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The Magnetic Fields

The Magnetic Fields is a group from the US, active since 1990.

Group US since 1990 indie pop noise pop dream pop

TOTAL PLAYS

261

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-11-15 20:09 · 6 Music — "All My Little Words"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · 6 Music — "Strange Powers"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026

60 45 30 15 0

'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 248 95%

Radio 1 9 3%

Radio 2 4 2%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Quick! 27 2019-02-08

2 The Book of Love 20 2025-10-06

3 I Don't Want to Get Over You 17 2026-05-23

4 Andrew In Drag 15 2025-11-05

5 Andrew In Drag (Radio Edit) 13 2012-03-31

6 The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side 8 2022-11-02

7 My Stupid Boyfriend 7 2024-05-21

8 I Wish I Had an Evil Twin 6 2025-10-06

9 All My Little Words 6 2025-08-06

10 A Chicken With It's Head Cut Off 6 2024-01-10

11 California Girls 6 2008-01-07

12 I Don't Believe You 5 2025-06-03

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-01 09:52 Strange Powers 6 Music

2026-05-23 09:56 I Don't Want to Get Over You 6 Music

2025-11-06 23:21 I Don't Want to Get Over You 6 Music

2025-11-05 23:14 Andrew In Drag 6 Music

2025-10-06 01:37 The Book of Love 6 Music

2025-10-06 00:58 I Wish I Had an Evil Twin 6 Music

2025-10-05 14:42 The Book of Love 6 Music

2025-10-05 14:02 I Wish I Had an Evil Twin 6 Music

2025-08-31 10:22 Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin 6 Music

2025-08-16 04:06 Railroad Boy 6 Music

2025-08-06 21:36 All My Little Words 6 Music

2025-06-03 21:42 I Don't Believe You 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

90 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

'86 How I Failed Ethics —

1 2017-01-15 ▶

(Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy —

1 2023-10-22 ▶

100,000 Fireflies —

1 2011-11-26 ▶

1968 A Cat Called Dionysus —

1 2017-06-17 ▶

1974 No —

1 2017-06-17 ▶

1983 Foxx And I —

2 2017-09-02 ▶

A Chicken With It's Head Cut Off —

6 2024-01-10 ▶

A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off —

2 2016-02-20 ▶

Absolutely Cuckoo —

3 2022-11-02 ▶

Acoustic Guitar —

1 2018-09-25 ▶

All My Little Words —

6 2025-08-06 ▶

All She Cares About is Mariachi —

1 2012-02-27 ▶

All She Cares About is Mariachi (BBC Maida Vale Session Track) —

1 2012-03-10 ▶

All the Umbrellas in London —

2 2016-02-01 ▶

Andrew In Drag —

15 2025-11-05 ▶

Andrew in Drag (BBC Maida Vale Session Track) —

1 2012-03-10 ▶

Andrew In Drag (Radio Edit) —

13 2012-03-31 ▶

Asleep and Dreaming —

1 2022-10-29 ▶

Book of Love —

2 2016-11-29 ▶

Book of Love (BBC Maida Vale Session Track) —

1 2012-03-10 ▶

Born for Love —

2 2012-03-13 ▶

Born on a Train —

2 2023-01-18 ▶

Busby Berkeley Dreams —

1 2021-11-21 ▶

California Girls —

6 2008-01-07 ▶

Castles of America —

1 2020-05-07 ▶

Crazy for You (But Not That Crazy) —

1 2024-02-11 ▶

Drive On, Driver —

2 2010-10-23 ▶

Epitaph for My Heart —

1 2021-12-29 ▶

Everything Is One Big Christmas —

1 2014-12-21 ▶

Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree —

2 2012-12-21 ▶

Fathers In The Clouds —

3 2022-03-15 ▶

Fear of Trains —

1 2021-05-31 ▶

For We Are the King of the Boudoir —

1 2023-04-25 ▶

Foxx & I —

1 2017-02-27 ▶

Ghosts Of The Marathon Dancers —

2 2017-03-01 ▶

Have You Seen It in the Snow? —

1 2021-12-16 ▶

I Don't Believe in the Sun —

1 2024-04-02 ▶

I Don't Believe You —

5 2025-06-03 ▶

I Don't Want to Get Over You —

17 2026-05-23 ▶

I Don’t Want to Get Over You —

1 2016-04-12 ▶

I Shatter —

1 2018-08-04 ▶

I Think I Need A New Heart —

3 2022-11-02 ▶

I Thought You Were My Boyfriend —

1 2019-01-27 ▶

I Was Born —

1 2022-05-19 ▶

I Wish I Had an Evil Twin —

6 2025-10-06 ▶

I Wish I Had Fangs and a Tail —

1 2020-05-07 ▶

I've Run Away To Join The Faries —

1 2012-03-09 ▶

Infatuation (with Your Gyration) —

2 2012-03-09 ▶

It's Only Time —

3 2022-07-21 ▶

Kiss Me Like You Mean It —

2 2025-06-01 ▶

Kraftwerk After Dark —

1 2020-05-12 ▶

Kraftwerk in a Blackout —

1 2020-06-03 ▶

Like a Chicken with its Head Cut Off —

1 2008-09-10 ▶

Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin —

3 2025-08-31 ▶

Magnetic Field (RdB Edit) —

1 2014-04-05 ▶

Me and Fred and Dave and Ted —

5 2018-07-14 ▶

My Stupid Boyfriend —

7 2024-05-21 ▶

Old Fools —

1 2007-12-06 ▶

Papa Was a Rodeo —

5 2024-12-01 ▶

Please Stop Dancing —

1 2008-01-07 ▶

Quick —

2 2012-04-26 ▶

Quick! —

27 2019-02-08 ▶

Railroad Boy —

4 2025-08-16 ▶

Reno Dakota —

2 2022-11-02 ▶

Strange Powers —

3 2026-08-01 ▶

Summer Lies —

1 2018-08-08 ▶

The Book of Love —

20 2025-10-06 ▶

The Book Of Love (6 Music Session, 10 Jul 2008) —

2 2020-05-08 ▶

The Book Of Love - Hub Session 10/07/2008 —

2 2014-01-15 ▶

The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be —

2 2022-11-02 ▶

The Day the Politicians Died —

3 2020-03-25 ▶

The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure —

1 2009-02-14 ▶

The Death of Ferdinand de Sausurre —

2 2022-06-20 ▶

The Dolls' Tea Party —

1 2010-01-09 ▶

The Dreaming Moon —

2 2022-02-20 ▶

The Horrible Party —

1 2012-03-09 ▶

The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side —

8 2022-11-02 ▶

The Nun's Litany —

1 2008-01-08 ▶

The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing —

1 2014-05-15 ▶

Two Characters in Search of a Country Song —

1 2017-11-23 ▶

Underwear —

1 2022-06-03 ▶

Washington, D.C. —

2 2024-12-16 ▶

When My Boy Walks Down the Street —

2 2022-11-02 ▶

When the Brat Upstairs Got a Drum Kit —

1 2020-06-04 ▶

With Whom to Dance —

2 2024-08-08 ▶

Xavier Says —

1 2007-12-07 ▶

yeah oh yeah —

1 2020-07-02 ▶

You Love to Fail —

1 2016-01-31 ▶

You Must Be Out Of Your Mind —

2 2010-01-05 ▶

Zebra —

1 2016-07-17 ▶