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The Dream Academy

The Dream Academy is a group from the UK, active from 1983.

Group GB 1983–1991 synth-pop
TOTAL PLAYS
222
SONGS PLAYED
13
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-04-13 11:34 · 6 Music — "Life In A Northern Town"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · Radio 2 — "Life in a Northern Town"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
20 15 10 5 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

Radio 2 193 87%
6 Music 28 13%
Radio 1 1 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 13:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Life in a Northern Town 118 2026-03-24
2 Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want 50 2024-08-31
3 Life In A Northern Town 40 2011-09-22
4 The Edge of Forever 4 2026-03-07
5 In Places on the Run 2 2021-07-18
6 Life In A Golden Town 1 2017-09-28
7 Life In A Northern Town (Extended mix) 1 2017-04-28
8 Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime 1 2016-02-06
9 Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (remastered) 1 2014-09-06
10 Life In A Northern Town 12" version 1 2014-06-28
11 Power to Believe 1 2010-10-04
12 The Love Parade 1 2010-09-20
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-03-24 02:48 Life in a Northern Town Radio 2
2026-03-07 20:55 The Edge of Forever Radio 2
2025-12-13 08:35 Life in a Northern Town Radio 2
2025-12-09 02:38 Life in a Northern Town Radio 2
2025-10-14 01:56 Life in a Northern Town Radio 2
2025-08-10 04:17 Life in a Northern Town 6 Music
2025-08-05 01:44 Life in a Northern Town Radio 2
2025-04-29 02:12 Life in a Northern Town Radio 2
2025-04-26 12:11 Life in a Northern Town Radio 2
2025-01-05 23:28 Life in a Northern Town Radio 2
2025-01-04 21:03 Life in a Northern Town Radio 2
2024-12-31 02:38 Life in a Northern Town Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

13 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime — 1 ▶
In Places on the Run — 2 ▶
Life In A Golden Town — 1 ▶
Life in a Northern Town — 118 ▶
Life In A Northern Town — 40 ▶
Life In A Northern Town (Extended mix) — 1 ▶
Life In A Northern Town 12" version — 1 ▶
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want — 50 ▶
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental) — 1 ▶
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (remastered) — 1 ▶
Power to Believe — 1 ▶
The Edge of Forever — 4 ▶
The Love Parade — 1 ▶