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Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand is a group from the UK, active since 2001.

Group GB since 2001 indie rock post-punk revival art rock

TOTAL PLAYS

4,339

SONGS PLAYED

248

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-18 05:00 · 6 Music — "Come On Home"

LAST PLAYED

9 hours ago · Radio 1 — "Matinee"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

800 600 400 200 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 2,629 61%

Radio 1 990 23%

Radio 2 713 16%

1Xtra 7 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 09:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Take Me Out 855 2026-10-23

2 No You Girls 529 2026-10-09

3 Do You Want To 356 2026-10-03

4 Ulysses 260 2022-10-26

5 Eleanor Put Your Boots On 145 2021-09-19

6 Always Ascending 125 2024-08-16

7 Matinee 118 2026-10-27

8 Feel the Love Go 111 2021-01-04

9 Glimpse Of Love (Version) 107 2018-11-19

10 Right Action 105 2025-03-05

11 Can't Stop Feeling 104 2024-11-15

12 Michael 93 2026-08-19

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-10-27 02:08 Matinee Radio 1

2026-10-25 02:49 Fade Together 6 Music

2026-10-23 09:09 Take Me Out Radio 1

2026-10-22 20:02 Take Me Out 6 Music

2026-10-21 02:11 Take Me Out Radio 1

2026-10-20 02:21 Take Me Out Radio 1

2026-10-16 06:33 Take Me Out 6 Music

2026-10-09 13:00 Take Me Out 6 Music

2026-10-09 02:51 No You Girls Radio 1

2026-10-05 16:54 Darts of Pleasure 6 Music

2026-10-03 10:57 Do You Want To Radio 1

2026-10-02 21:43 The Fallen 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

248 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

40 —

1 2009-01-10 ▶

40 feat. - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

1 2015-07-22 ▶

40 ft —

2 2013-07-13 ▶

40 Ft - Glasgow 2004 —

1 2009-12-21 ▶

40 Ft - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

1 2014-06-05 ▶

40' —

1 2021-01-20 ▶

40' (Radio 1 In Concert, 13 Apr 2004) —

1 2018-03-12 ▶

All My Friends —

3 2022-03-13 ▶

Always Ascending —

125 2024-08-16 ▶

Always Ascending (6 Music Session, 7th Feb 2018) —

1 2018-02-07 ▶

Always Ascending (Nina Kraviz Late Night Remix) —

1 2018-07-28 ▶

Always Ascending (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

1 2018-05-26 ▶

Audacious —

53 2025-02-20 ▶

Audacious (6 Music Session, 06 Jan 2025) —

3 2025-01-09 ▶

Audacious (Sofa Session, 27 Nov 2024) —

1 2024-11-27 ▶

Auf Achse —

3 2021-01-20 ▶

Auf Achse - Carling Academy Liverpool 2003 —

1 2011-01-13 ▶

Auf Achse - Carling Academy, Liverpool 2003 —

3 2019-12-21 ▶

Backwards On My Face —

1 2009-06-08 ▶

Bar Lonely —

37 2025-04-04 ▶

Bar Lonely (6 Music Session, 06 Jan 2025) —

1 2025-01-06 ▶

Better On Holiday - Carling Academy Liverpool 2003 —

1 2011-01-13 ▶

Better On Holiday - Carling Academy, Liverpool 2003 —

3 2019-12-21 ▶

Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation —

1 2009-01-16 ▶

Billy Goodbye —

47 2022-03-11 ▶

Billy Goodbye (Independent Venue Week 2022, 31st Jan 2021) —

1 2022-02-08 ▶

Billy Goodbye (live) —

1 2022-02-03 ▶

Bite Hard —

3 2009-01-27 ▶

Brief Encounters —

1 2013-08-19 ▶

Build It Up —

2 2025-01-23 ▶

Build It Up (feat. Johnny Marr) —

55 2026-05-27 ▶

Bullet —

71 2023-09-15 ▶

Bullet : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

Call Me —

4 2025-02-10 ▶

Can't Stop Feeling —

104 2024-11-15 ▶

Can't Stop Feeling (Live at T in the Park 2009) <clean> —

1 2009-07-13 ▶

Can't Stop Feeling : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

Can't Stop Feeling/I Feel Love (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

