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The Railway Children

The Railway Children is a group from Wigan.

Group Wigan new wave c86 classic pop and rock
TOTAL PLAYS
186
SONGS PLAYED
35
STATIONS
1
FIRST PLAYED
2005-06-09 04:56 · 6 Music — "Somewhere South - BBC Session 20/04/1988"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · 6 Music — "Darkness & Colour"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
30 23 15 8 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 186 100%
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 Brighter 27 2024-02-08
2 Every Beat Of My Heart 19 2017-08-19
3 Every Beat Of The Heart 13 2023-03-20
4 Somewhere South - BBC Session 20/04/1988 13 2013-01-08
5 Over And Over - BBC Session 20/04/1988 11 2012-02-16
6 After The Rain - BBC Session 20/04/1988 10 2013-07-30
7 Merciless (Radio 1 Session, 6 May 1987) 7 2022-02-26
8 Go Ahead (Radio 1 Session, 6 May 1987) 7 2021-12-07
9 Monica's Light (Radio 1 Session, 6 May 1987) 7 2021-12-07
10 Go Ahead 7 2013-01-22
11 Hours Go By - BBC Session 20/04/1988 7 2011-06-05
12 In The Meantime 6 2013-01-22
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-07-23 20:33 Darkness & Colour 6 Music
2025-08-02 07:57 After The Rain (Radio 1 Session, 20 Apr 1988) 6 Music
2024-10-07 00:48 Somewhere South 6 Music
2024-10-06 13:52 Somewhere South 6 Music
2024-06-01 08:19 Gentle Sound 6 Music
2024-02-08 21:33 Brighter 6 Music
2023-10-06 15:14 Brighter 6 Music
2023-03-20 17:23 Every Beat Of The Heart 6 Music
2023-03-02 21:43 Brighter 6 Music
2022-02-26 09:27 Merciless (Radio 1 Session, 6 May 1987) 6 Music
2022-01-27 17:59 Every Beat Of The Heart 6 Music
2021-12-07 22:31 Go Ahead (Radio 1 Session, 6 May 1987) 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

35 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Gentle Sound — 2 ▶
A Pleasure — 1 ▶
After The Rain (Radio 1 Session, 20 Apr 1988) — 5 ▶
After The Rain - BBC Session 20/04/1988 — 10 ▶
Brighter — 27 ▶
Darkness & Colour — 1 ▶
Darkness and Colour — 1 ▶
Every Beat Of My Heart — 19 ▶
Every Beat Of The Heart — 13 ▶
Everybeat Of The Heart — 1 ▶
Gentle Sound — 1 ▶
Go A Head - BBC Session 06/05/1987 — 2 ▶
Go Ahead — 7 ▶
Go Ahead (Radio 1 Session, 6 May 1987) — 7 ▶
Go Ahead - BBC Session 06/05/1987 — 1 ▶
History Burns — 5 ▶
Hours Go By — 1 ▶
Hours Go By (Radio 1 Session, 20 Apr 1988) — 1 ▶
Hours Go By - BBC Session 20/04/1988 — 7 ▶
In The Meantime — 6 ▶
In The Meantime (Radio 1 Session, 6 May 1987) — 4 ▶
In The Meantime - BBC Session 06/05/1987 — 1 ▶
Merciless — 5 ▶
Merciless (Radio 1 Session, 6 May 1987) — 7 ▶
Merciless - BBC Session 06/05/1987 — 1 ▶
Monica's Light — 6 ▶
Monica's Light (Radio 1 Session, 6 May 1987) — 7 ▶
Monica's Light - BBC Session 06/05/1987 — 3 ▶
Over And Over — 1 ▶
Over And Over (Radio 1 Session, 20 Apr 1988) — 4 ▶
Over And Over - BBC Session 20/04/1988 — 11 ▶
Somewhere South — 3 ▶
Somewhere South (Radio 1 Session, 20 Apr 1988) — 1 ▶
Somewhere South - BBC Session 20/04/1988 — 13 ▶
The Gentle Sound — 1 ▶