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The Pastels

The Pastels is a group from the UK, active since 1982.

Group GB since 1982 indie pop c86 noise pop

TOTAL PLAYS

216

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2007-01-11 18:57 · 6 Music — "Truck Train Tractor"

LAST PLAYED

1 week ago · 6 Music — "Yoga"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2007 — 2026

30 23 15 8 0

'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 214 99%

Radio 1 2 1%

Radio 2 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Truck Train Tractor 23 2024-08-07

2 Check My Heart 17 2025-04-22

3 Kicking Leaves 9 2024-11-20

4 Million Tears 9 2021-11-03

5 If I Could Tell You 7 2025-08-30

6 Nothing To Be Done 7 2025-01-26

7 Worlds Of Possibility 7 2024-01-11

8 Baby Honey 7 2017-12-07

9 A Million Tears - BBC Session 01/07/1984 7 2017-02-23

10 Lonely Planet Boy 5 2021-11-24

11 Vivid Youth 5 2018-07-04

12 Baby Honey - BBC Session 01/07/1984 5 2015-11-04

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-10 04:54 Yoga 6 Music

2025-10-26 15:55 Slow Summits 6 Music

2025-08-30 07:50 If I Could Tell You 6 Music

2025-07-17 20:33 Advice To The Graduate 6 Music

2025-06-07 04:28 Wilderness End Theme 6 Music

2025-05-11 04:54 Yoga 6 Music

2025-04-22 20:00 Check My Heart 6 Music

2025-01-26 08:27 Nothing To Be Done 6 Music

2024-11-20 22:56 Kicking Leaves 6 Music

2024-10-10 21:19 Hold Yr Terror Close (Pastels Remake) 6 Music

2024-09-25 21:30 Hold Tr Terror Close (Pastels Remake) 6 Music

2024-08-07 21:13 Truck Train Tractor 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

