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Gary Numan

Gary Numan is a person from the UK, active since 1958.

Person GB since 1958 new wave post-punk electronic
TOTAL PLAYS
1,450
SONGS PLAYED
135
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-26 19:55 · 6 Music — "Cars"
LAST PLAYED
6 days ago · 6 Music — "Cars"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
200 150 100 50 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 1,080 74%
Radio 2 361 25%
Radio 1 7 0%
1Xtra 2 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 14:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Cars 578 2026-05-15
2 Are Friends Electric? 162 2026-04-17
3 We Are Glass 92 2025-12-17
4 Metal 61 2025-11-03
5 intruder 58 2025-01-13
6 I Die: You Die 50 2025-10-15
7 The End of Things 44 2018-01-28
8 When the World Comes Apart 44 2017-11-05
9 My Name Is Ruin 26 2024-07-29
10 Films 22 2025-07-19
11 Saints And Liars 20 2025-06-28
12 Music for Chameleons 20 2024-08-20
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-15 12:06 Cars 6 Music
2026-05-06 09:44 M.E. 6 Music
2026-04-28 00:04 Cars Radio 2
2026-04-17 00:38 Are Friends Electric? Radio 2
2026-04-08 08:41 Cars Radio 2
2026-02-24 14:15 Cars Radio 2
2026-02-22 16:04 Cars Radio 2
2026-01-02 09:54 Cars Radio 2
2026-01-02 04:34 Are Friends Electric? Radio 2
2025-12-29 18:14 Are Friends Electric? 6 Music
2025-12-27 07:26 Cars 6 Music
2025-12-27 02:54 Are Friends Electric? Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

