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Spandau Ballet

Spandau Ballet is a group from the UK, active from 1979.

Group GB 1979–1990 new wave new romantic pop

TOTAL PLAYS

1,891

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-06-11 10:42 · 6 Music — "Freeze - Bournemouth 1982"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Lifeline"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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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 1,777 94%

6 Music 70 4%

Radio 1 36 2%

1Xtra 8 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 09:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Gold 433 2026-07-31

2 True 279 2026-08-08

3 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) 210 2026-07-21

4 Lifeline 174 2026-08-19

5 Only When You Leave 133 2026-08-13

6 This Is The Love 125 2022-11-23

7 To Cut a Long Story Short 119 2026-04-29

8 Communication 64 2026-03-05

9 Through the Barricades 59 2025-05-31

10 Instinction 50 2026-05-24

11 Once More 35 2009-10-29

12 Steal 27 2014-12-19

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-19 04:19 Lifeline Radio 2

2026-08-13 14:07 Only When You Leave Radio 2

2026-08-08 08:04 True Radio 2

2026-08-05 06:52 Only When You Leave Radio 2

2026-07-31 20:35 Gold Radio 2

2026-07-29 12:29 True Radio 2

2026-07-21 04:03 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Radio 2

2026-07-16 11:03 Lifeline Radio 2

2026-05-27 05:50 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Radio 2

2026-05-24 17:04 Instinction Radio 2

2026-05-23 19:34 Round & Round Radio 2

2026-05-21 00:04 Gold Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

59 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

Be Free With Your Love —

2 2021-12-17 ▶

Chant No. 1 —

1 2009-11-20 ▶

Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) —

210 2026-07-21 ▶

Chant No.1 —

2 2021-04-09 ▶

Chant Number 1 (I Don't need this pressure on) 12" version —

1 2014-01-25 ▶

Code of Love (2003 Remaster) —

1 2025-01-25 ▶

Communication —

64 2026-03-05 ▶

Confused —

1 2021-02-26 ▶

Cut A Long Story Short - Bournemouth 1982 —

3 2010-07-16 ▶

Fight for Ourselves —

2 2023-08-05 ▶

Freeze - Bournemouth 1982 —

2 2008-05-11 ▶

Gently —

2 2016-08-31 ▶

Glow —

1 2021-02-26 ▶

Glow - Bournemouth 1982 —

2 2008-05-11 ▶

Gold —

433 2026-07-31 ▶

Gold Instrumental —

1 2016-08-14 ▶

Gold (12" Mix) —

1 2026-04-04 ▶

Gold (BBC In Concert) —

1 2023-10-10 ▶

Gold (from chorus) —

2 2016-11-08 ▶

Gold (Instrumental) —

4 2020-12-21 ▶

Gold 12" —

2 2016-01-06 ▶

Gold 12"Version —

1 2012-08-13 ▶

Gold 2 —

1 2008-08-06 ▶

Heaven Is a Secret —

17 2022-10-11 ▶

Heaven Is A Secret —

8 2011-11-17 ▶

Highly Strung —

4 2025-05-31 ▶

I'll Fly for You —

23 2026-03-07 ▶

I'll Fly For You —

2 2010-04-28 ▶

Instinction —

50 2026-05-24 ▶

Instinction (In Concert 50, 1982) —

1 2020-11-10 ▶

Instinction / Chant No 1 - Bournemouth 1982 —

2 2008-05-11 ▶

Lifeline —

174 2026-08-19 ▶

Musclebound —

16 2025-01-25 ▶

Once More —

35 2009-10-29 ▶

Only When You Leave —

133 2026-08-13 ▶

Only When You Leave (Live at Live Aid) —

2 2024-12-07 ▶

Only When You Leave 12" Version —

2 2014-08-09 ▶

Paint Me Down —

1 2015-04-04 ▶

Paint Me Down - Bournemouth 1982 —

2 2008-05-11 ▶

Pleasure —

1 2023-03-25 ▶

Reformation —

1 2021-02-26 ▶

Round & Round —

2 2026-05-23 ▶

She Loved Like Diamond - Bournemouth 1982 —

2 2008-05-11 ▶

Steal —

27 2014-12-19 ▶

SW Gold —

2 2017-02-01 ▶

The Freeze —

9 2024-07-13 ▶

The Freeze (Steven Wilson Remix) —

1 2025-09-13 ▶

This Is The Love —

125 2022-11-23 ▶

Through the Barricades —

59 2025-05-31 ▶

Through The Barricades —

21 2011-10-05 ▶

To Cut a Long Story Short —

119 2026-04-29 ▶

To Cut A Long Story Short —

24 2011-11-19 ▶

To Cut A Long Story Short (new) —

1 2009-10-29 ▶

True —

279 2026-08-08 ▶

True (Lane 8 Edit) —

2 2014-11-01 ▶

True (new version) —

1 2009-10-29 ▶

True (Radio 2 Session, 10 Oct 14) —

1 2026-01-01 ▶

True (Single Edit) —

1 2023-03-25 ▶

True x No Good (Don Diablo ReHex) —

1 2017-04-15 ▶