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Soft Cell

Soft Cell is a group from the UK, active from 1980.

Group GB 1980–2025 synth-pop synthpop electronic

TOTAL PLAYS

1,784

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-18 13:57 · 6 Music — "Bedsitter"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Torch"

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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

Radio 2 920 52%

6 Music 831 47%

Radio 1 28 2%

1Xtra 5 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 13:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Tainted Love 808 2026-08-17

2 Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 248 2026-05-05

3 Bedsitter 231 2026-08-01

4 Torch 178 2026-08-26

5 What? 55 2026-05-05

6 What 49 2016-09-07

7 Memorabilia 31 2026-05-05

8 Nostalgia Machine 21 2023-09-01

9 Insecure Me 12 2026-05-05

10 Where Did Our Love Go? 8 2026-05-05

11 Bedsitter (BBC session) 6 2005-09-13

12 Entertain Me - BBC Session 26/07/1981 5 2014-12-04

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-26 20:50 Torch 6 Music

2026-08-17 08:56 Tainted Love Radio 2

2026-08-01 11:37 Bedsitter 6 Music

2026-07-30 13:57 Tainted Love Radio 2

2026-07-28 22:08 Tainted Love 6 Music

2026-07-24 15:57 Tainted Love Radio 2

2026-07-22 10:28 Tainted Love 6 Music

2026-07-22 06:28 Tainted Love Radio 2

2026-07-15 13:53 In Heaven (When I Dance With You) 6 Music

2026-07-15 09:56 In Heaven (When I Dance With You) Radio 2

2026-07-13 04:57 Tainted Love Radio 2

2026-05-24 17:08 Torch Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

89 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

....So —

1 2022-06-03 ▶

A Man Can Get Lost —

1 2009-11-17 ▶

Barriers (Dave Ball Broken Down Angels Mix) —

1 2025-10-25 ▶

Bedsitter —

231 2026-08-01 ▶

Bedsitter (BBC session) —

6 2005-09-13 ▶

Bedsitter (Extended Version) —

1 2010-05-14 ▶

Bedsitter (Radio 1 Session, 26 Jul 1981) —

4 2025-12-23 ▶

Bedsitter (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Bedsitter - BBC Session 26/07/1981 —

4 2014-12-03 ▶

Bedsitter 12" —

2 2015-10-21 ▶

Bruises On My Illusions —

1 2022-05-01 ▶

Chips On My Shoulder —

3 2025-03-10 ▶

Chips On My Shoulder (Radio 1 Session, 26 Jul 1981) —

2 2021-11-18 ▶

Chips On My Shoulder - BBC Session 26/07/1981 —

4 2014-12-01 ▶

Down In The Subway —

4 2017-01-05 ▶

Entertain Me (Radio 1 Session, 26 Jul 1981) —

1 2016-01-13 ▶

Entertain Me - BBC Session 26/07/1981 —

5 2014-12-04 ▶

Happy Happy Happy —

1 2022-05-12 ▶

Heart Like Chernobyl —

2 2022-01-30 ▶

Her Imagination (BBC session 06,01.83) —

1 2015-10-14 ▶

Hey Joe —

2 2012-12-02 ▶

In Heaven (When I Dance With You) —

2 2026-07-15 ▶

Insecure Me —

12 2026-05-05 ▶

Insecure... Me? (Hfii Sean Radio Edit) —

1 2018-07-20 ▶

Loving You, Hating Me —

2 2016-08-24 ▶

Martin —

2 2025-02-22 ▶

Martin (Hallowe'en Mix) —

1 2025-10-25 ▶

Memorabilia —

31 2026-05-05 ▶

Memorabilia (Extended Version) —

1 2025-08-02 ▶

Memorabilia (Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) —

1 2021-06-06 ▶

Memorabilia (The Hacker Remix) —

1 2023-12-21 ▶

Memorabilia - Single Version —

1 2022-01-09 ▶

Memorabillia (Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) —

2 2023-08-21 ▶

Monoculture (Playgroup remix) —

2 2023-10-12 ▶

New Eden —

1 2022-05-01 ▶

Northern Lights —

4 2018-11-09 ▶

Nostalgia Machine —

21 2023-09-01 ▶

Nostalgia Machine (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Numbers —

1 2012-05-12 ▶

Polaroid —

2 2022-07-08 ▶

Purple Zone (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Say Hello Wave Goodbye —

2 2016-03-29 ▶

Say Hello Wave Goodbye (12" Version) —

1 2025-10-23 ▶

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye —

248 2026-05-05 ▶

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Instrumental version) —

4 2021-09-05 ▶

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

Seedy Films (Radio 1 Session, 26 Jul 1981) —

1 2016-01-13 ▶

Seedy Films - BBC Session 26/07/1981 —

1 2012-05-23 ▶

Sex Dwarf —

2 2012-11-28 ▶

So —

1 2022-01-28 ▶

Tained Love —

1 2014-08-12 ▶

Tainted Dub —

1 2018-07-28 ▶

Tainted Love —

808 2026-08-17 ▶

Tainted Love (12" Version) —

1 2010-08-14 ▶

Tainted Love (Dave Ball Mix 2021) —

1 2021-07-25 ▶

Tainted Love (DJ Hell Remix) —

2 2025-03-22 ▶

Tainted Love (Extended Version) —

1 2017-12-30 ▶

Tainted Love (Extended) —

1 2021-07-16 ▶

Tainted Love (Jamie Jones 4Z Remix) —

3 2022-01-11 ▶

Tainted Love (Original 12") —

1 2026-01-21 ▶

Tainted Love (Where Did Our Love Go) —

1 2021-07-15 ▶

Tainted Love (Where Did Our Love Go) (12") —

2 2021-08-13 ▶

Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go —

3 2022-11-07 ▶

Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go (Extended Version) —

1 2014-03-14 ▶

Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go (extended) —

2 2017-04-16 ▶

Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? —

2 2020-09-04 ▶

Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? (12" Version) —

1 2021-02-10 ▶

Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? (12") —

4 2018-03-24 ▶

Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? (Extended Version) —

2 2025-10-23 ▶

Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go (Extended Dance Version) —

1 2021-02-13 ▶

Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

3 2023-09-21 ▶

Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go 12" —

3 2015-03-11 ▶

Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love go? —

1 2007-10-27 ▶

Torch —

178 2026-08-26 ▶

Torch (Extended Version) —

1 2023-04-22 ▶

Torch (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

2 2023-09-22 ▶

What —

49 2016-09-07 ▶

What (Plastiq Remix) —

1 2008-08-20 ▶

What (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) —

1 2023-09-16 ▶

What? —

55 2026-05-05 ▶

Where Did Our Love Go —

1 2011-03-09 ▶

Where Did Our Love Go? —

8 2026-05-05 ▶

Where The Heart Is —

2 2015-01-24 ▶

Where the Heart Is —

1 2008-05-10 ▶

Where Was Your Heart When You Needed it Most (BBC Session 06.01.83) —

1 2015-10-12 ▶

You Only Live Twice —

2 2021-10-01 ▶

Youth —

2 2025-06-07 ▶

Youth (Radio 1 Session, 26 Jul 1981) —

2 2019-02-05 ▶

Youth - BBC Session 26/07/1981 —

3 2014-12-02 ▶