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The Jam

The Jam is a group from the UK, active from 1976.

Group GB 1976–1982 new wave mod revival power pop
TOTAL PLAYS
4,269
SONGS PLAYED
259
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-14 13:22 · 6 Music — "Absolute Beginners"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "A Town Called Malice"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
400 300 200 100 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 2,719 64%
Radio 2 1,492 35%
Radio 1 48 1%
1Xtra 10 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 15:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 A Town Called Malice 416 2026-08-27
2 That's Entertainment 391 2026-08-26
3 Going Underground 365 2026-08-07
4 Town Called Malice 250 2017-11-28
5 Start! 237 2026-08-05
6 Beat Surrender 144 2026-05-11
7 The Eton Rifles 141 2026-08-16
8 In the City 127 2026-04-30
9 Absolute Beginners 126 2026-05-27
10 Start 101 2016-06-28
11 Down in the Tube Station at Midnight 98 2026-05-13
12 Strange Town 97 2025-04-02
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-27 00:37 A Town Called Malice Radio 2
2026-08-26 12:14 That's Entertainment 6 Music
2026-08-23 03:25 English Rose 6 Music
2026-08-19 16:49 That's Entertainment 6 Music
2026-08-18 08:04 A Town Called Malice Radio 2
2026-08-16 15:04 The Eton Rifles Radio 2
2026-08-10 15:00 The Eton Rifles 6 Music
2026-08-07 17:46 Going Underground Radio 2
2026-08-05 04:48 Start! 6 Music
2026-08-03 19:20 A Town Called Malice Radio 2
2026-07-31 03:04 Going Underground Radio 2
2026-07-22 14:33 Going Underground 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

259 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
'A' Bomb in Wardour Street — 1 ▶
(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave — 1 ▶
(Love Is Like A) Heatwave — 2 ▶
4 Later — 7 ▶
A Bomb in Wardour Street — 3 ▶
A Solid Bond In Your Heart (demo) — 4 ▶
A Town Called Malice — 416 ▶
A Town Called Malice - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 6 ▶
Absolute Beginners — 126 ▶
Absolute Beginners - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 2 ▶
Absolute Beginners - Hippodrome 1981 — 10 ▶
Absolute Beginners. — 22 ▶
All Around the World — 67 ▶
All Around The World — 51 ▶
All Around The World (BBC session) — 2 ▶
All Around The World (Radio 1 Session, 19 Jul 1977) — 4 ▶
All Around The World - 100 Club 1977 — 1 ▶
All Around The World - 100 Club, London 1977 — 1 ▶
All Mod Cons — 1 ▶
All Mod Cons (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 3 ▶
All Mod Cons - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 5 ▶
And Your Bird Can Sing — 1 ▶
Art School — 8 ▶
Art School (edit) — 1 ▶
Art School (John Peel session 26th April 1977) — 1 ▶
Art School (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 26 April 1977) — 3 ▶
Art School (Radio 1 Session, 26 Apr 1977) — 7 ▶
Art School - BBC Session 26/04/1977 — 1 ▶
Art School - BBC Sesssion 26/04/1977 — 5 ▶
Away from the Numbers — 2 ▶
Away From The Numbers — 3 ▶
Away From The Numbers (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 3 ▶
Away From The Numbers - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 4 ▶
Back In My Arms Again - 100 Club 1977 — 1 ▶
Back In My Arms Again - 100 Club, London 1977 — 2 ▶
Batman (Theme Tune) — 1 ▶
Batman Theme — 7 ▶
Beat Surrender — 19 ▶
Beat Surrender — 144 ▶
Billy Hunt — 4 ▶
Boy About Town — 14 ▶
Boy About Town - Hippodrome 1981 — 10 ▶
Boy About Town - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 3 ▶
Boy About Town - Hippodrome 1981 — 1 ▶
Bricks and Mortar — 3 ▶
Bricks And Mortar (Radio 1 Session, 19 Jul 1977) — 3 ▶
Bricks And Mortar - 100 Club 1977 — 1 ▶
Bricks And Mortor — 1 ▶
Bricks And Mortor - 100 Club, London 1977 — 1 ▶
Burning Sky (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 2 ▶
Burning Sky - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 3 ▶
But I'm Different Now — 26 ▶
Butterfly Collector — 12 ▶
Butterfly Collector 1979 — 1 ▶
Butterfly Collector (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 4 ▶
Butterfly Collector - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 5 ▶
Butterfly Collector - Rainbow Theatre 19791979 — 1 ▶
