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Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen is a group from the UK, active since 1978.

Group GB since 1978 post-punk alternative rock neo-psychedelia
TOTAL PLAYS
2,872
SONGS PLAYED
209
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-16 08:42 · 6 Music — "Bring On The Dancing Horses"
LAST PLAYED
17 hours ago · Radio 2 — "The Killing Moon"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
300 225 150 75 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 2,488 87%
Radio 2 373 13%
Radio 1 11 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 13:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 The Killing Moon 454 2026-05-20
2 The Cutter 361 2026-03-25
3 Bring On The Dancing Horses 342 2026-05-18
4 Seven Seas 213 2026-03-24
5 Silver 129 2026-04-04
6 Villiers Terrace 109 2025-11-08
7 Nothing Lasts Forever 101 2026-03-30
8 The Back of Love 98 2026-03-24
9 Never Stop 85 2025-11-03
10 Think I Need It Too 78 2017-03-17
11 Lovers On The Run 57 2014-05-30
12 Stormy Weather 54 2022-12-12
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-20 16:19 The Killing Moon Radio 2
2026-05-18 12:08 Bring On The Dancing Horses 6 Music
2026-05-08 06:55 The Killing Moon Radio 2
2026-04-18 20:43 Crocodiles Radio 2
2026-04-06 10:20 The Killing Moon Radio 2
2026-04-04 18:45 Silver Radio 2
2026-03-30 18:35 Bring On The Dancing Horses Radio 2
2026-03-30 02:57 Nothing Lasts Forever Radio 2
2026-03-25 19:52 The Cutter Radio 2
2026-03-24 20:41 Seven Seas Radio 2
2026-03-24 19:40 The Back of Love Radio 2
2026-03-24 19:39 Bring On The Dancing Horses Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

209 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Promise — 17 ▶
Al I Want - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 3 ▶
All My Colours — 6 ▶
All My Colours Turn To Clouds — 1 ▶
All My Colours Turn To Clouds (Peel Session) — 1 ▶
All That Jazz — 11 ▶
All That Jazz - Summer Sundae 2007 — 1 ▶
Altamont (Radio 1 Session, 16 Sep 1997) — 1 ▶
Altmont - Glastonbury 1997 — 5 ▶
An Equation (John Peel session .8.2.1982) — 1 ▶
Angels and Devils — 1 ▶
Back of Love — 6 ▶
Back Of Love - Glastonbury 1997 — 5 ▶
Back Of Love - Improv 1999 — 1 ▶
Back Of Love - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 8 ▶
Bedbug And Ballyhoo Glastonbury 1985 — 1 ▶
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo — 3 ▶
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo (6 Music session 2nd October 2018) — 1 ▶
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo (6 Music Session, 2 Oct 2018) — 2 ▶
Bedbugs And Ballyhoo (Liverpool Empire, 1988) — 3 ▶
Bedbugs And Ballyhoo - Glastonbury 1997 — 6 ▶
Bedbugs And Ballyhoo - Improv 1999 — 1 ▶
Bedbugs And Ballyhoo - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 10 ▶
Bedbugs And Ballyhoo 1988 — 1 ▶
Bomber Bay - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 1 ▶
Bombers Bay - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 1 ▶
Bring On The Dancing Horses — 342 ▶
Bring On The Dancing Horses (6 Music session 2nd October 2018) — 1 ▶
Bring On The Dancing Horses (6 Music Session, 2 Oct 2018) — 4 ▶
Bring on the Dancing Horses (extended mix) — 1 ▶
Broke My Neck (long version) — 2 ▶
Clay — 1 ▶
Constantinople — 1 ▶
Crocodiles — 7 ▶
