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Shop Assistants

Shop Assistants is a group from Edinburgh, active from 1984.

Group Edinburgh 1984–1990 c86 indie pop noise pop
TOTAL PLAYS
145
SONGS PLAYED
39
STATIONS
1
FIRST PLAYED
2006-11-22 02:26 · 6 Music — "All That Ever Mattered"
LAST PLAYED
1 year ago · 6 Music — "Fixed Grin (Radio 1 Session, 11 Nov 1986)"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2025
20 15 10 5 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 145 100%
Radio 1 0 0%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Safety Net 16 2022-10-04
2 Safety Net - BBC Session 08/10/1985 14 2024-02-07
3 All That Ever Mattered - BBC Session 08/10/1985 14 2024-02-06
4 Somewhere In China - BBC Session 08/10/1985 11 2024-02-08
5 Almost Made It - BBC Session 08/10/1985 7 2024-02-05
6 Train From Kansas City 7 2022-07-14
7 Fixed Grin (Radio 1 Session, 11 Nov 1986) 6 2025-03-11
8 Before I Wake (Radio 1 Session, 11 Nov 1986) 5 2023-01-25
9 I Don't Want to Be Friends With You 5 2021-03-18
10 Looking Back - BBC Session 16/02/1986 5 2015-04-28
11 I Don't Want To Be Friends With You (Radio 1 Session, 11 Nov 1986) 4 2025-03-10
12 It's Up to You 4 2022-09-04
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-03-11 22:21 Fixed Grin (Radio 1 Session, 11 Nov 1986) 6 Music
2025-03-10 22:44 I Don't Want To Be Friends With You (Radio 1 Session, 11 Nov 1986) 6 Music
2024-02-08 21:09 Somewhere In China - BBC Session 08/10/1985 6 Music
2024-02-07 21:20 Safety Net - BBC Session 08/10/1985 6 Music
2024-02-06 22:17 All That Ever Mattered - BBC Session 08/10/1985 6 Music
2024-02-05 22:25 Almost Made It - BBC Session 08/10/1985 6 Music
2023-04-27 20:50 Safety Net - BBC Session 08/10/1985 6 Music
2023-01-25 23:07 Fixed Grin (Radio 1 Session, 11 Nov 1986) 6 Music
2023-01-25 21:41 Before I Wake (Radio 1 Session, 11 Nov 1986) 6 Music
2022-12-01 22:07 Looking Back (Radio 1 Session, 16 Feb 1986) 6 Music
2022-10-04 22:11 Safety Net 6 Music
2022-09-04 18:37 It's Up to You 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

39 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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Ace Of Spades (Radio 1 Session, 11 Nov 1986) — 3 ▶
All Day Long — 4 ▶
All of the Time (Janice Long session 16th Feb 1986) — 1 ▶
All Of The Time (Radio 1 Session, 16 Feb 1986) — 2 ▶
All Of The Time - BBC Session 16/02/1986 — 2 ▶
All That Ever Mattered — 1 ▶
All That Ever Mattered (John Peel session 081085) — 1 ▶
All That Ever Mattered - BBC Session 08/10/1985 — 14 ▶
All That Mattered — 1 ▶
Almost Made It - BBC Session 08/10/1985 — 3 ▶
Almost Made It - BBC Session 08/10/1985 — 7 ▶
Before I Wake (Radio 1 Session, 11 Nov 1986) — 5 ▶
Caledonian Road — 1 ▶
Fixed Grin (Radio 1 Session, 11 Nov 1986) — 6 ▶
Home Again (Janice Long session 16th Feb 1986) — 1 ▶
I Don't Wanna Be Friends With You — 3 ▶
I Don't Want to Be Friends With You — 5 ▶
I Don't Want To Be Friends With You (Radio 1 Session, 11 Nov 1986) — 4 ▶
I Don't Want To Be Friends With You (Radio 1 Session, 16 Feb 1986) — 1 ▶
I dont wanna be friends with you — 3 ▶
It's Up to You — 4 ▶
Looking Back (Janice Long session 16th Feb 1986) — 1 ▶
Looking Back (Radio 1 Session, 16 Feb 1986) — 2 ▶
Looking Back - BBC Session 16/02/1986 — 5 ▶
Nature Lover (Janice Long session 16th Feb 1986) — 1 ▶
Nature Lover (Radio 1 Session, 16 Feb 1986) — 2 ▶
Nature Lover - BBC Session 16/02/1986 — 2 ▶
Safety Net — 16 ▶
Safety Net (John Peel session 081085) — 1 ▶
Safety Net - BBC Session 08/10/1985 — 14 ▶
She Said She Said — 1 ▶
Something To Do — 2 ▶
Somewhere in China — 2 ▶
Somewhere In China (John Peel session 081085) — 1 ▶
Somewhere In China - BBC Session 08/10/1985 — 11 ▶
The Train from Kansas City — 1 ▶
Train From Kansas City — 7 ▶
What A Way To Die (Radio 1 Session, 16 Feb 1986) — 1 ▶
What A Way To Die - BBC Session 16/02/1986 — 3 ▶