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The Rakes

The Rakes is a group from the UK, active from 2002.

Group GB 2002–2009 rock and indie
TOTAL PLAYS
236
SONGS PLAYED
23
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-07-21 08:15 · 6 Music — "Work, Work, Work"
LAST PLAYED
6 months ago · 6 Music — "22 Grand Job"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2025
200 150 100 50 0
'05 '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 191 81%
Radio 1 38 16%
Radio 2 7 3%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 19:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 1989 59 2023-05-09
2 22 Grand Job 55 2025-11-12
3 That's The Reason 43 2019-07-15
4 We Danced Together 34 2023-08-18
5 The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect 14 2017-12-01
6 Strasbourg 4 2024-08-19
7 We Are All Animals 3 2024-04-03
8 Retreat 3 2013-10-04
9 All Too Human 3 2007-01-02
10 Work, Work, Work 3 2005-07-26
11 Suspicious Eyes 2 2007-04-23
12 We Dance Together 2 2007-02-03
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-11-12 00:23 22 Grand Job 6 Music
2025-10-17 21:23 22 Grand Job 6 Music
2025-10-07 06:51 22 Grand Job 6 Music
2025-08-14 19:30 22 Grand Job Radio 2
2025-08-01 20:58 22 Grand Job 6 Music
2025-07-25 17:33 22 Grand Job 6 Music
2025-04-04 20:40 22 Grand Job 6 Music
2025-03-18 07:45 22 Grand Job 6 Music
2024-08-19 15:53 Strasbourg 6 Music
2024-06-03 22:25 22 Grand Job 6 Music
2024-04-23 23:10 22 Grand Job 6 Music
2024-04-03 08:19 We Are All Animals 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

23 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
1989 — 59 ▶
22 Grand Job — 55 ▶
22 Grand Job (New Radio Edit) — 1 ▶
22 Grand Job (Radio Mix) — 1 ▶
All Too Human — 3 ▶
All Too Human - Hub Session 22/02/2006 — 1 ▶
Bitchin' In The Kitchen — 1 ▶
Little Superstitions — 1 ▶
Open Book - Hub Session 22/02/2006 — 1 ▶
Retreat — 3 ▶
Retreat (Radio 1 Session, 18th Apr 2005) — 1 ▶
Shackleton — 1 ▶
Strasbourg — 4 ▶
Suspicious Eyes — 2 ▶
Terror! — 1 ▶
That's The Reason — 43 ▶
The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect — 14 ▶
We Are All Animals — 3 ▶
We Dance Together — 2 ▶
We Danced Together — 34 ▶
Work Work Work — 1 ▶
Work Work Work (Pub Club Sleep) — 1 ▶
Work, Work, Work — 3 ▶