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Sparks

Sparks is a group from the US, active since 1970.

Group US since 1970 glam rock art pop art rock

TOTAL PLAYS

1,681

SONGS PLAYED

185

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-25 00:30 · 6 Music — "This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · Radio 2 — "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,224 73%

Radio 2 453 27%

Radio 1 4 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 18:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us 212 2025-12-05

2 Amateur Hour 172 2025-05-10

3 Beat the Clock 145 2026-02-06

4 The Number One Song in Heaven 110 2026-04-24

5 This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us 88 2026-05-21

6 Good Morning 72 2018-02-14

7 This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us 63 2011-11-09

8 Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me) 61 2023-09-17

9 What the Hell Is It This Time? 57 2022-08-04

10 Number One Song In Heaven 52 2016-06-28

11 Beat The Clock 46 2011-11-03

12 The Number One Song In Heaven 43 2011-11-15

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-21 03:12 This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us Radio 2

2026-04-24 03:13 The Number One Song in Heaven Radio 2

2026-03-31 19:03 The Number One Song in Heaven Radio 2

2026-03-29 14:49 This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us Radio 2

2026-02-06 04:12 Beat the Clock Radio 2

2025-12-29 22:34 Do Things My Own Way 6 Music

2025-12-27 06:15 Beat the Clock 6 Music

2025-12-26 16:56 Lord Have Mercy (6 Music Session, 15 May 2025) 6 Music

2025-12-26 16:46 Drowned In A Sea Of Tears (6 Music Session, 15 May 2025) 6 Music

