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Focus

Focus is a group from the Netherlands, active since 1969.

Group NL since 1969 progressive rock symphonic prog rock

TOTAL PLAYS

410

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-05-10 06:13 · 6 Music — "Focus I 1973"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · 6 Music — "Round Goes the Gossip"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

50 38 25 13 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 235 57%

6 Music 164 40%

Radio 1 6 1%

1Xtra 5 1%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 09:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Sylvia 172 2025-11-23

2 Hocus Pocus 152 2026-07-30

3 House of the King 12 2025-09-07

4 Focus II 6 2024-06-23

5 Carnival Fugue 4 2025-11-02

6 Round Goes the Gossip 3 2026-08-02

7 Janis 3 2023-11-26

8 Having Your Fun (4 Hero rework) 3 2021-01-31

9 Anonymous II - Paris Theatre 1973 3 2018-07-03

10 Father Bachus 3 2017-01-01

11 Hocus Pocus - Paris Theatre 1973 3 2015-04-17

12 Birth 2 2025-09-21

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-02 20:12 Round Goes the Gossip 6 Music

2026-07-30 14:13 Hocus Pocus 6 Music

2025-11-23 15:47 Sylvia Radio 2

2025-11-18 21:21 Sylvia 6 Music

2025-11-02 21:09 Carnival Fugue 6 Music

2025-09-21 19:51 Birth 6 Music

2025-09-07 07:18 House of the King 6 Music

2025-06-08 20:03 Carnival Fugue 6 Music

2025-05-11 15:40 Sylvia Radio 2

2024-12-28 08:46 Hocus Pocus 6 Music

2024-12-22 15:44 Sylvia Radio 2

2024-12-15 20:46 Focus 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

47 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

Anonymous II - Paris Theatre 1973 —

3 2018-07-03 ▶

Answers, Questions, Questions, Answers 1973 —

1 2005-05-10 ▶

Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! (Radio 1 In Concert, 17 Jan 1973) —

1 2017-07-09 ▶

Bamba —

2 2021-01-31 ▶

Birth —

2 2025-09-21 ▶

Black Beauty —

1 2017-02-19 ▶

Carnival Fugue —

4 2025-11-02 ▶

Elspeth of Nottingham —

1 2009-10-21 ▶

Eruption —

2 2015-01-15 ▶

Exagr8 —

2 2021-01-31 ▶

Father Bachus —

3 2017-01-01 ▶

Fjord Focus —

1 2024-07-07 ▶

Focus —

1 2024-12-15 ▶

Focus 1 - Paris Theatre 1973 —

2 2017-07-09 ▶

Focus 3 —

1 2019-10-06 ▶

Focus I - BBC Paris Theatre 1973 —

2 2008-06-06 ▶

Focus I 1973 —

1 2005-05-10 ▶

Focus II —

6 2024-06-23 ▶

Focus Ii 1973 —

1 2005-05-10 ▶

Focus III —

1 2012-11-24 ▶

Focus Iii 1973 —

1 2005-05-10 ▶

Focus III / Answers Questions, Questions Ansers / Focus II - Paris Theatre 1973 —

1 2015-04-17 ▶

Focus Iii / Answers Questions, Questions Answers / Focus Ii - BBC Paris Theatre —

2 2009-12-23 ▶

H.E.R —

1 2017-10-17 ▶

Harem Scarem —

1 2014-02-23 ▶

Having Your Fun (4 Hero rework) —

3 2021-01-31 ▶

Hocus Pocus —

152 2026-07-30 ▶

Hocus Pocus (Live at Old Grey Whistle Test, December 1972) —

1 2024-12-15 ▶

Hocus Pocus (Radio 1 In Concert, 17 Jan 1973) —

2 2018-07-03 ▶

Hocus Pocus (US Single Version) —

1 2010-09-11 ▶

Hocus Pocus - BBC Paris Theatre 1973 —

2 2009-12-23 ▶

Hocus Pocus - Paris Theatre 1973 —

3 2015-04-17 ▶

House of the King —

12 2025-09-07 ▶

Howlin' Blues Clip —

1 2011-05-05 ▶

Janis —

3 2023-11-26 ▶

Le Clochard (Bread) —

1 2017-05-14 ▶

Love Remembered —

1 2017-04-09 ▶

Moving Waves —

1 2017-08-26 ▶

My Sweetheart —

1 2017-11-12 ▶

Round Goes the Gossip —

3 2026-08-02 ▶

Round Goes the Gossip... —

1 2016-09-03 ▶

Spoke the Lord Creator —

1 2013-02-03 ▶

Sugar Island —

2 2015-11-29 ▶

Sugar Island Cuba —

1 2014-04-27 ▶

Sylvia —

172 2025-11-23 ▶

The House Of The King —

1 2010-02-11 ▶

Tommy —

1 2014-03-07 ▶