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The Nightingales

The Nightingales is a group from the UK, active since 1979.

Group GB since 1979 post-punk indie rock indie

TOTAL PLAYS

245

SONGS PLAYED

103

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-05-01 15:37 · 6 Music — "Let's Think About Living"

LAST PLAYED

1 week ago · 6 Music — "Paraffin Brain"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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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

6 Music 245 100%

Radio 1 0 0%

Radio 2 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Dumb And Drummer 20 2024-12-02

2 In 9 2017-11-20

3 Paraffin Brain 8 2026-05-07

4 Let's Think About Living 8 2006-08-03

5 The New Emperor's New Clothes 7 2025-12-29

6 Don't Blink 7 2021-04-26

7 Chaff 6 2018-12-13

8 Same Old Riff 5 2025-04-06

9 Inside Out 5 2022-11-30

10 Not Man Enough (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1983) 5 2019-07-02

11 Real Gone Daddy 5 2012-10-24

12 Best Of British Luck 5 2012-05-07

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-07 21:41 Paraffin Brain 6 Music

2025-12-29 21:32 The New Emperor's New Clothes 6 Music

2025-11-27 23:21 The New Emperor's New Clothes 6 Music

2025-05-06 20:04 Joyce 6 Music

2025-04-30 20:36 All Smiles 6 Music

2025-04-29 20:03 Giddy Aunt 6 Music

2025-04-23 21:07 Giddy Aunt 6 Music

2025-04-15 20:36 All Smiles 6 Music

2025-04-09 21:33 All Smiles 6 Music

2025-04-06 07:27 Same Old Riff 6 Music

2025-04-01 21:08 All Smiles 6 Music

2025-03-10 21:07 Same Old Riff 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

103 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

All Smiles —

4 2025-04-30 ▶

All Talk —

2 2012-10-17 ▶

All Talk (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1983) —

4 2019-07-04 ▶

Beat Bush —

3 2018-04-10 ▶

Best Of British Luck —

5 2012-05-07 ▶

Big Dave —

3 2018-09-19 ▶

Bloody Breath —

1 2022-09-05 ▶

Born Yesterday —

1 2012-05-01 ▶

Butter Bricks (John Peel session 01.10.80) —

1 2016-01-21 ▶

Chaff —

6 2018-12-13 ▶

Chaff (6 Music Session 24092018) —

1 2018-09-24 ▶

Company Man —

1 2022-12-15 ▶

Coo Ca Choo —

1 2014-09-29 ▶

Coo-Ca-Choo —

1 2018-01-17 ▶

Crafty Fag —

1 2012-02-08 ▶

Diary of A Bag of Nerves —

1 2014-03-26 ▶

Diary of a Bag of Nerves (6 Music Session, 15 April) —

1 2023-04-10 ▶

Dick The Do-Gooder (Manchester Session Version) —

1 2010-11-01 ▶

Dishwater Kid —

1 2012-03-28 ▶

Dishwater Kid - 6 Music session 26/10/2011 —

2 2018-05-29 ▶

Don't Blink —

7 2021-04-26 ▶

Dont Blink —

1 2007-11-14 ▶

Dumb & Drummer —

1 2014-04-10 ▶

Dumb And Drummer —

20 2024-12-02 ▶

Dumb and Drummer (6 Music Session, 15 April) —

2 2023-04-10 ▶

Eventually —

1 2018-08-23 ▶

First My Job - BBC Session 03/03/1985 —

3 2018-01-22 ▶

Gales Doc —

4 2024-07-23 ▶

Gales Doc (6Music Session 260516) —

1 2016-12-22 ▶

Giddy Aunt —

2 2025-04-29 ▶

Grown So Ugly - 6 Music Session, 15 Oct 2012 —

1 2017-01-10 ▶

How To Age - BBC Session 03/03/1985 —

3 2018-01-22 ▶

I Just Want Someone To Fall In Love With —

3 2015-02-02 ▶

I Love CCTV (6M Marc Riley Session 18 April 22) —

1 2022-04-25 ▶

I Needed Money At The Time —

3 2022-11-17 ▶

Idiot Strength —

1 2016-10-23 ▶

In —

9 2017-11-20 ▶

Inside Out —

5 2022-11-30 ▶

It Is (6 Music Session 24092018) —

1 2018-09-24 ▶

Joyce —

1 2025-05-06 ▶

Leave It Out —

2 2020-10-22 ▶

Let's Surf —

1 2022-06-09 ▶

Let's Talk About Living —

1 2018-04-12 ▶

Let's Think About Living —

8 2006-08-03 ▶

Look Satisfied —

3 2012-10-17 ▶

Look Satisfied (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 5 Dec 1983) —

