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The B‐52s

The B‐52s is a group from the US, active since 1976.

Group US since 1976 pop rock new wave dance-pop
TOTAL PLAYS
762
SONGS PLAYED
34
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2015-02-05 04:46 · 6 Music — "Give Me Back My Man"
LAST PLAYED
1 day ago · Radio 2 — "Love Shack"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2015 — 2026
90 68 45 23 0
'15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 389 51%
Radio 2 365 48%
Radio 1 4 1%
1Xtra 4 1%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Love Shack 260 2026-05-20
2 Rock Lobster 140 2026-05-08
3 Roam 97 2025-10-24
4 Private Idaho 61 2025-12-02
5 Give Me Back My Man 57 2025-12-29
6 Planet Claire 25 2025-07-05
7 Deadbeat Club 17 2023-02-09
8 Meet The Flintstones 15 2026-02-20
9 Good Stuff 11 2025-01-13
10 52 Girls 11 2024-03-15
11 Mesopotamia 10 2026-05-14
12 Dance This Mess Around 8 2026-05-16
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-20 09:03 Love Shack Radio 2
2026-05-16 09:23 Dance This Mess Around 6 Music
2026-05-15 15:52 Love Shack 6 Music
2026-05-14 09:43 Mesopotamia 6 Music
2026-05-10 23:13 Love Shack Radio 2
2026-05-09 19:47 Love Shack Radio 2
2026-05-08 20:40 Rock Lobster Radio 2
2026-05-01 04:03 Love Shack Radio 2
2026-04-29 18:04 Rock Lobster Radio 2
2026-04-24 19:18 Love Shack Radio 2
2026-04-13 05:32 Love Shack Radio 2
2026-04-04 19:34 Love Shack (12" remix) Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

34 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(Meet) The Flintstones — 2 ▶
52 Girls — 11 ▶
Dance This Mess Around — 8 ▶
Deadbeat Club — 17 ▶
Devil in My Car — 1 ▶
Dirty Back Road — 3 ▶
Future Generation — 1 ▶
Give Me Back My Man — 57 ▶
Good Stuff — 11 ▶
Hot Pants Explosion — 1 ▶
Housework — 1 ▶
June Bug — 1 ▶
Junebug — 3 ▶
Lava — 4 ▶
Legal Tender — 6 ▶
Love in the Year 3000 — 1 ▶
Love Shack — 260 ▶
Love Shack (12" remix) — 1 ▶
Love Shack (DJ Cummerbund Tik Toxic Remix) — 1 ▶
Meet The Flintstones — 15 ▶
Mesopotamia — 10 ▶
Party Out of Bounds — 6 ▶
Planet Claire — 25 ▶
Private Idaho — 61 ▶
Quiche Lorraine — 3 ▶
Roam — 97 ▶
Roam (12" Remix) — 1 ▶
Rock Lobster — 140 ▶
Song for a Future Generation — 1 ▶
Strobelight — 3 ▶
Summer of Love — 2 ▶
There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) — 3 ▶
Topaz — 2 ▶
Wig — 3 ▶