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The Shins

The Shins is a group from the US, active since 1997.

Group US since 1997 indie rock indie pop rock

TOTAL PLAYS

1,510

SONGS PLAYED

102

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-03-10 15:35 · 6 Music — "Fighting in a Sack"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · 6 Music — "Name For You"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

400 300 200 100 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,305 86%

Radio 2 140 9%

Radio 1 65 4%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

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Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Simple Song 237 2025-11-11

2 Phantom Limb 172 2026-07-22

3 Australia 166 2026-07-19

4 Name For You 105 2026-08-12

5 Dead Alive 92 2021-05-09

6 New Slang 81 2026-05-06

7 Sealegs 71 2016-04-26

8 Turn on Me 70 2025-01-04

9 It's Only Life 66 2016-12-25

10 The Rifle's Spiral 61 2024-02-14

11 Half A Million 50 2017-05-28

12 Wonderful Christmastime 47 2025-12-25

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-12 07:09 Name For You 6 Music

2026-07-29 14:49 Caring Is Creepy 6 Music

2026-07-22 05:00 Phantom Limb 6 Music

2026-07-19 07:22 Australia 6 Music

2026-05-14 05:43 Fighting in a Sack 6 Music

2026-05-08 21:21 Gone for Good 6 Music

2026-05-08 03:49 Australia 6 Music

2026-05-06 14:22 New Slang 6 Music

2025-12-25 05:17 Wonderful Christmastime 6 Music

2025-12-24 00:00 Wonderful Christmastime 6 Music

2025-12-19 21:36 Wonderful Christmastime 6 Music

2025-12-16 10:18 Wonderful Christmastime 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

