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Gang Of Four

Gang Of Four is a group from the UK, active since 1977.

Group GB since 1977 post-punk new wave british

TOTAL PLAYS

963

SONGS PLAYED

120

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-15 22:49 · 6 Music — "I Found That Essence Rare"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Ether (BBC Session, 2 July 1979)"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

100 75 50 25 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 954 99%

Radio 2 8 1%

Radio 1 1 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 18:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Damaged Goods 271 2026-08-26

2 At Home He's a Tourist 153 2025-11-24

3 To Hell With Poverty 84 2026-05-16

4 I Found That Essence Rare 65 2025-12-22

5 Paper Thin 40 2019-03-31

6 At Home He's A Tourist 40 2011-11-14

7 I Love A Man In Uniform 23 2011-09-23

8 Change The Locks 21 2019-05-17

9 You Don't Have To Be Mad 14 2019-02-06

10 Natural’s Not In It 11 2025-05-27

11 Guns Before Butter - BBC Session 02/07/1979 9 2024-09-26

12 Ether - BBC Session 02/07/1979 9 2024-09-25

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-26 20:19 Ether (BBC Session, 2 July 1979) 6 Music

2026-08-26 14:16 Damaged Goods 6 Music

2026-08-24 20:30 Natural's Not In It (BBC Session, 2 Jul 1979) 6 Music

2026-07-22 10:35 Damaged Goods 6 Music

2026-05-16 10:18 To Hell With Poverty 6 Music

2025-12-22 22:22 I Found That Essence Rare 6 Music

2025-12-18 06:40 Damaged Goods 6 Music

2025-11-27 05:50 To Hell With Poverty 6 Music

2025-11-24 18:02 At Home He's a Tourist 6 Music

2025-11-09 20:47 Ether 6 Music

2025-11-03 15:01 Damaged Goods 6 Music

2025-10-13 16:59 I Found That Essence Rare 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

120 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(At Home He's A) Tourist - Indian Summer 2006 —

2 2014-08-12 ▶

5.45 (John Peel Session 18/01/1979) —

1 2020-02-03 ▶

5.45 (John Peel Session 6.2.1979) —

1 2014-11-05 ▶

5.45 (John Peel session Jan 1979) —

1 2012-07-24 ▶

5.45 (Radio 1 Session, 18 Jan 1979) —

1 2025-05-07 ▶

Alpha Male —

1 2019-04-24 ▶

Anthrax —

4 2021-11-24 ▶

Armalite Rifle —

4 2022-12-05 ▶

At Home He's a Tourist (John Peel session Jan 1979) —

2 2014-11-04 ▶

At Home He's a Tourist —

153 2025-11-24 ▶

At Home He's A Tourist —

40 2011-11-14 ▶

At Home He's A Tourist (John Peel Session 18/01/1979) —

1 2020-02-03 ▶

At Home He's A Tourist (Live at 6M Festival 310319) —

1 2020-02-01 ▶

At Home He's a Tourist (Radio1 Session, 18 Jan 1979) —

2 2025-05-08 ▶

At Home He's A Tourist - Hub Session 26/09/2006 —

1 2007-11-13 ▶

At Home He's A Tourist - Indian Summer 2006 —

5 2022-09-20 ▶

Broken Talk (Feat. Alison Mosshart) —

7 2015-03-15 ▶

Broken Talk (feat. Alison Mosshart) (feat. Alison Mosshart) —

1 2015-03-11 ▶

Capital (It Fails Us Now) —

1 2010-07-05 ▶

Change The Locks —

21 2019-05-17 ▶

Change The Locks (6 Music Festival 2019) —

2 2019-04-06 ▶

Change The Locks/Damaged Goods/Paper Thin/At Home He's A Tourist (6 Music Festival 2019) —

