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The Kooks

The Kooks is a group from the UK, active since 2004.

Group GB since 2004 indie rock indie pop pop rock
TOTAL PLAYS
3,506
SONGS PLAYED
120
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-06-20 14:07 · 6 Music — "Eddie's Gun"
LAST PLAYED
3 days ago · 6 Music — "Sofa Song"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
1,000 750 500 250 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 1 2,026 58%
Radio 2 965 28%
6 Music 513 15%
1Xtra 2 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 09:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 She Moves in Her Own Way 482 2026-10-16
2 She Moves In Her Own Way 477 2011-11-18
3 Always Where I Need To Be 418 2012-11-16
4 Ooh La 304 2026-09-25
5 Shine On 287 2012-08-17
6 Naive 257 2024-01-05
7 Naïve 212 2012-06-02
8 Naïve 192 2026-10-23
9 Sway 124 2020-04-09
10 Eddie's Gun 109 2011-04-20
11 Is It Me 96 2012-01-08
12 Down 76 2014-12-03
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-10-23 22:35 Sofa Song 6 Music
2026-10-23 10:45 Naïve Radio 1
2026-10-16 22:10 She Moves in Her Own Way 6 Music
2026-10-11 05:49 She Moves in Her Own Way Radio 2
2026-10-07 11:52 Naïve Radio 2
2026-10-07 03:20 Naïve Radio 1
2026-09-29 03:04 Naïve Radio 1
2026-09-27 13:26 Naïve Radio 1
2026-09-25 22:07 Naïve 6 Music
2026-09-25 02:07 Ooh La Radio 1
2026-09-22 09:53 She Moves in Her Own Way Radio 2
2026-09-18 10:07 Ooh La Radio 1
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

