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John Cooper Clarke

John Cooper Clarke is a person from the UK, active since 1949.

Person GB since 1949 punk post-punk new wave

TOTAL PLAYS

459

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-19 13:06 · 6 Music — "Health Fanatic (BBC Session)"

LAST PLAYED

3 days ago · 6 Music — "I Married A Monster From Outer Space"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

40 30 20 10 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 451 98%

Radio 2 7 2%

Radio 1 1 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 19:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 I Married A Monster From Outer Space 57 2026-05-18

2 Health Fanatic 53 2022-03-21

3 I Wanna Be Yours 47 2026-05-05

4 Readers' Wives 42 2021-02-08

5 The Day My Pad Went Mad 31 2025-06-03

6 I Don't Want to Be Nice 28 2025-12-04

7 Beasley Street 28 2023-11-21

8 Spilt Beans 13 2024-10-02

9 Thirty Six Hours 8 2024-09-29

10 Health Fanatic (BBC Session) 8 2005-08-29

11 (I Married A) Monster from Outer Space (John Peel Session 3 October 1978) 7 2022-03-20

12 Valley Of The Lost Women 5 2025-06-15

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-18 02:13 I Married A Monster From Outer Space 6 Music

2026-05-14 03:13 I Married A Monster From Outer Space 6 Music

2026-05-05 12:28 I Wanna Be Yours 6 Music

2025-12-04 07:10 I Don't Want to Be Nice 6 Music

2025-11-20 21:56 Midnight Shift (BBC Session, 24 Feb 1982) 6 Music

2025-11-19 21:56 Night People (BBC Session, 24 Feb 1982) 6 Music

2025-11-18 22:14 The Day My Pad Went Mad (BBC Session, 24 Feb 1982) 6 Music

2025-11-11 04:15 I Wanna Be Yours 6 Music

2025-09-29 02:29 I Don't Want to Be Nice 6 Music

2025-09-28 05:18 I Wanna Be Yours 6 Music

2025-09-25 03:29 I Don't Want to Be Nice 6 Music

2025-07-07 05:01 I Wanna Be Yours 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

97 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(I Married A) Monster From Outer Space —

4 2016-01-26 ▶

(I Married A) Monster from Outer Space (John Peel Session 3 October 1978) —

7 2022-03-20 ▶

A Distant Relation —

2 2022-03-24 ▶

A Heart Disease Called Love —

1 2010-07-11 ▶

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman - Live in Hull 280917 —

1 2017-09-28 ▶

Attack of The 50ft Woman - Live from the 6music showcase in Salford —

2 2011-11-08 ▶

Attack Of The 50ft Woman - Salford Manchester 2011 —

1 2015-08-06 ▶

Beasley Boulevard - Live from the 6music showcase in Salford —

3 2011-12-20 ▶

Beasley Boulevard - Salford Manchester 2011 —

5 2020-11-21 ▶

Beasley Street —

28 2023-11-21 ▶

Beasley Street (6 Music Festival 2015) —

1 2021-11-11 ▶

Beasley Street (live) —

1 2022-08-24 ▶

Beasley Street - Live from the 6music showcase in Salford —

2 2011-11-08 ▶

Beasley Street - Salford Manchester 2011 —

3 2012-09-22 ▶

Belladonna —

4 2017-09-27 ▶

Bipolar Inmate Diary - Salford Manchester 2011 —

1 2015-08-06 ▶

Conditional Discharge —

1 2025-04-20 ▶

Crossing The Floor (Marc Riley session 1.5.2013) —

1 2013-12-17 ▶

Drive She Said —

1 2019-01-24 ▶

Evidently Chickentown —

1 2025-04-20 ▶

Gimmix —

1 2010-08-15 ▶

Happiness Index Update - Salford Manchester 2011 —

1 2015-08-06 ▶

Health Fanatic —

53 2022-03-21 ▶

Health Fanatic - BBC Session 31/10/1978 —

1 2008-10-23 ▶

Health Fanatic (BBC Session) —

8 2005-08-29 ▶

Health Fanatic (John Peel session 31 Oct 1978) —

2 2020-10-19 ▶

Health Fanatic (Peel Session 03/10/78) —

2 2015-10-28 ▶

Health Fanatic (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 Oct 1978) —

