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The Associates

The Associates is a group from the UK, active since 1976.

Group GB since 1976 post-punk new wave synth-pop
TOTAL PLAYS
707
SONGS PLAYED
80
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2005-03-14 12:24 · 6 Music — "Party Fears Two"
LAST PLAYED
3 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Party Fears Two"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
60 45 30 15 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 520 74%
Radio 2 187 26%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 19:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Party Fears Two 396 2026-04-25
2 Club Country 124 2026-01-27
3 It's Better This Way - BBC Session 28/04/1981 14 2022-11-03
4 White Car In Germany 13 2025-01-04
5 Nude Spoons - BBC Session 28/04/1981 11 2022-11-03
6 Breakfast 8 2025-08-02
7 A Matter Of Gender - BBC Session 28/04/1981 6 2022-11-03
8 The Affectionate Punch 6 2018-06-17
9 Me Myself And The Tragic Story - BBC Session 28/04/1981 6 2012-06-13
10 A Severe Case Of Career Insecurity (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 6 Mar 1982) 5 2024-05-07
11 Love Hangover 4 2024-06-24
12 Nude Spoons (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 28 Apr 1981) 4 2023-01-03
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-04-25 19:44 Party Fears Two Radio 2
2026-02-07 19:21 Party Fears Two Radio 2
2026-01-27 19:24 Club Country Radio 2
2025-11-29 01:38 No 6 Music
2025-11-24 14:54 Heart of Glass 6 Music
2025-11-01 20:54 Party Fears Two (remix) Radio 2
2025-09-01 17:38 Party Fears Two Radio 2
2025-09-01 04:57 Party Fears Two 6 Music
2025-08-30 19:45 Party Fears Two Radio 2
2025-08-26 14:55 Party Fears Two 6 Music
2025-08-22 12:57 Party Fears Two Radio 2
2025-08-11 14:15 Party Fears Two 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

80 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
18 Carat Love Affair — 3 ▶
A — 1 ▶
A Matter Of Gende — 1 ▶
A Matter Of Gende (Radio 1 Session, 17 Jul 1984) — 3 ▶
A Matter Of Gender (John Peel session 28 April 1981) — 1 ▶
A Matter Of Gender (Radio 1 Richard Skinner Session, 15 Jul 1984) — 1 ▶
A Matter Of Gender - BBC Session 28/04/1981 — 6 ▶
A Severe Case Of Career Insecurity (John Peel session 6th March 1982) — 1 ▶
A Severe Case Of Career Insecurity (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 6 Mar 1982) — 5 ▶
A Severe Case Of Career Insecurity (Radio 1 Session, 6 Mar 1982) — 1 ▶
A Severe Case Of Career Insecurity - BBC Session 06/03/1982 — 1 ▶
Affectionate Punch — 3 ▶
Affectionate Punch (Radio 1 Session, 17 Jul 1984) — 3 ▶
Arrogance Gave Him Up — 1 ▶
Austraila (John Peel session 6.3.1982) — 1 ▶
Australia — 1 ▶
Australia (John Peel session 6th March 1982) — 1 ▶
Australia (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 6 Mar 1982) — 2 ▶
Australia (Radio 1 Session, 6 Mar 1982) — 2 ▶
Australia - BBC Session 06/03/1982 — 1 ▶
Boys Keep Swinging — 3 ▶
Breakfast — 8 ▶
Breakfast (David Jensen session 29.09.83) — 1 ▶
Breakfast Alone — 2 ▶
Club Country — 124 ▶
Country club — 1 ▶
Don't Give Me That I Told You So Look (David Jensen session 29.09.83) — 1 ▶
Dont Give Me That I Told You So Look — 1 ▶
Dont Give Them That I Told You So Look — 1 ▶
Even Dogs In The Wild — 3 ▶
Fire to Ice — 3 ▶
Geese — 1 ▶
Gloomy Sunday — 1 ▶
Heart of Glass — 3 ▶
Helicopter Helicopter (David Jensen session 29.09.83) — 1 ▶
It'S Better This Way BBC Session 28/04/1981 — 1 ▶
It's Better This Way (John Peel session 28 April 1981) — 1 ▶
It's Better This Way - BBC Session 28/04/1981 — 14 ▶
Kitchen Person — 2 ▶
Kites — 3 ▶
Kites (Radio 1 Session, 17 Jul 1984) — 3 ▶
Logan Time — 1 ▶
Love Hangover — 4 ▶
Love Hangover (John Peel session 6.3.1982) — 1 ▶
Love Hangover (John Peel session 6th March 1982) — 1 ▶
Love Hangover (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 6 Mar 1982) — 4 ▶
Love Hangover (Radio 1 Session, 6 Mar 1982) — 1 ▶
Love Hangover (Radio 1 Session, 6th March, 1982) — 1 ▶
Matter Of Gender - BBC Session 28/04/1981 — 2 ▶
Me Myself And The Tragic Story (John Peel session 28 April 1981) — 1 ▶
Me Myself And The Tragic Story - BBC Session 28/04/1981 — 6 ▶
Message / Speech — 2 ▶
Message / Speech (Radio 1 Session, 17 Jul 1984) — 3 ▶
Message Oblique Speech — 1 ▶
No — 3 ▶
Nude Spoons (John Peel session 28 April 1981) — 1 ▶
Nude Spoons (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 28 Apr 1981) — 4 ▶
Nude Spoons - BBC Session 28/04/1981 — 11 ▶
Paper House — 2 ▶
Party Fears Two — 396 ▶
Party Fears Two (remix) — 1 ▶
Q Quarters — 1 ▶
Skipping — 2 ▶
Snap (David Jensen session 29.09.83) — 1 ▶
Take Me to the Girl — 1 ▶
Tell Me Easter's on a Friday — 1 ▶
Tell Me Easter's On Friday — 3 ▶
The Affectionate Punch — 6 ▶
The Affectionate Punch (Radio 1 Richard Skinner Session, 15 Jul 1984) — 1 ▶
Those First Impressions — 1 ▶
Ulcrajiceptimol - BBC Session 28/04/1981 — 2 ▶
Waiting For The Love Boat — 2 ▶
Waiting For The Love Boat (John Peel session 6.3.1982) — 1 ▶
Waiting For The Love Boat (John Peel session 6th March 1982) — 1 ▶
Waiting For The Love Boat (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 6 Mar 1982) — 2 ▶
Waiting for the Love Boat (Slight Return) — 1 ▶
Waiting For The Love Boat - BBC Session — 1 ▶
Waiting for the Loveboat — 3 ▶
White Car In Germany — 13 ▶
You Were Young — 1 ▶