Crocodiles (Liverpool Empire, 1988) — 4 ▶
Crocodiles - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 6 ▶
Crocodiles 1988 — 1 ▶
Crystal Days — 4 ▶
Cutter - Improv 1999 — 3 ▶
Do It Clean — 11 ▶
Do It Clean - Glastonbury 1997 — 5 ▶
Do It Clean - Improv 1999 — 1 ▶
Don't Let It Get You Down - BBC Session 16/09/1997 — 1 ▶
Don't Let It Get You Down - Glastonbury 1997 — 6 ▶
Explosions — 1 ▶
Fools Like Us - Improv 1999 — 1 ▶
Forgiven — 2 ▶
Get in the Car — 2 ▶
Gods Will Be Gods — 1 ▶
Going Up — 11 ▶
Heads Will Roll — 3 ▶
Heaven Up Here — 2 ▶
Heaven Up Here BBC Session 04/11/1980 — 2 ▶
Heaven Up Here 1988 — 1 ▶
Heaven Up Here (John Peel session 04.11..80) — 1 ▶
Heaven Up Here (John Peel session, 4 Nov 1980) — 3 ▶
Heaven Up Here (Liverpool Empire, 1988) — 3 ▶
Heaven Up Here - BBC Session 04/11/1980 — 6 ▶
Heaven Up Here - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 4 ▶
Heaven Up There — 1 ▶
Holy Moses — 1 ▶
I Bagsy Yours (John Peel Session, 15 Aug 1979) — 3 ▶
I Bagsy Yours (Radio 1 Session, 15 Aug 1979) — 1 ▶
I Bagsy Yours - BBC Session 15/08/1979 — 9 ▶
I Bagsy Yours - John Peel Session 15/08/1979 — 1 ▶
I Think I Need It Too — 30 ▶
I Want to Be There (When You Come) — 5 ▶
I Want To Be There (When You Come) - Glastonbury 1997 — 1 ▶
I Want To Be There - Improv 1999 — 1 ▶
I'll Fly Tonight - Glastonbury 1997 — 2 ▶
In Bluer Skies — 3 ▶
In the Margins — 2 ▶
Is This A Breakdown? — 1 ▶
It's Alright — 2 ▶
Killing Moon — 2 ▶
Killing Moon - Glastonbury 1997 — 6 ▶
Killing Moon - Glastonbury 2005 — 1 ▶
Life Of 1000 Crimes — 2 ▶
Lips Like Sugar — 11 ▶
Lips Like Sugar (Edit) — 1 ▶
Lips Like Sugar (Liverpool Empire, 1988) — 2 ▶
Lips Like Sugar - Glastonbury 1997 — 10 ▶
Lips Like Sugar - Improv 1999 — 1 ▶
Lips Like Sugar - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 6 ▶
Lovers On The Run — 57 ▶
Make Me Shine — 2 ▶
Market Town — 1 ▶
Meteorites (Radio 2 Session, 23 May 2014 — 1 ▶
Monkeys — 4 ▶
My Kingdom — 2 ▶
My Kingdom (Radio 1 Session, 19 Sep 1983) — 2 ▶
My Kingdom (Radio 1 Session, 19 Sep 1993) — 5 ▶
Never Stop — 85 ▶
Never Stop (12") — 1 ▶
Never Stop - Summer Sundae 2007 — 1 ▶
New Horizons — 1 ▶
No Hands (John Peel session 08.02,1982) — 1 ▶
Noctural Me (Radio 1 Session, 19 Sep 1983) — 2 ▶
Noctural Me (Radio 1 Session, 19 Sep 1993) — 1 ▶
Nocturnal Me — 2 ▶
Nocturnal Me (Radio 1 Session, 19 Sep 1993) — 3 ▶
Nothing Last Forever - Improv 1999 — 2 ▶
Nothing Lasts Forever — 101 ▶
Nothing Lasts Forever (6 Music session 021018) — 2 ▶
Nothing Lasts Forever (6 Music Session, 2 Oct 2018) — 2 ▶
Nothing Lasts Forever - Glastonbury 1997 — 2 ▶
Nothing Lasts Forever - Glastonbuy 1997 — 4 ▶
Nothing Lasts Forever - Hub Session 14/09/2008 — 1 ▶
Nothing Lasts Forever - Riley Session 021018 — 1 ▶
Ocean Rain — 28 ▶
Ocean Rain (Radio 1 Session, 19 Sep 1983) — 3 ▶
Ocean Rain (Radio 1 Session, 19 Sep 1993) — 5 ▶
Over the Wall — 5 ▶
Over The Wall - Glastonburry 1997 — 1 ▶
Over The Wall - Glastonbury 1997 — 3 ▶
Parthenon Drive (CH) — 1 ▶
People Are Strange — 53 ▶
Pictures on My Wall — 5 ▶
Pride — 1 ▶
Read It in Books — 8 ▶
Read It In Books (John Peel Session, 15 Aug 1979) — 4 ▶
Read It In Books (Radio 1 Session, 15 Aug 1979) — 1 ▶
Read It In Books - BBC Session 15/08/1979 — 14 ▶
Read It In Books - John Peel session 15/08/1979 — 1 ▶
Rescue — 40 ▶
Rescue (Liverpool Empire, 1988) — 4 ▶
