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The Motors

The Motors is a group from the UK, active from 1977.

Group GB 1977–1981 power pop pub rock
TOTAL PLAYS
318
SONGS PLAYED
21
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2006-06-22 17:12 · Radio 2 — "Airport"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · Radio 2 — "Airport"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
30 23 15 8 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 249 78%
6 Music 69 22%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 10:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Airport 230 2026-04-14
2 Dancing The Night Away 36 2025-10-27
3 Forget About You 27 2023-06-18
4 Love And Loneliness 5 2018-05-04
5 Bringing In The Moonlight (Radio 1 Session, 22 Mar 1977) 2 2018-03-22
6 Emergency (Radio 1 Session, 22 Mar 1977) 2 2018-03-22
7 Dancing The Night Away (Radio 1 Session, 22 Mar 1977) 2 2018-03-22
8 The Day I Found a Fiver 1 2021-09-12
9 Airport - Paris Theatre 1978 1 2018-09-10
10 Dancing The Night Away - Paris Theatre 1978 1 2018-09-10
11 Cold Love - Paris Theatre 1978 1 2018-09-10
12 Emergency - Paris Theatre 1978 1 2018-09-10
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-04-14 12:05 Airport Radio 2
2025-12-19 19:13 Airport 6 Music
2025-11-07 20:47 Airport 6 Music
2025-10-27 21:39 Dancing The Night Away 6 Music
2025-09-05 18:48 Airport 6 Music
2025-04-27 15:54 Airport Radio 2
2025-04-06 15:14 Airport Radio 2
2024-11-04 09:26 Airport 6 Music
2024-09-09 00:00 Airport 6 Music
2024-09-08 13:00 Airport 6 Music
2024-07-02 02:42 Airport Radio 2
2024-06-29 12:42 Airport Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

21 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Airport — 230 ▶
Airport 1978 — 1 ▶
Airport - Paris Theatre 1978 — 1 ▶
Bringing In The Moonlight (Radio 1 Session, 22 Mar 1977) — 2 ▶
Cold Love 1978 — 1 ▶
Cold Love - Paris Theatre 1978 — 1 ▶
Dancing The Night Away — 36 ▶
Dancing The Night Away (John Peel session 12.09.1977) — 1 ▶
Dancing The Night Away (Radio 1 Session, 22 Mar 1977) — 2 ▶
Dancing The Night Away - BBC Session 22/03 /1977 — 1 ▶
Dancing The Night Away - Paris Theatre 1978 — 1 ▶
Dancing The Night Away 1978 — 1 ▶
Emergency (Radio 1 Session, 22 Mar 1977) — 2 ▶
Emergency - Paris Theatre 1978 — 1 ▶
Emergency 1978 — 1 ▶
Forget About You — 27 ▶
Love And Loneliness — 5 ▶
Mama Rock 'N' Roller 1978 — 1 ▶
Mama Rock 'N' Roller - Paris Theatre 1978 — 1 ▶
Phoney Heaven - (John Peel session 12.09.1977) — 1 ▶
The Day I Found a Fiver — 1 ▶