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Patti Smith

Patti Smith is a person from the US, active since 1946.

Person US since 1946 art rock proto-punk rock
TOTAL PLAYS
1,344
SONGS PLAYED
83
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-16 17:26 · 6 Music — "Gloria"
LAST PLAYED
17 hours ago · 6 Music — "Frederick"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
200 150 100 50 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 1,138 85%
Radio 2 202 15%
Radio 1 4 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 09:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Gloria 205 2025-11-09
2 Frederick 196 2026-05-20
3 Dancing Barefoot 183 2025-11-08
4 People Have the Power 121 2026-02-07
5 Because The Night 120 2011-11-02
6 Because the Night 73 2025-06-03
7 Redondo Beach 53 2026-05-16
8 Kimberly 52 2025-12-28
9 April Fool 32 2016-10-29
10 Break It Up 23 2025-11-09
11 Till Victory 19 2023-03-08
12 So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star 19 2011-09-16
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-20 16:33 Frederick 6 Music
2026-05-16 09:20 Redondo Beach 6 Music
2026-05-10 15:48 My Name Is Mary (Excerpt) 6 Music
2026-02-07 18:49 People Have the Power Radio 2
2025-12-30 12:51 Frederick 6 Music
2025-12-28 05:46 Kimberly Radio 2
2025-12-21 05:15 Elegie 6 Music
2025-12-19 13:45 Frederick 6 Music
2025-12-14 18:50 Kimberly 6 Music
2025-12-11 05:38 Frederick 6 Music
2025-11-23 19:33 Birdland 6 Music
2025-11-11 12:14 Frederick 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

83 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
1959 — 1 ▶
After the Gold Rush — 1 ▶
Ain't It Strange (Live at Glastonbury 2015) — 4 ▶
Amerigo — 10 ▶
April Fool — 32 ▶
Are You Experienced — 1 ▶
Ask the Angels — 9 ▶
Because the Night — 73 ▶
Because The Night — 120 ▶
Because The Night (OGWT Live Performance 1978) — 1 ▶
Beneath The Southern Cross — 2 ▶
Beneath The Southern Cross (:Live at Glastonbury 2015) — 4 ▶
Beneath The Southern Cross (Glastonbury 2015) — 2 ▶
Birdland — 14 ▶
Break It Up — 23 ▶
Capitol Letters — 1 ▶
Cartwheels — 9 ▶
Dancing Barefoot — 183 ▶
Death By Water - 06/08/1996 — 1 ▶
Drifter's Escape — 1 ▶
Dylans Dog - 06/08/1996 — 1 ▶
Easter — 2 ▶
Elegie — 11 ▶
Everybody Wants To Rule The World — 1 ▶
Frederick — 196 ▶
Free Money — 15 ▶
Fuji-san — 1 ▶
Ghost Dance — 1 ▶
Gimme Shelter — 1 ▶
Gloria — 205 ▶
Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) — 6 ▶
Gloria <1000 Albums Version> — 1 ▶
Gloria: In Excelsis Deo — 1 ▶
Hey Joe — 3 ▶
High on Rebellion — 1 ▶
Horses — 5 ▶
Horses / Land — 1 ▶
Horses / Land Of A Thousand Dances / La Mer De — 1 ▶
I Ain’t Got Nobody — 4 ▶
In My Blakean Year — 1 ▶
Jubilee — 2 ▶
Kimberly — 52 ▶
Land — 11 ▶
Land / Gloria (Live at the Glastonbury Festival) — 4 ▶
Land Of A Thousand Dances - 06/08/1996 — 1 ▶
Land: Horses / Land of a Thousand Dances / La Mer (De) — 11 ▶
Mercy Is — 1 ▶
Mercy Is (feat. Kronos Quartet) — 4 ▶
Mosaic — 2 ▶
My Blakean Year — 4 ▶
My Generation — 2 ▶
My Generation (Live at Glastonbury 2015) — 4 ▶
My Generation - Live — 1 ▶
My Name Is Mary (Excerpt) — 1 ▶
P*** Factory — 6 ▶
P*ss Factory — 2 ▶
People Have the Power — 121 ▶
People Have The Power (Glastonbury 2015) — 5 ▶
People Have The Power - RX 28/06/15 - Glastonbury — 5 ▶
Piss Factory — 7 ▶
Pissing In A River (Glastonbury Festival, 28 Jun 2015) — 1 ▶
Pissing In A River (LIve at Glastonbury 2015) — 4 ▶
Priviledge (Set Me Free) — 1 ▶
Privilege (Set Me Free) — 1 ▶
Privilege (Set Me Free) (Live at Glastonbury) — 4 ▶
Redondo Beach — 53 ▶
Redondo Beach (Glastonbury Festival, 28 Jun 2015) — 1 ▶
Redondo Beach (Live at Glastonbury 2015) — 4 ▶
Smells Like Teen Spirit — 8 ▶
Smells Like Teen Spirit (Radio Edit) — 2 ▶
Snowball — 3 ▶
So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star — 6 ▶
So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star — 19 ▶
Spell — 1 ▶
Stride of the Mind — 1 ▶
This Is the Girl — 6 ▶
Till Victory — 19 ▶
Waiting Underground — 1 ▶
Wave — 1 ▶
We Three Kings — 3 ▶
When Doves Cry — 5 ▶
Wild Leaves — 1 ▶
Wing — 3 ▶