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Saint Etienne

Saint Etienne is a group from the UK, active since 1990.

Group GB since 1990 alternative dance synthpop indie pop

TOTAL PLAYS

1,999

SONGS PLAYED

144

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-24 12:48 · 6 Music — "Only Love Can Break Your Heart"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Nothing Can Stop Us"

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

6 Music 1,532 77%

Radio 2 429 21%

Radio 1 30 2%

1Xtra 8 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Only Love Can Break Your Heart 405 2026-07-31

2 You're In A Bad Way 372 2026-08-05

3 He's On The Phone 180 2026-08-11

4 I Was Born On Christmas Day 170 2025-12-26

5 Nothing Can Stop Us 144 2026-08-25

6 Spring 95 2026-08-17

7 Join Our Club 60 2026-07-25

8 Take Me To The Pilot 48 2025-10-07

9 Side Streets 37 2025-02-03

10 Who Do You Think You Are? 37 2025-01-08

11 Glad 35 2025-09-05

12 Like a Motorway 28 2026-08-13

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-25 13:33 Nothing Can Stop Us 6 Music

2026-08-17 11:24 Spring 6 Music

2026-08-13 06:45 Like a Motorway 6 Music

2026-08-11 18:23 He's On The Phone Radio 2

2026-08-05 06:33 You're In A Bad Way 6 Music

2026-08-02 02:21 Spring 6 Music

2026-07-31 02:50 Only Love Can Break Your Heart 6 Music

2026-07-25 05:50 Join Our Club 6 Music

2026-07-23 16:50 Only Love Can Break Your Heart 6 Music

2026-07-22 02:08 You're In A Bad Way Radio 2

2026-07-21 13:33 You're In A Bad Way 6 Music

2026-07-19 03:18 Mr. Donut 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

144 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

4.35 In The Morning (CH) —

1 2011-07-18 ▶

Alone Together —

2 2025-01-09 ▶

Avenue —

6 2023-02-22 ▶

Bad Photographer —

5 2011-05-08 ▶

Bad Photographer 1998 —

4 2009-01-08 ▶

Been So Long —

1 2025-07-06 ▶

can't sleep —

2 2021-07-18 ▶

carn't sleep —

1 2017-04-12 ▶

Carnt Sleep —

1 2021-08-15 ▶

Church Pew Furniture Restorer —

3 2017-07-11 ▶

Clark County Record Fair —

1 2010-10-20 ▶

Come on Christmas —

1 2017-12-12 ▶

Conchita Martinez —

1 2020-11-15 ▶

Cool Kids Of Death —

2 2010-08-11 ▶

Cool Kids Of Death (Nana Hawk's Xmas Bangers) —

1 2011-12-21 ▶

Dive —

6 2021-10-15 ▶

DJ —

5 2013-06-29 ▶

downey ca —

1 2009-11-27 ▶

Downey, CA —

1 2009-11-27 ▶

Driving Home for Christmas —

1 2023-12-17 ▶

Driving Home For Christmas - 6 Music session 14/12/2010 —

1 2016-12-10 ▶

Filthy —

2 2021-06-04 ▶

Filthy (Monkey Mafia Mix) —

1 2012-11-08 ▶

Finisterre —

1 2021-04-04 ▶

Fonteyn —

4 2021-10-02 ▶

Girl VII —

2 2020-08-02 ▶

Glad —

35 2025-09-05 ▶

Glad (6 Music Session, 9th Sept 2025) —

3 2025-09-11 ▶

Goodnight Jack —

5 2017-06-26 ▶

Goodnight Jack 1998 —

2 2008-08-08 ▶

Half Light —

4 2025-10-19 ▶

He's On The Phone —

180 2026-08-11 ▶

He's on the Phone (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2025-06-25 ▶

