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The Radio Dept.

The Radio Dept. is a group from Sweden, active since 1995.

Group SE since 1995 dream pop shoegaze indie pop
TOTAL PLAYS
37
SONGS PLAYED
18
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2006-09-19 19:34 · 6 Music — "A Window"
LAST PLAYED
11 months ago · 6 Music — "Pulling Our Weight"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2025
20 15 10 5 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 35 95%
Radio 1 2 5%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 19:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Heaven's On Fire 8 2010-04-01
2 The Worst Taste In Music 4 2012-10-25
3 Never Follow Suit 4 2010-06-30
4 I Don't Need Love I've Got My Band 3 2021-09-04
5 The Absence of Birds 3 2020-03-10
6 Pulling Our Weight 2 2025-06-17
7 Against the Tide 2 2021-06-20
8 Keen on Boys 1 2024-02-11
9 Deliverance 1 2024-02-11
10 The One 1 2021-07-31
11 Running Out Of Love 1 2018-02-02
12 I Wanted You To Feel The Same 1 2017-06-11
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-06-17 23:50 Pulling Our Weight 6 Music
2025-05-16 21:50 Pulling Our Weight 6 Music
2024-02-11 23:15 Keen on Boys 6 Music
2024-02-11 23:00 Deliverance 6 Music
2021-09-04 03:10 I Don't Need Love I've Got My Band 6 Music
2021-08-10 23:10 I Don't Need Love I've Got My Band 6 Music
2021-07-31 21:06 The One 6 Music
2021-06-20 03:31 Against the Tide 6 Music
2021-01-24 04:31 Against the Tide 6 Music
2020-03-10 00:37 The Absence of Birds 6 Music
2020-03-04 09:48 The Absence of Birds 6 Music
2020-03-02 07:44 The Absence of Birds 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

18 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Window — 1 ▶
Against the Tide — 2 ▶
Deliverance — 1 ▶
Heaven's On Fire — 8 ▶
I Don't Need Love I've Got My Band — 3 ▶
I Don't Need Love, I've Got My Band — 1 ▶
I Wanted You To Feel The Same — 1 ▶
Keen on Boys — 1 ▶
Never Follow Suit — 4 ▶
Pulling Our Weight — 2 ▶
Running Out Of Love — 1 ▶
Swedish Guns — 1 ▶
The Absence of Birds — 3 ▶
The One — 1 ▶
The Worst Taste In Music — 4 ▶
The Worst Taste in Music (extended) — 1 ▶
What Will Give? — 1 ▶
Why Won't You Talk About It? — 1 ▶