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The Adverts

The Adverts is a group from the UK, active from 1976.

Group GB 1976–1979 punk rock punk new wave
TOTAL PLAYS
478
SONGS PLAYED
47
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-17 15:57 · 6 Music — "One Chord Wonders"
LAST PLAYED
21 hours ago · 6 Music — "Gary Gilmore's Eyes"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
50 38 25 13 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

6 Music 469 98%
Radio 2 7 1%
Radio 1 1 0%
1Xtra 1 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 18:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 One Chord Wonders 174 2025-10-08
2 Gary Gilmore's Eyes 93 2026-05-20
3 The Adverts 33 2019-09-04
4 One Chord Wonders - BBC Session 25/04/1977 14 2015-03-17
5 New Boys - BBC Session 25/04/1977 13 2015-03-17
6 Board Teenagers - BBC Session 25/04/1977 13 2013-12-16
7 Bored Teenagers 11 2022-05-09
8 Quickstep - BBC Session 25/04/1977 11 2015-08-17
9 No Time to Be 21 9 2023-07-26
10 New Boys (Radio 1 Session, 25 Apr 1977) 9 2021-12-08
11 One Chord Wonders (Radio 1 Session, 25 Apr 1977) 8 2021-12-08
12 Bored Teenagers (Radio 1 Session, 25 Apr 1977) 8 2021-12-08
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-20 14:16 Gary Gilmore's Eyes 6 Music
2025-11-03 00:38 Gary Gilmore's Eyes 6 Music
2025-10-08 21:54 One Chord Wonders 6 Music
2025-09-20 08:01 One Chord Wonders 6 Music
2025-04-28 16:00 Gary Gilmore's Eyes 6 Music
2025-04-16 14:13 One Chord Wonders 6 Music
2025-03-15 08:18 Gary Gilmore's Eyes 6 Music
2025-03-05 15:15 Gary Gilmore's Eyes 6 Music
2024-11-13 15:16 One Chord Wonders 6 Music
2024-09-10 20:00 One Chord Wonders 6 Music
2024-02-03 02:40 Gary Gilmore's Eyes Radio 2
2023-07-26 16:34 No Time to Be 21 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

47 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Back from the Dead — 1 ▶
Board Teenagers - BBC Session 25/04/1977 — 13 ▶
Bombsite Boy — 1 ▶
Bored Teenagers — 11 ▶
Bored Teenagers (Radio 1 Session, 25 Apr 1977) — 8 ▶
Cast of Thousands — 1 ▶
Cast of Thousands (John Peel session 161079) — 1 ▶
Drowning Men — 1 ▶
Gary Gilmore's Eyes — 93 ▶
Gary Gilmore's Eyes (BBC Session) — 2 ▶
Gary Gilmour's Eyes — 5 ▶
Great British Mistake — 4 ▶
I Looked At The Sun — 1 ▶
I Looked at the Sun (John Peel session 161079) — 1 ▶
I Will Walk You Home (John Peel session 161079) — 1 ▶
looking through gary gilmore's eyes — 2 ▶
Looking Through Gary Gilmore's Eyes (Radio 1 Session, 25 Apr 1977) — 6 ▶
Looking Through Gary Gilmore's Eyes - BBC Session 25/04/1977 — 7 ▶
Looking Through Garys Gilmore's Eyes - BBC Session 25/04/1977 — 5 ▶
My Place — 3 ▶
New Boys (Radio 1 Session, 25 Apr 1977) — 9 ▶
New Boys - BBC Session 25/04/1977 — 13 ▶
New Church — 3 ▶
New Church (John Peel session 30.8.1977) — 1 ▶
Newboys — 1 ▶
No Time to Be 21 — 9 ▶
No Time To Be 21 — 5 ▶
On the Roof — 2 ▶
On The Roof — 1 ▶
On Wheels — 1 ▶
One Chord Wonders — 174 ▶
One Chord Wonders (BBC Session) — 5 ▶
One Chord Wonders (Radio 1 Session, 25 Apr 1977) — 8 ▶
One Chord Wonders - BBC Session 25/04/1977 — 14 ▶
Quickstep (Radio 1 Session, 25 Apr 1977) — 5 ▶
Quickstep - BBC Session 1977 — 1 ▶
Quickstep - BBC Session 25/04/1977 — 11 ▶
Safety in Numbers — 2 ▶
Safety In Numbers — 1 ▶
Safety in Numbers (John Peel session 30.8.1977) — 1 ▶
Television's Over — 1 ▶
Television’s Over — 1 ▶
The Adverts — 33 ▶
The Adverts (BBC Session) — 6 ▶
The Adverts (John Peel session 161079) — 1 ▶
The Great British Mistake (John Peel session 30.8.1977) — 1 ▶
We Who Wait (John Peel session 30.8.1977) — 1 ▶