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China Crisis

China Crisis is a group from the UK, active since 1979.

Group GB since 1979 new wave pop synth-pop
TOTAL PLAYS
663
SONGS PLAYED
80
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-03-11 12:39 · 6 Music — "Black Man Ray"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Wishful Thinking"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
60 45 30 15 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 333 50%
Radio 2 327 49%
Radio 1 3 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 03:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Wishful Thinking 277 2026-05-03
2 King In A Catholic Style 93 2020-11-20
3 Black Man Ray 84 2025-01-18
4 King In A Catholic Style (Wake Up) 27 2025-05-10
5 Christian 14 2026-01-17
6 African And White 11 2023-05-04
7 African And White - Reading University 1984 7 2015-07-11
8 Christian - Reading University 1984 7 2015-07-11
9 Wishful Thinking - Reading University 1984 7 2015-07-11
10 The Soul Awakening - Reading University 1984 6 2018-10-20
11 Red Sails - Reading University 1984 5 2015-07-11
12 Papua - Reading University 1984 5 2015-07-11
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-03 21:38 Wishful Thinking Radio 2
2026-04-20 06:23 Wishful Thinking Radio 2
2026-03-02 12:39 Wishful Thinking Radio 2
2026-01-17 21:54 Christian Radio 2
2025-11-16 08:52 Because 6 Music
2025-11-09 06:55 Wishful Thinking Radio 2
2025-10-29 12:31 Wishful Thinking Radio 2
2025-10-07 13:54 Christian 6 Music
2025-09-18 01:22 Wishful Thinking Radio 2
2025-08-02 19:44 Wishful Thinking Radio 2
2025-06-14 19:54 Christian (Extended Mix) Radio 2
2025-06-07 07:48 You Did Cut Me 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

80 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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A Golden Handshake For Every Daughter (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 15 Jan 1983) — 1 ▶
A Golden Handshake For Every Daughter (Radio 1 Session, 15 Jan 1983) — 2 ▶
A Golden Handshake For Every Daughter - BBC Session 15/01/1983 — 1 ▶
African And White — 11 ▶
African And White 1984 — 1 ▶
African And White (Radio 1 In Concert, 31 Aug 1984) — 3 ▶
African And White - Reading University 1984 — 7 ▶
Animals And Judges — 4 ▶
Animals And Judges - BBC Session 16/05/1982 — 1 ▶
Arizona Sky — 1 ▶
Autumn In The Neighbourhood — 2 ▶
Because — 1 ▶
Being In Love — 1 ▶
Bigger The Punch I'm Feeling — 1 ▶
Black Man Ray — 84 ▶
Christian — 14 ▶
Christian (Extended Mix) — 1 ▶
Christian (Radio 1 In Concert, 31 Aug 1984) — 3 ▶
Christian - BBC 6 Music Session 03/10/2007 — 1 ▶
Christian - Hub Session 03/10/2007 — 1 ▶
Christian - Reading University 1984 — 7 ▶
Christian 1984 — 1 ▶
Diary of a Hollow Horse - - BBC 6 Music Session 03/10/2007 — 1 ▶
Diary Of A Hollow Horse - Hub Session 03/10/2007 — 1 ▶
Feel To Be Driven Away — 1 ▶
Fool — 1 ▶
Grenacre Day (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 15 Jan 1983) — 1 ▶
Grenacre Day (Radio 1 Session, 15 Jan 1983) — 2 ▶
Grenacre Day - BBC Session 15/01/1983 — 1 ▶
Hanna (Reprise) - Reading University 1984 — 1 ▶
Hanna Hanna — 4 ▶
Hanna Hanna (Radio 1 In Concert, 31 Aug 1984) — 2 ▶
Hanna Hanna (Reprise) (Radio 1 In Concert, 31 Aug 1984) — 2 ▶
Hanna Hanna (Reprise) - Reading University 1984 — 1 ▶
Hanna Hanna - BBC Session 16/05/1982 — 1 ▶
Hanna Hanna - Reading University 1984 — 4 ▶
It's Everything — 1 ▶
King In A Catholic Style — 93 ▶
King In A Catholic Style (Wake Up) — 27 ▶
King in a Catholic Style - BBC 6 Music Session 03/10/2007 — 1 ▶
King In A Catholic Style - Hub Session 03/10/2007 — 1 ▶
No More Blue Horizons — 1 ▶
No More Blue Horizons (Radio 1 In Concert, 31 Aug 1984) — 2 ▶
No More Blue Horizons - Reading University 1984 — 3 ▶
Papua - Reading University 1984 — 5 ▶
Papua (Radio 1 In Concert, 31 Aug 1984) — 1 ▶
Red Sails — 1 ▶
Red Sails (Radio 1 In Concert, 31 Aug 1984) — 2 ▶
Red Sails - Reading University 1984 — 5 ▶
Reflections — 4 ▶
Reflections - BBC Session 16/05/1982 — 1 ▶
Saint Saviour Square — 1 ▶
Seven Sports For All - Reading University 1984 — 4 ▶
The Highest High — 3 ▶
The Soul Awakening 1984 — 1 ▶
The Soul Awakening - Reading University 1984 — 6 ▶
Tragedy and Mystery — 1 ▶
Tragedy And Mystery (Radio 1 In Concert, 31 Aug 1984) — 2 ▶
Tragedy And Mystery - Reading University 1984 — 3 ▶
Tragedy And Mystery 1984 — 1 ▶
Watching The Rainclouds (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 15 Jan 1983) — 1 ▶
Watching The Rainclouds (Radio 1 Session, 15 Jan 1983) — 2 ▶
Watching The Rainclouds - BBC Session 15/01/1983 — 1 ▶
Wishful Thinking — 277 ▶
Wishful Thinking 1984 — 1 ▶
Wishful Thinking (BBC session) — 3 ▶
Wishful Thinking (Radio 1 In Concert, 31 Aug 1984) — 3 ▶
Wishful Thinking (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 15 Jan 1983) — 3 ▶
Wishful Thinking (Radio 1 Session, 15 Jan 1983) — 3 ▶
Wishful Thinking - BBC Session 15/01/1983 — 1 ▶
Wishful Thinking - Hub Session 03/10/2007 — 1 ▶
Wishful Thinking - Reading University 1984 — 7 ▶
Working With Fire And Steel — 4 ▶
Working With Fire And Steel (Radio 1 In Concert, 31 Aug 1984) — 3 ▶
Working With Fire And Steel - Reading University 1984 — 2 ▶
Working With Fire And Steel 1984 — 2 ▶
You Did Cut Me — 1 ▶
You Did Cut Me (2024 Version) — 1 ▶
You'll Never See It — 4 ▶
You'll Never See It - BBC Session 16/05/1982 — 1 ▶