Eating Glass (Radio 1 Sesssion, 3rd Jan 2005) —

3 2024-06-17 ▶

Like Eating Glass - Lamacq Live 03/01/2005 —

1 2018-08-29 ▶

Like Eating Glass - Somerset House 2005 —

2 2010-02-26 ▶

Like Eating Glass/This Modern Love —

1 2008-08-25 ▶

Little Thoughts —

59 2026-10-05 ▶

Little Thoughts - Fez Club Reading 2005 —

4 2010-11-30 ▶

Love Bombs —

36 2026-08-10 ▶

Luno - BBC Session 04/11/2004 —

2 2025-10-02 ▶

Luno - Fez Club Reading 2005 —

5 2010-11-30 ▶

Mercury —

285 2026-10-09 ▶

Mercury (Css Remix) —

1 2008-08-08 ▶

Mercury (12" Instrumental) —

1 2023-10-04 ▶

Mercury - 6M Hub Session - 200808 —

2 2009-09-03 ▶

Montreal —

2 2025-05-11 ▶

Montreal (Ejeca Remix) —

3 2013-10-29 ▶

Now We Can't Be Friends —

1 2026-08-22 ▶

Now We Can't Be Friends (Stephen and Gillian The Other Two from New Order Remix) —

1 2026-10-16 ▶

Octopus —

108 2025-05-12 ▶

Octopus (6 Music Live - 5 Oct 15) —

1 2015-10-14 ▶

Octopus (6 Music Live at Maida Vale 2015) —

13 2024-01-28 ▶

Octopus (6 Music Session, 5 Oct 2015) —

4 2017-07-27 ▶

Octopus (Live at Maida Vale - 6 Music Live - 5 Oct 15) —

2 2015-10-11 ▶

Octopus (Live at Maida Vale 05.10.15) —

2 2015-10-13 ▶

Octopus (Live at Maida Vale, 6 Music Live, 5th Oct 2015) —

1 2015-10-05 ▶

Octopus (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

3 2012-08-26 ▶

Octopus - Latitude - 19/07/2013 —

2 2013-07-24 ▶

Of Things Yet to Come —

1 2022-05-04 ▶

On —

12 2021-10-20 ▶

One Month Off —

123 2025-09-24 ▶

One More Chance —

234 2024-07-24 ▶

One More Chance (Alex Metric mix) —

1 2009-07-17 ▶

One More Chance (Alex Metric Remix) —

3 2025-10-09 ▶

One More Chance - Latitude - 19/07/2013 —

4 2013-07-26 ▶

Only He Can Heal Me —

1 2016-01-29 ▶

Pigwig —

18 2026-09-18 ▶

Pioneers —

14 2023-11-08 ▶

Pioneers (Electric Proms 2007) —

1 2007-10-29 ▶

Plans —

2 2011-09-02 ▶

Plans (Acoustic) —

1 2008-03-11 ▶

Plans - Fez Club Reading 2005 —

5 2010-11-30 ▶

Positive Tension —

1 2025-10-10 ▶

Positive Tension - Somerset House 2005 —

1 2007-12-31 ▶

Positive Tension <Clean Edit> —

2 2010-03-24 ▶

Present - Somerset House 2005 —

1 2005-07-14 ▶

Price of Gas —

1 2008-09-03 ▶

Price Of Gas - Somerset House 2005 —

1 2005-07-14 ▶

Ratchet —

98 2026-09-25 ▶

Ratchet (Recal)_Superclean Edit —

1 2013-06-26 ▶

Ratchet (Rustie Remix) —

2 2013-08-09 ▶

Real Talk —

1 2012-08-20 ▶

Real Talk (Live at Maida Vale - 6 Music Live - 5 Oct 15) —

1 2015-10-05 ▶

Rhododendrons —

1 2024-06-10 ▶

Say It Right —

5 2025-07-09 ▶

Say It Right - R1 Live Lounge —

3 2009-08-29 ▶

Sex Magik —

3 2025-01-28 ▶

She's Hearing Voices —

10 2026-09-16 ▶

She's Hearing Voices (Original EP Version) —

1 2016-07-02 ▶

She's Hearing Voices (Radio 1 Lamacq Live Session, 12th Jan 2004) —

2 2022-03-22 ▶

She's Hearing Voices - Fez Club Reading 2005 —

4 2015-10-05 ▶

Signs —

4 2026-09-16 ▶

Signs (Arman Van Helden Remix) —

4 2009-05-01 ▶

Signs <Maida Vale Session> —

1 2008-10-09 ▶

Skeleton —

2 2024-10-30 ▶

So He Begins to Lie —

1 2012-08-20 ▶

So Here We Are —

99 2026-10-23 ▶

So Here We Are (1000 Albums) —

1 2010-11-01 ▶

So Here We Are (Instrumental) —

4 2023-10-04 ▶

So Here We Are (Radio 1 Sesssion, 3rd Jan 2005) —

1 2021-11-10 ▶

So Here We Are - Fez Club Reading 2005 —

5 2010-11-30 ▶

So Here We Are - Glastonbury Festival 2005 —

1 2022-06-22 ▶

So Here We Are - Somerset House 2005 —

