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Japan

Japan is a group from the UK, active from 1974.

Group GB 1974–1982 new wave rock electronic
TOTAL PLAYS
812
SONGS PLAYED
59
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-19 15:14 · 6 Music — "Gentlemen Take Polaroids"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · Radio 2 — "I Second That Emotion"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
70 53 35 18 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 646 80%
Radio 2 157 19%
Radio 1 5 1%
1Xtra 4 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Quiet Life 254 2026-02-10
2 Ghosts 152 2026-05-23
3 Life in Tokyo 115 2026-07-27
4 Life In Tokyo 47 2013-05-16
5 Gentlemen Take Polaroids 44 2025-08-10
6 Visions Of China 26 2026-01-17
7 I Second That Emotion 22 2026-08-08
8 The Art Of Parties 19 2025-01-30
9 European Son 18 2024-08-03
10 My New Career 10 2025-02-13
11 Nightporter 9 2025-01-30
12 Cantonese Boy 9 2021-05-09
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-08 01:24 I Second That Emotion Radio 2
2026-08-02 16:24 I Second That Emotion Radio 2
2026-07-27 07:05 Life in Tokyo 6 Music
2026-05-23 00:43 Ghosts 6 Music
2026-05-20 04:49 Life in Tokyo 6 Music
2026-05-04 04:38 Ghosts 6 Music
2026-04-28 19:16 Ghosts Radio 2
2026-02-10 19:34 Quiet Life Radio 2
2026-01-23 22:30 Life in Tokyo Radio 2
2026-01-17 20:46 Visions Of China Radio 2
2025-12-05 09:29 Life in Tokyo 6 Music
2025-11-26 15:33 Quiet Life 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

59 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Adolescent Sex — 1 ▶
Ain't That Peculiar — 1 ▶
Ain't That Peculiar - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 1 ▶
Ain't That Peculiar - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 2 ▶
Alien (Hammersmith Odeon, 17 May 1981) — 1 ▶
Alien - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 1 ▶
Alien - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 1 ▶
Alien 1981 — 1 ▶
All Tomorrow's Parties — 2 ▶
Art of parties — 3 ▶
Burning Bridges — 1 ▶
Cantonese Boy — 9 ▶
Don't Rain On My Parade — 2 ▶
European Son — 18 ▶
European Son 1981 — 1 ▶
European Son - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 2 ▶
Gentlemen Take Polaroids — 44 ▶
Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Hammersmith Odeon, 17 May 1981) — 1 ▶
Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 4 ▶
Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 2 ▶
Ghosts — 152 ▶
Ghosts (Album Version) — 1 ▶
Ghosts, — 1 ▶
Halloween — 4 ▶
Halloween - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 1 ▶
I Second That Emotion — 22 ▶
In Vogue — 2 ▶
Life in Tokyo — 115 ▶
Life In Tokyo — 47 ▶
Life in Tokyo (12") — 2 ▶
Life in Tokyo (Steve Nye Remix) — 1 ▶
Life In Tokyo - Part 1 — 2 ▶
Life in Tokyo 12" — 2 ▶
Methods Of Dance — 4 ▶
Methods Of Dance - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 1 ▶
My New Career — 10 ▶
My New Career - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 1 ▶
My New Career - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 2 ▶
Nightporter — 9 ▶
Obscure Alternatives — 1 ▶
Quiet Life — 254 ▶
Quiet Life - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 6 ▶
Quiet Life - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 1 ▶
Some Kind Of Fool — 1 ▶
Sometimes I Feel So Low — 1 ▶
Sons Of Pioneers — 3 ▶
Still Life In Mobile Homes — 3 ▶
Swing — 2 ▶
Swing - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 2 ▶
Swing - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 2 ▶
Taking Islands From Africa — 1 ▶
Taking Islands In Africa — 3 ▶
The Art Of Parties — 19 ▶
The Experience of Swimming — 6 ▶
The Unconventional — 1 ▶
Tin Drum Track TBC — 1 ▶
v — 1 ▶
Visions Of China — 26 ▶
Your Love Grows - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 1 ▶