Can't Recall — 1 ▶
Carnaby Street — 7 ▶
Carnaby Street (Radio 1 Session, 19 Jul 1977) — 4 ▶
Carnaby Street - 100 Club, London 1977 — 1 ▶
Carnation — 26 ▶
Change My Address - 100 Club 1977 — 1 ▶
Circus - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 4 ▶
David Watts — 93 ▶
David Watts (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 3 ▶
David Watts - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 7 ▶
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight — 1 ▶
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight — 98 ▶
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight — 64 ▶
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (BBC In Concert, Dec 21 1979) — 1 ▶
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 2 ▶
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 2 ▶
Down The Tube Station At The Midnight Hour - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 3 ▶
Dream Time — 1 ▶
Dreams of Children — 4 ▶
English Rose — 71 ▶
Eton Rifles — 83 ▶
Eton Rifles BBC Session 29/11/1979 — 1 ▶
Eton Rifles 1979 — 1 ▶
Eton Rifles (Radio 1 Session, 29 Nov 1979) — 1 ▶
Eton Rifles - BBC Session 29/11/1979 — 4 ▶
Eton Rifles - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 9 ▶
Eton Rifles(John Peel session 29th Oct 1979) — 1 ▶
Fly — 1 ▶
Funeral Pyre — 16 ▶
Ghosts — 7 ▶
Ghosts Hippodrome 1981 — 1 ▶
Ghosts (Live at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, 1981) — 1 ▶
Ghosts (Live at Golders Green Hippodrome, 19 Dec 1981) — 1 ▶
Ghosts - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 7 ▶
Ghosts - Hippodrome 1981 — 16 ▶
Girl On The Phone (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 3 ▶
Girl On The Phone - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 7 ▶
Going Underground — 365 ▶
Going Underground - Glasgow Apollo 1982 — 1 ▶
Happy Together — 2 ▶
Heat Wave — 4 ▶
Heatwave — 4 ▶
Heatwave - 100 Club 1977 — 1 ▶
Here Comes the Weekend — 1 ▶
I Got By in Time — 1 ▶
I've Changed My Address — 1 ▶
I've Changed My Address (Take 1) (Radio 1 Session, 26 Apr 1977) — 2 ▶
I've Changed My Address (Take 1) (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 26 Apr 1977) — 3 ▶
I've Changed My Address (Take 1) - BBC Session 26/04/1977 — 1 ▶
I've Changed My Address (Take 1) - BBC Sesssion 26/04/1977 — 3 ▶
I've Changed My Address (Take 2) (Radio 1 Session, 26 Apr 1977) — 1 ▶
I've Changed My Address (Take 2) - BBC Sesssion 26/04/1977 — 2 ▶
In the City — 127 ▶
In The City — 59 ▶
In The City (BBC session) — 2 ▶
In The City (John Peel session 26th April 1977) — 1 ▶
In The City (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 26 Apr 1977) — 1 ▶
In The City (Radio 1 Session, 26 Apr 1977) — 5 ▶
In The City - 100 Club 1977 — 2 ▶
In The City - 100 Club, London 1977 — 1 ▶
In The City - BBC Session 26/04/1977 — 1 ▶
In The City - BBC Sesssion 26/04/1977 — 4 ▶
In the Crowd — 2 ▶
In The Crowd - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 1 ▶
In The Crowd - Hippodrome 1981 — 12 ▶
In the Midnight Hour — 5 ▶
In The Midnight Hour — 2 ▶
In The Midnight Hour - 100 Club 1977 — 2 ▶
In The Street Today — 2 ▶
In The Street Today - 100 Club, London 1977 — 2 ▶
It's Too Bad — 1 ▶
It's Too Bad (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 4 ▶
It's Too Bad - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 3 ▶
Just Who Is The 5 O'clock Hero — 1 ▶
Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero? — 1 ▶
Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero? — 1 ▶
Just Who Is The Five O'clock Hero? — 1 ▶
Little Boy Soldiers — 1 ▶
Liza Radley — 7 ▶
London Girl — 6 ▶
London Girl (Radio 1 Session, 19 Jul 1977) — 4 ▶
London Girls — 1 ▶
London Traffic — 5 ▶
Man in Corner Shop — 1 ▶
Man in the Corner Shop — 7 ▶
Man In The Corner Shop — 2 ▶
Modern World (John Peel session 26th April 1977) — 1 ▶
Modern World (Radio 1 Session, 26 Apr 1977) — 3 ▶
Modern World - BBC Session 26/04/1977 — 2 ▶
Modern World - BBC Sesssion 26/04/1977 — 5 ▶
Monday — 2 ▶
Move On Up — 3 ▶
Mr Clean — 2 ▶
Mr Clean - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 5 ▶
Mr. Clean — 1 ▶
Music for the Last Couple — 1 ▶
News of the World — 6 ▶
News Of The World — 2 ▶