He's On The Phone (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-27 ▶

He's On The Phone 1998 —

4 2009-01-08 ▶

Heading for the Fair —

2 2021-08-28 ▶

Heart Failed (In The Back Of A Taxi) —

1 2011-06-08 ▶

Heart Failed (In the Back of a Taxi) (Two Lone Swordsmen Dub) —

1 2022-01-28 ▶

Heart Failed (Two Lone Swordsmen Mix) —

1 2012-11-08 ▶

Heather —

2 2017-03-23 ▶

Her Winter Coat —

6 2022-12-20 ▶

Her Winter Coat (Edit) —

1 2021-12-15 ▶

Hobart Paving —

4 2019-09-08 ▶

How We Used To Live —

1 2020-02-12 ▶

Hug My Soul —

11 2025-07-04 ▶

Hug My Soul (Htd Version) —

1 2007-06-07 ▶

I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You —

4 2025-12-10 ▶

I Remember It Well —

5 2023-03-13 ▶

I Threw It All Away (6 Music Session, 18 May 2012) —

2 2018-02-22 ▶

I Was Born On Christmas Day —

170 2025-12-26 ▶

I'm Too Sexy —

3 2018-07-17 ▶

I've Got Your Music —

13 2012-08-03 ▶

I've Got Your Music (6 Music Session, 18 May 2012) —

1 2017-05-18 ▶

Join Our Club —

60 2026-07-25 ▶

Kiss and Make Up —

2 2020-11-05 ▶

Kiss And Make Up 12" —

1 2009-09-18 ▶

Last Days Of Disco (6 Music Session, 18 May 2012) —

2 2018-02-22 ▶

Let's Build a Zoo —

1 2021-12-27 ▶

Like a Motorway —

28 2026-08-13 ▶

Like A Motorway —

15 2011-09-21 ▶

Like A Motorway (Chemical Brothers Mix) —

1 2017-07-07 ▶

Like a Motorway (Chemical Brothers Remix) —

1 2012-10-19 ▶

Like A Motorway (Skin Up, You're Already Dead) —

1 2018-03-03 ▶

Little Chef —

2 2018-11-15 ▶

Little K —

1 2021-09-12 ▶

Live at Glastonbury —

2 2022-06-24 ▶

London Belongs to Me —

7 2024-06-09 ▶

London Belongs To Me —

1 2009-05-27 ▶

Lose That Girl —

5 2017-06-26 ▶

Lose That Girl 1998 —

1 2006-09-18 ▶

Madeleine —

1 2019-01-02 ▶

Magpie Eyes —

8 2017-06-15 ▶

Marble Lions —

2 2019-05-18 ▶

Mario's Cafe —

4 2017-04-06 ▶

Method of Modern Love —

6 2009-02-12 ▶

Milk Bottle Symphony —

4 2020-11-08 ▶

Mr. Donut —

2 2026-07-19 ▶

My Christmas Prayer —

8 2024-12-25 ▶

Nothing Can Stop Us —

144 2026-08-25 ▶

Nothing Is Going To Stop Us ( Richard X Reversion) —

1 2023-11-19 ▶

Only Love Can Break Your Heart —

405 2026-07-31 ▶

Only Love Can Break Your Heart (A Mix of Two Halves) —

1 2013-12-28 ▶

Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Andrew Weatherall mix) —

7 2025-09-19 ▶

Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Andrew Weatherall Remix) —

10 2020-11-04 ▶

Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Andrew Weatherall's A Mix In Two Halves) —

1 2020-02-23 ▶

Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Glastonbury 2022) —

3 2024-06-29 ▶

Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-27 ▶

Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Masters at Work dub) —

9 2025-10-11 ▶

Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Masters at Work Mix) —

3 2025-09-04 ▶

Only Love Can Break Your Heart - 6Music Session 28/09/2008 —

1 2012-01-23 ▶

Over the Border —

2 2024-03-31 ▶

Pale Movie —

2 2018-01-10 ▶

Penlop —

2 2021-12-05 ▶

People Get Real —

2 2017-09-13 ▶

Peterloo —

1 2023-01-12 ▶

Pond House —

12 2025-08-09 ▶

Popular —

1 2012-05-23 ▶

Preflyte —

1 2025-01-07 ▶

Rainy Day Women —

1 2015-04-12 ▶

Relocate (feat. David Essex) —

1 2021-03-14 ▶

Sally Space —

1 2021-05-30 ▶

Settle —

1 2025-01-12 ▶

She's the One —

3 2024-11-10 ▶

She's The One —

1 2009-05-14 ▶

Shopping Spree —

2 2014-12-03 ▶

Side Streets —

37 2025-02-03 ▶

Side Streets (6 Music Session, 13 Jun 2005) —

3 2018-06-13 ▶

Side Streets - Hub Session 13/06/2005 —

7 2009-10-07 ▶

Skin Up, You're Already Dead (Autechre Remix) —

3 2021-06-12 ▶

Speedwell —

2 2020-11-18 ▶

Split Screan —

4 2011-05-08 ▶

Split Screen —

1 2017-06-26 ▶

Split Screen 1998 —

1 2006-09-18 ▶

Spring —

95 2026-08-17 ▶

Steeplechase —

3 2012-06-13 ▶

Stop And Think It Over (6 Music Session, 13 Jun 2005) —

1 2016-06-13 ▶

Stop And Think It Over (6 Music, 13 Jun 2005) —

2 2019-11-07 ▶

Stop And Think It Over - Hub Session 13/06/2005 —

5 2009-10-07 ▶

Stormtrooper In Drag —

1 2019-12-08 ▶

Sun in My Morning —

3 2020-12-13 ▶

Sun In My Morning (6 Music Session, 13 Jun 2005) —

3 2019-11-07 ▶

Sun In My Morning - Hub Session 13/06/2005 —

5 2009-10-07 ▶

Sweet Melodies —

1 2025-09-05 ▶

Sylvie —

9 2022-10-30 ▶

Sylvie 1998 —

2 2009-01-08 ▶

Take It All In —

1 2017-06-12 ▶

Take Me To The Pilot —

48 2025-10-07 ▶

Take Me To The Pilot (6 Music Session, 9th Sept 2025) —

2 2025-09-12 ▶

Teenage Winter —

13 2021-06-13 ▶

The Bad Photographer —

3 2023-04-18 ▶

The Boy Scouts of America —

1 2020-11-07 ▶

The Last Time —

1 2025-09-05 ▶

The Sea (PFM Mix) —

1 2024-01-14 ▶

The Sea (PFM Remix) —

1 2017-09-08 ▶

Through The Winter —

1 2010-12-07 ▶

Tonight —

9 2025-05-25 ▶

Train Drivers in Eyeliner —

2 2017-08-08 ▶

When I Was Seventeen —

2 2012-08-03 ▶

Who Do You Think You Are (6 Music Session, 13 Jun 2005) —

1 2016-06-13 ▶

Who Do You Think You Are (Aphex Twin Remix) —

2 2021-08-15 ▶

Who Do You Think You Are - Hub Session 13/06/2005 —

6 2009-07-27 ▶

Who Do You Think You Are? —

37 2025-01-08 ▶

Who Do You Think You Are? (6 Music Session, 13 Jun 2005) —

2 2019-11-07 ▶

You're In A Bad Way —

372 2026-08-05 ▶