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The Bees

The Bees is a group from the UK, active since 2001.

Group GB since 2001 indie pop reggae dub
TOTAL PLAYS
1,259
SONGS PLAYED
92
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-24 13:36 · 6 Music — "Wash In The Rain"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · 6 Music — "A Minha Menina"
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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 1,071 85%
Radio 2 159 13%
Radio 1 27 2%
1Xtra 2 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 A Minha Menina 318 2026-05-11
2 Chicken Payback 247 2026-01-29
3 Listening Man 163 2025-03-14
4 Winter Rose 106 2019-12-22
5 The Russian 38 2011-01-19
6 Angryman 37 2023-12-25
7 Wash In The Rain 34 2025-10-21
8 Sky Holds the Sun 25 2025-09-01
9 Angry Man 18 2015-05-18
10 Lying In The Snow 16 2025-12-22
11 I Really Need Love 16 2017-08-15
12 Punchbag 13 2024-07-07
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-11 04:55 A Minha Menina 6 Music
2026-01-29 20:44 Chicken Payback Radio 2
2026-01-29 20:44 Chicken Payback Radio 2
2025-12-22 08:13 Chicken Payback 6 Music
2025-12-22 01:00 Lying In The Snow 6 Music
2025-12-21 13:58 Lying In The Snow 6 Music
2025-10-28 14:43 I Love You 6 Music
2025-10-21 11:25 Wash In The Rain 6 Music
2025-10-01 18:07 A Minha Menina Radio 2
2025-09-01 00:00 Sky Holds the Sun 6 Music
2025-08-31 13:01 Sky Holds the Sun 6 Music
2025-08-11 13:57 A Minha Menina 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

92 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(This Is For The) Better Days — 1 ▶
A Maina Menina - Auto 2002 — 4 ▶
A Maina Menuia — 2 ▶
A Maina Menuia - Auto Festival 2002 — 1 ▶
A Minha Menia (6 Music Session, 22 Mar 2002) — 3 ▶
A Minha Menia - Summer Sundae 2005 — 2 ▶
A Minha Menia - Summer Sundae 2005 — 1 ▶
A Minha Menian - Summer Sundae 2005 — 2 ▶
A Minha Menina — 318 ▶
A Minha Menina (6 Music Session) — 2 ▶
A MINHA MENINA (6 Music Session, 22 Mar 2002) — 4 ▶
A Minha Menina - 6Music Session 2002 — 1 ▶
A Minha Menina - 6Music Session 22/03/02 — 4 ▶
A Minha Menina - Auto Festival 2002 — 4 ▶
A Minha Menina - Glastonbury 2004 — 2 ▶
A Minha Menina - Summer Sundae 2005 — 1 ▶
Angry Man — 18 ▶
Angry Man (6 Music Session) — 2 ▶
Angry Man - Auto 2002 — 4 ▶
Angry Man - Auto Festival 2002 — 5 ▶
Angryman — 37 ▶
Angryman - Summer Sundae 2005 — 1 ▶
Chicken Payback — 247 ▶
Chicken Payback - 6 Music session 28/06/2007 — 1 ▶
Chicken Payback - Glastonbury 2004 — 5 ▶
Chicken Payback - Hub Session 28/06/2007 — 5 ▶
Chicken Payback - Summer Sundae 2005 — 3 ▶
Go Karts - Summer Sundae 2005 — 1 ▶
Go Where You Wanna Go — 9 ▶
Got To Let Go — 1 ▶
Hlabalaza — 3 ▶
Horseman - Glastonbury 2004 — 1 ▶
Horseman - Summer Sundae 2005 — 4 ▶
Horsemen — 5 ▶
I Love You — 11 ▶
I Love You - Glastonbury 2004 — 1 ▶
I Really Need Love — 16 ▶
It Isn't Exact - Summer Sundae 2005 — 2 ▶
Jackle Head (6 Music Session, 22 Mar 2002) — 1 ▶
Jackle Head - 6Music Session 22/03/02 — 3 ▶
Jackle Head - Auto 2002 — 3 ▶
Jackle Head - Auto Festival 2002 — 6 ▶
Left Foot Stepdown — 9 ▶
Listening Man — 163 ▶
Listening Man - Hub Session 28/06/2007 — 2 ▶
Love In The Harbour — 1 ▶
Love in the Harbour - 6 Music session 28/06/2007 — 1 ▶
Love In The Harbour - Hub Session 28/06/2007 — 2 ▶
Lying In The Snow — 16 ▶
No Atmosphere - Summer Sundae 2005 — 1 ▶
No Trophy — 2 ▶
No trophy — 2 ▶
No Trophy (6 Music Session, 22 Mar 2002) — 1 ▶
No Trophy - 6Music Session 22/03/02 — 6 ▶
No Trophy - Auto 2002 — 2 ▶
No Trophy - Auto Festival 2002 — 5 ▶
Nothin' - Glastonbury 2004 — 1 ▶
One Glass of Water — 1 ▶
One Glass Of Water - Glastonbury 2004 — 3 ▶
One Glass Of Water - Summer Sundae 2005 — 2 ▶
Punch Bag — 2 ▶
Punch Bag - Auto 2002 — 2 ▶
Punch Bag - Auto Festival 2002 — 4 ▶
Punchbag — 13 ▶
Russian - Glastonbury 2004 — 1 ▶
Silver Line — 5 ▶
Silverline — 2 ▶
Sky Holds the Sun — 25 ▶
Stand - 6 Music session 28/06/2007 — 1 ▶
Stand - Hub Session 28/06/2007 — 2 ▶
Start - Glastonbury 2004 — 2 ▶
Sunshine — 1 ▶
Sunshine (6 Music Session, 22 Mar 2002) — 1 ▶
Sunshine - 6Music Session 22/03/02 — 6 ▶
The Russian — 38 ▶
The Start — 1 ▶
These Are the Ghosts — 3 ▶
These Are The Ghosts - Glastonbury 2004 — 1 ▶
These Are The Ghosts - Summer Sundae 2005 — 2 ▶
This Is The Land — 1 ▶
This Town — 2 ▶
This Town (Auto Festival, 14 Dec 2002) — 3 ▶
This Town - Auto 2002 — 4 ▶
This Town - Auto Festival 2002 — 3 ▶
Wash In The Rain — 34 ▶
Wash In The Rain - Glastonbury 2004 — 3 ▶
Wash In The Rain - Summer Sundae 2005 — 3 ▶
Wash In The Rain / Chicken Payback / These Are The Ghosts - Summer Sundae 2005 — 1 ▶
Whistle Chop - Auto 2002 — 3 ▶
Whistle Chop - Auto Festival 2002 — 5 ▶
Who Cares What The Question Is? — 12 ▶
Winter Rose — 106 ▶