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The Ruts

The Ruts is a group from the UK, active from 1976.

Group GB 1976–1983 punk punk rock post-punk
TOTAL PLAYS
794
SONGS PLAYED
71
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-19 15:52 · 6 Music — "In A Rut"
LAST PLAYED
5 months ago · 6 Music — "Babylon's Burning"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2025
70 53 35 18 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 785 99%
Radio 2 5 1%
Radio 1 4 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 17:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Staring at the Rude Boys 204 2025-11-27
2 In A Rut 142 2025-09-21
3 Staring At The Rude Boys 98 2011-11-21
4 Babylon's Burning 91 2025-11-29
5 Jah War 32 2022-09-08
6 In A Rut (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1980) 13 2025-07-31
7 I Got You Sus - BBC Session 14/05/1979 13 2023-06-07
8 Demolition Dancing (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1980) 12 2025-07-29
9 Society - BBC Session 14/05/1979 12 2019-02-06
10 Jah Wars - Paris Theatre 1979 11 2021-09-28
11 Babylon's Burning - Paris Theatre 1979 10 2021-09-28
12 It Was Cold - BBC Session 14/05/1979 10 2019-11-28
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-11-29 21:16 Babylon's Burning 6 Music
2025-11-27 17:15 Staring at the Rude Boys 6 Music
2025-10-17 05:34 Staring at the Rude Boys 6 Music
2025-09-21 06:52 In A Rut 6 Music
2025-09-20 20:45 Babylon's Burning 6 Music
2025-07-31 20:53 In A Rut (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1980) 6 Music
2025-07-30 21:52 Secret Soldiers (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1980) 6 Music
2025-07-29 20:22 Demolition Dancing (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1980) 6 Music
2025-07-28 21:25 Staring At The Rude Boys (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1980) 6 Music
2025-07-20 06:26 Staring at the Rude Boys 6 Music
2025-06-18 12:34 Staring at the Rude Boys 6 Music
2025-04-22 14:48 Staring at the Rude Boys 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

71 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Babylon's Burning — 91 ▶
Babylon's Burning (John Peel Session 23 Jan 1979) — 1 ▶
Babylon's Burning (Kid Jenson session 26.2.1979)) — 1 ▶
Babylon's Burning - Paris Theatre 1979 — 10 ▶
Babylon's Burning [2019 remaster] — 1 ▶
Babylons Burning (Kid Jensen session 26.02.79) — 1 ▶
Backbiter — 1 ▶
Criminal Mind — 1 ▶
Criminal Mind (John Peel Session 23 Jan 1979) — 1 ▶
Criminal Minds - Paris Theatre 1979 — 4 ▶
Demolition Dancing — 5 ▶
Demolition Dancing (John Peel Session, 11 Feb 1980) — 1 ▶
Demolition Dancing (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1980) — 12 ▶
Demolition Dancing (Radio 1 Session, 11th Feb, 1980) — 1 ▶
Demolition Dancing - BBC Session 11/02/1980 — 4 ▶
Dope For Guns — 1 ▶
Dope for Guns (John Peel Session 23 Jan 1979) — 1 ▶
Dope For Guns - Paris Theatre 1979 — 3 ▶
I Ain't Sophisicated - Paris Theatre 1979 — 5 ▶
I Got You Sus Paris Theatre 1979 — 1 ▶
I Got You Sus - Paris Theatre 1979 — 4 ▶
I Got You Sus - BBC Session 14/05/1979 — 13 ▶
I Got You Sus - Paris Theatre 1979 — 2 ▶
In A Rut — 142 ▶
In A Rut (BBC session) — 2 ▶
In A Rut (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
In A Rut (John Peel Session, 11 Feb 1980) — 1 ▶
In A Rut (Kid Jensen session 26.02.79) — 1 ▶
In A Rut (Kid Jenson session 26.2.1979) — 1 ▶
In A Rut (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1980) — 13 ▶
In A Rut - BBC Session 11/02/1980 — 5 ▶
In A Rut - Paris Theatre 1979 — 8 ▶
In A Rut Pt.1 - Live At The Marquee, London — 1 ▶
In A Rut. — 1 ▶
It Was Cold — 2 ▶
It Was Cold - BBC Session 14/05/1979 — 10 ▶
Jah War — 32 ▶
Jah Wars - Paris Theatre 1979 — 11 ▶
Love In Vain — 3 ▶
Out of Order — 1 ▶
S.U.S — 1 ▶
S.U.S. — 2 ▶
S.U.S. (John Peel Session) — 1 ▶
Savage Circle — 1 ▶
Savage Circle (John Peel Session 23 Jan 1979) — 1 ▶
Secret Soldiers — 2 ▶
Secret Soldiers (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1980) — 8 ▶
Secret Soldiers - BBC Session 11/02/1980 — 2 ▶
Society — 1 ▶
Society - BBC Session 14/05/1979 — 12 ▶
Something That I Said — 9 ▶
Something That I Said (Kid Jenson 26.2.1979) — 1 ▶
Something That I Said (Kid Jensen session 26.02.79) — 1 ▶
Something That I Said - BBC Session 14/05/1979 — 2 ▶
Staring at the Rude Boys — 204 ▶
Staring At The Rude Boys — 98 ▶
Staring At The Rude Boys (BBC session) — 4 ▶
Staring At The Rude Boys (John Peel Session, 11 Feb 1980) — 1 ▶
Staring At The Rude Boys (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1980) — 9 ▶
Staring At The Rude Boys (Radio 1 Session, 11th Feb, 1980) — 1 ▶
Staring At The Rude Boys - BBC Session 11/02/1980 — 3 ▶
Sus — 2 ▶
SUS (Radio 1 Session, 14 May 1979) — 1 ▶
Sus - BBC Session 14/05/1979 — 1 ▶
The Crack — 2 ▶
West One (Shine On Me) — 7 ▶
West One [Shine On Me] — 2 ▶
You're Just A — 1 ▶
You're Just A - BBC Session 14/05/1979 — 2 ▶
Your Jester - BBC Session 14/05/1979 — 9 ▶
Your Justa / It Was Cold - Paris Theatre 1979 — 3 ▶