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Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth is a group from the US, active from 1981.

Group US 1981–2011 alternative rock noise rock experimental rock

TOTAL PLAYS

1,116

SONGS PLAYED

131

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-04-12 04:09 · 6 Music — "100%"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Tunic (Song for Karen)"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

100 75 50 25 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,084 97%

Radio 1 20 2%

Radio 2 12 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 09:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Kool Thing 242 2026-08-20

2 100% 136 2026-07-15

3 Kissability 108 2026-08-10

4 Dirty Boots 76 2025-12-23

5 Sugar Kane 66 2026-05-08

6 Silver Rocket 62 2026-07-23

7 Superstar 47 2026-07-27

8 Teen Age Riot 40 2025-03-03

9 Sunday 26 2026-08-03

10 Tunic (Song for Karen) 15 2026-08-24

11 Bull In The Heather 14 2026-07-31

12 Sacred Trickster 14 2023-03-08

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-24 02:23 Tunic (Song for Karen) Radio 2

2026-08-20 09:50 Kool Thing 6 Music

2026-08-14 02:43 Kool Thing 6 Music

2026-08-11 22:32 Schizophrenia 6 Music

2026-08-10 12:47 Kissability 6 Music

2026-08-04 10:26 Kool Thing 6 Music

2026-08-03 04:16 Sunday 6 Music

2026-07-31 21:43 Bull In The Heather 6 Music

2026-07-27 02:39 Superstar Radio 2

2026-07-25 22:22 Tunic (Song for Karen) Radio 2

2026-07-23 07:43 Silver Rocket 6 Music

2026-07-20 04:38 Kool Thing 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

131 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(I Got a) Catholic Block —

