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Placebo

Placebo is a group from London, active since 1994.

Group London since 1994 alternative rock british indie rock

TOTAL PLAYS

1,385

SONGS PLAYED

112

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-27 14:48 · 6 Music — "Nancy Boy"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · Radio 1 — "Inner City Blues"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,262 91%

Radio 1 68 5%

Radio 2 55 4%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 15:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Nancy Boy 277 2026-08-20

2 Pure Morning 200 2026-08-14

3 Teenage Angst 134 2025-12-29

4 You Don't Care About Us 60 2022-06-09

5 For What It's Worth 60 2021-07-05

6 The Bitter End 55 2024-10-23

7 The Never-Ending Why 53 2020-09-11

8 Beautiful James 45 2022-04-22

9 Bright Lights 31 2010-02-12

10 Loud Like Love 30 2013-12-06

11 Too Many Friends 30 2013-09-06

12 Every you and every me 30 2012-10-06

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-26 22:36 Inner City Blues Radio 1

2026-08-20 12:08 Nancy Boy 6 Music

2026-08-14 02:28 Pure Morning 6 Music

2026-08-11 19:03 Nancy Boy Radio 2

2026-08-10 02:43 Pure Morning (6 Music Live at Maida Vale 2016) 6 Music

2026-08-10 02:19 Nancy Boy Radio 2

2026-08-06 03:43 Pure Morning (6 Music Live at Maida Vale 2016) 6 Music

2026-07-27 12:08 Pure Morning 6 Music

2026-07-18 00:48 Lady of the Flowers (RE:CREATED VERSION) 6 Music

2026-05-25 15:50 Bruise Pristine (RE:CREATED VERSION) 6 Music

2026-05-22 20:21 Nancy Boy 6 Music

2026-05-07 12:41 Lady of the Flowers (RE:CREATED VERSION) 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