1 2019-04-02 ▶

Cheeseburger —

2 2011-12-20 ▶

Contract —

1 2022-06-29 ▶

Damaged Good - Indian Summer 2006 —

6 2011-01-24 ▶

Damaged Goods —

271 2026-08-26 ▶

Damaged Goods (6 Music Festival 2019) —

1 2021-03-27 ▶

Damaged Goods (6 Music Festival, 31 Mar 2019) —

1 2019-12-21 ▶

Damaged Goods (Indian Summer Festival 2006) —

1 2022-09-20 ▶

Damaged Goods (Wuh Oh Remix) (feat. La Roux) —

1 2023-02-03 ▶

Damaged Goods - Indian Summer Festvial 2006 —

2 2014-08-12 ▶

Do As I Say —

1 2011-01-06 ▶

Don't Ask Me —

1 2019-04-24 ▶

Either - Indian Summer 2006 —

4 2010-08-17 ▶

Either - Indian Summer Festvial 2006 —

1 2014-08-12 ▶

England's In My Bones —

2 2015-03-11 ▶

Ether —

8 2025-11-09 ▶

Ether BBC Session 02/071979 —

1 2011-06-16 ▶

Ether (BBC Session, 2 July 1979) —

1 2026-08-26 ▶

Ether (Indian Summer Festival 2006) —

2 2022-09-20 ▶

Ether (John Peel session 2nd July 1979) —

1 2018-04-25 ▶

Ether (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Jul 1979) —

4 2021-09-14 ▶

Ether - BBC Session 02/07/1979 —

9 2024-09-25 ▶

Ether - BBC Session 02/071979 —

7 2011-01-28 ▶

Ether - Hub Session 26/09/2006 —

1 2006-06-22 ▶

First World Citizen —

1 2015-03-12 ▶

Gift - Indian Summer 2006 —

2 2010-08-17 ▶

Gift - Indian Summer Festival 2006 —

1 2022-09-20 ▶

Gift - Indian Summer Festvial 2006 —

2 2018-03-05 ▶

Good Boy (David Jensen Session 8.1.1982) —

1 2013-07-22 ▶

Graven Image —

1 2015-03-11 ▶

Guns Before Butter —

2 2017-10-21 ▶

Guns Before Butter (John Peel session 2nd July 1979) —

1 2018-04-24 ▶

Guns Before Butter - BBC Session 02/07/1979 —

9 2024-09-26 ▶

Guns Before Butter - BBC Session 02/071979 —

5 2010-07-14 ▶

History Is Bunk —

1 2017-05-03 ▶

History Is Bunk - Radio 1 Session (9th Mar 1981) —

2 2021-09-27 ▶

History Of The World (David Jensen Session 8.1.1982) —

1 2013-07-23 ▶

history's not made by great men —

1 2010-06-14 ▶

I Found That Essence Rare —

65 2025-12-22 ▶

I Found That Essence Rare (John Peel Session 6.2.1979) —

1 2014-11-03 ▶

I Found that Essence Rare (John Peel session Jan 1979) —

2 2014-11-06 ▶

I Found That Essence Rare (Radio 1 Session, 18 Jan 79) —

1 2025-05-05 ▶

I Love A Man In A Uniform —

5 2025-03-01 ▶

I Love a Man in Uniform —

2 2014-02-05 ▶

I Love A Man In Uniform —

23 2011-09-23 ▶

I Party all the Time —

2 2011-01-26 ▶

Isle of Dogs —

1 2015-03-12 ▶

Love Like Anthrax —

7 2022-10-31 ▶

Natural's Not In It —

5 2016-07-12 ▶

Natural'S Not In It BBC Session 02/071979 —

1 2011-10-20 ▶

Natural's Not In It (BBC Session, 2 Jul 1979) —

1 2026-08-24 ▶

Natural's Not In It (John Peel session 2nd July 1979) —

1 2018-04-23 ▶

Natural's Not In It - BBC Session 02/07/1979 —

6 2024-09-23 ▶

Natural's Not In It - BBC Session 02/071979 —

4 2009-11-04 ▶

Natural's Not In It - Indian Summer 2006 —

2 2011-01-24 ▶

Natural's Not In It - Indian Summer 2006 —

1 2018-03-05 ▶

Natural’s Not In It —

11 2025-05-27 ▶

Natural’s Not in It (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Jul 1979) —

4 2020-02-02 ▶

never pay for the farm —

3 2010-10-28 ▶

Not Great Men —

3 2020-06-29 ▶

Not Great Men (Radio1Session 2 Jul, 1979) —

1 2024-09-24 ▶

Not Great Men - BBC Session 02/07/1979 —

1 2023-07-06 ▶

Not Great Men - Hub Session 26/09/2006 —

1 2006-06-22 ▶

Not Great Men - Indian Summer 2006 —

3 2010-08-17 ▶

Not Great Men - Indian Summer Festvial 2006 —

1 2013-03-07 ▶

Of the Instant —

1 2020-02-02 ▶

One True Friend —

1 2019-04-24 ▶

Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time —

1 2010-10-21 ▶

Paper Thin —

40 2019-03-31 ▶

Paper Thin (6 Music Festival 2019) —

1 2019-04-01 ▶

Paper Thin (6 Music Festival, 31 Mar 2019) —

1 2020-02-02 ▶

Paralysed —

8 2024-06-27 ▶

Paralysed - Indian Summer 2006 —

2 2010-03-12 ▶

Paralysed - Indian Summer 2006 —

1 2022-09-20 ▶

Paralysed - Radio 1 Session (9th Mar 1981) —

2 2021-09-27 ▶

Poverty - Indian Summer 2006 —

1 2011-01-24 ▶

Return The Gift (John Peel Session - 18/01/1979) —

1 2020-02-03 ▶

Return the Gift (John Peel session Jan 1979) —

1 2012-07-23 ▶

Second Life —

4 2008-07-07 ▶

She Said 'you Made A Thing Of Me' —

2 2011-01-26 ▶

The Dying Rays —

2 2021-03-21 ▶

To Hell With Poverty —

84 2026-05-16 ▶

To Hell With Poverty - Radio 1 Session (9th Mar 1981) —

2 2021-09-27 ▶

Toreador —

1 2019-04-24 ▶

We Live As We Dream Alone —

1 2008-12-17 ▶

We Live As We Dream Alone (David Jensen Session 1.8.1982) —

1 2013-07-24 ▶

We Live As We Dream, Alone —

3 2020-02-02 ▶

What We All Want —

1 2017-02-12 ▶

What We Want —

2 2015-06-29 ▶

Where the Nightingale Sings —

1 2015-03-11 ▶

Who Am I? —

2 2011-04-23 ▶

Why Theory —

1 2017-01-28 ▶

Why Theory - Hub Session 26/09/2006 —

1 2006-06-22 ▶

World At Fault (David Jensen Session 08.01.1982) —

1 2013-07-25 ▶

You Don't Have To Be Mad —

14 2019-02-06 ▶

You DonT Have To Be Mad —

1 2010-05-23 ▶

You DonÂ’T Have To Be Mad —

1 2010-05-23 ▶

You'll Never Pay For The Farm —

6 2011-01-24 ▶

You'll Never Pay For The Farm - Recorded At Maida Vale 250111 —

1 2011-01-25 ▶