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The Mekons

The Mekons is a group from the UK, active since 1976.

Group GB since 1976 classic pop and rock alternative punk
TOTAL PLAYS
218
SONGS PLAYED
73
STATIONS
1
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-17 16:37 · 6 Music — "Where Were You"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · 6 Music — "Glasgow (Version)"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
30 23 15 8 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 218 100%
Radio 1 0 0%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 19:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Where Were You? 41 2025-11-26
2 Ghosts of American Astronauts 25 2022-10-27
3 Where Were You 21 2015-12-16
4 Dance and Drink 6 2022-05-04
5 The Inhuman 6 2022-01-23
6 Dan Dare-Out Of Space (It's A Really Nice Place) 6 2014-08-05
7 Mudcrawlers 5 2025-02-25
8 Dan Dare-Out Of Space (It's A Really Nice Place) (Radio 1 Session, 7 Mar 1978) 5 2023-10-02
9 The Western Design 4 2025-05-06
10 Snow 4 2019-01-29
11 Skid Row (Radio 1 Session, 10 Feb 1987) 4 2015-12-10
12 Danton (Radio 1 Session, 10 Feb 1987) 4 2015-12-07
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-09 21:26 Glasgow (Version) 6 Music
2025-11-26 15:11 Where Were You? 6 Music
2025-08-27 20:31 Where Were You? 6 Music
2025-05-07 20:22 War Economy (6 Music Session, 7 May 2025) 6 Music
2025-05-07 20:19 Oblivion (6 Music Session, 7 May 2025) 6 Music
2025-05-07 20:04 Mudcrawlers (6 Music Session, 7 May 2025) 6 Music
2025-05-07 20:00 You're Not Singing Anymore (6 Music Session, 7 May 2025) 6 Music
2025-05-06 20:51 The Western Design 6 Music
2025-04-23 21:25 The Western Design 6 Music
2025-04-15 21:33 The Western Design 6 Music
2025-03-24 22:52 The Western Design 6 Music
2025-02-25 21:38 Mudcrawlers 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

73 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(Sometimes I Feel Like) Fletcher Christian — 2 ▶
After Six - BBC Session for Andy Kershaw 08/07/86 — 1 ▶
Andromeda — 1 ▶
Beaten And Broken (John Peel Session 09-03-1985) — 1 ▶
buried treasure — 3 ▶
Chivalry — 2 ▶
corn & grain — 1 ▶
Dan Dare-Out Of Space (It's A Really Nice Place) — 6 ▶
Dan Dare-Out Of Space (It's A Really Nice Place) (John Peel session 7th March 1978) — 1 ▶
Dan Dare-Out Of Space (It's A Really Nice Place) (Radio 1 Session, 7 Mar 1978) — 5 ▶
Dance and Drink — 6 ▶
Dance And Drink, (John Peel session 7th March 1978) — 1 ▶
Dance And Drink, The Mekons — 3 ▶
Dance And Drink, The Mekons (Radio 1 Session, 7 Mar 1978) — 3 ▶
Danton (John Peel session rx 10.2.1987) — 1 ▶
Danton (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 10 Feb 1987) — 1 ▶
Danton (Radio 1 Session, 10 Feb 1987) — 4 ▶
Deep End (John Peel Session 09-03-1985) — 1 ▶
Escalera — 1 ▶
Fantastic Voyage (Simon Mayo Session 24.02.1988) — 1 ▶
Fight The Cuts (6 Music session 18th July 2017) — 1 ▶
Garden Fence of Sound — 3 ▶
Garden Fence Of Sound (John Peel session 7th March 1978) — 1 ▶
Ghosts of American Astronauts — 25 ▶
Glasgow (Version) — 1 ▶
Hard to Be Human — 2 ▶
Hello Cruel World — 1 ▶
Hey Susan (John Peel Session 09-03-1985) — 1 ▶
Hole In The Ground (Simon Mayo Session 24.02.1988) — 1 ▶
Hole in the Ground - BBC Session for Andy Kershaw 08/07/86 — 1 ▶
I Can't Find My Money - BBC Session for Andy Kershaw 08/07/86 — 1 ▶
I'm So Happy — 1 ▶
If They Hang You — 1 ▶
In The Sun/The Galaxy Explodes — 1 ▶
Lawrence of California — 3 ▶
Letters In The Post — 1 ▶
Letters In the Post (Radio 1 Session, 7 Mar 1978) — 2 ▶
Lonely and Wet — 3 ▶
Lonely and Wet (6 Music session 18th July 2017) — 1 ▶
Lonely And Wet (Radio 1 Session, 7 Mar 1978) — 3 ▶
Lonely And Wet - BBC Session 07/03/1978 — 1 ▶
Memphis Egypt — 2 ▶
Mirage — 1 ▶
Mudcrawlers — 5 ▶
Mudcrawlers (6 Music Session, 7 May 2025) — 1 ▶
Never Been in a Riot — 2 ▶
O Money — 1 ▶
Oblivion (Simon Mayo Session 24.02.1988) — 1 ▶
Oblivion (6 Music Session, 7 May 2025) — 1 ▶
Prince Of Darkness (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 10 Feb 1987) — 1 ▶
Prince Of Darkness (Radio 1 Session, 10 Feb 1987) — 3 ▶
Revenge (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 10 Feb 1987) — 1 ▶
Revenge (Radio 1 Session, 10 Feb 1987) — 3 ▶
Rosanne — 1 ▶
Skid Row (John Peel session 10.2.1987) — 1 ▶
Skid Row (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 10 Feb 1987) — 1 ▶
Skid Row (Radio 1 Session, 10 Feb 1987) — 4 ▶
Snow — 4 ▶
Sophie (John Peel session 10.2.1987) — 1 ▶
Still Waiting — 3 ▶
Still Waiting (6 Music session 18th July 2017) — 1 ▶
The Flame That Killed John Wayne — 1 ▶
The Inhuman — 6 ▶
The Story of Nothing - BBC Session for Andy Kershaw 08/07/86 — 1 ▶
The Western Design — 4 ▶
War Economy (6 Music Session, 7 May 2025) — 1 ▶
Where Were You — 21 ▶
Where Were You (John Peel session 7th March 1978) — 1 ▶
Where Were You (Radio 1 Session, 7 Mar 1978) — 1 ▶
Where Were You - BBC Session 07/03/1978 — 1 ▶
Where Were You? — 41 ▶
You Wear It Well (Simon Mayo Session 24.02.1988) — 1 ▶
You're Not Singing Anymore (6 Music Session, 7 May 2025) — 1 ▶