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Motörhead

Motörhead is a group from the UK, active from 1975.

Group GB 1975–2015 heavy metal hard rock rock
TOTAL PLAYS
799
SONGS PLAYED
126
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2006-09-09 20:06 · 6 Music — "Overkill"
LAST PLAYED
2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Rock 'n' Roll"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
70 53 35 18 0
'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 633 79%
Radio 2 146 18%
Radio 1 20 3%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 12:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Ace of Spades 341 2026-02-19
2 Motorhead 57 2025-12-30
3 Overkill 55 2025-09-28
4 Ace Of Spades 53 2010-12-17
5 Louie Louie 30 2025-05-09
6 Bomber 16 2023-06-12
7 (We Are) The Roadcrew 12 2025-11-04
8 I'll Be A Sister (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 Sep 1978) 8 2023-04-18
9 White Line Fever - BBC Session 01/10/1981 8 2016-03-31
10 Killed by Death 7 2024-07-23
11 Heroes 6 2025-10-14
12 Ace of Spades (Glastonbury 2015) 6 2025-06-26
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-03-20 23:40 Rock 'n' Roll Radio 2
2026-03-17 00:56 Thunder & Lightning Radio 1
2026-02-19 17:39 Ace of Spades Radio 2
2026-02-13 23:33 Love Me Like a Reptile Radio 2
2026-01-16 23:03 Overnight Sensation Radio 2
2025-12-30 10:37 Motorhead 6 Music
2025-12-24 09:48 Ace of Spades 6 Music
2025-12-17 06:57 Ace of Spades 6 Music
2025-12-05 16:00 Ace of Spades 6 Music
2025-12-04 03:04 Ace of Spades Radio 2
2025-12-03 11:00 Ace of Spades 6 Music
2025-11-30 17:04 Ace of Spades Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

