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Scritti Politti

Scritti Politti is a group from the UK, active since 1978.

Group GB since 1978 synth-pop british c81
TOTAL PLAYS
973
SONGS PLAYED
65
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-15 09:02 · 6 Music — "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)"
LAST PLAYED
2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
80 60 40 20 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 554 57%
Radio 2 419 43%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) 243 2026-05-22
2 The Word Girl 203 2026-03-21
3 Asylums In Jerusalem 130 2023-01-31
4 Absolute 79 2025-10-04
5 Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy) 75 2026-05-19
6 Oh Patti 34 2016-05-19
7 The Sweetest Girl 24 2018-07-16
8 The "Sweetest Girl" 14 2025-04-29
9 Skank Bloc Bologna 13 2025-11-09
10 Doubt Beat 13 2021-05-13
11 Robin Hood 12 2025-10-11
12 Perfect Way 11 2023-10-07
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-22 14:56 Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) Radio 2
2026-05-19 13:43 Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy) Radio 2
2026-05-09 21:30 The Word Girl (Flesh & Blood) 6 Music
2026-03-21 21:21 The Word Girl Radio 2
2026-02-21 08:35 Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) Radio 2
2026-02-03 22:28 The Word Girl Radio 2
2026-02-02 04:11 Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) Radio 2
2025-11-09 21:22 Skank Bloc Bologna 6 Music
2025-11-04 22:01 Skank Bloc Bologna 6 Music
2025-10-11 21:18 Robin Hood 6 Music
2025-10-04 19:45 Absolute Radio 2
2025-09-25 21:16 The New One (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 20 Jun 1979) 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

65 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
05/12/1979 — 2 ▶
05/12/1979 (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1978) — 1 ▶
A Day Late & A Dollar Short — 4 ▶
A Little Knowledge — 1 ▶
A Slow Soul (John Peel session 15.5.1982) — 1 ▶
Absolute — 79 ▶
Asylums In Jerusalem — 130 ▶
Asylums in Jerusalem (John Peel session 15.05.1982) — 2 ▶
Asylums In Jerusalem (BBC session) — 5 ▶
Boom! There She Was — 5 ▶
Brushed With Oil, Dusted With Powder — 2 ▶
Confidence — 2 ▶
Cooking — 1 ▶
Day Late And A Dollar Short — 2 ▶
Doubt Beat — 13 ▶
Doubt Beat (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1978) — 2 ▶
Doubt Beat (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1979) — 1 ▶
Gettin’ Havin’ & Holdin’ — 2 ▶
Hegemony — 8 ▶
Hegemony (John Peel session 20.06.1979) — 1 ▶
Hypnotize — 1 ▶
Hypnotize (Short Version) — 1 ▶
Jacques Derrida — 4 ▶
Jacques Derrida (John Peel session 15.05.1982) — 1 ▶
Knowledge and Interest (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 5 Dec 1978) — 5 ▶
Knowledge And Interst — 2 ▶
Knowledge And Interst (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1978) — 1 ▶
Lions After Slumber — 11 ▶
Lions After Slumber (BBC session) — 2 ▶
Messthetics — 6 ▶
Messthetics (John Peel session 20..06.1979) — 1 ▶
Mystic Handyman — 1 ▶
Oh Patti — 34 ▶
Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy) — 75 ▶
Overnite — 4 ▶
P.A.S. — 1 ▶
Perfect Way — 11 ▶
Petrococadollar — 1 ▶
Road to No Regret — 2 ▶
Robin Hood — 12 ▶
Scritlocks Door — 1 ▶
Scritt Locks Door — 2 ▶
Scritt Locks Door (John Peel; session 20.06.1979) — 1 ▶
Scritt Locks Door (Radio 1 Session, 20 Jun 1979) — 1 ▶
She's a Woman (feat. Shabba Ranks) — 2 ▶
Skank Bloc Bologna — 13 ▶
Small Talk — 2 ▶
Snow in Sun — 3 ▶
Snow in Sun (live track) — 1 ▶
The "Sweetest Girl" — 14 ▶
The Boom Boom Bap — 6 ▶
The Humours of Spitalfields — 2 ▶
The Humours Of Spitalfields (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 5 Dec 1978) — 2 ▶
The Humours Of Spitalfields (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1978) — 1 ▶
The Humours Of Spitalfields (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1979) — 1 ▶
The New One — 4 ▶
The New One (John Peel session 20.06.1979) — 1 ▶
The New One (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 20 Jun 1979) — 1 ▶
The Sweetest Girl — 24 ▶
The Word Girl — 203 ▶
The Word Girl (Flesh & Blood) — 2 ▶
Tinseltown To The Boogiedown — 1 ▶
Tinseltown to the Boogiedown (feat. Mos Def) — 1 ▶
Umm — 1 ▶
Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) — 243 ▶