1 2013-08-28 ▶

Cheating on You —

1 2021-01-20 ▶

Cheating On You (BBC Radio Scotland Session, 2003) —

1 2017-03-23 ▶

Cheating On You - 6Music Session 2003 —

3 2011-08-15 ▶

Cheating On You - Carling Academy Liverpool 2003 —

1 2011-01-13 ▶

Cheating On You - Carling Academy, Liverpool 2003 —

3 2019-12-21 ▶

Cheating On You - Glasgow 2004 —

2 2005-03-10 ▶

Cheating On You - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

4 2015-07-22 ▶

Cheating On You - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

3 2019-06-11 ▶

Come On Home —

6 2025-06-27 ▶

Come On Home - Glasgow 2004 —

3 2009-12-21 ▶

Come On Home - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

1 2011-08-08 ▶

Come On Home - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

1 2020-11-16 ▶

Come On Home. —

1 2006-09-08 ▶

Curious —

32 2022-03-20 ▶

Curious (6 Music Session, 31st Jan 2021) —

1 2022-01-31 ▶

Darts of Pleasure —

74 2026-10-05 ▶

Darts Of Pleasure —

62 2012-05-23 ▶

Darts Of Pleasure (Live At Radio 1's Big Weekend 2004) —

1 2013-04-23 ▶

Darts Of Pleasure (Radio 1 In Concert, 13 Apr 2004) —

4 2020-11-16 ▶

Darts Of Pleasure - Glasgow 2004 —

3 2005-05-16 ▶

Darts Of Pleasure - Glasgow 2004 —

5 2009-05-02 ▶

Darts Of Pleasure - Glasgow Barrowlands 2004 —

1 2011-03-10 ▶

Darts Of Pleasure - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

4 2015-07-22 ▶

Do You Wanna (Live From Glast '09) —

1 2011-12-06 ▶

Do You Want To —

356 2026-10-03 ▶

Do You Want To (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2023-02-14 ▶

