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The Smiths

The Smiths is a group from the UK, active from 1982.

Group GB 1982–1987 jangle pop indie rock indie pop
TOTAL PLAYS
4,672
SONGS PLAYED
229
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-15 02:32 · 6 Music — "William It Was Really Nothing"
LAST PLAYED
1 day ago · 6 Music — "How Soon Is Now?"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
400 300 200 100 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 3,195 68%
Radio 2 1,406 30%
Radio 1 69 1%
1Xtra 2 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 06:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 This Charming Man 677 2026-05-11
2 How Soon Is Now? 401 2026-05-20
3 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 258 2026-04-23
4 Panic 256 2026-03-06
5 Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 189 2025-11-30
6 Bigmouth Strikes Again 188 2026-02-07
7 Sheila Take a Bow 171 2026-04-25
8 Ask 145 2024-10-12
9 What Difference Does It Make? 142 2025-12-19
10 William It Was Really Nothing 136 2016-08-26
11 Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want 103 2026-05-18
12 The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 100 2026-05-06
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-20 16:12 How Soon Is Now? 6 Music
2026-05-19 20:59 Hand in Glove 6 Music
2026-05-18 00:52 Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want 6 Music
2026-05-17 13:58 Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want 6 Music
2026-05-15 21:44 The Headmaster Ritual 6 Music
2026-05-14 06:51 William, It Was Really Nothing 6 Music
2026-05-11 18:07 This Charming Man Radio 2
2026-05-08 11:16 Hand in Glove 6 Music
2026-05-06 15:22 The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 6 Music
2026-05-02 07:42 This Charming Man Radio 2
2026-04-25 01:13 Sheila Take a Bow Radio 2
2026-04-23 12:57 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

229 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours — 2 ▶
Accept Yourself — 6 ▶
Accept Yourself (David Jensen BBC Session 08/25/83) — 1 ▶
Accept Yourself (David Jensen session 25/08/83) — 1 ▶
Accept Yourself (David Jensen session 25/8/83) — 1 ▶
Ask — 145 ▶
Ask (Live in concert) — 1 ▶
Ask - National Ballroom, Kilburn 1986 — 3 ▶
Ask 1986 — 1 ▶
Asleep — 13 ▶
Asleep (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
Back to the Old House — 8 ▶
Back to the Old House (John Peel Session 14/9/83) — 1 ▶
Back To The Old House (Radio 1 Session, 14 Sept 1983) — 8 ▶
Back To The Old House - BBC Session 14/09/1983 — 6 ▶
Back To The Old House - BBC Session 1983 — 6 ▶
Barbarism Begins at Home — 34 ▶
Barbarism Begins At Home - Apollo 1986 — 1 ▶
Big Mouth Strikes Again — 1 ▶
Bigmouth strickes again — 1 ▶
Bigmouth Strikes Again — 188 ▶
Bigmouth Strikes Again (Live at Kilburn Ballroom, 1986) — 1 ▶
Bigmouth Strikes Again (Live in concert) — 1 ▶
Bigmouth Strikes Again (National Ballroom Kilburn, 1986) — 4 ▶
Bigmouth Strikes Again - National Ballroom, Kilburn 1986 — 5 ▶
bigmouth strikes again 1986 — 4 ▶
Boy With The Thorn In His Side 1986 — 2 ▶
Cemetary Gates — 1 ▶
Cemetary Gates 1986 — 3 ▶
Cemetary Gates 1986 — 1 ▶
Cemetery Gates — 7 ▶
Cemetry Gates — 54 ▶
Charming Man — 3 ▶
Death at One's Elbow — 1 ▶
Death of a Disco Dancer — 8 ▶
Draize Train 1986 — 3 ▶
Frankly Mr Shankly — 2 ▶
Frankly Mr Shankly 1986 — 4 ▶
Frankly Mr. Shankly — 2 ▶
Frankly, Mr Shankly — 3 ▶
Frankly, Mr. Shankly — 2 ▶
Girl Afraid — 12 ▶