2 2017-04-30 ▶

100% —

136 2026-07-15 ▶

Alice et Simon —

1 2011-01-08 ▶

Antenna —

8 2025-05-26 ▶

Beat on the Brat —

1 2014-07-13 ▶

Becuz —

1 2016-05-01 ▶

Black Candy —

2 2021-12-28 ▶

Brother James —

2 2015-05-08 ▶

Bubblegum —

2 2020-10-22 ▶

Bull In The Heather —

14 2026-07-31 ▶

Candle —

3 2016-03-30 ▶

Castles Made Of Sand —

1 2012-09-11 ▶

Chez Yves (Alice et Clara) —

1 2011-01-14 ▶

Come And Smash Me - BBC Session 1986 —

2 2012-11-08 ▶

Computer Age —

1 2025-03-12 ▶

Cotton Crown —

1 2016-02-28 ▶

Cotton Crown (Kotton Krown) —

1 2017-01-19 ▶

Dans le Bois / M. Rabier —

1 2011-01-21 ▶

Death Valley '69 —

1 2018-07-10 ▶

Death Valley '69 (feat. Lydia Lunch) —

2 2023-04-16 ▶

Death Valley '69 - Glastonbury 1998 —

1 2009-03-18 ▶

Death Valley 69 —

1 2017-02-05 ▶

Dirty —

1 2023-11-24 ▶

Dirty Boots —

76 2025-12-23 ▶

Disappearer —

1 2013-11-20 ▶

Disconnect Notice —

1 2020-09-29 ▶

Drunken Butterfly —

10 2025-09-18 ▶

Electricity —

1 2011-12-15 ▶

Eric's Trip —

3 2022-04-24 ▶

Erics Trip —

1 2008-05-06 ▶

Expressway to Your Skull —

3 2021-04-25 ▶

Expressway To Your Skull - BBC Session 1986 —

1 2012-11-07 ▶

Expressway ToYour Skull - BBC Session 1986 (Own Studio) —

1 2012-05-01 ▶

Female Mechanic Now On Duty - Royal Festival Hall 1998 —

2 2018-07-12 ▶

Flower —

2 2012-09-28 ▶

Free Time - Royal Festival Hall 1998 —

3 2021-05-25 ▶

Genetic —

1 2014-09-17 ▶

Hallowed Be Thy Name - BBC Session 1986 —

3 2015-07-25 ▶

Heather Angel - Royal Festival Hall 1998 —

3 2010-09-23 ▶

Heather Angel - Royal Festival Hall 1998 —

2 2020-01-27 ▶

Hits Of Sunshine - Glastonbury 1998 —

1 2009-03-18 ▶

Hits Of Sunshine - Royal Festival Hall 1998 —

2 2021-05-25 ▶

Hot Wire My Heart —

4 2022-09-29 ▶

Hotwire my Heart —

3 2021-02-17 ▶

I Dreamed I Dream —

1 2015-07-03 ▶

I Love You Golden Blue —

4 2022-06-18 ▶

I'm Not There —

1 2009-01-22 ▶

Incinerate —

4 2019-09-21 ▶

Instrumental Track - Royal Festival Hall 1998 —

1 2013-06-26 ▶

Karen Koltrane —

1 2005-06-08 ▶

Karen Koltrane - Royal Festival Hall 1998 —

8 2021-05-25 ▶

Kat n' Hat (Live) —

1 2021-07-03 ▶

Kissability —

108 2026-08-10 ▶

Kool Thing —

242 2026-08-20 ▶

Kotton Crown —

1 2024-07-28 ▶

Kotton Krown —

1 2015-02-02 ▶

Leaky Lifeboat —

2 2009-06-19 ▶

Leaky Lifeboat (For Gregory Corso) —

2 2020-07-11 ▶

Little Trouble Girl —

2 2023-04-16 ▶

Marilyn Moore —

2 2020-07-11 ▶

Massage the History —

2 2016-12-25 ▶

Mildred Pierce —

1 2017-10-29 ▶

Moonbeam Magic In A Glass Cage - BBC Session 1986 —

4 2015-12-05 ▶

My Friend Goo —

5 2025-03-07 ▶

My New House —

2 2016-04-26 ▶

My New House - BBC Session 11/10/1988 —

3 2010-08-09 ▶

New Hampshire —

2 2014-09-08 ▶

No Way —

5 2014-07-08 ▶

Or —

1 2013-01-25 ▶

Personality Crisis —

6 2022-08-18 ▶

Pstcho Mafia - BBC Session 11/10/1998 —

2 2009-09-24 ▶

Psycho Mafia —

3 2016-04-26 ▶

Psycho Mafia (Radio 1 Session, 11 Sept 1988) —

3 2022-06-08 ▶

Psycho Mafia - 1988 —

3 2023-04-11 ▶

Psycho Mafia - BBC Session 11/10/1988 —

4 2010-08-09 ▶

Psycho Mafia - BBC Session 11/10/1998 —

1 2010-07-13 ▶

Purr —

1 2023-10-09 ▶

Rain On Tin (Htd Version) —

1 2007-10-05 ▶

Reena —

2 2022-07-29 ▶

Rowche Rumble —

4 2016-04-26 ▶

Rowche Rumble - 1988 —

1 2015-02-01 ▶

Rowche Rumble (John Peel BBC Session from 1998) —

1 2013-11-17 ▶

Rowche Rumble (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 11 Oct 1988) —

2 2022-06-08 ▶

Rowche Rumble (Radio 1 Session, 11 Sept 1988) —

1 2020-09-15 ▶

Rowche Rumble - 1988 —

2 2023-04-11 ▶

Rowche Rumble - BBC Session 11/10/1988 —

5 2010-08-09 ▶

Rowche Rumble - BBC Session 11/10/1998 —

1 2006-07-07 ▶

Sacred Trickster —

14 2023-03-08 ▶

Schizophrenia —

8 2026-08-11 ▶

Shadow of a Doubt —

5 2022-12-11 ▶

She Is Not Alone —

1 2025-05-23 ▶

Shoot —

1 2025-09-26 ▶

Silver Rocket —

62 2026-07-23 ▶

Sister <live at ATP 2000> —

1 2007-02-19 ▶

Song for Karen —

1 2013-06-26 ▶

Star Power —

4 2023-11-12 ▶

Starpower —

1 2016-05-02 ▶

Stones —

1 2018-05-07 ▶

Sugar Cane —

2 2009-09-17 ▶

Sugar Kane —

66 2026-05-08 ▶

Sunday —

26 2026-08-03 ▶

Sunday - Royal Festival Hall 1998 —

3 2010-07-30 ▶

Sunday - Glastonbury 1998 —

1 2009-03-18 ▶

Sunday - Royal Festival Hall 1998 —

1 2019-08-20 ▶

Superstar —

47 2026-07-27 ▶

Swimsuit Issue —

1 2022-03-08 ▶

Teen Age Riot —

40 2025-03-03 ▶

Teenage Riot —

13 2015-05-17 ▶

The Diamond Sea —

6 2025-05-27 ▶

The Empty Page —

2 2019-02-05 ▶

The Sprawl —

1 2015-07-03 ▶

The World Looks Red —

1 2014-05-17 ▶

Theresa's Sound World —

1 2017-08-20 ▶

theresa's soundworld —

2 2006-11-29 ▶

ThÃ¨me de Simon —

1 2011-01-07 ▶

Titanium Expose —

1 2008-04-12 ▶

Tom Violence —

1 2023-10-04 ▶

Tunic —

3 2017-06-19 ▶

Tunic (Song for Karen) —

15 2026-08-24 ▶

Turquoise Boy —

1 2011-08-28 ▶

Victoria —

3 2015-12-06 ▶

Victoria (BBC Session 11/10/1988) —

3 2020-12-10 ▶

Victoria (Radio 1 Session, 11 Sept 1988) —

1 2022-06-08 ▶

Victoria - 1988 —

3 2023-04-11 ▶

Victoria - BBC Session 11/10/1988 —

4 2010-08-09 ▶

White Kross (Htd Version) —

1 2007-03-14 ▶

Wildflower Soul - Royal Festival Hall 1998 —

1 2010-07-30 ▶

Wildflower Soul - Royal Festival Hall 1998 —

1 2019-08-20 ▶

Youth Against Facism —

1 2015-05-24 ▶

Youth Against Fascism —

4 2025-09-07 ▶