126 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(We Are) The Road Crew — 2 ▶
(We Are) The Roadcrew — 12 ▶
Ace of Spades — 341 ▶
Ace Of Spades — 53 ▶
Ace of Spades (Acoustic) — 2 ▶
Ace of Spades (Glastonbury 2015) — 6 ▶
Ace of Spades (Live At Brixton Academy, London October 22, 2000) — 1 ▶
Ace of Spades (Live at Newcastle City Hall, 30/3/1981) — 1 ▶
Ace Of Spades - Donington 1986 — 1 ▶
America — 1 ▶
Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers — 3 ▶
Bite The Bullet / The Chase Is Better Than The Catch (Radio 1 Session, 01 Oct 1981) — 1 ▶
Bite The Bullet / The Chase Is Better Than The Catch - BBC Session 01/10/1981 — 1 ▶
Bomber — 16 ▶
Born to Raise Hell — 1 ▶
Born To Raise Hell (Live Hamburg Germany 1998) — 1 ▶
Built For Speed — 1 ▶
Bullet in Your Brain — 1 ▶
Crazy — 1 ▶
Dance — 1 ▶
Dead Men Tell No Tales — 1 ▶
Deaf Forever (BBC session TX 16.08.1986) — 1 ▶
Doctor Rock (BBC session TX 16.08.1986) — 1 ▶
Eat the Rich — 5 ▶
Electricity — 3 ▶
Emergency — 1 ▶
Fast And Loose - BBC Session 01/10/1981 — 3 ▶
Fast and Loose — 1 ▶
Fast And Loose (Radio 1 Session, 01 Oct 1981) — 2 ▶
Fast And Loose - BBC Session 01/10/1981 — 1 ▶
God Was Never on Your Side — 1 ▶
Going to Brazil — 4 ▶
Hawkwind — 1 ▶
Hellraiser — 1 ▶
Heroes — 6 ▶
I Ain't No Nice Guy — 1 ▶
I'll Be A Sister — 4 ▶
I'll Be A Sister (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 Sep 1978) — 8 ▶
I'll Be A Sister (Radio 1 Session, 18 Sep 1978) — 2 ▶
I'll Be A Sister - BBC Session — 1 ▶
I'll Be Your Sister (John Peel session 18th Sep 1978) — 1 ▶
I'll Be Your Sister (Radio 1 Session, 18 Sep 1978) — 3 ▶
I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care) — 2 ▶
In the Name Of Tragedy — 1 ▶
Iron fist — 2 ▶
Iron Fist — 1 ▶
Iron Fist / Stay Clean / Nothing Up My Sleve - Monsters Of Rock, Donnington 1986 — 2 ▶
Iron Fist/Stay Clean/Nothing Up My Sleeve (Monsters Of Rock, Donnington, 1986) — 1 ▶
Iron Fist/Stay Clean/Nothing Up My Sleeve 1986 — 3 ▶
Iron Horse/Born to Lose — 1 ▶
Keep Us on the Road — 1 ▶
Keep Us On The Road — 1 ▶
Keep Us On The Road (John Peel session 18th Sep 1978) — 1 ▶
Keep Us On The Road (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 Sep 1978) — 5 ▶
Keep Us On The Road (Radio 1 Session, 18 Sep 1978) — 1 ▶
Keep Us On The Road - BBC Session — 1 ▶
Kill My Debts - — 1 ▶
Kill My Debts / Ace Of Spades - Donington 1986 — 3 ▶
Killed by Death — 7 ▶
Killed by Death (BBC session TX 16.08.1986) — 1 ▶
Killed By Death / Ace Of Spades — 1 ▶
Killed My Debts / Ace Of Spades — 2 ▶
Kings Of Kings — 1 ▶
Leavin Here — 1 ▶
Leaving Here — 2 ▶
Leaving Here (Live The Roundhouse) — 1 ▶
Leaving Here (Live) — 1 ▶
Like A Nightmare (Radio 1 Session, 01 Oct 1981) — 2 ▶
Like A Nightmare - BBC Session 01/10/1981 — 4 ▶
Live To Win (Radio 1 David Jensen Session, 1 Oct 1981) — 2 ▶
Live To Win - BBC Session 01/10/1981 — 5 ▶
Locomotive — 1 ▶
Lost Johnny — 1 ▶
Lost Woman Blues (Glastonbury 2015) — 1 ▶
Lost Woman Blues (Glastonbury, 26th June 2015) — 1 ▶
Louie Louie — 30 ▶
Louie Louie (John Peel session 18th Sep 1978) — 1 ▶
Louie Louie (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 Sep 1978) — 5 ▶
Louie Louie (Radio 1 Session, 18 Sep 1978) — 3 ▶
Love Me Like a Reptile — 2 ▶
Metropolis — 1 ▶
Metropolis / Dr Rock — 2 ▶
Motorhead — 57 ▶
Motorhead (Live) — 1 ▶
Motörhead — 1 ▶
Motörhead (Original Version) — 1 ▶
No Class — 2 ▶
No Class (Live in England 1981) — 2 ▶
No Class (Live in Newcastle) — 1 ▶
One Track Mind — 1 ▶
Orgasmatron — 1 ▶
Orgasmatron (BBC session TX 16.08.1986) — 1 ▶
Over the Top — 3 ▶
Overkill — 55 ▶
Overkill (Live At Hammersmith) — 1 ▶
Overnight Sensation — 2 ▶
R.A.M.O.N.E.S — 1 ▶
R.A.M.O.N.E.S. — 3 ▶
Red Raw — 1 ▶
Ridin' With the Driver — 1 ▶
Rock & Roll — 1 ▶
Rock 'n' Roll — 2 ▶
Rock Out — 1 ▶
Sacrifice — 1 ▶
Speedfreak — 1 ▶
Stay Clean — 2 ▶
Steal Your Face — 4 ▶
Sympathy for the Devil — 4 ▶
Tear Ya Down — 5 ▶
Tear Ya Down (John Peel session 18th Sep 1978) — 1 ▶
Tear Ya Down (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 Sep 1978) — 5 ▶
Tear Ya Down (Radio 1 Session, 18 Sep 1978) — 2 ▶
Tear Ya Down - BBC Session — 2 ▶
The Bomber — 2 ▶
The Game — 1 ▶
The One to Sing the Blues — 1 ▶
The Train Kept a-Rollin — 1 ▶
Thunder & Lightning — 1 ▶
Thunder and lightning — 1 ▶
Too Late Too Late — 1 ▶
Train Kept a-Rollin' — 2 ▶
We Are the Road Crew — 2 ▶
We Are The Road Crew (Cleaned) — 1 ▶
White Line Fever — 5 ▶
White Line Fever (Radio 1 David Jensen Session, 1 Oct 1981) — 3 ▶
White Line Fever - BBC Session 01/10/1981 — 8 ▶