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Fire Engines

Fire Engines is a group from the UK, active since 1979.

Group GB since 1979 post-punk uk indie rock
TOTAL PLAYS
81
SONGS PLAYED
22
STATIONS
1
FIRST PLAYED
2006-09-01 11:35 · 6 Music — "Big Gold Dream"
LAST PLAYED
9 months ago · 6 Music — "Candyskin"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2025
20 15 10 5 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 81 100%
Radio 1 0 0%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 19:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Big Gold Dream 25 2022-10-11
2 Candyskin 14 2025-08-05
3 Meat Whiplash 5 2025-05-08
4 Get Up and Use Me 5 2023-03-22
5 Candy Skin 4 2012-02-21
6 Discord (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) 3 2023-11-30
7 (We Don't Need This) Fascist Thang (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) 3 2023-11-29
8 Candy Skin (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) 3 2023-11-28
9 Candy Skin - BBC Session 23/02/1981 3 2010-11-15
10 Discord - BBC Session 23/02/1981 2 2009-09-11
11 (We Don't Need This) Fascist Thang - BBC Session 23/02/1981 2 2009-07-01
12 New Thing In Cartons 2 2008-10-22
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-08-05 20:35 Candyskin 6 Music
2025-05-08 20:19 Meat Whiplash 6 Music
2025-01-06 17:45 Candyskin 6 Music
2024-09-23 17:34 Candyskin 6 Music
2024-08-15 20:33 Hungry Beat 6 Music
2024-01-31 21:08 Meat Whiplash 6 Music
2023-11-30 23:08 Discord (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) 6 Music
2023-11-29 23:13 (We Don't Need This) Fascist Thang (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) 6 Music
2023-11-28 23:16 Candy Skin (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) 6 Music
2023-11-27 23:26 The Untitled One (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) 6 Music
2023-08-23 17:10 Candyskin 6 Music
2023-06-18 19:00 Meat Whiplash 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

22 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(We Don't Need This) Fascist Thang (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) — 3 ▶
(We Don't Need This) Fascist Thang - BBC Session 23/02/1981 — 2 ▶
Big Gold Dream — 25 ▶
Candy Skin — 4 ▶
Candy Skin (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) — 3 ▶
Candy Skin - BBC Session 23/02/1981 — 3 ▶
Candyskin — 14 ▶
Candyskins — 1 ▶
Discord (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) — 3 ▶
Discord - BBC Session 23/02/1981 — 2 ▶
Everything's Roses — 1 ▶
Everything's Roses (6 Music Session, 4 March 2006) — 1 ▶
Get Up and Use Me — 5 ▶
Hungry Beat — 1 ▶
Hungry Beat (6 Music Session, 4 March 2006) — 1 ▶
Meat Whiplash — 5 ▶
New Thing In Cartons — 2 ▶
Produced To Seduce To (14/11/81) — 1 ▶
Produced To Seduce To - BBC Session 14/11/1981 — 1 ▶
Qualitmatic - BBC Session 14/11/1981 — 1 ▶
Sympathetic Anaesthetic (Version) — 1 ▶
The Untitled One (Radio 1 Session, 23 Feb 1981) — 1 ▶