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The Idle Race

The Idle Race is a group from the UK, active from 1966.

Group GB 1966–1972 psychedelic pop toytown pop
TOTAL PLAYS
27
SONGS PLAYED
13
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2010-12-12 00:52 · 6 Music — "Skeleton and the Roundabout"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Imposters Of Life's Magazine"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2010 — 2026
4 3 2 1 0
'10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 20 74%
Radio 2 7 26%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 The Skeleton And The Roundabout 7 2022-10-27
2 Imposters Of Life's Magazine 6 2026-05-03
3 Skeleton and the Roundabout 2 2021-10-31
4 Sitting In My Tree 2 2021-01-20
5 I Like My Toys 2 2016-06-06
6 On With The Show 1 2025-05-12
7 The Birthday 1 2022-09-22
8 Morning Sunshine 1 2021-05-03
9 The Skeleton & The Roundabout 1 2020-06-03
10 Come With Me 1 2014-07-12
11 Imposters Of Life’s Magazine 1 2013-10-05
12 Days Of The Broken Arrows 1 2013-03-09
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-03 19:33 Imposters Of Life's Magazine 6 Music
2025-05-12 21:01 On With The Show 6 Music
2023-09-10 20:33 Imposters Of Life's Magazine 6 Music
2022-10-27 21:58 The Skeleton And The Roundabout 6 Music
2022-09-22 20:00 The Birthday 6 Music
2022-02-27 20:00 Imposters Of Life's Magazine 6 Music
2021-12-13 21:51 Imposters Of Life's Magazine 6 Music
2021-10-31 22:05 Skeleton and the Roundabout 6 Music
2021-05-03 20:41 Morning Sunshine 6 Music
2021-01-20 20:48 Sitting In My Tree 6 Music
2020-06-03 20:54 The Skeleton & The Roundabout 6 Music
2020-03-18 21:00 Imposters Of Life's Magazine 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

13 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Come With Me — 1 ▶
Days Of The Broken Arrows — 1 ▶
I Like My Toys — 2 ▶
Imposters Of Life's Magazine — 6 ▶
Imposters Of Life’s Magazine — 1 ▶
Morning Sunshine — 1 ▶
On With The Show — 1 ▶
Please No More Sad Songs — 1 ▶
Sitting In My Tree — 2 ▶
Skeleton and the Roundabout — 2 ▶
The Birthday — 1 ▶
The Skeleton & The Roundabout — 1 ▶
The Skeleton And The Roundabout — 7 ▶