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The Beta Band

The Beta Band is a group from the UK, active since 1996.

Group GB since 1996 indie rock indietronica alternative rock
TOTAL PLAYS
802
SONGS PLAYED
64
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-16 01:36 · 6 Music — "Assessment"
LAST PLAYED
3 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Squares"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
60 45 30 15 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 779 97%
Radio 2 21 3%
Radio 1 2 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Squares 174 2026-08-21
2 Assessment 148 2026-04-04
3 Dry the Rain 114 2026-05-18
4 Out-Side 100 2026-08-20
5 Human Being 34 2025-10-30
6 Broke 30 2026-08-01
7 Dr Baker 24 2026-08-20
8 Dry The Rain 23 2011-10-01
9 It's Not Too Beautiful 10 2025-10-11
10 Inner Meet Me 10 2025-03-05
11 Out Side 10 2014-02-20
12 Simple 8 2023-11-27
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-21 03:33 Squares 6 Music
2026-08-20 17:37 Out-Side 6 Music
2026-08-20 02:41 Dr Baker Radio 2
2026-08-17 17:19 Squares 6 Music
2026-08-15 22:17 Dr Baker Radio 2
2026-08-01 06:05 Broke 6 Music
2026-07-29 12:49 Broke 6 Music
2026-07-24 01:00 Broke 6 Music
2026-07-15 07:33 Squares 6 Music
2026-05-21 12:56 Squares 6 Music
2026-05-18 19:47 Dry the Rain Radio 2
2026-05-11 09:38 B + A 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

64 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Al Sharp — 2 ▶
Assessment — 148 ▶
B & A (Radio 1 Session, 10 Sep 1997) — 5 ▶
B & A - BBC Session 10/09/1997 — 2 ▶
B & A - Glastonbury 2000 — 1 ▶
B + A — 5 ▶
B+A — 3 ▶
Broke — 30 ▶
Brokenupadingdong (Radio 1 Session, 05 Jul 1999)) — 1 ▶
Dance O'er The Border - Glastonbury 2000 — 2 ▶
Dog's Got A Bone - 6 Music session 01/05/2004 — 1 ▶
Dr Baker — 24 ▶
Dr. Baker — 2 ▶
Dragon — 2 ▶
Dry the Rain — 114 ▶
Dry The Rain — 23 ▶
Dry The Rain (Remaster) — 1 ▶
Dry The Rain (Version 1) — 2 ▶
Dry The Rain (Version 1) (Radio 1 Session, 10 Sep 1997) — 4 ▶
Dry The Rain (Version 1) - BBC Session 10/09/1997 — 1 ▶
Dry The Rain (Version 2) — 1 ▶
Easy — 5 ▶
Eclipse — 1 ▶
Gone — 1 ▶
Human Being — 34 ▶
I Know — 2 ▶
Inner Meet Me — 10 ▶
Inner Meet Me - Glastonbury 2000 — 8 ▶
It's Not Too Beautiful — 10 ▶
It's Not Too Beautiful - Glastonbury 2000 — 7 ▶
It's Over — 2 ▶
It’s Over — 1 ▶
Lion Thief — 5 ▶
Monolith — 2 ▶
Monolith (Radio 1 Session, 10 Sep 1997) — 2 ▶
Needles In My Eyes — 1 ▶
One — 1 ▶
One - Glastonbury 2000 — 7 ▶
Out Side — 10 ▶
Out-Side — 100 ▶
Out-Side - — 1 ▶
Outside - 6 Music session 01.05.2004 — 1 ▶
Push It Out — 1 ▶
Quiet — 1 ▶
Rhododendron — 1 ▶
RHODODENDRON. — 2 ▶
Round The Bend — 1 ▶
She's The One — 2 ▶
She's the one for me — 1 ▶
Shepherd's Dub — 3 ▶
Shepherd's Dub (Radio 1 Session, 10 Sep 1997) — 3 ▶
Shepherd's Dub - BBC Session 10/09/1997 — 2 ▶
Simple — 8 ▶
Smiling — 1 ▶
Squares — 174 ▶
The Beta Band Rap — 1 ▶
The Hard One — 1 ▶
The Hard One (Radio 1 Session, 05 Jul 1999)) — 1 ▶
The House Song — 3 ▶
The House Song - Glastonbury 2000 — 1 ▶
To You Alone — 2 ▶
To You Alone Glastonbury 2000 — 1 ▶
To You Alone - Glastonbury 2000 — 6 ▶
Wonderful — 1 ▶