Rescue (Radio 1 Session, 16 Sep 1997) — 1 ▶
Rescue - Glastonbury 1997 — 5 ▶
Rescue - Improv 1999 — 2 ▶
Rescue - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 10 ▶
Rescue 1988 — 1 ▶
Rust — 1 ▶
Rust - Improv 1999 — 1 ▶
Rust - Improv 1999 — 1 ▶
Seven Seas — 213 ▶
Seven Seas (John Peel session 6.6.1983) — 1 ▶
Seven Seas (Liverpool Empire, 1988) — 1 ▶
Seven Seas (Radio 1 Session, 6 Jun 1983) — 5 ▶
Seven Seas (Reworking) — 1 ▶
Seven Seas (Transformed) — 2 ▶
Seven Seas - BBC Session 06/06/1983 — 2 ▶
Seven Seas - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 6 ▶
Show of Strength — 1 ▶
Show Of Strength - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 2 ▶
Sideways Eight — 1 ▶
Silver — 129 ▶
Silver (John Peel session 6.6.1983) — 1 ▶
Silver (Radio 1 Session, 6 Jun 1983) — 4 ▶
Silver - BBC Session 06/06/1983 — 1 ▶
Silver. — 28 ▶
Stars Are Stars — 30 ▶
Stars Are Stars (BBC session) — 1 ▶
Stars Are Stars (John Peel Session, 15 Aug 1979) — 3 ▶
Stars Are Stars (Radio 1 Session, 15 Aug 1979) — 1 ▶
Stars Are Stars - BBC Session 15/08/1979 — 9 ▶
Stars Are Stars - John Peel Session 15/08/1979 — 1 ▶
Stormy Weather — 54 ▶
Sugar Kisses — 1 ▶
Taking Advantage (John Peel session 8.2.1982) — 1 ▶
Taking Advantage (The Back Of Love) - BBC Session 27/01/1982 — 1 ▶
That Golden Smile (John Peel session 04.11.80) — 1 ▶
That Golden Smile (Peel Session) — 1 ▶
That Golden Smile - BBC Session 04/11/1980 — 5 ▶
The Back of Love — 98 ▶
The Back Of Love (Liverpool Empire, 1988) — 2 ▶
The Back Of Love - Summer Sundae 2007 — 1 ▶
The Cutter — 361 ▶
The Cutter (Liverpool Empire, 1988) — 6 ▶
The Cutter - Liverpool Emipre 1988 — 1 ▶
The Cutter - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 11 ▶
The Disease — 1 ▶
The Game — 1 ▶
The Idolness of Gods — 1 ▶
The Killing Moon — 454 ▶
The Killing Moon (BBC session) — 3 ▶
The Killing Moon (JL SOT80s) — 1 ▶
The Killing Moon (Joh Peel session 6.6.1983) — 1 ▶
The Killing Moon (Radio 1 Session, 6 Jun 1983) — 6 ▶
The Killing Moon (Transformed) — 2 ▶
The Killing Moon - 6Music Hub 14/09/08 — 2 ▶
The Killing Moon - BBC Session 06/06/1983 — 2 ▶
The Killing Moon - Glastonbury 2003 — 2 ▶
The Killing Moon - Hub Session 14/09/2008 — 1 ▶
The Killing Moon - Summer Sundae 2007 — 1 ▶
The Killing Moon - Transformed — 1 ▶
The Puppet — 1 ▶
The Somnambulist — 34 ▶
The Somnambulist (6 Music session 2nd October 2018) — 1 ▶
The Somnambulist (6 Music Session, 2 Oct 2018) — 3 ▶
The Yo-Yo Man — 1 ▶
Think I Need It Too — 78 ▶
Thorn of Crowns — 3 ▶
Thorn Of Crowns (Liverpool Empire, 1988) — 3 ▶
Thorn Of Crowns - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 3 ▶
Turqouise Days (John Peel session 04.11.80) — 1 ▶
Turquoise Daze BBC Session 04/11/1980 — 1 ▶
Turquoise Daze - BBC Session 04/11/1980 — 3 ▶
Villers Terrace (Radio 1 Session, 15 Aug 1979) — 1 ▶
Villers Terrace - BBC Session 15/08/1979 — 14 ▶
Villers Terrace - John Peel Session 15/08/1979 — 1 ▶
Villiers Terrace — 109 ▶
Villiers Terrace (John Peel Session, 15 Aug 1979) — 3 ▶
Villiers Terrace (Radio 1 Session, 16 Sep 1997) — 2 ▶
Watch Out Below (Radio 1 Session, 19 Sep 1983) — 2 ▶
Watch Out Below (Radio 1 Session, 19 Sep 1993) — 2 ▶
With a Hip — 4 ▶
With A Hip - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 2 ▶
Zimbo (Live With Burundy Drummers) — 1 ▶
Zimbo - Liverpool Empire 1988 — 1 ▶