Do You Want To (Erol Alkan Glam Remix) —

1 2025-08-15 ▶

Do You Want To (Erol Alkan Mix) —

1 2019-08-22 ▶

Do You Want To (Erol Alkan Mix) (AM Edit) —

3 2009-04-17 ▶

Do You Want To (Erol Alkan's Glam Racket) —

2 2026-09-18 ▶

Do You Want To (Independent Venue Week 2022, 31st Jan 2021) —

2 2023-01-30 ▶

Do You Want To (Metronomy Remix) —

1 2014-01-25 ▶

Do You Want To (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

3 2018-12-27 ▶

Do You Want To - Live Glastonbury 2009 —

1 2009-06-30 ▶

Do You Want To - Live From Glastonbury 2009 —

1 2009-12-22 ▶

Do You Want To : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

2 2014-03-01 ▶

Eleanor Put Your Boots On —

145 2021-09-19 ▶

Eleanor Put Your Boots On (Radio Edit) —

2 2006-06-19 ▶

Everydaydreamer —

2 2025-01-23 ▶

Evil Eye —

77 2026-07-24 ▶

Evil Eye (Alan Braxe remix) —

3 2014-01-09 ▶

Evil Eye (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

1 2013-08-28 ▶

Fade Together —

2 2026-10-25 ▶

Feel the Love Go —

111 2021-01-04 ▶

Feel The Love Go (6 Music Session, 7 February 2018) —

1 2018-09-25 ▶

Feel The Love Go (6 Music Session, 7th Feb 2018) —

1 2018-02-07 ▶

Feel The Love Go (Radio 2 session, 19 Feb 2018) —

1 2018-02-19 ▶

Feel The Love Go (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

2 2018-05-26 ▶

Feel the Love Go (Âme Remix) —

1 2022-01-21 ▶

Finally —

1 2018-02-08 ▶

Finally (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

1 2018-05-26 ▶

Franz Ferdinand —

1 2007-08-19 ▶

Franz Ferdinand Big Weekend Zane —

1 2008-07-15 ▶

Franz Ferdinand recorded at the 6 Music Festival (01/03/14) —

1 2014-03-02 ▶

Fresh Strawberries —

35 2014-04-18 ▶

Fresh Strawberries : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

Get Up and Use Me —

1 2005-03-13 ▶

Glimpse of Love —

3 2018-04-26 ▶

Glimpse Of Love (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

2 2018-12-27 ▶

Glimpse Of Love (Version) —

107 2018-11-19 ▶

Good Luck, Babe! (Sofa Session, 27 Nov 2024) —

2 2024-11-28 ▶

Goodbye Friends And Lovers —

1 2013-09-02 ▶

Goodbye Lover & Friends —

1 2013-08-19 ▶

Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow —

2 2007-08-16 ▶

Headline Set T In The Park 2006 —

1 2006-07-10 ▶

Hooked —

36 2025-02-07 ▶

Hooked (6 Music Session, 06 Jan 2025) —

2 2025-01-12 ▶

Jackie Jackson —

2 2006-10-16 ▶

Jacqueline —

10 2023-08-13 ▶

Jacqueline - 6Music Session 2003 —

1 2008-07-31 ▶

Jacqueline - Glasgow 2004 —

7 2009-12-21 ▶

Jacqueline - Glasgow Barrowlands 2004 —

1 2011-03-10 ▶

Jacqueline - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

5 2015-07-22 ▶

Katherine Hit Me —

4 2026-05-17 ▶

Katherine Kiss Me —

1 2009-02-04 ▶

L Wells (CH) —

1 2011-06-09 ▶

Lazy Boy —

1 2022-03-13 ▶

Leaving My Old Life Behind —

2 2014-08-14 ▶

Live Alone —

3 2009-02-10 ▶

Love and Destroy —

1 2010-10-19 ▶

Love And Destroy (Radio 1 In Concert, 13 Apr 2004) —

2 2020-11-16 ▶

Love And Destroy - Glasgow 2004 —

4 2009-12-21 ▶

Love And Destroy - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

2 2015-07-22 ▶

Love Illumination —

2 2019-08-08 ▶

Love Illumination (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

1 2013-08-28 ▶

Love Illumination : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

Lucid Dreams —

43 2023-12-08 ▶

Lucid Dreams : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

Matinee —

118 2026-10-27 ▶

Matinee (Radio 2 session, 19 Feb 2018) —

1 2018-02-19 ▶

Matinee (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

1 2018-05-26 ▶

Matinee - Glasgow 2004 —

4 2009-12-21 ▶

Matinee - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

2 2013-07-09 ▶

Matinee - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

1 2020-11-16 ▶

Matinee/Walk Away/Eleanor Put Those Heels —

1 2006-12-05 ▶

Matinée: Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

Michael —

93 2026-08-19 ▶

Michael (Live At Radio 1's Big Weekend 2004) —

1 2013-04-23 ▶

Michael (live) —

1 2005-04-07 ▶

Michael (Radio 1 In Concert, 13 Apr 2004) —

7 2020-11-16 ▶

Michael - Carling Academy Liverpool 2003 —

1 2011-01-13 ▶

Michael - Carling Academy, Liverpool 2003 —

5 2019-12-21 ▶

Michael - Glasgow 2004 —

3 2005-05-16 ▶

Michael - Glasgow 2004 —

8 2009-12-21 ▶

Michael - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

4 2015-07-22 ▶

Michael : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

Night or Day —

83 2025-01-31 ▶

Night Or Day (6 Music Session, 06 Jan 2025) —

2 2025-01-20 ▶

Night Or Day (Radio 2 Piano Room, 24 Feb 2025) —

4 2025-02-25 ▶

Night or Day (Sofa Session, 27 Nov 2024) —

1 2024-11-27 ▶

No You Girls —

529 2026-10-09 ▶

No You Girls (dub version) —

1 2009-05-21 ▶

No You Girls (Independent Venue Week 2022, 31st Jan 2022) —

3 2022-02-05 ▶

No You Girls (John Disco Vox Remix) —

1 2009-04-07 ▶

No You Girls (Live at the 6Music Festival) —

1 2014-03-05 ▶

No You Girls (Performed live at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Swindon) —

