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Cake

Cake is a group from the US, active since 1992.

Group US since 1992 alternative rock indie rock pop rock
TOTAL PLAYS
294
SONGS PLAYED
25
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-03-07 15:24 · 6 Music — "The Distance"
LAST PLAYED
2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Short Skirt / Long Jacket"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
40 30 20 10 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 251 85%
Radio 2 37 13%
Radio 1 6 2%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 09:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 The Distance 232 2026-05-15
2 Short Skirt / Long Jacket 18 2026-05-23
3 I Will Survive 12 2024-06-03
4 Frank Sinatra 6 2021-12-02
5 Shadow Stabbing 3 2022-04-18
6 Never There 2 2023-03-11
7 Sheep Go To Heaven 2 2016-06-10
8 The Distance - BBC Session 05/03/1997 2 2008-10-19
9 War Pigs 1 2025-10-20
10 Short Skirt/Long Jacket 1 2025-09-12
11 Sinking Ship 1 2025-06-01
12 Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps 1 2018-09-02
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-23 17:43 Short Skirt / Long Jacket Radio 2
2026-05-15 17:41 The Distance 6 Music
2026-05-05 18:18 The Distance Radio 2
2026-03-17 19:20 The Distance Radio 2
2025-11-05 09:18 The Distance 6 Music
2025-10-23 15:45 The Distance 6 Music
2025-10-20 13:54 War Pigs 6 Music
2025-09-12 21:36 Short Skirt/Long Jacket 6 Music
2025-08-07 11:22 The Distance 6 Music
2025-07-04 02:31 The Distance Radio 2
2025-06-01 16:22 Sinking Ship 6 Music
2025-05-30 02:52 The Distance 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

25 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Comfort Eagle — 1 ▶
Frank Sinatra — 6 ▶
Frank Sinatra - BBC Session 05/03/1997 — 1 ▶
Friend Is a Four Letter Word — 1 ▶
I Will Survive — 12 ▶
I Will Survive (radio edit) — 1 ▶
I Will Survive - BBC Session 05/03/1997 — 1 ▶
Make Your Mind Up Edit — 1 ▶
Never There — 2 ▶
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps — 1 ▶
Rock n Roll Lifestyle — 1 ▶
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town — 1 ▶
Shadow Stabbing — 3 ▶
Sheep Go To Heaven — 2 ▶
Sheep Go to Heaven — 1 ▶
Short Skirt / Long Jacket — 18 ▶
Short Skirt Long Jacket — 1 ▶
Short Skirt/Long Jacket — 1 ▶
Sick of You — 1 ▶
Sinking Ship — 1 ▶
Stickshifts And Safebelts - BBC Session 05/03/1997 — 1 ▶
The Distance — 232 ▶
The Distance - BBC Session 05/03/1997 — 2 ▶
War Pigs — 1 ▶
World Of Dreams — 1 ▶