102 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

40 Mark Strasse —

2 2020-04-20 ▶

A Comet Appears —

2 2013-11-29 ▶

A Comet Appears - Hub Session 02/02/2007 —

4 2008-09-02 ▶

Australia —

166 2026-07-19 ▶

Australia (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-26 ▶

Australia (6 Music Session, 16 Jul 2004) —

3 2021-09-07 ▶

Australia (Radio 2 Session, 26 January 2017) —

2 2024-12-04 ▶

Australia (Recorded at Green Man Festival 2017) —

1 2017-08-21 ▶

Australia - 6 Music session 23/03/2012 —

1 2023-01-10 ▶

Australia - 6Music Session 16/07/2004 —

2 2012-03-07 ▶

Australia - Hub Session 02/02/2007 —

3 2008-07-01 ▶

Australia. —

21 2008-11-29 ▶

Bait and Switch —

3 2012-03-24 ▶

Breathe (Breathe In The Air) —

1 2007-09-06 ▶

Breathe (Saturday Session Archive) —

1 2016-07-09 ▶

Caring Is Creepy —

13 2026-07-29 ▶

Caring Is Creepy (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-25 ▶

Caring Is Creepy (BBC Recording, Birmingham Academy, 14 July 2004) —

2 2021-12-14 ▶

Caring Is Creepy - Birmingham Academy 2004 —

5 2011-03-16 ▶

Caring Is Creepy - Brimingham Academy 2004 —

2 2015-03-23 ▶

Cherry Hearts —

1 2017-04-30 ▶

Clapping Butter (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

2 2012-03-28 ▶

Dead Alive —

92 2021-05-09 ▶

Fall of '82 —

2 2021-07-03 ▶

Fighting in a Sack —

24 2026-05-14 ▶

For a Fool —

1 2012-04-11 ▶

Girl Inform Me —

1 2017-04-01 ▶

Girl Sailor —

2 2017-05-20 ▶

Gone for Good —

2 2026-05-08 ▶

Gone For Good - Birmingham Academy 2004 —

4 2011-03-16 ▶

Gone For Good - Brimingham Academy 2004 —

2 2021-12-14 ▶

Half A Million —

50 2017-05-28 ▶

Heartworms —

2 2018-07-21 ▶

It's Only Life —

66 2016-12-25 ▶

It's Only Life - 6 Music session 23/03/2012 —

1 2023-01-10 ▶

Kissing the Lipless —

5 2021-07-27 ▶

Know Your Onion! —

4 2021-05-06 ▶

Mama Tried (Radio 2 Session, 26 January 2017) —

1 2017-01-26 ▶

Name For You —

105 2026-08-12 ▶

Name For You (6 Music Session, 26 Jan 2017) —

1 2019-02-26 ▶

Name For You (Radio 2 Session, 26 January 2017) —

2 2017-01-30 ▶

Name or You —

1 2017-01-05 ▶

New Slang —

81 2026-05-06 ▶

New Slang (6 Music Festival 2017) —

3 2017-03-28 ▶

New Slang - 2021 Remaster —

1 2025-03-16 ▶

No Way Down —

1 2012-03-22 ▶

Nothing At All —

5 2025-02-03 ▶

One by One All Day —

2 2014-08-25 ▶

Painting A Hole —

2 2017-03-28 ▶

Pam Berry —

1 2010-08-11 ▶

Phantom Limb —

172 2026-07-22 ▶

Phantom Limb (Session) —

4 2007-12-29 ▶

Port of Morrow —

1 2012-01-29 ▶

Rubber Ballz —

1 2017-03-14 ▶

Sea Legs —

23 2025-10-02 ▶

Sealegs —

71 2016-04-26 ▶

September —

4 2013-08-31 ▶

Simple Song —

237 2025-11-11 ▶

Simple Song (Green Man Festival 2017) —

1 2017-09-14 ▶

Simple Song (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

3 2012-04-01 ▶

Simple Song - Green Man Festival - RX 20/08/2017 —

2 2017-08-21 ▶

Simple Song <Live on Zane Lowe> —

2 2012-03-26 ▶

Sleeping Lessons —

4 2023-10-23 ▶

Sleeping Lessons —

7 2015-05-17 ▶

Sleeping Lessons (6 Music Festival 2017) —

2 2017-03-25 ▶

So Now What —

6 2017-04-30 ▶

So Say I (6 Music Session, 16 Jul 2004) —

2 2020-04-02 ▶

So Say I - 6Music Session 16/07/2004 —

2 2012-03-07 ▶

So Says I —

25 2025-10-27 ▶

So Says I (BBC Recording, Birmingham Academy, 14 July 2004) —

2 2021-12-14 ▶

So Says I - 6Music Session 16/07/04 —

1 2011-02-23 ▶

So Says I - Birmingham Academy 2004 —

5 2011-03-16 ▶

So Says I - Brimingham Academy 2004 —

2 2015-03-23 ▶

So Says I - Hub Session 16/07/04 —

2 2009-04-24 ▶

Song Title (6 Music Session, 26 Jan 2017) —

1 2017-01-26 ▶

Sphagnum Esplanade —

1 2014-06-20 ▶

The Fear —

1 2017-05-05 ▶

The Fear (6 Music Festival 2017) —

2 2017-03-25 ▶

The Fear (6 Music Session, 26 Jan 2017) —

7 2020-09-15 ▶

The Past and Pending —

3 2024-05-12 ▶

The Past and Pending (2021 Remaster) —

2 2025-10-05 ▶

The Past And The Pending —

1 2022-01-16 ▶

The Rifle's Spiral —

61 2024-02-14 ▶

The Rifle's Spiral (6 Music Festival 2017) —

2 2017-03-25 ▶

The Rifles Spiral —

2 2012-05-28 ▶

They'll Soon Discover —

2 2022-12-31 ▶

Those To Come —

2 2016-03-27 ▶

Those to Come —

3 2022-02-27 ▶

Those to Come (2023 Remaster) —

2 2025-04-13 ▶

Turn a Square —

1 2006-10-11 ▶

Turn on Me —

70 2025-01-04 ▶

Turn On Me (Session) —

2 2007-09-03 ▶

Turn On Me <live at Reading> —

1 2007-08-28 ▶

Turn On Me/So Says I <Live at Reading> —

1 2007-08-27 ▶

Turn the square —

1 2009-11-02 ▶

Turn The Square (6 Music Session, 16 Jul 2004) —

1 2017-03-14 ▶

Turn The Square - Hub Session 16/07/04 —

1 2009-04-24 ▶

Wonderful Christmastime —

47 2025-12-25 ▶

Young Pilgrim - Birmingham Academy 2004 —

4 2011-03-16 ▶

Young Pilgrim - Brimingham Academy 2004 —

2 2015-03-23 ▶

Young Pilgrims —

1 2009-02-06 ▶

Young Pilgrims (BBC Recording, Birmingham Academy, 14 July 2004) —

2 2021-12-14 ▶