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The Chameleons

The Chameleons is a group from the UK, active from 1981.

Group GB 1981–2003 post-punk dream pop new wave

TOTAL PLAYS

364

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-04-28 07:09 · 6 Music — "Second Skin 1985"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Feels Like The End Of The World (6 Music Session, 24 Aug 2026)"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

30 23 15 8 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 358 98%

Radio 2 6 2%

Radio 1 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Up the Down Escalator 60 2026-04-25

2 Swamp Thing 38 2026-08-03

3 Tears 18 2024-11-11

4 Here Today - BBC Session 08/06/1981 17 2014-02-01

5 Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In) 16 2021-06-10

6 Perfume Garden - BBC Session 08/06/1983 14 2019-02-20

7 Second Skin 13 2025-12-13

8 Fan And The Bellows - BBC Session 08/06/1981 13 2013-09-09

9 Looking Inwardly - BBC Session 08/06/1981 13 2012-09-19

10 Don't Fall - BBC Session 08/06/1983 11 2023-04-12

11 Nostalgia - BBC Session 08/06/1983 11 2020-09-23

12 Don't Fall 8 2021-01-05

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-24 21:12 Feels Like The End Of The World (6 Music Session, 24 Aug 2026) 6 Music

2026-08-24 21:07 Saviours Are A Dangerous Thing (6 Music Session, 24 Aug 2026) 6 Music

2026-08-24 20:47 David Bowie Takes My Hand (6 Music Session, 24 Aug 2026) 6 Music

2026-08-24 20:00 Lady Strange (6 Music Session, 24 Aug 2026) 6 Music

2026-08-20 21:20 Saviours are a Dangerous Thing 6 Music

2026-08-03 01:15 Swamp Thing 6 Music

2026-08-02 14:20 Swamp Thing 6 Music

2026-04-25 18:30 Up the Down Escalator Radio 2

2026-02-07 21:07 Up the Down Escalator Radio 2

2025-12-13 01:49 Second Skin 6 Music

2025-12-09 15:51 Swamp Thing 6 Music

2025-11-05 22:14 Saviours are a Dangerous Thing 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

