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Pretenders

Pretenders is a group from the UK, active since 1978.

Group GB since 1978 rock new wave pop

TOTAL PLAYS

1,793

SONGS PLAYED

102

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2009-02-04 23:26 · 6 Music — "Kid"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Don't Get Me Wrong"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2009 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,155 64%

6 Music 629 35%

Radio 1 9 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Don't Get Me Wrong 209 2026-08-25

2 2000 Miles 206 2025-12-26

3 Brass in Pocket 203 2026-08-18

4 Back On The Chain Gang 183 2026-08-10

5 Kid 174 2026-08-23

6 Talk Of The Town 165 2026-08-06

7 Stop Your Sobbing 155 2026-08-20

8 Alone 61 2017-02-07

9 Tattooed Love Boys 54 2025-03-22

10 Holy Commotion 46 2017-02-04

11 Message Of Love 45 2026-03-28

12 I'll Stand By You 42 2026-04-18

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-25 05:05 Don't Get Me Wrong Radio 2

2026-08-23 14:33 Kid Radio 2

2026-08-23 05:16 Kid Radio 2

2026-08-20 08:25 Stop Your Sobbing Radio 2

2026-08-18 12:05 Brass in Pocket Radio 2

2026-08-15 07:50 Don't Get Me Wrong 6 Music

2026-08-13 10:13 Kid Radio 2

2026-08-12 11:03 Don't Get Me Wrong Radio 2

2026-08-10 02:55 Private Life (6 Music Live at Maida Vale 2016) 6 Music

2026-08-10 01:26 Back On The Chain Gang 6 Music

2026-08-09 15:23 Brass in Pocket Radio 2

2026-08-09 14:25 Back On The Chain Gang 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

102 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

2000 Miles —

206 2025-12-26 ▶

A Love (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-24 ▶

Alone —

61 2017-02-07 ▶

Baby's Breath - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Back On The Chain Gang —

183 2026-08-10 ▶

Back On The Chain Gang (Broadwalk Sheffield 1999) —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Back On The Chain Gang (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-24 ▶

Back On The Chain Gang - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

4 2016-04-06 ▶

Biker (Broadwalk Sheffield 1999) —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Biker - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

2 2016-04-06 ▶

Brass in Pocket —

203 2026-08-18 ▶

Brass In Pocket (6 Music Live at Maida Vale 2016) —

13 2026-07-31 ▶

Brass In Pocket (Broadwalk Sheffield 1999) —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Brass In Pocket (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-24 ▶

Brass In Pocket - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

5 2016-04-06 ▶

Brass In Pocket - Paris Theatre 1979 —

5 2010-10-27 ▶

Break Up The Concrete —

1 2014-08-25 ▶

cuban slide —

4 2025-06-29 ▶

Cuban Slide - Paris Theatre 1979 —

3 2010-09-17 ▶

Day After Day —

15 2025-09-07 ▶

Don't Cut Your Hair —

1 2016-11-20 ▶

Don't Get Me Wrong —

209 2026-08-25 ▶

Don't Get Me Wrong (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-24 ▶

Forever Young —

1 2024-09-22 ▶

From The Heart - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Gotta Wait —

1 2016-10-21 ▶

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas —

6 2023-12-25 ▶

Holy Commotion —

46 2017-02-04 ▶

Holy Commotion (6 Music Live at Maida Vale 2016) —

3 2023-01-14 ▶

Human —

3 2021-07-11 ▶

Human On The Inside - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Hymn To Her —

10 2025-05-11 ▶

I Go To Sleep —

33 2025-10-26 ▶

I Go To Sleep (Broadwalk Sheffield 1999) —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

I Go To Sleep - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

5 2016-04-06 ▶

I Hurt You —

1 2017-02-05 ▶

I Think About You Daily —

1 2024-01-28 ▶

I'll Stand By You —

42 2026-04-18 ▶

I'll Stand By You (Broadwalk Sheffield 1999) —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

