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Killing Joke

Killing Joke is a group from the UK, active since 1979.

Group GB since 1979 post-punk industrial metal new wave

TOTAL PLAYS

765

SONGS PLAYED

130

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-14 16:38 · 6 Music — "Love Like Blood"

LAST PLAYED

4 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Chop-chop"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

60 45 30 15 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 725 95%

Radio 2 27 4%

Radio 1 13 2%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 11:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Love Like Blood 211 2026-02-07

2 Eighties 91 2026-05-14

3 Requiem 44 2025-01-04

4 Follow the Leaders 26 2026-07-30

5 Wardance - BBC Session 17/10/1979 20 2022-06-07

6 Money Is Not Our God (Babylon Dub) 15 2026-07-18

7 Empire Song 14 2025-10-22

8 Wardance 12 2024-03-13

9 Euphoria 12 2020-09-30

10 Nuclear Boy - BBC Session 17/10/1979 11 2022-06-07

11 Lords of Chaos 11 2022-05-09

12 Eighties - Reading Festival 1986 11 2016-07-09

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-17 00:22 Chop-chop 6 Music

2026-08-16 13:21 Chop-chop 6 Music

2026-07-30 20:00 Follow the Leaders 6 Music

2026-07-18 21:54 Money Is Not Our God (Babylon Dub) 6 Music

2026-05-14 14:56 Eighties 6 Music

2026-02-07 21:38 Love Like Blood Radio 2

2025-11-28 18:41 Follow the Leaders 6 Music

2025-10-31 10:37 Love Like Blood 6 Music

2025-10-22 21:09 Empire Song 6 Music

2025-09-18 11:25 Love Like Blood 6 Music

2025-09-06 00:01 Love Like Blood 6 Music

2025-08-12 14:21 Turn To Red 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

