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The Decemberists

The Decemberists is a group from the US, active since 2000.

Group US since 2000 indie folk indie rock indie pop

TOTAL PLAYS

426

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-06-08 01:59 · 6 Music — "Sixteen Military Wives"

LAST PLAYED

6 months ago · 6 Music — "The Engine Driver"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2025

200 150 100 50 0

'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 398 93%

Radio 2 27 6%

Radio 1 1 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 09:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Make You Better 79 2025-06-13

2 Cavalry Captain 53 2019-02-05

3 Don't Carry It All 40 2014-07-24

4 The Perfect Crime #2 33 2024-05-27

5 O Valencia! 31 2015-10-04

6 January Hymn 15 2025-01-30

7 Down By The Water 15 2011-01-24

8 Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect 14 2021-12-07

9 Sixteen Military Wives 14 2020-12-10

10 June Hymn 12 2024-07-04

11 The Engine Driver 9 2025-11-02

12 The Sporting Life 9 2023-07-20

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-11-02 13:46 The Engine Driver 6 Music

2025-10-19 10:29 The Mariner's Revenge Song 6 Music

2025-06-13 01:29 Make You Better 6 Music

2025-02-06 23:36 Once in My Life 6 Music

2025-01-30 21:33 January Hymn 6 Music

2024-07-17 20:28 Burial Ground Radio 2

2024-07-04 20:49 June Hymn 6 Music

2024-05-27 22:26 The Perfect Crime #2 6 Music

2024-01-28 10:20 January Hymn 6 Music

2023-07-20 08:14 The Sporting Life 6 Music

2023-02-27 01:24 Till The Water's All Long Gone 6 Music

2023-02-26 15:24 Till The Water's All Long Gone 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

80 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

12/17/12 —

1 2016-02-21 ▶

A Beginning Song —

1 2015-03-15 ▶

All Arise! —

1 2017-12-20 ▶

Anti-Summersong —

1 2015-01-21 ▶

Ballad Of El Goodo (BBC 6Music Session) —

1 2007-01-23 ▶

Burial Ground —

1 2024-07-17 ▶

Calamity Song —

4 2014-09-04 ▶

Cavalry Captain —

53 2019-02-05 ▶

Crane Wife 3 —

1 2007-07-29 ▶

Dear Avery —

1 2011-04-21 ▶

Don't Carry It All —

40 2014-07-24 ▶

Don't Carry It All - 6 Music session 16/03/2011 —

1 2018-07-14 ▶

Don't Carry It All - 6Music Session 16/03/2011 —

1 2011-03-19 ▶

Down By The River —

1 2010-12-14 ▶

Down by the Water —

1 2022-04-24 ▶

Down By The Water —

15 2011-01-24 ▶

Down by the Water - 6 Music session 16/03/2011 —

1 2017-11-12 ▶

Engine Driver —

2 2013-12-19 ▶

For My Own True Love (Lost At Sea) —

1 2012-01-29 ▶

Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect —

14 2021-12-07 ▶

I'm Sticking With You —

1 2012-10-13 ▶

January Hymn —

15 2025-01-30 ▶

January Moon —

1 2018-01-15 ▶

July July —

2 2013-07-15 ▶

July July! —

1 2014-07-08 ▶

July, July! —

3 2022-07-06 ▶

June Hymn —

12 2024-07-04 ▶

June Hymn - 6 Music session 16/03/2011 —

1 2021-06-01 ▶

Lake Song —

1 2015-01-21 ▶

Make You Better —

79 2025-06-13 ▶

Make You Better (BBC 6 Music Session) —

1 2015-04-03 ▶

O Valencia - Hub Session 04/12/2006 —

1 2007-07-19 ▶

O Valencia (6 Music Session 04/12/2006) —

1 2015-04-04 ▶

O Valencia (Hub Session 4/12/06 —

1 2008-12-04 ▶

O Valencia! —

31 2015-10-04 ▶

O Valencia! (BBC 6Music Session) —

1 2007-01-23 ▶

Of Angels and Angles —

1 2014-02-05 ▶

Of Angels And Angles (Radio 2 Session, 23 Nov 2005) —

1 2014-11-27 ▶

Of Angels And Angles - Radio 2 Session 23/11/2005 —

1 2014-03-19 ▶

Once in My Life —

1 2025-02-06 ▶

Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas (Radio 2 Session, 23 Nov 2005) —

5 2019-12-23 ▶

Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas - BBC Session 23/11/2005 —

1 2012-12-25 ▶

Red Right Ankle —

1 2020-08-12 ▶

Rox In The Box —

4 2017-07-19 ▶

Rusalka, Rusalka/ The Wild Rushes —

1 2018-12-30 ▶

Severed —

4 2018-03-21 ▶

Sixteen Military Wives —

14 2020-12-10 ▶

Sixteen Military Wives (Ch) —

1 2011-07-21 ▶

Sixteen Military Wives (Radio 2 Session, 23 Nov 2005) —

1 2014-11-27 ▶

Sons and Daughters —

1 2015-02-10 ▶

Starwatcher —

1 2018-03-19 ▶

Summer Song - Hub Session 04/12/2006 —

1 2008-08-01 ▶

Summersong —

3 2021-08-22 ▶

The Chimbley Sweep —

3 2022-12-08 ▶

The Crane Wife —

2 2017-12-04 ▶

The Crane Wife 1 & 2 —

2 2015-04-03 ▶

The Crane Wife 3 —

1 2007-07-29 ▶

The Crane Wife Parts 1 And 2 —

1 2011-12-25 ▶

The Crane Wife Pt 2 (Hub Session 4/12/06) —

1 2008-12-04 ▶

The Engine Driver —

9 2025-11-02 ▶

The Engine Driver (Radio 2 Session, 23 Nov 2005) —

2 2020-11-04 ▶

The Engine Driver - Radio 2 Session 23/11/2005 —

1 2014-03-19 ▶

The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned) —

3 2011-01-16 ▶

The Infanta —

1 2006-11-19 ▶

The Mariner's Revenge Song —

3 2025-10-19 ▶

the perfect crime # 2 —

1 2007-09-17 ▶

The Perfect Crime #2 —

33 2024-05-27 ▶

The Perfect Crime #2 (Remix Edit) —

2 2007-10-18 ▶

The Rake's Song —

1 2009-04-07 ▶

The Singer Addresses His Audience —

1 2015-01-21 ▶

The Sporting Life —

9 2023-07-20 ▶

The Wrong Year —

2 2015-03-29 ▶

This Is Why We Fight —

3 2011-06-28 ▶

This Sporting Life —

1 2012-09-13 ▶

Till The Water's All Long Gone —

3 2023-02-27 ▶

Valerie Plame —

1 2011-03-10 ▶

We All Die Young —

1 2018-03-19 ▶

We Both Go Down Together —

1 2015-04-03 ▶

Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) —

1 2018-02-12 ▶

Your Ghost —

1 2018-03-19 ▶