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Kool & The Gang

Kool & The Gang is a group from the US, active since 1964.

Group US since 1964 funk disco jazz-funk
TOTAL PLAYS
2,762
SONGS PLAYED
105
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-03-15 05:00 · 6 Music — "Jungle Boogie"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Ladies' Night"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
300 225 150 75 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 2,153 78%
6 Music 470 17%
1Xtra 83 3%
Radio 1 56 2%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 14:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Celebration 519 2026-08-21
2 Get Down On It 356 2026-08-24
3 Jungle Boogie 339 2026-05-05
4 Straight Ahead 232 2026-08-03
5 Fresh 196 2026-08-10
6 Summer Madness 164 2026-08-14
7 Joanna 138 2026-08-05
8 Ladies' Night 137 2026-08-26
9 Cherish 107 2026-08-23
10 Ladies Night 79 2016-08-23
11 Too Hot 72 2026-08-02
12 Hollywood Swinging 66 2026-07-29
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-26 13:56 Ladies' Night Radio 2
2026-08-25 02:48 Heaven At Once 6 Music
2026-08-24 19:03 Get Down On It Radio 2
2026-08-23 17:07 Cherish Radio 2
2026-08-23 00:47 Spirit Of The Boogie Radio 1
2026-08-21 06:57 Celebration Radio 2
2026-08-18 21:56 Jones vs. Jones Radio 2
2026-08-14 19:55 Summer Madness 6 Music
2026-08-12 13:21 Celebration Radio 2
2026-08-10 22:03 Fresh Radio 2
2026-08-05 14:56 Joanna Radio 2
2026-08-05 09:56 Get Down On It Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

105 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(When You Say You Love Somebody) In The Heart — 22 ▶
Big Chief Funkum — 3 ▶
Big Fun — 20 ▶
Caribbean Festival — 1 ▶
Celebrate — 1 ▶
Celebration — 519 ▶
Celebration (Douth Remix) — 2 ▶
Celebration (The Reflex Remix) — 2 ▶
Celebration (The Reflex Revision) — 2 ▶
Celebration / Ladies Night — 4 ▶
Celebration / Ladies Night - New York 1983 — 2 ▶
Celebration Clip — 1 ▶
Cherish — 107 ▶
Chocolate Buttermilk — 2 ▶
Dujii — 1 ▶
Fresh — 196 ▶
Fresh / Misled (12'' Special Mix) — 1 ▶
Fruitman — 1 ▶
Funky Granny — 1 ▶
Funky Man — 2 ▶
Funky Stuff — 19 ▶
Funky Stuff (Pts. 1 & 2) — 2 ▶
Get Down On It — 356 ▶
Get Down On It - New York 1983 — 2 ▶
Get Down On It (Radio 2 All Star Party, 30 Sept 2017) — 1 ▶
Give It Up — 1 ▶
Heaven At Once — 3 ▶
Hi de Hi, Hi de Ho — 1 ▶
Higher Plane — 4 ▶
Hollywood Swingin' — 2 ▶
Hollywood Swinging — 66 ▶
I Remember John W Coltrane — 1 ▶
I Remember John W.Coltrane — 1 ▶
In The Heart — 1 ▶
Joanna — 138 ▶
Joanna - New York 1983 — 1 ▶
Jones Vs Jones — 2 ▶
Jones vs. Jones — 5 ▶
Jungle Boogie — 339 ▶
Jungle Boogie (Glastonbury 2011) — 2 ▶
Jungle Boogie (Live at Glastonbury 2011) — 1 ▶
Jungle Boogie (Retro Roland Riso Disco Mix) — 8 ▶
Jungle Boogie (Retro Roland Riso Disco Remix) — 5 ▶
Jungle Boogie (Sr. CSMC Rework) — 1 ▶
Jungle Boogie (The Reflex Revision) — 11 ▶
Jungle Boogie (The Reflex Version) — 1 ▶
Jungle Boogie - Glastonbury 2011 — 1 ▶
Jungle Boogie // Jungle Jazz — 1 ▶
Jungle Boogie [The Reflex Revision] — 5 ▶
Jungle Jazz — 7 ▶
Jungle Jazz Boogie (CMAN EDIT) — 1 ▶
King Of Funky — 1 ▶
Kool & The Gang — 2 ▶
Kool and the Gang — 2 ▶
Ladies Night — 79 ▶
Ladies Night (Album Version) — 1 ▶
Ladies' Night — 137 ▶
Let Me Take Your Mind — 2 ▶
Let The Music Take Your Mind — 3 ▶
Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, La, La) — 51 ▶
Life Is What You Make It — 1 ▶
Love the Life You Live — 1 ▶
Mighty High (Pied Piper Progressive FUNK Mix) — 1 ▶
Misled — 7 ▶
More Funky Stuff — 1 ▶
Music Is the Message — 1 ▶
N.T. — 2 ▶
N.T. (Pts 1 and 2) — 1 ▶
North, East, South, West — 1 ▶
Ooh La La La (Let's Go Dancing) — 14 ▶
Open Sesame — 9 ▶
Open Sesame (12") — 2 ▶
Open Sesame (Count Funkula Re-Edit) — 1 ▶
Open Sesame (Original 12" Extended Version) — 1 ▶
Open sesame (PT1) — 1 ▶
PK Jungle Boogie — 1 ▶
Rated X — 3 ▶
Ride The Rhythm — 1 ▶
Sombrero Sam — 1 ▶
Soul Vibrations — 5 ▶
Spirit Of The Boogie — 4 ▶
Steppin' Out — 3 ▶
Steppin’ Out — 33 ▶
Stone Love — 1 ▶
Straight Ahead — 232 ▶
Street Corner Symphony — 1 ▶
Summer Madness — 164 ▶
Summer Madness (1976 Live At The Rainbow Theatre London) — 1 ▶
Summer Madness (1976/Live At The Rainbow Theatre, London, with Roy Ayers) — 1 ▶
Summer madness (Live at the Rainbow) — 1 ▶
Summer Madness (Live in London) — 1 ▶
Summer Madness (Rhythm Scholar Remix) — 2 ▶
Take It To The Top — 9 ▶
Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) — 8 ▶
Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) (12' Mix) — 2 ▶
Take My Heart (You Can Have It, If You Want It) — 2 ▶
Take My Heart (You Can Have It, If You Want It) - New York 1983 — 1 ▶
This Is You, This Is Me — 1 ▶
Tonight (This Is The Night) — 3 ▶
Tonight (This Is The Night) - New York 1983 — 2 ▶
Too Hot — 72 ▶
When you say you love somebody — 2 ▶
When You Say You Love Somebody - New York 1983 — 2 ▶
Winter Sadness — 1 ▶
You Don't Have To Change — 1 ▶