135 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Prayer For The Unborn — 1 ▶
Airlane — 2 ▶
Airlane (BBC session 29 May 1979) — 1 ▶
Airlane (BBC Session, 29 May 1979) — 1 ▶
Airlane (John Peel Session 25.06.1979) — 1 ▶
Airlane - BBC Session 29/05/1979 — 6 ▶
And It All Began with You — 3 ▶
Are 'Friends' Electric? — 5 ▶
Are Friedns Electric (6 Music Session, 24 Jul 2006) — 1 ▶
Are Friends Electric — 5 ▶
Are Friends Electric Hub Session 24/07/2006 — 1 ▶
Are Friends Electric - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 5 ▶
Are Friends Electric - Hub Session 24/07/2006 — 3 ▶
Are Friends Electric 1984 — 1 ▶
Are Friends Electric? — 162 ▶
Bed Of Thorns — 1 ▶
Betrayed — 1 ▶
Cars — 578 ▶
Cars (John Peel Session 25.06.1979) — 1 ▶
Cars (BBC session 29 May 1979) — 1 ▶
Cars (BBC session) — 5 ▶
Cars (BBC session, 29th May 1979) — 1 ▶
Cars (E-Reg Model) — 1 ▶
Cars (Glastonbury 2025) — 2 ▶
Cars (House Music Version) — 1 ▶
Cars (John Peel sesion 29th May 1979) — 1 ▶
Cars (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 29 May 1979) — 4 ▶
Cars - BBC Session 29/05/1979 — 7 ▶
Cars - Hammermisth Odeon 1983 — 1 ▶
Cars - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 3 ▶
Cars 1984 — 1 ▶
Complex — 18 ▶
Conversation — 1 ▶
Conversation (BBC session 29th May 1979) — 1 ▶
Conversation (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 29 May 1979) — 2 ▶
Conversation - BBC Session 29/05/1979 — 4 ▶
Dead Sun Rising — 1 ▶
Dominion Day — 1 ▶
Down in the Park — 2 ▶
Down in the Park (6 Music Session, 19 Sep 2013) — 1 ▶
Down In The Park (6 Music Session, 19 Spr 2013) — 2 ▶
Down In The Park - 6 Music Session 19/09/2013 — 2 ▶
Down In The Park - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 2 ▶
Down In The Park - Session — 1 ▶
Engineers — 1 ▶
Everything Comes Down to This (6 Music Session, 19 Sep 2013) — 1 ▶
Everything Comes Down To This (6 Music Session, 19 Spr 2013) — 2 ▶
Everything Comes Down To This - 6 Music Session 19/09/2013 — 1 ▶
Films — 22 ▶
Films (BBC session 29 May 1979) — 1 ▶
Films (BBC session 29th May 1979) — 1 ▶
Films (BBC Session, 29 May 1979) — 1 ▶
Films (John Peel sesion 29th May 1979) — 1 ▶
Films (John Peel Session 25.06.1979) — 2 ▶
Films (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 29 May 1979) — 4 ▶
Films - BBC Session 29/05/1979 — 4 ▶
Films - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 2 ▶
Gary Numan SXSW BED — 1 ▶
Halo — 1 ▶
Halo (6 Music Session, 24 Jul 2006) — 1 ▶
Halo - Hub Session 24/07/2006 — 3 ▶
I Am Dust — 9 ▶
I Am Screaming — 3 ▶
I Die You Die — 2 ▶
I Die You Die - Hammermisth Odeon 1983 — 2 ▶
I Die You Die - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 2 ▶
I Die: You Die — 50 ▶
I Dream of Wires — 4 ▶
I'm An Agent — 1 ▶
In A Dark Place — 2 ▶
In A Dark Place (6 Music Session, 24 Jul 2006) — 1 ▶
In A Dark Place - Hub Session 24/07/2006 — 3 ▶
intruder — 58 ▶
Is This World Not Enough — 2 ▶
It Will End Here — 8 ▶
It Will End Here (radio Edit) — 2 ▶
Lost — 1 ▶
Lost - 6 Music Session 19/09/2013 — 1 ▶
Love Hurt Bleed — 7 ▶
Love Hurt Bleed (6 Music Session, 19 Sep 2013) — 1 ▶
Love Hurt Bleed (6 Music Session, 19 Spr 2013) — 2 ▶
Love Hurt Bleed (album version) — 2 ▶
Love Hurt Bleed (Marc Riley session 19.9.13) — 1 ▶
Love Hurt Bleed (Radio Edit) — 3 ▶
Love Hurt Bleed - 6 Music Session 19/09/2013 — 1 ▶
Love Needs No Disguise — 1 ▶
Love Needs No Disguise - Hammermisth Odeon 1983 — 2 ▶
Love Needs No Disguise - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 2 ▶
M.E. — 3 ▶
M.E. (Extended 12" Remix) — 1 ▶
Me I Disconnect From You — 1 ▶
Me I Disconnect From You - Hammermisth Odeon 1983 — 1 ▶
Me I Disconnect From You - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 1 ▶
Me! I Disconnect From You — 1 ▶
Me, I Disconnect From you - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 4 ▶
Metal — 61 ▶
Metal - 6 Music Session 071209 — 1 ▶
Metal - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 2 ▶
Music for Chameleons — 20 ▶
Music for Chamelons — 1 ▶
My Last Day — 1 ▶
My Name Is Ruin — 26 ▶
Observer — 2 ▶
On Broadway — 1 ▶
On Broadway (live 79) — 1 ▶
On Broadway (live) — 2 ▶
Remind Me To Smile - Hammermisth Odeon 1983 — 1 ▶
Remind Me To Smile - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 2 ▶
Saints And Liars — 20 ▶
She's Got Claws — 7 ▶
Slowcar to China — 1 ▶
Steel and You — 1 ▶
The Calling — 1 ▶
The Chosen — 1 ▶
The End of Dragons — 1 ▶
The End of Things — 44 ▶
The Fall — 6 ▶
The Gift — 1 ▶
The Ice Man Comes — 2 ▶
The Ice Man Comes - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 2 ▶
The Very Tall Tree — 1 ▶
This Is My House - Hammermisth Odeon 1983 — 2 ▶
This Is My House - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 3 ▶
This Prison Moon - Hammermisth Odeon 1983 — 1 ▶
This Prison Moon - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 3 ▶
This Wreckage — 4 ▶
Trois Gymnopedies (first movement) — 3 ▶
Voix — 1 ▶
Warriors — 1 ▶
We Are Glass — 92 ▶
We Take Mystery (to Bed) — 4 ▶
We Take Mystery - Hammersmith Odeon 1983 — 2 ▶
When the World Comes Apart — 44 ▶
Who Are You — 1 ▶
You Walk In My Soul — 1 ▶