120 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Alaska (Radio 2 Session, 3 Apr 2017) — 1 ▶
Alaska (Radio 2 Session, 3 May 2017) — 1 ▶
All That She Wants <Est 1967> — 3 ▶
All That She Wants <Est 1967> With Package — 1 ▶
All That She Wants <Est 67 Cover> — 3 ▶
All the Time — 1 ▶
Always Where I Need to Be — 12 ▶
Always Where I Need To Be — 418 ▶
Always Where I Need To Be (Live) — 1 ▶
Always Where I Need To Be <Live In Liverpool> — 3 ▶
Always Where I Need To Be <Live Lounge On Tour> — 1 ▶
Always Where I Want To Be — 3 ▶
Around Town — 64 ▶
Around Town (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 17 June 2014) — 4 ▶
Around Town (Radio 1's Big Weekend 2014) — 2 ▶
Be Who You Are — 30 ▶
Be Who You Are (Radio 2 Session, 3 Apr 2017) — 1 ▶
Be Who You Are (Radio 2 Session, 3 May 2017) — 2 ▶
Closer — 1 ▶
Cold Heart — 13 ▶
Crazy (Live Lounge) — 1 ▶
Crazy (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 30 Mar 2006) — 1 ▶
Crazy - R1 Live Lounge — 2 ▶
Do You Wanna/Shine On <Live From T In The Park 2008> — 1 ▶
Down — 76 ▶
Down (Radio 1's Big Weekend 2014) — 4 ▶
Down To The Market — 2 ▶
Eddie's Gun — 109 ▶
Forgive & Forget — 4 ▶
Forgive & Forget (Yarin Lidor Remix) — 1 ▶
Forgive and Forget — 1 ▶
Four Leaf Clover — 14 ▶
Four Leaf Clover (Radio 2 Session, 17 AUG 2018) — 1 ▶
Here For You (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 17 June 2014) — 5 ▶
I Already Miss You <Live> — 2 ▶
IRL KOOKS — 1 ▶
Is It Me — 96 ▶
Is It Me (Live Lounge) — 1 ▶
Junk of My Heart (happy) — 5 ▶
Junk Of The Heart — 1 ▶
Junk of the Heart (Happy) — 41 ▶
Junk Of The Heart (Happy) [Radio Edit] — 2 ▶
Kooks live from Radio 1's Big Weekend in Dundee — 1 ▶
Love It All — 3 ▶
Mr Maker — 2 ▶
Mr. Maker — 10 ▶
Naive — 257 ▶
Naive (Live Lounge) — 3 ▶
Naive (Radio 1's Big Weekend 2014) — 3 ▶
Naive (Radio 2 Session, 14 JULY 2017) — 1 ▶
Naive (Radio 2 Session, 27 Jun 2018) — 1 ▶
Naive (Reading + Leeds 2025) — 2 ▶
Naive (Sofa Session, 19 Mar 2025) — 2 ▶
Naive <Live from Liverpool> — 1 ▶
Naive <Live Lounge 30/03/06> — 1 ▶
Naive <R1BW Live Version> — 1 ▶
Naïve — 212 ▶
Naïve — 192 ▶
Naïve (TRNSMT Festival 2025) — 1 ▶
Never Know — 7 ▶
Never Know (Sofa Session, 19 Mar 2025) — 1 ▶
No Pressure — 8 ▶
No Pressure (Live with Jo & Simon) — 1 ▶
No Pressure (Radio 2 Session, 27 Jun 2018) — 1 ▶
One Last Time — 3 ▶
Ooh La — 304 ▶
Ooh La (Live - Glastonbury 2007 - for Bank Holiday Monday '07) — 1 ▶
Ooh La (Live Lounge) — 1 ▶
Ooh La (Radio Edit) — 2 ▶
Ooh La <Live from Liverpool> — 2 ▶
Ooh La <Live Lounge On Tour> — 5 ▶
Ooh La <Live Lounge Tour Package> — 1 ▶
Ooh La <Live Lounge Tour> — 3 ▶
Pamela — 3 ▶
Pamela (CLIP) — 1 ▶
Plug It In — 1 ▶
Princess Of My Mind <Acoustic> — 1 ▶
Pumped Up Kicks (Live Lounge) — 7 ▶
Pumped Up Kicks (Radio 1, Sep 2011) — 1 ▶
Seaside — 15 ▶
See Me Now — 4 ▶
See The Sun — 2 ▶
See the World — 3 ▶
See The World — 1 ▶
Sexy Love and Ne*Yo and She Moves In Her Own Way — 1 ▶
She Mov es In Her Own Way — 1 ▶
She Moves I Her Own Way — 1 ▶
She Moves in Her Own Way — 482 ▶
She Moves In Her Own Way — 477 ▶
She Moves In Her Own Way (Live in Liverpool) — 3 ▶
She Moves In Her Own Way (LIVE VERSION) — 1 ▶
She Moves In Her Own Way (live) — 1 ▶
She Moves In Her Own Way (Radio 1's Big Weekend 2014) — 1 ▶
She Moves In Her Own Way (Radio 2 Session, 3 Apr 2017) — 1 ▶
She Moves In Her Own Way (Reading + Leeds 2025) — 2 ▶
She Moves In Her Own Way (Sofa Session, 19 Mar 2025) — 1 ▶
Shine On — 287 ▶
Shine On <Live Lounge> — 3 ▶
Shine On [live at T in the Park] — 1 ▶
Sofa Song — 20 ▶
Sofa Song (Live) — 1 ▶
Sofa Song <Live Lounge On Tour> — 4 ▶
Someone Like You (Radio 2 Session, 17 AUG 2018) — 1 ▶
Stormy Weather — 1 ▶
Sunny Baby — 5 ▶
Sunny Baby (Sofa Session, 19 Mar 2025) — 1 ▶
Sway — 124 ▶
Sway (Live at Sound) — 1 ▶
Sway (Xmas Present On Air) — 1 ▶
Taking Pictures of You — 3 ▶
The King & I — 1 ▶
The King And I — 1 ▶
The Saboteur — 5 ▶
Victoria (Great British Songbook) — 5 ▶
Violet Hill (Live Lounge) — 1 ▶
Violet Hill <Live Lounge> — 2 ▶
Yeah Yeah <5.35> In Her Own Way — 1 ▶
You Don't Love Me — 51 ▶
You Don't Love Me - Hub Session 14/07/2005 — 1 ▶
Young Folks — 5 ▶