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The Alarm

The Alarm is a group from the UK, active since 1981.

Group GB since 1981 rock punk new wave
TOTAL PLAYS
208
SONGS PLAYED
35
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2005-09-08 04:56 · 6 Music — "Declartation / Marching On"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · Radio 2 — "Bells of Rhymney"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
20 15 10 5 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 119 57%
6 Music 89 43%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 17:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 68 Guns 90 2026-05-09
2 Rain in the Summertime 45 2026-03-15
3 Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? 15 2025-05-03
4 Rain In The Summertime 7 2011-10-15
5 Blaze Of Glory - Hammersmith Palais 1984 4 2017-05-17
6 Sixty-Eight Guns - Hammersmith Palais 1984 4 2017-05-17
7 The Stand 3 2025-04-29
8 Strength 3 2025-04-29
9 Sixty Eight Guns 3 2013-08-03
10 Shout At The Devil - Hammersmith Palais 1984 3 2012-10-24
11 Absolute Reality 3 2011-11-26
12 Sold Me Down The River 2 2016-07-17
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-07-25 18:46 Bells of Rhymney Radio 2
2026-05-09 20:20 68 Guns Radio 2
2026-04-13 17:21 68 Guns Radio 2
2026-03-15 07:28 Rain in the Summertime Radio 2
2025-08-19 05:14 Rain in the Summertime 6 Music
2025-05-04 18:01 Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? (Single Version) 6 Music
2025-05-03 20:13 Rain In The Summertime (Album Version) Radio 2
2025-05-03 19:03 Sixty Eight Guns (full version) Radio 2
2025-05-03 07:11 Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? 6 Music
2025-05-02 22:43 68 Guns Radio 2
2025-04-29 21:01 The Stand 6 Music
2025-04-29 19:51 68 Guns Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

35 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
68 Guns — 90 ▶
68 Guns (CH) — 1 ▶
A New South Wales — 1 ▶
Absolute Reality — 3 ▶
Bells of Rhymney — 1 ▶
Blaze of Glory — 1 ▶
Blaze Of Glory — 2 ▶
Blaze Of Glory - Hammersmith Palais 1984 — 4 ▶
Blood Red Viral Black — 1 ▶
Declartation / Marching On — 1 ▶
Declartation / Marching On - Hammersmith Palais 1984 — 1 ▶
Forwards — 1 ▶
Free Rock n Roll — 1 ▶
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) — 1 ▶
Howlin' Wind - Hammersmith Palais 1984 — 1 ▶
Let's Keep The Flag - Hammersmith Palais 1984 — 1 ▶
Rain in the Summertime — 45 ▶
Rain In The Summertime — 7 ▶
Rain In The Summertime (Album Version) — 1 ▶
Rockin' in the Free World — 1 ▶
Shout At The Devil - Hammersmith Palais 1984 — 3 ▶
Sixty Eight Guns — 3 ▶
Sixty Eight Guns (full version) — 1 ▶
Sixty Eight Guns (single version) — 1 ▶
Sixty-eight Guns — 2 ▶
Sixty-Eight Guns - Hammersmith Palais 1984 — 4 ▶
Sold Me Down The River — 2 ▶
Strength — 3 ▶
The Stand — 3 ▶
Time Has Just Begun - Hammersmith Palais 1984 — 1 ▶
Unbreak The Promise — 1 ▶
We Are the Light — 1 ▶
Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke — 2 ▶
Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? — 15 ▶
Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? (Single Version) — 1 ▶