112 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

20th Century Boy —

11 2025-07-24 ▶

36 Degrees —

6 2023-03-29 ▶

36 Degrees (Manchester Academy, 18 Oct 1998) —

2 2019-04-25 ▶

36 Degrees - Manchester Academy 1998 —

2 2016-03-17 ▶

38 Degrees - Manchester Academy 1998 —

3 2013-02-27 ▶

A Million Little Pieces —

2 2014-08-02 ▶

Alergic - Leeds Festival 2000 —

1 2014-10-01 ▶

Ashtray Heart —

2 2009-06-10 ▶

Ashtray Heart (Timo Maas Remix) —

1 2010-11-05 ▶

Ask for Answers —

7 2025-10-04 ▶

B3 —

25 2012-11-28 ▶

Balek —

3 2024-06-15 ▶

Battle for the Sun —

1 2014-08-30 ▶

Battle For The Sun —

2 2009-06-10 ▶

Beautiful James —

45 2022-04-22 ▶

Binoic 2000 —

1 2007-04-18 ▶

Bionic - Leeds Festival 2000 —

3 2018-09-23 ▶

Black Eyed —

1 2020-11-20 ▶

Black-Eyed - Leeds Festival 2000 —

3 2018-09-23 ▶

Breathe Underwater —

1 2009-06-11 ▶

Brick Sh*t House - Manchester Academy 1998 —

1 2018-04-19 ▶

Bright Lights —

31 2010-02-12 ▶

Bruise pristene —

1 2010-07-16 ▶

Bruise Pristine —

10 2026-03-13 ▶

Bruise Pristine (RE:CREATED VERSION) —

2 2026-05-25 ▶

Bruise Pristine - BBC Session 08/123/1995 —

1 2008-11-27 ▶

Bruise Pristine - Manchester Academy 1998 —

10 2019-04-25 ▶

Burger Queen —

3 2025-08-03 ▶

Come Home —

3 2025-02-17 ▶

Daddy Cool —

4 2025-09-01 ▶

Days Before You Came 2000 —

1 2005-03-30 ▶

Days Before You Came - Leeds Festival 2000 —

2 2018-09-23 ▶

Drag —

1 2024-06-12 ▶

English Summer Rain —

9 2025-05-26 ▶

Every Me Every You —

1 2009-01-14 ▶

Every Me Every You 2000 —

3 2011-12-18 ▶

Every Me Every You - Leeds Festival 2000 —

2 2018-09-23 ▶

Every You and Every Me —

8 2016-01-09 ▶

Every you and every me —

30 2012-10-06 ▶

Every You Every Me —

17 2025-07-18 ▶

Every You Every Me (Manchester Academy, 18 Oct 1998) —

1 2017-04-06 ▶

Every You Every Me - Manchester Academy 1998 —

4 2013-02-27 ▶

For What It's Worth —

60 2021-07-05 ▶

For What It's Worth - 6Music Session 26/08/2009 —

1 2012-03-14 ▶

Hang Onto Your IQ —

1 2009-05-01 ▶

Happy Birthday in the Sky —

3 2022-03-28 ▶

Humpty Dumpty —

4 2023-05-20 ▶

Infra -Red —

1 2006-05-16 ▶

Infra-Red (Instrumental) —

1 2021-07-04 ▶

Inner City Blues —

3 2026-08-26 ▶

Jesus son —

1 2016-08-28 ▶

Jesus' Son —

12 2017-02-28 ▶

Julien —

1 2009-06-10 ▶

Lady of the Flowers (RE:CREATED VERSION) —

2 2026-07-18 ▶

Lady of the Fowers —

1 2009-07-18 ▶

Life's What You Make It —

1 2017-06-05 ▶

Loud Like Love —

30 2013-12-06 ▶

Meds —

2 2006-10-15 ▶

Meds (single Mix) —

4 2006-10-12 ▶

Miss Moneypenny —

1 2008-03-19 ▶

Nancy Boy —

277 2026-08-20 ▶

Nancy Boy 2000 —

3 2011-12-18 ▶

Nancy Boy - Glastonbury 1997 —

1 2023-06-17 ▶

Nancy Boy - Leeds Festival 2000 —

3 2018-09-23 ▶

Nancy Boy - Manchester Academy 1998 —

11 2019-04-25 ▶

Never Ending Why - 6Music Session 26/08/2009 —

1 2012-03-14 ▶

Never Let Me Go —

1 2022-01-18 ▶

Polk —

2 2019-10-08 ▶

Pure Morning —

200 2026-08-14 ▶

Pure Morning (6 Music Live at Maida Vale 2016) —

24 2026-08-10 ▶

Pure Morning (Les Rhythm Digitales Mix) —

1 2011-01-27 ▶

Pure Morning (Les Rhythmes Digitales remix) —

1 2010-10-13 ▶

Pure Morning (Les Rythmes Digitales remix) —

1 2023-01-06 ▶

Pure Morning - Leeds Festival 2000 —

4 2020-08-29 ▶

Pure Morning - Manchester Academy 1998 —

12 2019-04-25 ▶

Pure Morning - Reading 2003 —

2 2016-08-27 ▶

Pure Morning 2000 —

4 2011-12-18 ▶

Purify —

1 2013-09-18 ▶

Running Up That Hill —

13 2023-08-14 ▶

Running Up That Hill (6 Music Live 2016) —

1 2016-11-20 ▶

Running Up That Hill [A Deal with God] —

1 2007-09-11 ▶

Scared Of Girls - Manchester Academy 1998 —

9 2019-04-25 ▶

Scene of the Crime —

1 2013-09-18 ▶

Slacker Bitch - Manchester Academy 1998 —

3 2019-04-25 ▶

Slave to the Wage —

6 2023-03-12 ▶

Slave To The Wage —

4 2011-03-22 ▶

Slave To The Wage 2000 —

2 2005-03-30 ▶

Slave To The Wage - Leeds Festival 2000 —

3 2018-09-23 ▶

Special K - Leeds Festival 2000 —

2 2018-09-23 ▶

Special K 2000 —

3 2011-12-17 ▶

Special Needs —

8 2008-06-28 ▶

Surrounded by Spies —

4 2024-10-23 ▶

Taste in Men —

1 2020-07-25 ▶

Taste In Men 2000 —

3 2011-12-18 ▶

Taste In Men (Alpinestars Kamikaze Remix) —

1 2025-08-16 ▶

Teeange Angst - Manchester Academy 1998 —

2 2009-11-12 ▶

Teenage Angst —

134 2025-12-29 ▶

Teenage Angst - Manchester Academy 1998 —

9 2019-04-25 ▶

Teenage Angst/English Summer Rain/Nancy Boy —

1 2007-01-14 ▶

The Ballad of Melody Nelson —

1 2019-11-03 ▶

The Bitter End —

55 2024-10-23 ▶

The Never-Ending Why —

53 2020-09-11 ▶

This Picture —

2 2006-05-24 ▶

Too Many Friends —

30 2013-09-06 ▶

Try Better Next Time —

1 2022-01-21 ▶

Went Missing —

1 2022-03-25 ▶

Without You I'm Nothing —

2 2018-06-17 ▶

Without You I'm Nothing (feat. David Bowie) —

5 2021-07-04 ▶

Without You I'm Nothing (feat. David Bowie) (feat. David Bowie) —

1 2012-01-06 ▶

Without You I'm Nothing - Manchester Academy 1998 —

9 2018-04-19 ▶

You Don't Care About Us —

60 2022-06-09 ▶

You Don't Care About Us - Manchester Academy 1998 —

9 2021-07-04 ▶