2 2007-12-14 ▶

So Real —

1 2016-01-29 ▶

Song For Clay —

1 2007-01-08 ▶

Song For Clay & Banquet —

1 2015-10-05 ▶

Song for Clay (Disappear Here) —

4 2021-10-20 ▶

Song For Clay (Disappear Here) —

1 2009-04-01 ▶

Song For Clay (Live at Maida Vale - 6 Music Live - 5 Oct 15) —

1 2015-10-05 ▶

SRXT —

1 2021-10-20 ▶

State of Flux - Latitude - 19/07/2013 —

3 2013-07-23 ▶

Stunt Queen —

42 2016-12-15 ▶

Sunday —

3 2021-10-20 ▶

Sunday (Acoustic) —

1 2008-10-14 ▶

Talons —

122 2011-11-22 ▶

Talons (Acoustic) —

1 2008-10-21 ▶

Talons (Phones R.I.P Mix) —

1 2022-06-03 ▶

Talons <Maida Vale Session> —

1 2008-10-09 ▶

Team A —

2 2012-08-16 ▶

The Girls Are Fighting —

52 2024-04-04 ▶

The Good News —

69 2016-05-28 ▶

The Good News (Live at Maida Vale - 6 Music Live - 5 Oct 15) —

2 2015-10-11 ▶

The Good News (Live at Maida Vale 05.10.15) —

5 2016-02-07 ▶

The Good News (Live at Maida Vale, 5th Oct 2015) —

1 2022-03-22 ▶

The Good News - 6 Music Festival 14 Feb 16 —

1 2016-02-15 ▶

The High Life —

1 2023-04-21 ▶

The Love Within —

67 2023-10-04 ▶

The Love Within (Crookers Vocal Remix) —

1 2015-11-27 ▶

The Marshals Are Dead (Radio 1 Lamacq Live Session, 12th Jan 2004) —

1 2022-03-22 ▶

The Peace Offering —

1 2022-04-29 ▶

The Pioneers —

2 2018-08-02 ▶

The Prayer —

263 2026-10-07 ▶

The Prayer (6 Music Festival 2022) —

1 2022-04-02 ▶

The Prayer (Break & Silent Witness Remix) —

1 2007-01-23 ▶

The Prayer (DJ Break & Silent Witness Remix) —

1 2007-01-23 ▶

The Prayer (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix) —

2 2008-03-18 ▶

The Prayer (Hadouken Remix) —

1 2007-03-07 ▶

The Prayer (Live At Electric Proms) —

1 2007-10-28 ▶

The Prayer (Sofa Session, 16 Sep 2026) —

1 2026-09-16 ▶

The Prayer - Live Glastonbury 2009 —

1 2009-06-29 ▶

The Prayer - Latitude - 19/07/2013 —

2 2013-07-22 ▶

The Prayer <live maida vale> —

3 2007-02-04 ▶

The Prayer Electric Proms —

1 2007-10-29 ▶

The Present —

1 2011-12-03 ▶

This Modern Love —

30 2025-07-05 ▶

This Modern Love (6 Music Live at Maida Vale 2015) —

17 2025-03-26 ▶

This Modern Love (6 Music Session, 5 Oct 2015) —

3 2017-03-18 ▶

This Modern Love (Glastonbury 2024) —

1 2024-07-02 ▶

This Modern Love (Live at Maida Vale - 6 Music Live - 5 Oct 15) —

4 2015-10-15 ▶

This Modern Love (Live at Maida Vale 05.10.15) —

1 2015-10-06 ▶

This Modern Love (Reading + Leeds 2025) —

2 2025-08-25 ▶

This Modern Love - 6 Music Festival - RX 02/04/2022 —

1 2022-04-04 ▶

This Modern Love - Fez Club Reading 2005 —

5 2010-11-30 ▶

This Modern Love - Live From Glastonbury 2009 —

1 2009-12-23 ▶

This Modern Love - Somerset House 2005 —

1 2010-02-26 ▶

This Modern Love <live> —

1 2007-12-04 ▶

Traps —

48 2025-01-28 ▶

Trojan Horse —

2 2008-09-01 ▶

Trojan Horse (John B Remix) —

1 2009-02-27 ▶

Truth —

43 2013-02-28 ▶

Truth (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

1 2012-08-22 ▶

Tulips - BBC Session 04/11/2004 —

2 2015-10-03 ▶

Tulips - Fez Club Reading 2005 —

4 2010-11-30 ▶

Two More Year —

1 2009-03-07 ▶

Two More Years —

146 2025-10-17 ▶

Two More Years (live from Maida Vale) —

1 2007-02-03 ▶

Uniform —

2 2021-10-20 ▶

V.A.L.I.S. —

15 2023-08-23 ▶

Virtue —

39 2016-05-22 ▶

Waiting for the 7.18 —

4 2021-10-20 ▶

Waiting For The 7.18 —

9 2011-05-28 ▶

Where is Home (Burial Remix) —

3 2020-02-22 ▶

Where Is Home? —

1 2021-10-20 ▶