2025-12-26 16:39 Do Things My Own Way (6 Music Session, 15 May 2025) 6 Music

2025-12-11 16:54 Drowned in a Sea of Tears 6 Music

2025-12-05 12:56 This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

185 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

1956 Cannes Film Festival —

1 2012-05-19 ▶

A Little Bit Like Fun —

1 2017-09-11 ▶

A Little Bit of Light Banter —

3 2025-05-25 ▶

Achoo —

2 2018-12-11 ▶

All That —

5 2020-08-10 ▶

Amateur Hour —

172 2025-05-10 ▶

Amateur Hour - Electric Picnic Unkown Date as of now —

1 2013-11-14 ▶

Amateur Hour 1995 —

3 2009-11-06 ▶

Amazing Mr Repeat —

1 2017-09-11 ▶

Angst in My Pants —

2 2023-06-29 ▶

At Home, At Work, At Play —

20 2024-04-22 ▶

At Home, At Work, At Play (6 Music Festival 2017) —

2 2024-03-06 ▶

Barbecutie —

1 2011-10-05 ▶

Beat the Clock —

145 2026-02-06 ▶

Beat The Clock —

46 2011-11-03 ▶

Beat The Clock 1995 —

6 2010-11-17 ▶

Beat the Clock (Debo Edit) —

1 2019-01-26 ▶

Beat The Clock (Extended version) —

2 2021-06-24 ▶

Big Boy —

1 2019-01-10 ▶

Check Out Time 11AM —

1 2018-06-23 ▶

Christmas Without A Prayer —

2 2024-12-25 ▶

Complaints —

1 2009-07-30 ▶

Confusion —

1 2015-11-26 ▶

Dick Around —

4 2006-09-27 ▶

Dick Around (6 Music Festival 2017) —

2 2017-03-24 ▶

Do Things My Own Way —

17 2025-12-29 ▶

Do Things My Own Way (6 Music Session, 15 May 2025) —

3 2025-12-26 ▶

Don't Leave Me Alone With Her —

1 2010-07-31 ▶

Drowned in a Sea of Tears —

20 2025-12-11 ▶

Drowned In A Sea Of Tears (6 Music Session, 15 May 2025) —

6 2025-12-26 ▶

Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me) —

61 2023-09-17 ▶

Edith Piaf (Said It Better) —

1 2017-09-19 ▶

Equator —

1 2005-08-21 ▶

Falling in Love with Myself Again —

5 2024-04-28 ▶

Fantasize —

1 2025-11-16 ▶

Fletcher Honorama —

1 2020-06-07 ▶

Frankly Scarlet (Radio 1 Session, 19 Oct 1994) —

1 2016-11-23 ▶

Gee That Was Fun —

2 2023-07-31 ▶

Get in the Swing —

10 2023-05-28 ▶

Get In The Swing 1995 —

1 2010-11-17 ▶

Giddy Giddy —

1 2017-09-11 ▶

Girl from Germany —

8 2023-05-28 ▶

Good Morning —

72 2018-02-14 ▶

Good Morning (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-24 ▶

Good Morning - Radio 2 Session 25/10/2008 —

1 2013-10-01 ▶

Happy Hunting Ground —

1 2015-11-26 ▶

Happy Hunting Ground - Electric Picnic Unkown Date As Of Now —

2 2013-11-14 ▶

Hasta Manana Monsieur —

5 2016-02-29 ▶

Hasta Mañana, Monsieur —

1 2025-02-03 ▶

Here in Heaven —

1 2013-08-04 ▶

Here Kitty —

1 2012-08-30 ▶

High C —

3 2023-05-28 ▶

Hippopotamu 6 Music Session 08 Sept 2017 —

1 2017-09-13 ▶

Hippopotamus —

21 2020-10-04 ▶

Hippopotamus (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-24 ▶

Hippopotamus (6 Music session for Marc Riley 8th Sept 2017) —

2 2017-12-19 ▶

Hippopotamus (Live at the 6Music Festival, Glasgow 2017) —

1 2018-06-23 ▶

Hippopotamus (Radio Edit) —

2 2017-04-05 ▶

How Are You Getting Home? —

1 2015-02-12 ▶

I Can't Believe That You Would Fall ... - Radio 2 Session 25/10/2008 —

1 2011-08-31 ▶

I Married a Martian —

1 2023-08-18 ▶

I Married Myself —

1 2020-06-07 ▶

I Predict —

1 2014-01-03 ▶

I Want to Hold Your Hand —

1 2014-09-13 ▶

I Wish You Were Fun —

3 2017-11-21 ▶

I'm Toast —

6 2020-09-16 ▶

In The Future - Electric Picnic Unkown Date as of now —

1 2013-11-14 ▶

JanSport Backpack (6 Music Session, 15 May 2025) —

1 2025-05-21 ▶

La Dolce Vita —

3 2021-11-15 ▶

Lawnmower —

2 2020-06-23 ▶

Left Out in the Cold —

13 2025-01-01 ▶

Let's Go Surfin 1995 —

4 2010-11-17 ▶

Lighten Up, Morrissey —

3 2018-06-23 ▶

Lighten Up, Morrissey - Radio 2 Session 25/10/2008 —

2 2013-10-20 ▶

Little Drummer Boy —

1 2022-12-24 ▶

Looks, Looks, Looks —

20 2023-05-28 ▶

Lord Have Mercy (6 Music Session, 15 May 2025) —

3 2025-12-26 ▶

Lost And Found —

1 2010-08-18 ▶

Missionary Position 6 Music Session 08 Sept 2017 —

1 2017-09-13 ▶

Moustache —

1 2010-04-07 ▶

Music That You Can Dance To —

3 2022-09-24 ▶

My Devotion —

1 2025-05-07 ▶

My Other Voice —

1 2007-11-17 ▶

Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth —

22 2025-11-25 ▶

Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth —

2 2010-08-02 ▶

Never Turn Your Back On Mother Nature - Electric Picnic Unkown Date As Of Now —

1 2009-06-10 ▶

Nothing Is as Good as They Say It Is —

41 2023-12-14 ▶

Nothing Is as Good as They Say It Is (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2024-06-27 ▶

Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is (Glatonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Nothing Travels Faster Than the Speed of Light —