No One in the World — 1 ▶
Non-Stop Dancing — 2 ▶
On The Way — 2 ▶
Pop Art Poem — 4 ▶
Precious — 32 ▶
Precious (extended version) — 1 ▶
Precious - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 7 ▶
Precious - Hippodrome 1981 — 10 ▶
Pretty Green — 65 ▶
Pretty Green - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 8 ▶
Pretty Green - Hippodrome 1981 — 10 ▶
Private Hell (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 2 ▶
Private Hell - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 5 ▶
Private Hell 1979 — 1 ▶
Running on the Spot — 2 ▶
Saturday Kids — 2 ▶
Saturday Kids 1979 — 1 ▶
Saturday Kids - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 8 ▶
Saturday's Kids — 79 ▶
Saturday's Kids (John Peel session 29th Oct 1979) — 1 ▶
Saturday's Kids (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 2 ▶
Saturday's Kids (Radio 1 Session, 29 Nov 1979) — 4 ▶
Shopping — 3 ▶
Slow Down — 7 ▶
Slow Down - 100 Club 1977 — 1 ▶
Slow Down - 100 Club, London 1977 — 1 ▶
Smithers Jones — 2 ▶
Smithers Jones - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 2 ▶
Smithers-Jones — 6 ▶
Smithers-Jones (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 2 ▶
So Sad About Us — 6 ▶
So Sad About Us - 100 Club 1977 — 2 ▶
So Sad About Us - 100 Club, London 1977 — 2 ▶
Sounds From The Street - 100 Club 1977 — 1 ▶
Sounds From The Street - 100 Club, London 1977 — 1 ▶
Standards — 5 ▶
Standards - 100 Club 1977 — 1 ▶
Standards - 100 Club, London 1977 — 1 ▶
Start — 101 ▶
Start - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 3 ▶
Start - Hippodrome 1981 — 9 ▶
Start! — 237 ▶
Start! (Live at Golders Green Hippodrome, 19 Dec 1981) — 6 ▶
Stoned Out of My Mind — 1 ▶
Strange Down — 3 ▶
Strange Town — 97 ▶
Strange Town - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 2 ▶
Sweet Soul Music — 1 ▶
Sweet Soul Music - 100 Club, London 1977 — 3 ▶
Takin My Love - 100 Club 1977 — 1 ▶
Tales from the Riverbank — 9 ▶
Tales From The Riverbank — 3 ▶
Tales From The Riverbank - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 4 ▶
Tales From The Riverbank - Hippodrome 1981 — 6 ▶
Tales Of The Riverbank - Hippodrome 1981 — 4 ▶
That's Entertainment — 391 ▶
That's Entertainment (Snap! Demo Version) — 2 ▶
That's Entertainment - Remastered — 2 ▶
That’s Entertainment — 1 ▶
The Batman Theme — 1 ▶
The Bitterest Pill — 2 ▶
The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) — 62 ▶
The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) — 69 ▶
The Butterfly Collector — 9 ▶
The Eton Rifles — 141 ▶
The Eton Rifles (BBC session) — 3 ▶
The Eton Rifles (Live at Maida Vale) — 1 ▶
The Eton Rifles (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 3 ▶
The Gift — 3 ▶
The Gift - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 5 ▶
The In Crowd - Golders Green Hippodrome 1981 — 1 ▶
The Modern World — 73 ▶
The Modern World (Live at The 100 Club) — 2 ▶
The Modern World (live) — 1 ▶
The Modern World (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 26 April 1977) — 1 ▶
The Place I Love — 2 ▶
The Planner's Dream Goes Wrong — 1 ▶
Thick as Thieves — 28 ▶
Thick As Thieves — 12 ▶
Thick As Thieves (BBC Session) — 1 ▶
Thick as Thieves (John Peel session 29th Oct 1979) — 1 ▶
Thick As Thieves (Live at Rainbow Theatre, 19 Dec 1979) — 4 ▶
Thick As Thieves (Radio 1 Session, 29 Nov 1979) — 5 ▶
Thick As Thieves - BBC Session 1979 — 1 ▶
Thick As Thieves - BBC Session 29/11/1979 — 3 ▶
Thick As Thieves - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 6 ▶
This Is the Modern World — 3 ▶
This Is The Modern World - 100 Club 1977 — 1 ▶
To Be Someone — 2 ▶
To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time) — 10 ▶
To Be Someone (Didnt We Have A Nice Time) — 1 ▶
Tonight at Noon — 1 ▶
Town Called Malice — 250 ▶
Town Called Malice - Hippodrome 1981 — 12 ▶
Trans Global Express — 1 ▶
Trans-Global Express — 1 ▶
War — 1 ▶
Wasteland — 2 ▶
Waterloo Sunset (demo) — 1 ▶
When You're Young — 55 ▶
When You're Young (John Peel session 29th Oct 1979) — 1 ▶
When You're Young (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 29 Oct 1979) — 4 ▶
When You're Young (Radio 1 Session, 29 Nov 1979) — 2 ▶
When You're Young - Rainbow Theatre 1979 — 3 ▶