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The Selecter

The Selecter is a group from the UK, active since 1979.

Group GB since 1979 ska 2 tone alternative rock
TOTAL PLAYS
1,128
SONGS PLAYED
88
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-16 04:53 · 6 Music — "On My Radio"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "On My Radio"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
200 150 100 50 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 943 84%
Radio 2 179 16%
1Xtra 4 0%
Radio 1 2 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 17:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 On My Radio 505 2026-08-25
2 Three Minute Hero 148 2026-08-22
3 Missing Words 132 2026-08-02
4 Too Much Pressure 105 2026-07-16
5 Frontline 58 2023-06-11
6 Box Fresh 15 2015-06-23
7 Celebrate the Bullet 11 2024-08-06
8 James Bond 9 2024-11-20
9 The Selecter 8 2023-01-19
10 Out On The Streets - BBC Session 09/10/1979 6 2012-08-29
11 On My Radio (6 Music Festival 2020) 5 2022-03-10
12 Danger - BBC Session 09/10/1979 5 2012-08-29
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-25 01:46 On My Radio 6 Music
2026-08-22 10:33 Three Minute Hero 6 Music
2026-08-11 07:01 On My Radio 6 Music
2026-08-08 23:30 On My Radio Radio 2
2026-08-07 14:33 Train to Skaville 6 Music
2026-08-02 06:18 Missing Words 6 Music
2026-07-24 10:33 On My Radio 6 Music
2026-07-16 16:43 Too Much Pressure 6 Music
2026-07-16 01:55 Out On The Streets (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 9 Oct 1979) 6 Music
2026-05-25 04:17 On My Radio 6 Music
2026-05-13 15:14 Three Minute Hero 6 Music
2026-05-09 09:20 On My Radio 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

88 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
3 Reasons — 1 ▶
Beat Down Babylon — 1 ▶
Big Little Lies — 1 ▶
Black And Blue — 2 ▶
Box Fresh — 15 ▶
Boxing Clever (BED) — 1 ▶
Breakdown (6 Music Christmas Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) — 2 ▶
Breakdown (Live at Maida Vale, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Carry Go Bring Come — 1 ▶
Carry Go Bring Home — 3 ▶
Carry Go Bring Home (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 9 Oct 1979) — 2 ▶
Carry Go Bring Home - BBC Session 09/10/1979 — 5 ▶
Celebrate the Bullet — 11 ▶
Celebrate The Bullet (6 Music Christmas Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Celebrate The Bullet (Live at Maida Vale, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Danger — 2 ▶
Danger (Radio 1 Session, 9 Oct 1979) — 2 ▶
Danger - BBC Session 09/10/1979 — 5 ▶
Danger 1980 — 2 ▶
Daylight — 2 ▶
Depends (BED) — 1 ▶
Everyday — 2 ▶
Frontline — 58 ▶
Frontline (6 Music Festival 2020) — 2 ▶
Frontline (6 Music Session, 10 Oct 2017) — 1 ▶
Human Algebra — 4 ▶
It Never Worked Out — 1 ▶
James Bond — 9 ▶
Mayhem — 1 ▶
Missing Words — 132 ▶
Missing Words (6Music Session 090914) — 1 ▶
Murder — 1 ▶
My Collie (Not A Dog) — 1 ▶
On My Radio — 505 ▶
On My Radio (6 Music Christmas Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) — 2 ▶
On My Radio (6 Music Festival 2020) — 5 ▶
On My Radio (6Music Session 090914) — 2 ▶
On My Radio (Glastonbury 2025) — 1 ▶
On My Radio (Live at Maida Vale, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
On My Radio (Live from Maida Vale Ska Party) — 1 ▶
On My Radio (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 2 ▶
On My Radio - 1980 — 3 ▶
On The Radio — 1 ▶
Out On The Streets Again 1980 — 1 ▶
Out On The Streets — 2 ▶
Out On The Streets (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 9 Oct 1979) — 1 ▶
Out On The Streets (Radio 1 Session, 9 Oct 1979) — 1 ▶
Out On The Streets - BBC Session 09/10/1979 — 6 ▶
Out On The Streets Again 1980 — 1 ▶
Parade The Crown — 1 ▶
Red Reflections 1980 — 2 ▶
See Them A Come — 1 ▶
See Them A Come (6 Music Christmas Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) — 2 ▶
See Them A Come (6 Music Festival 2020) — 1 ▶
See Them A Come (6Music, Live from Steve Lamacq Ska Party) — 1 ▶
See Them A Come (Live at Maida Vale, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Selling Out Your Future 1980 — 4 ▶
Skank 'Til Christmas — 2 ▶
Star Fell Out Of The Blue — 1 ▶
Stay Rebel — 2 ▶
Still I Rise — 1 ▶
Street Feeling — 1 ▶
Taking Back Control — 3 ▶
The Avengers Theme — 1 ▶
The Avengers Theme (6 Music Festival 2020) — 1 ▶
The Big Badoof — 3 ▶
The Big Badoof (6 Music Session, 10 Oct 2017) — 1 ▶
The Selecter — 8 ▶
They Make Me Mad — 1 ▶
They Make Me Mad (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 9 Oct 1979) — 1 ▶
They Make Me Mad (Radio 1 Session, 9 Oct 1979) — 1 ▶
They Make Me Mad - BBC Session 09/10/1979 — 4 ▶
Three Minute Hero — 148 ▶
Three Minute Hero (6 Music Christmas Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Three Minute Hero (6 Music Festival 2020) — 3 ▶
Three Minute Hero (Live at Maida Vale, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Too Much Pressure — 105 ▶
Too Much Pressure (6 Music Christmas Ska Party, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Too Much Pressure (6 Music Festival 2020) — 4 ▶
Too Much Pressure (Live at Maida Vale, 13 Dec 2016) — 1 ▶
Too Much Pressure (Live) — 1 ▶
Too Much Pressure / Pressure Drop (Glastonbury 2025) — 2 ▶
Too Much Pressure 05/12/1979 — 1 ▶
Train to Skaville — 1 ▶
Unbeaten & Unbowed (Acoustic) — 1 ▶
Walk The Walk — 1 ▶
War War War — 1 ▶
Washed Up And Left For Dead 1980 — 2 ▶