1 2020-05-15 ▶

Now That I Own the BBC —

2 2020-06-07 ▶

Now That I Own The BBC (Radio 1 Session, 19 Oct 1994) —

1 2016-11-21 ▶

number 1 song in heaven —

5 2017-03-31 ▶

Number 1 Song In Heaven 1995 —

1 2007-09-04 ▶

Number One Song In Heaven —

52 2016-06-28 ▶

Number One Song In Heaven (6 Music Festival, 24 Mar 2017) —

1 2025-03-30 ▶

One for the Ages —

26 2022-03-01 ▶

Perfume —

10 2020-06-07 ▶

Photoshop —

2 2008-06-07 ▶

Porcupine —

7 2025-11-07 ▶

Pretending to Be Drunk —

1 2012-01-25 ▶

Propaganda & At Home, At Work, At Play —

1 2010-07-31 ▶

Propaganda/At Home, At Work, At Play - Radio 2 Session 25/10/2008 —

1 2011-08-31 ▶

Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat —

1 2023-09-23 ▶

Reinforcements —

2 2019-07-02 ▶

Roger —

3 2023-05-20 ▶

Running Up A Tab At The Hotel for the Fab (6 Music Session, 15 May 2025) —

1 2025-05-27 ▶

Sainthood Is Not Your Future —

7 2021-09-06 ▶

Self Effacing —

3 2020-06-18 ▶

Sherlock Holmes —

5 2021-09-12 ▶

Shes Beautiful (So What) —

1 2020-01-24 ▶

Shopping Mall Of Love —

1 2023-03-16 ▶

So May We Start —

1 2021-10-17 ▶

So Tell Me Mrs. Lincoln Aside from That How Was the Play? —

1 2018-06-23 ▶

Something for the Girl with Everything —

6 2022-10-10 ▶

Something For The Girl With Everything —

2 2008-04-04 ▶

Something For The Girl With Everything 1995 —

2 2008-05-20 ▶

Something For The Girl With Everything - Electric Picnic Unkown Date As Of Now —

1 2009-06-10 ▶

Suburban Homeboy - live at Electric Picnic 2013 —

1 2014-08-03 ▶

Talent Is an Asset —

3 2024-08-12 ▶

Thank God It's Not Christmas —

4 2022-12-24 ▶

Thanks But No Thanks —

2 2015-11-26 ▶

The Calm Before the Storm —

1 2024-11-10 ▶

The Decline and Fall of Me —

2 2025-04-14 ▶

The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte —

27 2024-10-08 ▶

The Mona Lisa's Packing, Leaving Late Tonight —

1 2023-06-05 ▶

The No 1 Song In Heaven (Part Two) —

1 2018-12-29 ▶

The No. 1 Song in Heaven (feat. Jimmy Somerville) —

1 2023-01-28 ▶

The No.1 Song In Heaven (Part 2) —

1 2018-06-23 ▶

The Number One Song in Heaven —

110 2026-04-24 ▶

The Number One Song In Heaven —

43 2011-11-15 ▶

The Number One Song In Heaven (Glastonbury 2023) —

2 2023-06-25 ▶

The Rhythm Thief —

2 2018-08-26 ▶

The Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us —

1 2020-06-06 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough —

1 2014-12-20 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us —

88 2026-05-21 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us —

63 2011-11-09 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us ((Plagiarism)) —

1 2014-06-21 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us (Glastonbury 2023) —

5 2023-06-28 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us —

212 2025-12-05 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us (6 Music Festival 24-03-17) —

1 2020-01-18 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us (Live 1995) —

1 2006-09-27 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us (Radio 1 Session, 19 Oct 1994) —

1 2016-11-22 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - 1995 —

4 2008-05-20 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - 6 Music Festival - RX 24-03-2017 —

1 2021-03-12 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - BBC Session 15/12/1995 —

1 2012-06-18 ▶

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us - Session 15/12/1995 —

2 2011-03-15 ▶

This Town Aint Big Enough - Electric Picnic Unkown Date As Of Now —

2 2013-11-14 ▶

this town aint big enough for both of us —

1 2025-09-13 ▶

Tips for Teens —

1 2023-01-05 ▶

Tryouts For The Human Race —

1 2009-11-01 ▶

Tryouts For The Human Race (Gavin Herlihy bootleg edit) (feat. Giorgio Moroder) —

1 2018-05-26 ▶

Two Hands, One Mouth —

1 2012-10-22 ▶

Ugly Guys with Beautiful Girls —

1 2014-09-26 ▶

Unaware —

3 2024-01-14 ▶

Veronica Lake —

4 2023-05-09 ▶

Waterproof —

1 2006-09-15 ▶

We Love Each Other So Much —

1 2021-08-31 ▶

What Are All These Bands So Angry About —

1 2013-10-26 ▶

What Are All These Bands So Angry About? —

1 2018-06-23 ▶

What The Hell Is It This Time —

2 2017-03-28 ▶

What The Hell Is It This Time (6 Music Festival 2017) —

2 2017-04-19 ▶

What The Hell Is It This Time) 6 Music Session 08 Sept 2017 —

2 2017-09-21 ▶

What the Hell Is It This Time? —

57 2022-08-04 ▶

When Do I Get to Sing "My Way" (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-30 ▶

When Do I Get To Sing "My Way" 1995 —

2 2008-05-01 ▶

When Do I Get To Sing "My Way"? —

6 2023-09-02 ▶

When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way' —

2 2009-05-20 ▶

When Do I Get To Sing My Own Way (Radio 1 Session, 19 Oct 1994) —

2 2018-06-30 ▶

When Do I Get To Sing My Own Way - BBC Session 15/12/1995 —

1 2012-06-20 ▶

When Do I Get to Sing My Way —

1 2017-03-24 ▶

When Do I Get To Sing My Way (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-24 ▶

When Do I Get To Sing My Way (Radio Edit) —

1 2018-12-29 ▶

When Do I Get To Sing My Way (Sparks Radio Edit) —

1 2019-09-28 ▶

When Do I Get To Sing/My Own Way - Session 15/12/1995 —

1 2011-03-15 ▶

When I Take The Field On Friday —

1 2014-12-16 ▶

When I'm with You —

5 2024-03-24 ▶

When I'm With You —

1 2010-01-09 ▶

When I'm With You 1995 —

1 2007-09-04 ▶

When You're a French Director —

2 2021-05-16 ▶

Where's My Girl —

1 2009-10-01 ▶

Wonder Girl —

2 2021-05-10 ▶

You Earned The Right To Be A Dick —

4 2018-12-13 ▶

You Were Meant for Me —

5 2023-08-01 ▶

Your Call's Very Important To Us. Please Hold —

1 2023-08-14 ▶