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The Primitives

The Primitives is a group from the UK, active since 1985.

Group GB since 1985 power pop indie pop noise pop
TOTAL PLAYS
1,016
SONGS PLAYED
65
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-03-04 19:46 · 6 Music — "Crash"
LAST PLAYED
2 months ago · 6 Music — "The Ostrich"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
70 53 35 18 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 774 76%
Radio 2 240 24%
Radio 1 2 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 06:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Crash 657 2026-05-23
2 Spacehead 141 2026-05-04
3 Thru the Flowers 53 2025-06-19
4 Buzz Buzz Buzz 10 2022-12-08
5 Really Stupid 10 2019-11-05
6 Crash (Radio 1 Session, 18 Jun 1986) 9 2021-12-28
7 The Ostrich 8 2026-05-24
8 Across My Shoulder (Radio 1 Session, 18 Jun 1986) 6 2023-01-24
9 Everything's Shining Bright (Radio 1 Session, 31 Mar 1987) 5 2025-08-25
10 Where The Wind Blows (Radio 1 Session, 18 Jun 1986) 5 2018-06-18
11 Spacehead (Radio 1 Session, 18 Jun 1986) 5 2018-06-18
12 Stop Killing Me 5 2017-11-13
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-24 15:33 The Ostrich 6 Music
2026-05-23 09:00 Crash 6 Music
2026-05-22 07:27 Crash Radio 2
2026-05-09 11:45 Crash Radio 2
2026-05-04 12:00 Spacehead 6 Music
2026-04-30 13:49 Crash Radio 2
2026-04-25 17:57 I'll Stick With You Radio 2
2026-04-21 17:28 Crash Radio 2
2026-04-16 18:18 Crash Radio 2
2026-03-28 19:42 Crash Radio 2
2026-03-24 13:38 Crash Radio 2
2026-03-15 17:41 Crash Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

65 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Across My Shoulder (Radio 1 Session, 18 Jun 1986) — 6 ▶
Across My Shoulder - BBC Session 18/06/1986 — 2 ▶
Across My Shoulder - BBC Session 1986 — 1 ▶
As Tears Go By — 3 ▶
As Tears Go By - BBC Session 30/09/1986 — 1 ▶
Buzz Buzz Buzz — 10 ▶
Crash — 657 ▶
Crash Bbc Session 1986 — 1 ▶
Crash (BBC session) — 4 ▶
Crash (Radio 1 Session, 18 Jun 1986) — 9 ▶
Crash (The '95 Mix) — 1 ▶
Crash - BBC Session 18/06/1986 — 3 ▶
Crash - BBC Session 1986 — 1 ▶
Dream Walk Baby (Radio 1 Session, 31 Mar 1987) — 1 ▶
Dream Walk Baby - BBC Session 31/03/1987 — 3 ▶
Dream Walk Baby - BBC Session, 31st Mar 1987 — 1 ▶
Everything's Shining Bright (Radio 1 Session, 31 Mar 1987) — 5 ▶
Everything's Shining Bright - BBC Session 31/03/1987 — 3 ▶
Help Me — 1 ▶
I'll Stick With You — 1 ▶
I'll Trust The Wind — 1 ▶
Keep In Mind (Radio 1 Session, 17 Apr 1987) — 2 ▶
Keep In Mind - BBC Session 17/04/1987 — 3 ▶
Laughing Up My Sleeve — 1 ▶
Lose The Reason — 2 ▶
Never Kill A Secret — 4 ▶
Ocean Blue (Radio 1 Session, 31 Mar 1987) — 2 ▶
Ocean Blue - BBC Session 31/03/1987 — 2 ▶
Ostrich (Clip) — 1 ▶
Out of Reach — 1 ▶
Out Of Reach - BBC Session — 3 ▶
Out Of Reach [Single Version] — 1 ▶
Panic — 2 ▶
Purifying Tone (reworked by Modular) — 1 ▶
Rattle My Cage — 5 ▶
Really Stupid — 10 ▶
Shadow — 3 ▶
She Don't Need You (Radio 1 Session, 31 Mar 1987) — 1 ▶
She Don't Need You - BBC Session 31/03/1987 — 4 ▶
She Don't Need You - BBC Session, 31st Mar 1987 — 1 ▶
Sick Of It — 4 ▶
Silent Night — 1 ▶
Spacehead — 141 ▶
Spacehead (Radio 1 Session, 18 Jun 1986) — 5 ▶
Spacehead - BBC Session 18/06/1986 — 2 ▶
Spacehead - BBC Session 1986 — 1 ▶
Spin-O-Rama — 3 ▶
Stop Killing Me — 5 ▶
Stop Killing Me - BBC Session — 1 ▶
Stop Killing Me - BBC Session 30/09/1986 — 2 ▶
Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind — 1 ▶
The Ostrich — 8 ▶
Things Get In Your Way (Radio 1 Session, 17 Apr 1987) — 2 ▶
Things Get In Your Way - BBC Session 17/04/1987 — 3 ▶
Thru the Flowers — 53 ▶
Thru' the Flowers — 1 ▶
Till I'm Alive — 1 ▶
Turn Off The Moon — 1 ▶
Way Behind (Radio 1 Session, 17 Apr 1987) — 2 ▶
Way Behind - BBC Session 17/04/1987 — 3 ▶
Way Behind Me — 1 ▶
Where The Wind Blows (Radio 1 Session, 18 Jun 1986) — 5 ▶
Where The Wind Blows - BBC Session 18/06/1986 — 1 ▶
You Are The Way (God's Own Garage Band Mix) — 1 ▶
You Trashed My Christmas — 4 ▶