2 2019-07-01 ▶

Look Satisfied (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1983) —

1 2014-03-20 ▶

Lucky Dip —

2 2018-10-09 ▶

Lucky Dip (6 Music Session 24092018) —

2 2018-09-25 ▶

Neverender —

4 2020-06-03 ▶

Not Man Enough —

2 2010-12-17 ▶

Not Man Enough (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1983) —

5 2019-07-02 ▶

Nothing But Trouble —

1 2014-01-01 ▶

One Mistake —

3 2013-10-17 ▶

Paraffin Brain —

8 2026-05-07 ▶

Parafin Brain —

1 2009-06-24 ▶

Part Time Moral England —

1 2014-06-21 ▶

Part-Time Moral England - BBC Session 03/03/1985 —

4 2018-01-22 ▶

Real Gone Daddy —

5 2012-10-24 ▶

Real Gone Daddy - 6 Music Session, 15 Oct 2012 —

1 2017-01-10 ▶

Return Journey —

4 2018-04-10 ▶

Same Old Riff —

5 2025-04-06 ▶

Say It With Flowers - 6 Music session 26/10/2011 —

2 2018-05-29 ▶

Sentimental Dunce - 6 Music session 26/10/2011 —

1 2018-05-29 ▶

Someone For Everyone —

4 2012-06-06 ▶

Start From Scratch (John Peel session 01.10,80) —

1 2016-01-19 ▶

Sunlit Uplands (Turn That Frown Upside Down) —

1 2023-11-14 ▶

Telford Elvis —

1 2011-10-26 ▶

Ten Bob Each Way —

2 2022-10-20 ▶

The Abstract Dad / Taffy Come Home (6 Music Session, 15 April) —

2 2023-04-10 ▶

The Book of Right On —

1 2013-10-30 ▶

The Burster —

1 2012-03-22 ▶

The Crunch —

1 2021-05-06 ▶

The Divorce That Never Was (6 Music session for Marc Riley 140217) —

1 2017-10-10 ▶

The End Began Somewhere (6 Music session 18 April 2022) —

1 2022-12-20 ▶

The End Began Somewhere (6M Marc Riley Session 18 April 22) —

1 2022-04-25 ▶

The Hedonists Sigh —

3 2024-02-21 ▶

The Lodger - Riley Session 140217 —

1 2017-02-15 ▶

The Man That Time Forgot —

1 2015-06-01 ▶

The New Emperor's New Clothes —

7 2025-12-29 ▶

The Only Son —

4 2016-01-04 ▶

The Only Son (Marc Riley session 13-5-15) FOR GID —

1 2015-05-13 ▶

The Top Shelf —

1 2020-06-08 ▶

The Top Shelf (6M Marc Riley Session 18 April 22) —

1 2022-04-25 ▶

Then I Felt —

1 2020-05-11 ▶

Thick and Thin (6 Music Session, 15 April) —

3 2023-04-10 ▶

Thicko Rides Again —

1 2021-02-03 ▶

This —

1 2010-12-17 ▶

This (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 5 Dec 1983) —

1 2017-04-28 ▶

This (Radio 1 Session, 5 Dec 1983) —

1 2019-07-03 ▶

Too Posh Too Push —

1 2017-03-08 ▶

Torn (John Peel session -1.10.80) —

1 2016-01-19 ▶

Twelve Years (John Peel session 01.10.80) —

1 2016-01-20 ▶

Two Bob Each Way —

1 2021-05-10 ▶

Unpretty —

4 2015-01-11 ▶

Use Your Loaf —

2 2021-02-06 ▶

Watch Your Posture —

1 2009-02-07 ▶

We Turn Up - 6 Music Session, 15 Oct 2012 —

1 2017-01-10 ▶

Wicked Winter —

3 2020-07-06 ▶

Wicked Winter (6 Music Session 18 April 22) —

1 2022-04-25 ▶

Wicked Winter (Lost In Highland Park) —

3 2024-11-13 ▶

Wrong Headed Man - Riley Session 240918 —

1 2018-09-24 ▶

Wrong-Headed Man —

1 2018-08-21 ▶