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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
792
SONGS PLAYED
64
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-16 01:36 · 6 Music — "Assessment"
LAST PLAYED
2 days ago · Radio 2 — "Dry the Rain"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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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 771 97%
Radio 2 19 2%
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 170 2025-12-26
2 Assessment 148 2026-04-04
3 Dry the Rain 114 2026-05-18
4 Out-Side 99 2026-04-28
5 Human Being 34 2025-10-30
6 Broke 27 2025-12-09
7 Dry The Rain 23 2011-10-01
8 Dr Baker 22 2025-10-10
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

2026-05-18 19:47 Dry the Rain Radio 2
2026-05-11 09:38 B + A 6 Music
2026-05-07 05:54 Dry the Rain 6 Music
2026-05-04 00:42 Dry the Rain 6 Music
2026-05-03 13:50 Dry the Rain 6 Music
2026-04-28 19:30 Out-Side Radio 2
2026-04-04 17:52 Assessment Radio 2
2025-12-26 14:05 Squares 6 Music
2025-12-12 14:33 Assessment 6 Music
2025-12-09 18:47 Broke 6 Music
2025-11-13 10:00 Assessment 6 Music
2025-11-10 17:46 Dry the Rain 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 — 27 ▶
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 — 22 ▶
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 — 99 ▶
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 — 170 ▶
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 ▶