1 2009-05-11 ▶

No You Girls (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

1 2018-05-26 ▶

No You Girls (The Juan MacLean Instrumental) —

1 2014-11-19 ▶

No You Girls (The Juan Maclean Remix) —

1 2014-11-19 ▶

No You Girls (Vince Clark Remix) —

1 2009-03-27 ▶

No You Girls : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

No You Girls <Live Lounge> —

1 2009-04-07 ▶

Outsiders —

1 2008-03-24 ▶

Paper Cages (6 Music Session, 7 February 2018) —

1 2018-08-25 ▶

Paper Cages (Radio 2 at Edinburgh Festivals, 22 Aug 2018) —

1 2018-08-22 ▶

Right Action —

105 2025-03-05 ▶

Right Action (Liv Spencer Rework) —

1 2022-06-24 ▶

Shopping For Blood —

1 2010-10-19 ▶

Shopping For Blood - Glasgow 2004 —

4 2009-05-02 ▶

Shopping For Blood - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

3 2013-07-09 ▶

Shopping For Blood - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

1 2017-06-20 ▶

Shoppping For Blood (BBC Radio Scotland Session, 2003) —

1 2017-03-23 ▶

Slow Dont Kill Me Slow —

1 2018-02-08 ▶

Sound And Vision —

7 2025-09-19 ▶

Sound And Vision (Feat. Girls Aloud) —

11 2024-06-19 ▶

Stand on the Horizon —

11 2025-11-28 ▶

Stand On The Horizon (Todd Terje Remix) —

1 2013-08-30 ▶

Stand On The Horizon : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

Take Me Out —

855 2026-10-23 ▶

Take Me Out Secc Scotland 2005 —

1 2014-07-27 ▶

Take Me Out (6 Music Festival 1 March 2014) —

1 2024-03-10 ▶

Take Me Out (Album Version) —

12 2006-10-11 ▶

Take Me Out (Carling Academy, Liverpool 2003) —

1 2019-12-21 ▶

Take Me Out (Daft Punk remix) —

1 2014-07-18 ▶

Take Me Out (Live At Radio 1's Big Weekend 2004) —

2 2013-05-06 ▶

Take Me Out (Live From Radio 1's Big Weekend in Swindon) —

2 2009-05-17 ▶

Take Me Out (long version) —

1 2020-02-02 ▶

Take Me Out (Naum Gabo remix) —

1 2025-12-19 ▶

Take Me Out (Radio 1 In Concert, 13 Apr 2004) —

3 2019-06-11 ▶

Take Me Out (Radio 2 at Edinburgh Festivals, 22 Aug 2018) —

1 2018-08-22 ▶

Take Me Out (Radio 2 Piano Room, 24 Feb 2025) —

11 2025-12-30 ▶

Take Me Out (Sofa Session, 27 Nov 2024) —

1 2024-11-27 ▶

Take Me Out (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

6 2018-12-27 ▶

Take Me Out - Carling Academy Liverpool 2003 —

1 2011-01-13 ▶

Take Me Out - Carling Academy, Liverpool 2003 —

4 2016-01-07 ▶

Take Me Out - Glasgow 2004 —

12 2009-05-02 ▶

Take Me Out - Glasgow Barrowlands 2004 —

1 2011-03-10 ▶

Take Me Out - Live at the 6 Music Festival 2014 —

2 2014-03-04 ▶

Take Me Out - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

5 2015-07-22 ▶

Take Me Out - Secc Scotland 2005 —

1 2007-09-25 ▶

Take Me Out : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

Take Me Out <Live from T In The Park 2006> —

1 2007-07-06 ▶

Tell Her Tonight —

6 2021-01-20 ▶

Tell Her Tonight - Glasgow 2004 —

4 2008-11-09 ▶

Tell Her Tonight - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

4 2015-07-22 ▶

Tell Her Tonight - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

3 2019-06-11 ▶

Tell Her Tonight / Shopping For Blood - Carling Academy, Liverpool 2003 —

3 2019-12-21 ▶

The Academy Award —

1 2018-02-08 ▶

The Dark Of The Matine (Glastonbury 2009) —

1 2014-06-29 ▶

The Dark of the Matinée —

47 2026-07-20 ▶

The Fallen —

47 2026-10-02 ▶

The Fallen (Justice remix) —

1 2018-08-23 ▶

The Fallen : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

The Universe Expanded —

1 2013-08-19 ▶

This Fffire —

8 2011-09-30 ▶

This Fire —

11 2026-09-15 ▶

This Fire (Playgroup Remix) —

2 2024-06-21 ▶

This Fire - Carling Academy Liverpool 2003 —

1 2011-01-13 ▶

This Fire - Glasgow 2004 —

6 2009-12-21 ▶

This Fire - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

1 2011-08-08 ▶

This Fire - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

2 2019-06-11 ▶

This Fire- Carling Academy, Liverpool 2003 —

3 2019-12-21 ▶

Toxic (Radio 2 Piano Room, 24 Feb 2025) —

10 2026-01-27 ▶

Treason Animals —

9 2013-09-07 ▶

Truck Shop —

1 2010-10-19 ▶

Truck Shop - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow 2004 —

2 2014-06-05 ▶

Turn It On —

1 2009-02-09 ▶

Twilight Omens —

11 2009-02-14 ▶

Ulysses —

260 2022-10-26 ▶

Ulysses (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation) —

3 2016-06-20 ▶

Ulysses (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Remix) —

2 2009-01-09 ▶

Ulysses (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve) —

2 2009-09-18 ▶

Ulysses (Max Tundra Remix) —

1 2009-01-12 ▶

Ulysses (The Disco Bloodbath Effect) —

1 2009-02-20 ▶

Ulysses : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

Ulysses <Maida Vale Session> —

17 2009-02-02 ▶

Ur Hand by Pink and Take Me Out —

1 2006-09-07 ▶

Walk Away —

67 2020-01-17 ▶

Walk Away (Acou) —

1 2007-02-06 ▶

Walk Away (Radio 2 at Edinburgh Festivals, 22 Aug 2018) —

1 2018-08-22 ▶

Walk Away (The Biggest Weekend 2018) —

1 2018-05-26 ▶

Walk Away : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

Walk Away <acoustic> —

1 2008-01-07 ▶

Walk Away. —

26 2008-12-10 ▶

What She Came For —

18 2009-02-14 ▶

What She Came For (Tiger Style Remix) —

1 2009-03-28 ▶

What You Waiting For <Live Lounge> —

1 2007-09-10 ▶

Womanizer <Live Lounge> —

4 2009-04-11 ▶

You Could Have It So Much Better —

1 2025-09-26 ▶

You're the Reason I'm Leaving —

3 2014-02-07 ▶