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Swans

Swans is a group from the US, active since 1982.

Group US since 1982 noise rock post-punk experimental
TOTAL PLAYS
127
SONGS PLAYED
63
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2008-12-09 07:34 · 6 Music — "The Sound of Freedom"
LAST PLAYED
8 months ago · 6 Music — "Surrogate Drone"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2025
40 30 20 10 0
'08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 125 98%
Radio 1 2 2%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Oxygen 14 2015-03-19
2 Screen Shot 10 2017-07-11
3 A Little God In My Hands 10 2014-11-19
4 The Glowing Man 6 2016-06-15
5 Finally, Peace 4 2016-12-17
6 Michael Is Done 3 2023-07-17
7 Los Angeles: City of Death 3 2023-07-10
8 Amnesia 3 2020-02-05
9 Finally Peace 3 2016-12-13
10 The Glowing Man (Edit) 3 2016-05-23
11 Love Will Save You 3 2016-03-18
12 Failure 3 2015-12-26
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-09-03 23:57 Surrogate Drone 6 Music
2025-07-23 23:53 The Sound 6 Music
2024-10-27 20:25 I Remember Who You Are 6 Music
2023-08-21 22:48 No More Of This (6 Music Session, 14th Aug 2023) 6 Music
2023-08-14 21:45 Birthing (6 Music Session, 14th Aug 2023) 6 Music
2023-08-14 21:05 No More Of This (6 Music Session, 14th Aug 2023) 6 Music
2023-08-08 22:55 Unforming 6 Music
2023-07-31 22:48 Unforming 6 Music
2023-07-17 22:19 Michael Is Done 6 Music
2023-07-10 21:30 Los Angeles: City of Death 6 Music
2023-07-03 22:13 Michael Is Done 6 Music
2023-06-27 21:33 Los Angeles: City of Death 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

63 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
'Los Angeles: City of Death — 1 ▶
A Little God In My Hands — 10 ▶
Amnesia — 3 ▶
Birthing (6 Music Session, 14th Aug 2023) — 1 ▶
Blackmail — 1 ▶
Blind — 2 ▶
Can't Find My Way Home — 1 ▶
Children of God — 1 ▶
Coward — 1 ▶
Failure — 3 ▶
Finally Peace — 3 ▶
Finally, Peace — 4 ▶
I Remember Who You Are — 2 ▶
Identity — 1 ▶
Inside Madeline — 1 ▶
Job — 1 ▶
Like a Drug (Sha La La La) — 1 ▶
Little God In My Hands (6Music Session 091214) — 1 ▶
Little Mouth — 2 ▶
Live - The Glowing Man — 1 ▶
Live - The Man Who Refused To Be Unhappy — 1 ▶
Los Angeles: City of Death — 3 ▶
Love Will Save You — 3 ▶
Michael Is Done — 3 ▶
Minus Something — 1 ▶
Miracle of Love — 2 ▶
My Birth — 3 ▶
No More Of This (6 Music Session, 14th Aug 2023) — 2 ▶
No Words / No Thoughts — 1 ▶
No Words/No Thoughts — 1 ▶
Oxygen — 14 ▶
Oxygen (6 Music Session, 9 Dec 2014) — 1 ▶
Oxygen (Radio Edit) — 3 ▶
Please Remember Me — 1 ▶
Power for Power — 1 ▶
Real Love — 1 ▶
Saved — 1 ▶
Screen Shot — 10 ▶
Screen Shot (6 Music Session 220517) — 1 ▶
Sex God Sex — 1 ▶
Sex, God, Sex — 1 ▶
She Loves Us! — 1 ▶
She's A Universal Emptiness — 1 ▶
Song for a Warrior — 1 ▶
Song For A Warrior Feat. Karen O — 1 ▶
Song for Dead Time — 1 ▶
Song for Dead Time (M. Gira Version) — 1 ▶
Surrogate Drone — 1 ▶
Thank You — 1 ▶
The Glowing Man — 6 ▶
The Glowing Man (Edit) — 3 ▶
The Seer / Bring the Sun / Toussaint L'Ouverture — 1 ▶
The Seer Returns — 1 ▶
The Sound — 1 ▶
The Sound of Freedom — 2 ▶
To Be Kind — 1 ▶
Trust Me — 1 ▶
Unforming — 2 ▶
When She Breathes — 1 ▶
When Will I Return — 1 ▶
When Will I Return? — 1 ▶
You F***Ing People Make Me Sick — 1 ▶
You People Make Me Sick — 1 ▶