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The Libertines

The Libertines is a group from the UK, active since 1997.

Group GB since 1997 indie rock garage rock revival post-punk revival
TOTAL PLAYS
1,756
SONGS PLAYED
88
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-20 08:57 · 6 Music — "Don't Look Back into the Sun"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "What a Waster"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
200 150 100 50 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,028 59%
Radio 1 491 28%
Radio 2 237 13%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 17:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Don't Look Back into the Sun 466 2026-08-14
2 Can't Stand Me Now 366 2026-08-20
3 Time for Heroes 257 2026-08-24
4 What Became of the Likely Lads 134 2026-08-14
5 Gunga Din 73 2025-07-17
6 Run, Run, Run 72 2026-04-27
7 Heart of the Matter 57 2025-10-14
8 Oh 32 2024-04-12
9 Shiver 30 2024-08-04
10 I Get Along 28 2025-11-11
11 Up the Bracket 24 2025-10-03
12 Up The Bracket 23 2011-08-11
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-25 23:02 What a Waster 6 Music
2026-08-24 15:00 Time for Heroes 6 Music
2026-08-20 01:58 Can't Stand Me Now Radio 1
2026-08-14 21:48 What Became of the Likely Lads 6 Music
2026-08-14 21:00 Don't Look Back into the Sun 6 Music
2026-08-14 20:11 Can't Stand Me Now 6 Music
2026-08-12 18:04 Don't Look Back into the Sun Radio 2
2026-08-12 15:59 Don't Look Back into the Sun Radio 1
2026-08-12 12:10 Don't Look Back into the Sun 6 Music
2026-08-07 16:54 Don't Look Back into the Sun Radio 2
2026-07-31 20:57 Horrorshow 6 Music
2026-07-28 16:01 Can't Stand Me Now 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

88 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Anthem For Doomed Youth — 1 ▶
Anthem For Doomed Youth (Glastonbury 2015) — 2 ▶
Barbarians — 1 ▶
Barbarians (Radio 1 Session, 28 Jul 2015) — 1 ▶
Baron's Claw — 2 ▶
Be Young — 2 ▶
Begging — 1 ▶
Boy On The Band - BBC Session 26/03/2002 — 3 ▶
Boys in the Band — 3 ▶
Boys In The Band (Live at Reading Festival 2010) — 1 ▶
Breck Road Lover — 1 ▶
Campaign of Hate — 2 ▶
Can't Stand Me Now — 366 ▶
Can't Stand Me Now (Glastonbury 2022) — 1 ▶
Can't Stand Me Now (Glastonbury 2025) — 1 ▶
Death on the Stairs — 8 ▶
Death On The Stairs (Glastonbury 2015) — 2 ▶
Death On The Stairs (Glastonbury 2025) — 1 ▶
Don't Be Shy — 2 ▶
Don't Look Back into the Sun — 466 ▶
Don't Look Back Into The Sun (Glastonbury 2015) — 4 ▶
Don't Look Back Into The Sun (Glastonbury 2022) — 3 ▶
Don't Look Back Into The Sun (Glastonbury 2025) — 4 ▶
Don't Look Back Into The Sun (Radio 1 Session, 28 Jul 2015) — 1 ▶
Don't Look Back Into The Sun (Reading 2010) — 1 ▶
Don't Look Back Into The Sun (T In The Park 2015) — 1 ▶
Don't Look BAck IntoThe Sun — 1 ▶
Dont' look back into the sun — 1 ▶
Dream A Little Dream impromptu Libertines acoustic performance! — 2 ▶
Fairytale of New York (Sofa Session, 11 Dec 2024) — 3 ▶
Fame and Fortune — 5 ▶
Fury of Chonburi — 2 ▶
Gunga Din — 73 ▶
Gunga Din (Radio 1 Session, 28 Jul 2015) — 3 ▶
Heart of the Matter — 57 ▶
Horror Show — 3 ▶
Horrorshow — 9 ▶
I Get Along — 28 ▶
I Get Along (Live at Reading Festival 2010) — 1 ▶
I Get Along / Mayday - BBC Session 26/03/2002 — 1 ▶
Last Post on the Bugle — 4 ▶
Love Is On The Dole — 1 ▶
Lust Of The Libertines (demo) — 1 ▶
Man With The Melody — 2 ▶
Merry Old England (Glastonbury 2025) — 1 ▶
Music When the Lights Go Out — 20 ▶
Never Never — 1 ▶
Night Of The Hunter — 12 ▶
Night Of The Hunter (Glastonbury 2025) — 1 ▶
Night Of The Hunter (Sofa Session, 11 Dec 2024) — 3 ▶
Oh — 32 ▶
Radio America — 4 ▶
Road to Ruin — 2 ▶
Run Run Run — 4 ▶
Run Run Run (Glastonbury 2025) — 1 ▶
Run, Run, Run — 72 ▶
Shiver — 30 ▶
Tell the King — 2 ▶
The Boy Looked at Johnny — 1 ▶
The Boys In The Band — 1 ▶
The Delaney — 3 ▶
The Good Old Days — 4 ▶
The Ha Ha Wall — 5 ▶
The Ha Ha Wall (T In The Park 2015) — 1 ▶
The Man Who Would Be King — 5 ▶
The Windmills Of Your Mind — 1 ▶
Time for Heroes — 257 ▶
Time for Heroes (Glastonbury 2025) — 1 ▶
Time For Heroes (Live at Reading Festival 2010) — 1 ▶
Time For Heroes (Live From Reading Festival 2015) — 1 ▶
Time for Heroes - Reading 2015 — 2 ▶
Time For Heroes performed in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in December 2002 — 1 ▶
Tomblands — 2 ▶
Up the Bracket — 24 ▶
Up The Bracket — 23 ▶
Up The Bracket (Live at Reading Festival 2010) — 1 ▶
Up The Bracket (Live Brixton Sat 6/3/04) — 2 ▶
Up The Bracket (Radio 1 Live at Nottingham Rock City 30.10.2002) — 1 ▶
Up The Bracket Id'd — 1 ▶
Vertigo — 7 ▶
Vertigo (Live at Reading Festival 2010) — 1 ▶
What a Waster — 1 ▶
What A Waster (Clean) — 1 ▶
What Became of the Likely Lads — 134 ▶
What Katie Did — 6 ▶
What Katie Did (Glastonbury 2025) — 1 ▶
You're My Waterloo — 3 ▶
You're My Waterloo (Glastonbury 2015) — 1 ▶