82 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Million Tears —

2 2012-04-24 ▶

A Million Tears (David Jensen session 17th Jan 1984) —

1 2018-08-13 ▶

A Million Tears - BBC Session 01/07/1984 —

7 2017-02-23 ▶

Advice To The Graduate —

1 2025-07-17 ▶

Advice To The Graduate - BBC Session 05/10/1997 —

2 2013-07-29 ▶

Advice To The Graduate - BBC Session 05/10/1997 —

1 2017-03-24 ▶

Advice To The Graduate - BBC Session 05/10/97 —

1 2020-09-01 ▶

Baby Honey —

7 2017-12-07 ▶

Baby Honey (David Jensen session 17th Jan 1984) —

1 2018-08-16 ▶

Baby Honey - BBC Session 01/07/1984 —

5 2015-11-04 ▶

Ballad Of Two Elms (6 Music Session, 10th Mar 2010) —

1 2019-03-10 ▶

Ballad Of Two Elms - 6 Music Session 10/03/2010 —

2 2015-12-09 ▶

Boats —

1 2018-03-29 ▶

Breaking Lines —

1 2013-02-28 ▶

Check My Heart —

17 2025-04-22 ▶

Comin' Through —

1 2024-07-10 ▶

Crawl Babies —

3 2017-09-14 ▶

Cycle —

2 2016-06-29 ▶

Different Drum —

1 2013-10-23 ▶

Everybody Is a Star —

1 2022-11-29 ▶

Frozen Wave (Radio 1 Session, 5 Oct 1997) —

1 2019-12-03 ▶

Frozen Wave - BBC Session 05/10/1997 —

2 2013-07-29 ▶

Frozen Wave - BBC Session 05/10/1997 —

1 2017-03-24 ▶

Get 'Round Town —

1 2017-07-28 ▶

Guiding Star —

1 2017-06-28 ▶

Heaven's Above —

1 2018-04-11 ▶

Hold Tr Terror Close (Pastels Remake) —

1 2024-09-25 ▶

Hold Yr Terror Close (Pastels Remake) —

1 2024-10-10 ▶

I'm Alright With You —

3 2021-06-01 ▶

If I Could Tell You —

7 2025-08-30 ▶

Kicking Leaves —

9 2024-11-20 ▶

Lonely Planet Boy —

5 2021-11-24 ▶

Million Tears —

9 2021-11-03 ▶

Night Time Made Us —

2 2022-05-12 ▶

Nothing To Be Done —

7 2025-01-26 ▶

On The Way (Radio 1 Session, 5 Oct 1997) —

1 2019-12-03 ▶

On the Way - BBC Session 05/10/1997 —

3 2015-01-06 ▶

On The Way - BBC Session 05/10/1997 —

1 2017-03-24 ▶

Rundown Rendezvous - Radio 1 Session (John Peel), 4 Aug 1999 —

1 2017-01-11 ▶

Secret Music - Radio 1 Session (John Peel), 4 Aug 1999 —

1 2017-01-11 ▶

She Always Cries on Sunday —

3 2011-10-11 ▶

She Always Cries On Sunday (David Jensen session 17th Jan 1984) —

1 2018-08-15 ▶

She Always Cries On Sunday - BBC Session 01/07/1984 —

5 2015-11-02 ▶

Ship To Shore —

1 2020-09-07 ▶

Ship To Shore (Radio 1 Session, 5 Oct 1997) —

1 2019-12-03 ▶

Ship To Shore - BBC Session 05/10/1997 —

3 2015-01-06 ▶

Ship To Shore - BBC Session 05/10/1997 —

1 2017-03-24 ▶

Slow Summits —

1 2025-10-26 ▶

Slowly Taking Place (6 Music Session, 10th Mar 2010) —

1 2019-03-10 ▶

Slowly Taking Place - 6 Music Session 10/03/2010 —

2 2015-12-09 ▶

So Far Away —

1 2019-05-13 ▶

Something Going On —

2 2017-12-04 ▶

Something's Going On —

1 2015-06-11 ▶

Somthing's Going On (Radio 1 Session, 17 Jan 1984) —

2 2020-08-25 ▶

Speeding Motorcycle —

1 2010-08-29 ▶

Star - Radio 1 Session (John Peel), 4 Aug 1999 —

1 2017-01-11 ▶

Stay With Me Till Morning (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 17 Jan 1984) —

1 2018-01-17 ▶

Stay With Me Till Morning - BBC Session 17/01/1984 —

2 2008-03-20 ▶

Summer Rain —

1 2013-12-30 ▶

Summer Rain (6 Music Festival 2017) —

3 2017-04-04 ▶

Summer Rain - Marc Riley Session 25.07.2013 —

1 2013-12-18 ▶

The Great Last Wilderness —

1 2010-09-09 ▶

The Viaduct —

1 2022-12-18 ▶

The Wrong Light (6 Music Session, 10th Mar 2010) —

1 2019-03-10 ▶

The Wrong Light - 6 Music Session 10/03/2010 —

2 2015-12-09 ▶

Tokyo Glasgow —

1 2014-12-28 ▶

Tomorrow the Sun Will Shine (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 17 Jan 1984) —

1 2018-01-17 ▶

Tomorrow The Sun Will Shine - BBC Session 17/01/1984 —

1 2007-12-13 ▶

Trains Go Down the Track (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 17 Jan 1984) —

2 2020-08-25 ▶

Truck Train Tractor —

23 2024-08-07 ▶

Twenty Five Unfinished Plays —

1 2009-12-06 ▶

Twenty Five Unfinished Plays (David Jensen session 17th Jan 1984) —

1 2018-08-14 ▶

Twenty Five Unfinished Plays - BBC Session 01/07/1984 —

5 2015-11-03 ▶

Two Sunsets —

1 2009-08-12 ▶

Two Sunsets (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-30 ▶

Vivid Youth —

5 2018-07-04 ▶

Wilderness End Theme —

4 2025-06-07 ▶

Wilderness Theme (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-30 ▶

Worlds Of Possibility —

7 2024-01-11 ▶

Worlds of Possibilty —

1 2011-01-04 ▶

Wrong Light —

1 2015-02-19 ▶

Yoga —

4 2026-05-10 ▶