Girlfriend in a Coma — 97 ▶
Gla Barbarism Begins At Home — 2 ▶
Golden Lights — 4 ▶
Half a Person — 18 ▶
Half A Person (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986) — 4 ▶
Half A Person - BBC Session 02/12/1986 — 2 ▶
Hand in Glove — 99 ▶
Hand In Glove (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
Hand In Glove- Apollo 1986 — 1 ▶
Handsome Devil — 9 ▶
Handsome Devil (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983) — 6 ▶
Handsome Devil (Radio 1 Session, 18 May 1983) — 1 ▶
Headmaster Ritual — 2 ▶
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now — 189 ▶
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (with ding) — 1 ▶
His Latest Flame / Rusholme Ruffians (Live in London, 1986) — 1 ▶
His Latest Flame / Rusholme Ruffians (Live Kilburn, London) — 1 ▶
How Soon Is Now — 74 ▶
How Soon Is Now 1986 — 2 ▶
How Soon Is Now (BBC session) — 2 ▶
How Soon Is Now (John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984) — 4 ▶
How Soon Is Now (Radio 1 Session, 1 Aug 1984) — 4 ▶
How Soon Is Now - Apollo 1986 — 5 ▶
How Soon Is Now - BBC Session 01/08/1984 — 5 ▶
How Soon Is Now - National Ballroom, Kilburn 1986 — 6 ▶
How Soon Is Now? — 401 ▶
How Soon Is Now? (Live in concert) — 1 ▶
How Soon Is Now? (National Ballroom Kilburn, 1986) — 3 ▶
I Don't Owe You Anything — 3 ▶
I Keep Mine Hidden — 1 ▶
I Know It's Over — 9 ▶
I Know It's Over 1986 — 2 ▶
I Know It's Over (2017 Master) — 1 ▶
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish — 48 ▶
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (CH) — 1 ▶
I Want the One I Can't Have — 10 ▶
I Won't Share You — 3 ▶
Is Is Really So Strange? — 1 ▶
Is It Really So Strange — 4 ▶
Is It Really So Strange (John Peel Session 17-12-1986) — 1 ▶
Is it Really So Strange (Radio 1 Session, 2 Dec 1986) — 1 ▶
Is it Really So Strange - BBC Session 02/12/1986 — 2 ▶
Is It Really So Strange? — 4 ▶
Is It Really So Strange? (John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986) — 5 ▶
Jeane — 7 ▶
Jeane (2008 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me — 25 ▶
London — 13 ▶
London (live) — 1 ▶
London (Radio 1 Session, 2 Dec 1986) — 5 ▶
London - BBC Session 02/12/1986 — 3 ▶
London - National Ballroom, Kilburn 1986 — 3 ▶
London 1986 — 1 ▶
Meat Is Murder — 3 ▶
Meat Is Murder - Apollo 1986 — 2 ▶
Miserable Lie — 5 ▶
Miserable Lie (Radio 1 John Peel Session,18 May 1983) — 3 ▶
Miserable Lie (Radio 1 Session, 18 May 1983) — 2 ▶
Miserable Lie - Apollo 1986 — 1 ▶
Money Changes Everything — 1 ▶
Never Had No One Ever (2011 Remaster) — 2 ▶
Never Had No-one Ever — 1 ▶
Nowhere Fast — 29 ▶
Nowhere Fast (John Peel Session 9.8.1984) — 2 ▶
Nowhere Fast (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984) — 8 ▶
Nowhere Fast (Radio 1 Session, 1 Aug 1984) — 4 ▶
Nowhere Fast - BBC Session 01/08/1984 — 8 ▶
Nowhere Fast- Apollo 1986 — 1 ▶
Oscillate Wildly — 16 ▶
Paint a Vulgar Picture — 2 ▶
Panic — 256 ▶
Panic (Live in concert) — 1 ▶
Panic (National Ballroom Kilburn, 1986) — 8 ▶
Panic - National Ballroom, Kilburn 1986 — 4 ▶
Panic LOOP — 1 ▶
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want — 50 ▶
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want — 103 ▶
Pretty Girls Make Graves — 4 ▶
Reel Around the Fountain — 79 ▶
Reel Around The Fountain (BBC session) — 1 ▶
Reel Around The Fountain (John Peel session 18.05.83) — 1 ▶
Reel Around The Fountain (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983) — 3 ▶
