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The Beat

The Beat is a group from the UK, active since 1979.

Group GB since 1979 ska 2 tone british
TOTAL PLAYS
1,400
SONGS PLAYED
84
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-15 18:20 · 6 Music — "Save It for Later"
LAST PLAYED
18 hours ago · Radio 2 — "Mirror in the Bathroom"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
200 150 100 50 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 831 59%
Radio 2 562 40%
Radio 1 5 0%
1Xtra 2 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Mirror in the Bathroom 297 2026-05-20
2 Tears of a Clown 161 2026-05-12
3 Can't Get Used to Losing You 120 2025-03-31
4 Hands Off...She's Mine 104 2026-01-24
5 Too Nice to Talk To 103 2025-10-11
6 Ranking Full Stop 95 2025-10-10
7 Save It for Later 85 2026-05-11
8 Side To Side (feat. Ranking Roger) 72 2020-11-07
9 Hands Off - She's Mine 64 2016-05-25
10 The Tears Of A Clown 53 2016-09-06
11 Mirror In The Bathroom 51 2011-10-06
12 Maniac (feat. Ranking Roger) 18 2019-04-02
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-20 17:46 Mirror in the Bathroom Radio 2
2026-05-16 01:08 Mirror in the Bathroom Radio 2
2026-05-12 13:06 Tears of a Clown Radio 2
2026-05-11 12:24 Save It for Later 6 Music
2026-05-10 16:08 Mirror in the Bathroom Radio 2
2026-04-29 08:55 Tears of a Clown Radio 2
2026-03-23 17:57 Tears of a Clown Radio 2
2026-03-06 00:23 Tears of a Clown Radio 2
2026-01-24 20:12 Hands Off...She's Mine Radio 2
2026-01-22 15:07 Tears of a Clown Radio 2
2026-01-03 12:12 Tears of a Clown Radio 2
2025-12-15 17:37 Tears of a Clown Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

84 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Ackee 1-2-3 — 1 ▶
Avoid The Obvious (6 Music Christmas Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) (feat. Ranking Roger) — 1 ▶
Best Friend — 6 ▶
Big Shot — 3 ▶
Big Shot (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 24 Oct 1979) — 4 ▶
Big Shot (Hammersmith Odeon 1982) — 2 ▶
Big Shot (Radio 1 Session, 24 Oct 1979) — 2 ▶
Big Shot (Session 1979) — 1 ▶
Big Shot - 1979 — 1 ▶
Can't Get Used to Losing You — 120 ▶
Click Click (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 24 Oct 1979) — 4 ▶
Doors of Your Heart — 13 ▶
Doors Of Your Heart - Hammersmith Odeon 1982 — 1 ▶
End Of The Party (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 29 Mar 1982) — 2 ▶
Get A Job / Stand Down Margaret (Hammersmith Odeon 1982) — 3 ▶
Hands Off - She's Mine — 64 ▶
Hands Off She's Mine — 2 ▶
Hands Off She's Mine (6 Music Christmas Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) (feat. Ranking Roger) — 1 ▶
Hands Off She's Mine (Hammersmith Odeon 1982) — 3 ▶
Hands Off She's Mine (Steve Lamacq's Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
hands off, she's mine — 4 ▶
Hands Off.. She's Mine — 2 ▶
Hands Off... She's Mine (2012 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Hands Off... She's Mine (Live at Maida Vale, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Hands Off...She's Mine — 104 ▶
Heaven Hiding (feat. Ranking Roger) — 3 ▶
How Can You Stand There? — 1 ▶
I Confess — 2 ▶
Jackpot — 3 ▶
Jeanette — 1 ▶
Maniac — 4 ▶
Maniac (feat. Ranking Roger) — 18 ▶
March of the Swivelheads — 1 ▶
Mirror in the Bathroom — 297 ▶
Mirror In The Bathroom — 51 ▶
Mirror In The Bathroom (6 Music Christmas Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) (feat. Ranking Roger) — 2 ▶
Mirror In The Bathroom (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
Mirror In The Bathroom (Live at Maida Vale, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Mirror in the Bathroom (Live at WOMAD 1982) — 1 ▶
Mirror In The Bathroom (The Biggest Weekend 2018) (feat. Dave Wakeling) — 2 ▶
Ranikng Full Stop - 1979 — 1 ▶
Rankin Full Stop — 5 ▶
Rankin' Full Stop — 1 ▶
Ranking Full Stop — 95 ▶
Ranking Full Stop (6 Music Christmas Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) (feat. Ranking Roger) — 1 ▶
Ranking Full Stop (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 24 Oct 1979) — 10 ▶
Ranking Full Stop (BBC session) — 6 ▶
Ranking Full Stop (Live at Maida Vale, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Ranking Full Stop (Radio 1 Session, 24 Oct 1979) — 3 ▶
Ranking Full Stop / Mirror In The Bathroom (Hammersmith Odeon 1982) — 3 ▶
Rough Rider — 2 ▶
Save It for Later — 85 ▶
Save It For Later (Hammersmith Odeon 1982) — 2 ▶
Save It For Later (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 29 Mar 1982) — 5 ▶
Save It For Later - BBC Session 29/03/1982 — 1 ▶
Side To Side (6 Music Christmas Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) (feat. Ranking Roger) — 1 ▶
Side To Side (feat. Ranking Roger) — 72 ▶
Side To Side (Live at Maida Vale, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Sole Salvation — 4 ▶
Sole Salvation (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 29 Mar 1982) — 1 ▶
Sole Salvation - BBC Session 29/03/1982 — 1 ▶
Spar Wid Me (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 29 Mar 1982) — 2 ▶
Spar With Me - BBC Session 29/03/1982 — 1 ▶
Stand Down Margaret — 4 ▶
Tears of a Clown — 161 ▶
Tears Of A Clown (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 24 Oct 1979) — 5 ▶
Tears Of A Clown (BBC session) — 2 ▶
Tears Of A Clown (Hammersmith Odeon 1982) — 2 ▶
Tears Of A Clown (Radio 1 Session, 24 Oct 1979) — 1 ▶
Tears Of A Clown - 1979 — 1 ▶
The Tears Of A Clown — 53 ▶
Too Nice to Talk To — 103 ▶
Too Nice To Talk To - Hammersmith Odeon 1982 — 1 ▶
Twist & Crawl — 2 ▶
Twist and Crawl — 10 ▶
Twist And Crawl - Hammersmith Odeon 1982 — 1 ▶
WALKING ON THE WRONG SIDE — 3 ▶
Walking On The Wrong Side (6 Music Christmas Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) (feat. Ranking Roger) — 1 ▶
Walking On The Wrong Side (feat. Ranking Roger) — 1 ▶
Whine & Grine / Stand Down Margaret — 1 ▶
Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margret — 1 ▶
Whine And Grine / Stand Down Margaret — 3 ▶
Who's Dat Looking — 2 ▶
Who's Dat Looking (feat. Ranking Roger) — 3 ▶