77 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

As High as You Can Go —

1 2017-08-09 ▶

David Bowie Takes My Hand (6 Music Session, 24 Aug 2026) —

1 2026-08-24 ▶

Denims And Curls —

1 2023-03-17 ▶

Don't Fall —

8 2021-01-05 ▶

Don't Fall (Peel session) —

1 2011-04-22 ▶

Don't Fall - BBC Session 08/06/1983 —

11 2023-04-12 ▶

Dreams In Celluloid —

1 2021-01-03 ▶

Endlessly Falling —

2 2024-06-17 ▶

Everyday I'm Crucified (6 Music Session, 16 Dec 2024) —

1 2024-12-16 ▶

Fan And The Bellows (John Peel Session, 8 Jun 1981) —

2 2017-03-20 ▶

Fan And The Bellows (Peel Session) —

1 2008-10-13 ▶

Fan And The Bellows (Radio 1 Session, 8 Jun 1981) —

6 2024-04-30 ▶

Fan And The Bellows - BBC Session 08/06/1981 —

13 2013-09-09 ▶

Feels Like The End Of The World (6 Music Session, 24 Aug 2026) —

1 2026-08-24 ▶

Free Me (6 Music Session, 16 Dec 2024) —

1 2024-12-16 ▶

Here Today —

4 2017-08-09 ▶

Here Today (John Peel Session 08.06.1981) —

1 2013-09-30 ▶

Here Today (John Peel Session, 8 Jun 1981) —

1 2016-11-28 ▶

Here Today (Radio 1 Session, 8 Jun 1981) —

5 2024-05-01 ▶

Here Today - BBC Session 08/06/1981 —

17 2014-02-01 ▶

Home Is Where the Heart Is —

3 2010-12-02 ▶

Home Is Where The Heart Is (Janice Long Session, 13 Mar 1985) —

1 2017-03-21 ▶

Home Is Where The Heart Is (Radio 1 Session, 13 Mar 1985) —

1 2017-07-18 ▶

Home Is Where The Heart Is - BBC Session 13/03/1985 —

1 2013-07-10 ▶

In Shreds —

7 2022-01-25 ▶

intrigue —

2 2013-07-10 ▶

Intrigue (Janice Long Session, 13 Mar 1985) —

1 2017-03-22 ▶

Intrigue (Radio 1 Session, 13 Mar 1985) —

3 2022-02-02 ▶

Intrigue in Tangiers —

1 2023-06-19 ▶

John I'm Only Dancing —

1 2015-06-13 ▶

John, I'm Only Dancing —

1 2025-10-14 ▶

Lady Strange (6 Music Session, 24 Aug 2026) —

1 2026-08-24 ▶

Less Than Human —

2 2017-08-09 ▶

Looking Inwardly (John Peel Session 08.06.1981) —

1 2013-10-01 ▶

Looking Inwardly (John Peel Session, 8 Jun 1981) —

1 2016-12-01 ▶

Looking Inwardly (Radio 1 Session, 8 Jun 1981) —

4 2024-04-29 ▶

Looking Inwardly - BBC Session 08/06/1981 —

13 2012-09-19 ▶

Mad Jack —

2 2014-01-30 ▶

Monkey land —

1 2010-10-07 ▶

Monkeyland —

3 2017-08-09 ▶

Nostalgia —

7 2023-05-19 ▶

Nostalgia - BBC Session 08/06/1983 —

11 2020-09-23 ▶

One Flesh - BBC Session 16/05/1984 —

1 2019-10-29 ▶

P.S. Goodbye —

1 2022-02-13 ▶

Paper Tigers —

2 2018-12-18 ▶

Perfume Garden - BBC Session 08/06/1983 —

14 2019-02-20 ▶

PS Goodbye —

2 2018-04-08 ▶

Rock And Roll Star (6 Music Session, 16 Dec 2024) —

1 2024-12-16 ▶

Saviours are a Dangerous Thing —

5 2026-08-20 ▶

Saviours Are A Dangerous Thing (6 Music Session, 24 Aug 2026) —

1 2026-08-24 ▶

Saviours Are a Dangerous Thing (Radio Edit) —

1 2025-05-31 ▶

Second Skin —

13 2025-12-13 ▶

Second Skin (Radio 1 Session, 13 Mar 1985) —

4 2022-02-02 ▶

Second Skin - BBC Session 08/06/1983 —

6 2023-04-12 ▶

Second Skin 1985 —

1 2005-04-28 ▶

Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In) —

16 2021-06-10 ▶

Singing Rule Brittania (While The Walls Close In) —

1 2007-08-31 ▶

Soul in Isolation —

2 2016-02-10 ▶

Swamp Thing —

38 2026-08-03 ▶

Tears —

18 2024-11-11 ▶

Tears (Original Arrangement) —

1 2012-02-21 ▶

Tears (This Never Ending Now Version) —

1 2011-02-26 ▶

The Fan and the Bellows —

1 2024-10-16 ▶

The Fan And The Bellows (6 Music Session, 16 Dec 2024) —

1 2024-12-16 ▶

The Fan And The Bellows (John Peel Session 8.6.1981) —

1 2013-10-02 ▶

Things I Wish I'd Said (John Peel Session, 8 Jun 1981) —

1 2016-11-30 ▶

Things I Wish I'd Said (Radio 1 Session, 8 Jun 1981) —

6 2024-05-02 ▶

Things I Wish I'd Said - BBC Session 08/06/1981 —

6 2011-10-03 ▶

Thursday's Child —

1 2019-11-30 ▶

Tomorrow Never Knows —

1 2014-12-25 ▶

Up the Down Escalator —

60 2026-04-25 ▶

View from a Hill —

3 2018-08-10 ▶

View From a Hill —

2 2010-07-20 ▶

View From A Hill (Radio 1 Session, 13 Mar 1985) —

2 2022-02-02 ▶

Where Are You —

1 2025-10-18 ▶

Where Are You? —

1 2024-12-11 ▶

Where Are You? (6 Music Session, 16 Dec 2024) —

1 2024-12-16 ▶