130 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

Adorations (Reading Festival 1986) —

1 2018-01-15 ▶

Adorations - Reading Festival 1986 —

5 2016-07-09 ▶

Asteroid —

3 2023-02-16 ▶

Autonomous Zone (6 Music session for Marc Riley 24th Oct 2016) —

2 2016-11-14 ▶

Autonomous Zone (6 Music Session, 24 Oct 2016) —

1 2023-04-11 ▶

Butcher —

2 2011-03-12 ▶

Butcher (John Peel session 14 April 1981) —

1 2020-03-04 ▶

Butcher (John Peel session 14.4.1981) —

1 2012-02-21 ▶

Butcher (Radio 1 Session, 27 Apr 1981) —

1 2017-04-27 ▶

Change —

10 2025-07-07 ▶

Chess Board 1986 —

1 2005-05-31 ▶

Chess Board - Reading Festival 1986 —

2 2018-06-14 ▶

Chessboards —

1 2008-08-10 ▶

Chop Chop —

9 2021-10-05 ▶

Chop Chop (John Peel session 11.12.81) —

1 2014-11-12 ▶

Chop Chop (Radio 1 Session, 11th Dec, 1981) —

1 2024-07-01 ▶

Chop-chop —

8 2026-08-17 ▶

Communion (Mark Radcliffe session 26th April 1994) —

1 2018-10-15 ▶

Darkness Before Dawn —

1 2018-04-26 ▶

Darkness Before Dawn - Paris Theatre 1985 —

1 2019-02-23 ▶

Darkness Before Dawn - Reading Festival 1986 —

1 2016-07-09 ▶

Darkness Before Dawn 1986 —

1 2005-05-31 ▶

Dawn of the Hive (6 Music session for Marc Riley 24th Oct 2016) —

1 2016-11-02 ▶

Dawn Of The Hive (6 Music Session, 24 Oct 2016) —

2 2025-03-05 ▶

Dominator —

1 2017-02-11 ▶

Eighties —

91 2026-05-14 ▶

Eighties (Htd Version W/Audio) —

1 2006-09-27 ▶

Eighties (Live Radio 1 Session Track) —

1 2023-12-01 ▶

Eighties (Reading Festival 1986) —

1 2018-01-15 ▶

Eighties - Reading Festival 1986 —

11 2016-07-09 ▶

Empire Song —

14 2025-10-22 ▶

England —

1 2014-10-08 ▶

Euphoria —

12 2020-09-30 ▶

Euphoria (6 Music session for Marc Riley 24th Oct 2016) —

1 2016-11-02 ▶

Euphoria (6 Music Session, 24 Oct 2016) —

2 2025-03-04 ▶

Euphoria (6 Music Session, 24th Oct, 2016) —

1 2023-12-11 ▶

European Super State —

2 2019-02-08 ▶

Exit —

1 2008-11-13 ▶

Exorcism (Mark Radcliffe session 26th April 1994) —

1 2018-10-18 ▶

Fall of Because (John Peel session 14.04.1981) —

1 2012-02-20 ▶

Follow the Leaders —

26 2026-07-30 ▶

Follow The Leaders —

5 2011-08-30 ▶

Frenzy (John Peel Session 4th July 1983) —

1 2017-08-29 ▶

Full Spectrum Dominance —

6 2023-12-26 ▶

Ghosts of Ladbroke Grove —

1 2020-08-24 ▶

Ghosts Of Ladbroke Grove (Portobello Dub) —

2 2024-10-31 ▶

Ghosts of Ladbroke Grove - Portobello Dub —

1 2020-03-03 ▶

Harlequin (John Peel Session 4th July 1983) —

1 2017-08-30 ▶

Have a Nice Day —

1 2021-10-13 ▶

I Am The Virus (6 Music session for Marc Riley 24th Oct 2016) —

2 2023-12-13 ▶

I Am The Virus (6 Music Session, 24 Oct 2016) —

1 2023-07-18 ▶

In Cythera —

2 2012-03-24 ▶

King And Queens - Reading Festival 1986 —

3 2019-09-30 ▶

King And Queens 1986 —

1 2005-05-31 ▶

Kings and Queens —

3 2024-12-12 ▶

Kings And Queens - Paris Theatre 1985 —

1 2019-02-23 ▶

Lord of Chaos —

3 2024-05-27 ▶

Lords of Chaos —

11 2022-05-09 ▶

Love Like Blood —

211 2026-02-07 ▶

Love Like Blood 1986 —

3 2006-06-09 ▶

Love Like Blood (Htd Version) —

1 2007-01-03 ▶

Love Like Blood (Reading Festival 1986) —

2 2019-09-30 ▶

Love Like Blood (Your Heart Is A Weapon Dub) —

1 2020-10-25 ▶

Love Like Blood - Reading Festival 1986 —

5 2020-09-12 ▶

Love Like Blood- Reading 1986 —

6 2010-07-19 ▶

Love Of Madness - Reading Festival 1986 —

8 2019-09-30 ▶

Malicious Boogie (John Peel Session 17.10.1979) —

1 2013-09-12 ▶

Malicious Boogie - BBC Session 17/10/1979 —

10 2023-11-30 ▶

Malicious Boogie - Peel Session 17/10/79 —

1 2016-04-16 ▶

May Day —

1 2021-05-01 ▶

Millenium —

1 2020-02-22 ▶

Money (Instrumental) —

1 2025-03-16 ▶

Money Is Not Our God —

2 2025-03-16 ▶

Money Is Not Our God (Babylon Dub) —

15 2026-07-18 ▶

Money Is Not Our God-Isolator Dub —

1 2022-10-20 ▶

Nervous System —

1 2024-03-28 ▶

Nuclear Boy (John Peel Session 17.10.1979) —

1 2013-09-11 ▶

Nuclear Boy - BBC Session 17/10/1979 —

11 2022-06-07 ▶

Pandemonium (Cybersank Edit) —

1 2017-03-29 ▶

Primitive —

1 2014-07-01 ▶

Pssyche —

1 2012-07-11 ▶

Psyche (John Peel Session 17.10.1979) —

1 2013-09-09 ▶

Psyche - BBC Session 17/10/1979 —

8 2009-04-21 ▶

Requiem —

44 2025-01-04 ▶

Requiem (Dub) —

1 2024-07-13 ▶

Requiem / Complications (Reading Festival 1986) —

2 2018-06-14 ▶

Requiem / Complications - Reading Festival 1986 —

11 2016-07-09 ▶

Rubicon (Reading Festival 1986) —

1 2018-01-15 ▶

Rubicon - Reading Festival 1986 —

5 2016-07-09 ▶

Sanity (Reading Festival 1986) —

1 2018-06-14 ▶

Sanity - Reading 1986 —

4 2010-03-16 ▶

Sanity - Reading Festival 1986 —

4 2016-07-09 ▶

Sun Goes Down —

5 2018-06-11 ▶

Tabazan - Paris Theatre 1985 —

1 2019-02-23 ▶

Tension —

5 2011-06-22 ▶

Tension (John Peel session 14 April 1981) —

1 2020-03-02 ▶

Tension (John Peel session 14.4.1981) —

1 2012-02-22 ▶

Tension (Radio 1 Session, 27 Apr 1981) —

2 2023-11-28 ▶

Tension - Paris Theatre 1985 —

1 2019-02-23 ▶

The Death and Resurrection Show —

1 2008-12-06 ▶

The Empire Song —

10 2021-11-08 ▶

The Empire Song (Live) Peel 16/12/81 —

1 2008-09-18 ▶

The Empire Song (Peel Session 11-12-198) —

1 2014-11-10 ▶

The Fall Of Because —

2 2011-03-12 ▶

The Fall of Because (John Peel session 14 April 1981) —

1 2020-03-03 ▶

The Fall Of Because (Radio 1 Session, 27 Apr 1981) —

2 2021-11-08 ▶

The Hum —

8 2024-07-04 ▶

The Hum (John Peel session 11-12-1981 —

1 2014-11-11 ▶

The Wait —

4 2024-02-29 ▶

This Is Tribal Antidote —

1 2007-10-22 ▶

Total Invasion —

1 2024-02-21 ▶

Turn To Red —

4 2025-08-12 ▶

Twilight - Reading Festival 1986 —

3 2018-06-14 ▶

Twilight 1986 —

1 2005-05-31 ▶

Unspeakable —

2 2011-10-01 ▶

War Dance —

2 2014-01-04 ▶

War Dance - Reading 1986 —

5 2009-02-05 ▶

War Dance - Reading Festival 1986 —

6 2016-08-27 ▶

War On Freedom —

1 2015-11-09 ▶

Wardance —

12 2024-03-13 ▶

Wardance (John Peel Session 17.10.1979) —

1 2013-09-10 ▶

Wardance (6 Music session for Marc Riley 24th Oct 2016) —

3 2023-12-12 ▶

Wardance (6 Music Session, 24 Oct 2016) —

3 2025-03-03 ▶

Wardance (Reading Festival 1986) —

1 2018-06-14 ▶

Wardance - BBC Session 17/10/1979 —

20 2022-06-07 ▶

Wardance - Paris Theatre 1985 —

1 2019-02-23 ▶

We Have Joy —

9 2021-10-05 ▶

We Have Joy (John Peel session 11.12.1981) —

1 2014-11-13 ▶

We Have Joy (Radio 1 Session, 11th Dec, 1981) —

1 2024-07-02 ▶

Whiteout (Mark Radcliffe session 26th April 1994) —

1 2018-10-17 ▶