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Brakes

Brakes is a group from the UK, active since 1999.

Group GB since 1999 indie rock indie folk indie pop
TOTAL PLAYS
566
SONGS PLAYED
56
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2005-05-21 19:03 · 6 Music — "All Night Disco Party"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · 6 Music — "All Night Disco Party"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
200 150 100 50 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 499 88%
Radio 1 67 12%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 All Night Disco Party 187 2026-05-12
2 Hold Me In The River 89 2015-08-16
3 Beatific Visions 72 2012-03-12
4 Don't Take Me to Space (man) 43 2009-12-31
5 Cease And Desist 35 2009-05-20
6 Hey Hey 25 2018-05-15
7 Ring a Ding Ding 21 2023-06-29
8 Leaving England 9 2017-04-19
9 Why Tell The Truth? (When Its Easier To Lie) 5 2009-11-07
10 Don't Take Me To Space (Man 4 2013-12-10
11 Why Tell The Truth (When It's Easier To Lie) 4 2009-11-10
12 All Night Disco Party (Graham Sutton Remix) 3 2020-07-10
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-12 15:50 All Night Disco Party 6 Music
2025-11-19 08:16 All Night Disco Party 6 Music
2025-10-28 06:57 All Night Disco Party 6 Music
2025-08-27 09:55 All Night Disco Party 6 Music
2025-08-15 16:05 All Night Disco Party 6 Music
2025-04-11 06:38 All Night Disco Party 6 Music
2025-01-17 04:47 All Night Disco Party 6 Music
2024-12-11 09:27 All Night Disco Party 6 Music
2024-12-11 09:26 All Night Disco Party 6 Music
2024-11-07 15:18 All Night Disco Party 6 Music
2024-08-09 15:26 All Night Disco Party 6 Music
2024-07-19 17:12 All Night Disco Party 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

56 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
All Night Disco Party — 187 ▶
All Night Disco Party (2006 Session) — 1 ▶
All Night Disco Party (Graham Sutton Remix) — 3 ▶
All Night Disco Party (Kahuna Mix) — 1 ▶
All Night Disco Party (Truck Fest 2006) — 1 ▶
All Night Disco Party - Live From Camden Crawl 2009 — 1 ▶
All Night Disco Party - Track Fest 2006 — 1 ▶
All Night Disco Party - Tracu Fest 2006 — 1 ▶
All Night Disco Party <Graham Sutton Remix> — 1 ▶
Beatific Visions — 72 ▶
Beatific Visions <live at Reading 2007> — 1 ▶
Cease And Decease — 1 ▶
Cease And Desist — 35 ▶
Cease And Desist <clean> — 1 ▶
Comma Comma Comma Full Stop — 2 ▶
Crush on You — 1 ▶
Disco Party — 1 ▶
Don't Take Me To Space (Man — 4 ▶
Don't Take Me to Space (Man) — 3 ▶
Don't Take Me to Space (man) — 43 ▶
Don't Take Me To Space (Man) (6 Music Session, 11 Nov 2009) — 2 ▶
Don't Take Me To Space (Man) - Live From Camden Crawl 2009 — 1 ▶
Heard About Your Band — 1 ▶
Heard About Your Band - Hub Session 27/05/2005 — 3 ▶
Hey Hey — 25 ▶
Hey Hey (Blitzkrieg Edit) — 2 ▶
Hold Me In The River — 89 ▶
I Can't Stand to Stand Beside You — 1 ▶
I Can't Stand To Stand Beside You (Live From Truck) — 1 ▶
I Can't Stand To Stand Beside You - Truck Fest 2006 — 2 ▶
If I Should Die Tonight — 3 ▶
Jackson — 1 ▶
Jackson - Live At The Camden Crawl 2009 — 1 ▶
Leaving England — 9 ▶
Leaving England (6 Music Session, 11 Nov 2009) — 3 ▶
Margarita — 2 ▶
Margarita - Truck Fest 2006 — 2 ▶
Mobile Communication — 1 ▶
Ny Pie - Hub Session 27/05/2005 — 2 ▶
Oh! Forever — 1 ▶
Porcupine or Pineapple — 2 ▶
Porcupine Or Pineapple — 1 ▶
Porcupine Or Pineapple (6 Music Session, 11 Nov 2009) — 2 ▶
Porcupine Or Pineapple? Clean1 — 1 ▶
Ring a Ding Ding — 21 ▶
Ring A Ding Ding - Hub Session 27/05/2005 — 2 ▶
Set A Course — 3 ▶
Spring Chicken — 2 ▶
Touchdown — 1 ▶
What's In It For Me — 3 ▶
What's In It For Me (6 Music Session, 11 Nov 2009) — 1 ▶
What's in It for Me? — 3 ▶
why tell the truth — 1 ▶
Why Tell The Truth (When It's Easier To Lie) — 4 ▶
Why Tell The Truth? (When It's Easier To Lie) — 1 ▶
Why Tell The Truth? (When Its Easier To Lie) — 5 ▶