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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
1,879
SONGS PLAYED
59
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-06-11 10:42 · 6 Music — "Freeze - Bournemouth 1982"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · Radio 2 — "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
200 150 100 50 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,765 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 431 2026-05-04
2 True 277 2026-02-15
3 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) 208 2026-05-14
4 Lifeline 172 2026-05-11
5 Only When You Leave 131 2026-05-11
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 49 2025-05-31
11 Once More 35 2009-10-29
12 Steal 27 2014-12-19
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-14 15:37 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Radio 2
2026-05-11 23:32 Only When You Leave Radio 2
2026-05-11 07:56 Lifeline Radio 2
2026-05-06 00:37 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Radio 2
2026-05-04 04:15 Gold Radio 2
2026-04-29 03:04 To Cut a Long Story Short Radio 2
2026-04-15 08:53 Lifeline Radio 2
2026-04-13 16:20 Only When You Leave Radio 2
2026-04-08 23:37 Gold Radio 2
2026-04-05 07:44 Only When You Leave Radio 2
2026-04-04 19:11 Gold (12" Mix) Radio 2
2026-04-03 08:33 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

59 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Be Free With Your Love — 2 ▶
Chant No. 1 — 1 ▶
Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) — 208 ▶
Chant No.1 — 2 ▶
Chant Number 1 (I Don't need this pressure on) 12" version — 1 ▶
Code of Love (2003 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Communication — 64 ▶
Confused — 1 ▶
Cut A Long Story Short - Bournemouth 1982 — 3 ▶
Fight for Ourselves — 2 ▶
Freeze - Bournemouth 1982 — 2 ▶
Gently — 2 ▶
Glow — 1 ▶
Glow - Bournemouth 1982 — 2 ▶
Gold — 431 ▶
Gold Instrumental — 1 ▶
Gold (12" Mix) — 1 ▶
Gold (BBC In Concert) — 1 ▶
Gold (from chorus) — 2 ▶
Gold (Instrumental) — 4 ▶
Gold 12" — 2 ▶
Gold 12"Version — 1 ▶
Gold 2 — 1 ▶
Heaven Is a Secret — 17 ▶
Heaven Is A Secret — 8 ▶
Highly Strung — 4 ▶
I'll Fly for You — 23 ▶
I'll Fly For You — 2 ▶
Instinction — 49 ▶
Instinction (In Concert 50, 1982) — 1 ▶
Instinction / Chant No 1 - Bournemouth 1982 — 2 ▶
Lifeline — 172 ▶
Musclebound — 16 ▶
Once More — 35 ▶
Only When You Leave — 131 ▶
Only When You Leave (Live at Live Aid) — 2 ▶
Only When You Leave 12" Version — 2 ▶
Paint Me Down — 1 ▶
Paint Me Down - Bournemouth 1982 — 2 ▶
Pleasure — 1 ▶
Reformation — 1 ▶
Round & Round — 1 ▶
She Loved Like Diamond - Bournemouth 1982 — 2 ▶
Steal — 27 ▶
SW Gold — 2 ▶
The Freeze — 9 ▶
The Freeze (Steven Wilson Remix) — 1 ▶
This Is The Love — 125 ▶
Through the Barricades — 59 ▶
Through The Barricades — 21 ▶
To Cut a Long Story Short — 119 ▶
To Cut A Long Story Short — 24 ▶
To Cut A Long Story Short (new) — 1 ▶
True — 277 ▶
True (Lane 8 Edit) — 2 ▶
True (new version) — 1 ▶
True (Radio 2 Session, 10 Oct 14) — 1 ▶
True (Single Edit) — 1 ▶
True x No Good (Don Diablo ReHex) — 1 ▶