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The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party is a group from London, active from 1980.

Group London 1980–1983 post-punk alternative rock gothic rock
TOTAL PLAYS
255
SONGS PLAYED
53
STATIONS
1
FIRST PLAYED
2005-07-19 05:13 · 6 Music — "Big Jesus Trash Can - BBC Session 02/12/1981"
LAST PLAYED
6 months ago · 6 Music — "Release the Bats"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2025
30 23 15 8 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 255 100%
Radio 1 0 0%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 03:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Release the Bats 38 2025-10-31
2 Big Jesus Trash Can - BBC Session 02/12/1981 28 2024-08-26
3 Bully Bones - BBC Session 02/12/1981 23 2017-09-28
4 Pleasure Avalanche (Radio 1 Session, 15 Nov 1982) 13 2024-08-27
5 Sonny's Burning (Radio 1 Session, 15 Nov 1982) 12 2024-08-27
6 She's It - BBC Session 02/12/1981 12 2017-10-23
7 Deep In The Woods (Radio 1 Session, 15 Nov 1982) 11 2024-08-27
8 Marry Me (Lie Lie) (Radio 1 Session, 15 Nov 1982) 10 2024-08-27
9 Mr Clarinet 8 2025-09-09
10 Six Inch Gold Bale - BBC Session 02/12/1981 8 2010-09-28
11 Fears of Gun 6 2024-08-27
12 King Ink - BBC Session 10/09/1980 6 2024-08-27
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-10-31 10:44 Release the Bats 6 Music
2025-09-09 20:00 Mr Clarinet 6 Music
2025-07-03 21:16 Loose (Radio 1 session, 21 Apr 1981) 6 Music
2025-07-02 21:20 (Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn (Radio 1 session, 21 Apr 1981) 6 Music
2025-07-01 20:53 Rowland Around In That Stuff (Radio 1 session, 21 Apr 1981) 6 Music
2025-06-30 20:21 Release The Bats (Radio 1 session, 21 Apr 1981) 6 Music
2024-09-05 11:54 Cry 6 Music
2024-08-27 03:25 Fears of Gun 6 Music
2024-08-27 00:40 Marry Me (Lie Lie) (Radio 1 Session, 15 Nov 1982) 6 Music
2024-08-27 00:37 Sonny's Burning (Radio 1 Session, 15 Nov 1982) 6 Music
2024-08-27 00:32 Deep In The Woods (Radio 1 Session, 15 Nov 1982) 6 Music
2024-08-27 00:28 Pleasure Avalanche (Radio 1 Session, 15 Nov 1982) 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

53 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn (BBC Session 28th April 1981) — 1 ▶
(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn (John Peel session 28-04-81) — 1 ▶
(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn (Radio 1 session, 21 Apr 1981) — 1 ▶
Big Jesus Trash Can — 4 ▶
Big Jesus Trash Can - BBC Session 02/12/1981 — 28 ▶
Blast Off — 1 ▶
Blundertown — 1 ▶
Bully Bones - BBC Session 02/12/1981 — 23 ▶
Cry — 1 ▶
Cry (John Peel session 10/09/80) — 1 ▶
Dead Joe — 1 ▶
Deep in the Woods — 1 ▶
Deep In The Woods (Radio 1 Session, 15 Nov 1982) — 11 ▶
Deep In The Woods - BBC Session 15/11/1982 — 2 ▶
Fears of a Gun — 4 ▶
Fears of Gun — 6 ▶
Figure of Fun (John Peel session 10/09/80) — 1 ▶
Figure of Fun - BBC Session 10/09/1980 — 6 ▶
Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) — 1 ▶
Happy Birthday — 3 ▶
Junkyard — 2 ▶
King Ink (John Peel session 10/09/80) — 1 ▶
King Ink - BBC Session 10/09/1980 — 6 ▶
Loose (John Peel session 28.04.1981) — 1 ▶
Loose (Radio 1 session, 21 Apr 1981) — 1 ▶
Marry Me (Lie Lie) (Radio 1 Session, 15 Nov 1982) — 10 ▶
Marry Me (Lie Lie) - BBC Session 15/11/1982 — 4 ▶
Mr Clarinet — 8 ▶
Mr. Clarinet — 1 ▶
Mutiny In Heaven — 1 ▶
Nick the Stripper — 4 ▶
Pleasure Avalanche (John Peel Session 15/11/1982) — 1 ▶
Pleasure Avalanche (Radio 1 Session, 15 Nov 1982) — 13 ▶
Pleasure Avalanche - BBC Session 15/11/1982 — 2 ▶
Release the Bats — 38 ▶
Release the Bats (BBC Session, 28th April 1981) — 1 ▶
Release the Bats (John Peel session 28.04.1981) — 2 ▶
Release The Bats (Radio 1 session, 21 Apr 1981) — 1 ▶
Roland Around In That Stuff (BBC Session, 28th April 1981) — 1 ▶
Roland Around in that Stuff (John Peel session 28.04.1981) — 1 ▶
Rowland Around In That Stuff (Radio 1 session, 21 Apr 1981) — 1 ▶
Say a Spell — 1 ▶
She's Hit — 3 ▶
She's It - BBC Session 02/12/1981 — 12 ▶
Six Inch Gold Bale - BBC Session 02/12/1981 — 8 ▶
Sonny's Burning — 5 ▶
Sonny's Burning (Radio 1 Session, 15 Nov 1982) — 12 ▶
Sonny's Burning - BBC Session 15/11/1982 — 2 ▶
The Friend Catcher — 2 ▶
The Hair Shirt — 4 ▶
Yard (John Peel session 10/09/80) — 1 ▶
Yard - BBC Session 10/09/1980 — 6 ▶
Zoo-Music Girl — 1 ▶