1 2025-05-07 ▶

Health Fanatic - BBC Session 31/10/1978 —

1 2005-07-01 ▶

Hire Car (Baby) - Salford Manchester 2011 —

1 2011-12-24 ▶

Home Honey, I'm High - Salford Manchester 2011 —

1 2011-12-24 ▶

I Don't Want to Be Nice —

28 2025-12-04 ▶

I Married A Monster From Outer Space —

57 2026-05-18 ▶

I Married A Monster From Outer Space (BBC session) —

3 2005-09-15 ▶

I Married A Monster From Outer Space (John Peel session 31 Oct 1978) —

1 2020-01-13 ▶

I Married A Monster From Outer Space - BBC Session, 31 Oct 1978 —

1 2017-01-18 ▶

I Married A Monster From Outer Space - Clean —

1 2008-04-19 ▶

I Married A MonsterFrom Outer Space —

1 2011-05-13 ▶

I Married A Monsterfrom Outer Space - BBC Session 31/10/1978 —

2 2008-10-23 ▶

I Mustn't Go Down to the Sea Again (Hulme Playhouse 1983) —

1 2020-09-27 ▶

I Travel In Biscuits —

2 2019-07-21 ▶

I Wanna Be Yours —

47 2026-05-05 ▶

I Wrote The Songs —

2 2021-03-27 ▶

I Wrote The Songs (Recorded at the 6 Music Festival 28/02/14) —

3 2015-02-18 ▶

Kung Fu International —

1 2011-06-22 ▶

Majorca —

2 2015-06-28 ▶

Majorca (Live at Rafters, Manchester 1979) —

1 2015-10-28 ▶

Midnight Shift —

1 2010-08-01 ▶

Midnight Shift (BBC Session, 24 Feb 1982) —

1 2025-11-20 ▶

Midnight Shift - BBC Session 24/021982 —

1 2012-03-07 ▶

Midnight Shift - BBC Session 24/02/1982 —

1 2019-03-07 ▶

Night People —

1 2012-06-03 ▶

Night People (BBC Session, 24 Feb 1982) —

1 2025-11-19 ▶

Night People (John Peel session 24.02.1982) —

1 2015-05-05 ▶

Night People (John Peel session 24th Feb 1982) —

1 2017-11-29 ▶

Night People (Peel Session) —

1 2008-10-14 ▶

Night People (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 6 May 1983) —

2 2022-09-13 ▶

Night People - BBC Session 24/021982 —

3 2016-03-22 ▶

Pies —

1 2008-03-25 ▶

Psycle Sluts (Part 1) —

1 2007-05-09 ▶

Readers Wives —

1 2012-07-24 ▶

Readers' Wives - BBC Sesion 31/10/1978 —

1 2005-07-01 ▶

Readers' Wives —

42 2021-02-08 ▶

Readers' Wives - BBC Session 31/10/1978 —

1 2008-06-19 ▶

Readers' Wives (BBC Session) —

5 2005-09-09 ▶

Readers' Wives - BBC Session, 31 Oct 1978 —

1 2017-01-18 ▶

Sleepwalk —

1 2013-08-23 ▶

Smooth Operetta (6 Music Session, 1 May 2013) —

1 2015-01-27 ▶

Spilt Beans —

13 2024-10-02 ▶

Spilt Beans (BBC Session, 31 Oct 1978) —

1 2025-05-07 ▶

Stuff You Don't Find Anymore —

1 2008-03-25 ▶

Stuff You Don't Find Anymore For One Reason Or Another (Summer Sundae 2007) —

1 2007-08-11 ▶

Teenage Werewolf —

5 2020-05-22 ▶

The Day My Pad Went Mad —

31 2025-06-03 ▶

The Day My Pad Went Mad (BBC Session, 24 Feb 1982) —

1 2025-11-18 ▶

The Day My Pad Went Mad (John Peel session 24.02.1982) —

1 2015-05-07 ▶

The Day My Pad Went Mad (John Peel session 24th Feb 1982) —

1 2017-11-27 ▶

The Day My Pad Went Mad - BBC Session 24/021982 —

3 2016-03-22 ▶

The Day My Pad Went Mad - BBC Session 24/02/1982 —

1 2017-11-14 ▶

The Face Behind The Scream —

1 2017-11-05 ▶

The Ghost Of Al Capone —

1 2010-01-18 ▶

The It Man —

4 2021-12-28 ▶

The Limerick That Doesn't Rhyme - Summer Sundae 07 —

1 2008-03-25 ▶

The Man Who Didn't Know Elvis (6 Music Marc Riley Session, 1 May 2013) —

2 2024-10-02 ▶

The Man Who Didn't Know Elvis (6 Music Session, 1 May 2013) —

1 2015-01-27 ▶

The Man Who Didn't Love Elvis (Live 01/05/13) —

1 2013-08-27 ▶

The Motorist - Live in Hull 280917 —

1 2017-09-28 ▶

The New Assassin (John Peel session 24.02.1982) —

1 2015-05-06 ▶

The New Assassin (John Peel session 24th Feb 1982) —

1 2017-11-30 ▶

The New Assassin (Peel Session 24/02/82) —

3 2011-01-05 ▶

The New Assassin - BBC Session 24/02/1982 —

1 2019-03-07 ▶

The New Assassin - BBC Session 24/021982 —

1 2012-03-07 ▶

The Official Guest List - Salford Manchester 2011 —

2 2012-09-22 ▶

The Official Guestlist - Live from the 6music showcase in Salford —

1 2011-11-08 ▶

The Scarlet Snow —

1 2021-04-21 ▶

Thirty Six Hours —

8 2024-09-29 ▶

Valley Of The Lost Women —

5 2025-06-15 ▶