I'll Stand By You (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

2 2023-09-24 ▶

I'll Stand By You - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

5 2016-04-06 ▶

If There Was A Man —

3 2021-10-01 ▶

Kid —

174 2026-08-23 ▶

Kid (Glastonbury 2017) —

1 2024-06-28 ▶

Kid (Radio 2 in the Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-24 ▶

Kid - Live From Latitude 2009 —

1 2009-12-22 ▶

Kid - Paris Theatre 1979 —

6 2016-11-26 ▶

Lie to Me —

1 2023-08-12 ▶

Losing My Sense Of Taste (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-24 ▶

Love's A Mystery —

1 2012-10-21 ▶

Lovers of Today —

1 2023-03-19 ▶

Message Of Love —

45 2026-03-28 ▶

Message Of Love (Broadwalk Sheffield 1999) —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Message Of Love (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-24 ▶

Message Of Love - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

3 2015-07-02 ▶

Middle Of The Road —

2 2024-06-20 ▶

Middle Of The Road (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-24 ▶

My Baby —

1 2022-03-27 ▶

My Baby. —

2 2016-07-24 ▶

My City Was Gone —

3 2015-06-06 ▶

Mystery Achievement - Paris Theatre 1979 —

2 2010-09-17 ▶

Nails In The Road (Broadwalk Sheffield 1999) —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Nails In The Road - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

4 2015-07-02 ▶

Never Be Together —

1 2016-10-21 ▶

Night In My Veins —

4 2023-03-05 ▶

Night In My Veins (Broadwalk Sheffield 1999) —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Night In My Viens - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

3 2013-11-07 ▶

One More Day —

1 2016-10-20 ▶

Popstar (Broadwalk Sheffield 1999) —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Popstar - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

3 2016-04-06 ▶

Precious —

4 2025-06-05 ▶

Private Life —

3 2024-02-19 ▶

Private Life (6 Music Live at Maida Vale 2016) —

14 2026-08-10 ▶

Private Life - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Private Life - Live —

1 2025-02-11 ▶

Rebel Rock Me —

1 2023-05-28 ▶

Roadie Man —

1 2016-10-21 ▶

Room Full of Mirrors —

1 2022-12-02 ▶

Sense of Purpose —

1 2015-05-17 ▶

Something To Believe In —

1 2015-07-10 ▶

Space Invader —

2 2025-10-10 ▶

Stop Your Sobbin' —

1 2024-11-02 ▶

Stop Your Sobbing —

155 2026-08-20 ▶

Stop Your Sobbing (BBC Live in London, Jan. 1979) —

1 2023-08-15 ▶

Stop Your Sobbing (Broadwalk Sheffield 1999) —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Stop Your Sobbing (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

2 2024-04-24 ▶

Stop Your Sobbing - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

5 2016-04-06 ▶

Stop Your Sobbing - Paris Theatre 1979 —

3 2010-09-17 ▶

Talk Of The Town —

165 2026-08-06 ▶

Talk Of The Town (Broadwalk Sheffield 1999) —

1 2016-10-22 ▶

Talk Of The Town - Broadwalk Sheffield 1999 —

3 2015-07-02 ▶

Tattooed Love Boys —

54 2025-03-22 ▶

Tattooed Love Boys - Paris Theatre 1979 —

1 2009-09-22 ▶

The Man You Are —

1 2016-11-13 ▶

The Phone Call —

2 2014-07-21 ▶

The Wait —

1 2023-02-05 ▶

Thin Line Between Love And Hate —

4 2014-06-22 ▶

Time The Avenger (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-24 ▶

Up The Neck —

1 2023-02-05 ▶

Vainglorious —

1 2023-10-01 ▶

Wait - Paris Theatre 1979 —

3 2010-10-27 ▶

Watching The Clothes —

1 2025-08-10 ▶