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Inspiral Carpets

Inspiral Carpets is a group from the UK, active since 1989.

Group GB since 1989 indie rock neo-psychedelia baggy

TOTAL PLAYS

1,126

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-19 10:03 · 6 Music — "Saturn 5"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "This Is How It Feels"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 986 88%

Radio 2 132 12%

Radio 1 8 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 This Is How It Feels 348 2026-08-22

2 Saturn 5 329 2026-07-30

3 Dragging Me Down 98 2025-11-14

4 Joe 34 2026-05-12

5 She Comes in the Fall 32 2026-03-16

6 She Comes In The Fall 26 2011-09-17

7 I Want You (feat. Mark E. Smith) 20 2024-02-29

8 Move 19 2024-11-16

9 Keep the Circle Around 16 2023-04-20

10 Keep The Circle Around 12 2011-08-31

11 Two Worlds Collide 10 2018-09-25

12 She Comes In The Fall - Leeds Warehouse 1990 10 2015-06-01

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-22 22:03 This Is How It Feels Radio 2

2026-07-30 06:18 Saturn 5 6 Music

2026-07-27 18:32 This Is How It Feels Radio 2

2026-05-25 18:26 Saturn 5 Radio 2

2026-05-12 23:34 Joe 6 Music

2026-05-11 13:26 This Is How It Feels 6 Music

2026-05-07 02:21 Saturn 5 Radio 2

2026-05-04 17:26 Joe 6 Music

2026-04-02 02:32 This Is How It Feels Radio 2

2026-03-16 03:46 She Comes in the Fall Radio 2

2026-02-09 03:32 This Is How It Feels Radio 2

2025-12-08 16:14 Saturn 5 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

81 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

26 —

1 2014-04-18 ▶

96 Tears —

1 2017-10-14 ▶

ATo Z Of My Heart —

1 2014-10-01 ▶

Beast Inside (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 20 May 1990) —

3 2018-11-29 ▶

Beast Inside - BBC Session 20/05/1990 —

8 2016-01-23 ▶

Bitches Brew —

8 2015-12-05 ▶

Butterfly —

3 2016-11-22 ▶

Commercial Rain —

1 2018-07-15 ▶

Commercial Reign —

1 2018-04-25 ▶

Directing Traffic —

5 2023-11-05 ▶

Directing Traffic (BBC Live Recording, Leeds Warehouse, 1990) —

1 2018-06-03 ▶

Directing Traffic - Leeds Warehouse 1990 —

1 2015-06-01 ▶

Directing Traffik - Leeds —

1 2005-05-24 ▶

Directing Traffik - Leeds Warehouse 1990 —

3 2010-06-11 ▶

Dragging Me Down —

98 2025-11-14 ▶

Find Out Why —

6 2022-01-18 ▶

Find Out Why - Leeds —

1 2005-05-24 ▶

Find Out Why (BBC Live Recording, Leeds Warehouse, 1990) —

1 2018-06-03 ▶

Find Out Why - Leeds Warehouse 1990 —

5 2015-06-01 ▶

Grip (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 20 May 1990) —

4 2022-04-20 ▶

Grip - BBC Session 20/05/1990 —

8 2015-11-23 ▶

I Want You —

4 2011-10-20 ▶

I Want You (feat. Mark E. Smith) —

20 2024-02-29 ▶

I Want You (Radio 1 session, 12 Aug 1993) —

1 2022-04-13 ▶

Joe —

34 2026-05-12 ▶

Joe 90 (Main Man Mix) —

1 2014-06-25 ▶

Keep It In Mind (BBC Live Recording, Leeds Warehouse, 1990) —

1 2018-06-03 ▶

Keep It In Mind (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 20 May 1990) —

4 2018-11-29 ▶

Keep It In Mind - BBC Session 20/05/1990 —

7 2015-11-23 ▶

Keep It In Mind - Leeds —

1 2005-05-24 ▶

Keep It In Mind - Leeds Warehouse 1990 —

4 2015-06-01 ▶

Keep the Circle Around —

16 2023-04-20 ▶

Keep The Circle Around —

12 2011-08-31 ▶

Keep The Circle Around (BBC session) —

2 2005-07-20 ▶

Keep The Circle Round —

1 2010-08-09 ▶

Let You Down —

1 2014-08-01 ▶

Let You Down (feat. John Cooper Clarke) —

2 2025-03-27 ▶

Mermaid —

1 2021-04-05 ▶

Move —

19 2024-11-16 ▶

Move (BBC Live Recording, Leeds Warehouse, 1990) —

1 2018-06-03 ▶

Move - Leeds —

1 2005-05-24 ▶

Move - Leeds Warehouse 1990 —

5 2015-06-01 ▶

Paranoid —

1 2012-06-26 ▶

Party in the Sky (Radio 1 session, 12 Aug 1993) —

1 2022-04-13 ▶

Real Thing - Leeds —

2 2005-05-24 ▶

Real Thing - Leeds Warehouse 1990 —

5 2010-06-17 ▶

Sackville —

1 2012-05-06 ▶

Sackville (BBC Live Recording, Leeds Warehouse, 1990) —

1 2018-06-03 ▶

Sackville - Leeds —

1 2005-05-24 ▶

Sackville - Leeds Warehouse 1990 —

7 2015-06-01 ▶

Saturn 5 —

329 2026-07-30 ▶

Saturn 5 26/06/94 —

1 2005-06-08 ▶

Saturn 5 (BBC Session) —

4 2005-09-09 ▶

Saturn 5 / She Comes In The Fall / This Is How It Feels —

1 2007-01-11 ▶

She Comes in the Fall —

32 2026-03-16 ▶

She Comes In The Fall —

26 2011-09-17 ▶

She Comes In The Fall (BBC Live Recording, Leeds Warehouse, 1990) —

1 2018-06-03 ▶

She Comes In The Fall - G-Mex Manchester 1990 —

1 2015-11-19 ▶

She Comes In The Fall - Leeds Warehouse 1990 —

10 2015-06-01 ▶

So Far —

1 2014-07-01 ▶

Spitfire —

4 2014-08-20 ▶

Sun Don't Shine —

1 2016-12-02 ▶

The 8.15 From Manchester —

1 2025-06-02 ▶

The Real Thing (BBC Live Recording, Leeds Warehouse, 1990) —

1 2018-06-03 ▶

The Real Thing - Leeds Warehouse 1990 —

3 2015-06-01 ▶

Theme from Cow —

1 2014-12-19 ▶

This Is How It Feels —

348 2026-08-22 ▶

This Is How It Feels 26/06/94 —

1 2007-05-11 ▶

This Is How It Feels 19/03/92 —

1 2006-06-01 ▶

This Is How It Feels (BBC Live Recording, Leeds Warehouse, 1990) —

1 2018-06-03 ▶

This Is How It Feels (BBC session) —

2 2005-07-09 ▶

This Is How It Feels - G-Mex Manchester 1990 —

2 2017-03-06 ▶

This Is How It Feels - Glastonbury 1994 —

1 2020-08-08 ▶

This Is How It Feels - Leeds —

1 2005-05-24 ▶

This Is How It Feels - Leeds Warehouse 1990 —

10 2015-06-01 ▶

This Is How It Feels To Be Lonely —

2 2025-05-17 ▶

Two Worlds Collide —

10 2018-09-25 ▶

Weakness (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 20 May 1990) —

3 2018-11-29 ▶

Weakness - BBC Session 20/05/1990 —

2 2011-02-15 ▶

Weekness - BBC Session 20/05/1990 —

5 2013-10-28 ▶

You're So Good For Me —

2 2012-01-26 ▶