Reel Around The Fountain (Radio 1 Session, 18 May 1983) — 2 ▶
Rubber Ring — 6 ▶
Rusholme Ruffians — 18 ▶
Rusholme Ruffians (John Peel session 9.8.1984) — 1 ▶
Rusholme Ruffians (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984) — 7 ▶
Rusholme Ruffians (Radio 1 Session, 1 Aug 1984) — 3 ▶
Rusholme Ruffians - BBC Session 01/08/1984 — 7 ▶
Shakespear's Sister - Apollo 1986 — 1 ▶
Shakespeare's Sister — 70 ▶
Sheila Take a Bow — 171 ▶
Shoplifters of the World Unite — 48 ▶
Smiths Montage 1 - (Charming Man/William/Stop Me) — 1 ▶
Smiths Montage 2 - (There Is A Light/Headmaster Ritual/Still Ill/Barbarism) — 1 ▶
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others — 10 ▶
Stetch Out And Wait — 1 ▶
Stil Ill - BBC Session 14/09/1983 — 3 ▶
Still Ill — 42 ▶
Still Ill (John Peel Session 14/09/83) — 1 ▶
Still Ill (John Peel Session) — 1 ▶
Still Ill (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sep 1983) — 3 ▶
Still Ill - Apollo 1986 — 1 ▶
Still ill - BBC Session 14/09/1983 — 5 ▶
Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before — 1 ▶
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard T — 2 ▶
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before — 62 ▶
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One.. — 50 ▶
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before — 2 ▶
Stop Me Like This (Hardly Subtle Mash-Up) — 1 ▶
Stretch Out and Wait — 5 ▶
Sweet and Tender Hooligan — 5 ▶
Sweet And Tender Hooligan (Peel Session) — 1 ▶
Sweet And Tender Hooligan (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986) — 5 ▶
Sweet And Tender Hooligan - BBC Session 02/12/1986 — 2 ▶
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore — 35 ▶
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore- Apollo 1986 — 2 ▶
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side — 100 ▶
The Boy With the Thorn in His Side — 68 ▶
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (Demo Mix) — 1 ▶
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (Demo Version) — 1 ▶
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle — 1 ▶
The Headmaster Ritual — 62 ▶
The Headmaster Ritual (2011 Remaster) — 1 ▶
The Headmaster Ritual - Apollo 1986 — 5 ▶
The Night Has Opened My Eyes (Radio 1 Session, 14 Sept 1983) — 2 ▶
The Night Has Opened My Eyes - BBC Session 14/09/1983 — 5 ▶
The Queen Is Dead — 25 ▶
The Queen is Dead (Live in concert) — 1 ▶
The Queen Is Dead (National Ballroom Kilburn, 1986) — 3 ▶
The Queen Is Dead - National Ballroom, Kilburn 1986 — 4 ▶
There Is A Light 1986 — 3 ▶
There Is A Light - National Ballroom, Kilburn 1986 — 4 ▶
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out — 258 ▶
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (Live at Kilburn Ballroom, 1986) — 1 ▶
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Live in concert) — 1 ▶
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (National Ballroom Kilburn, 1986) — 3 ▶
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Take 1 Version) — 1 ▶
These Things Take Time — 4 ▶
These Things Take Time (David Jensen Session 26/06/83) — 1 ▶
This Charming Man — 677 ▶
This Charming Man (Francois Kevorkian New York Mix) — 1 ▶
This Charming Man (John Peel Session 14/09/83) — 1 ▶
This Charming Man (Live at Maida Vale) — 2 ▶
This Charming Man (New York Vocal) — 4 ▶
This Charming Man (NY Mix) — 2 ▶
This Charming Man (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sep 1983) — 1 ▶
This Charming Man - BBC Session 14/09/1983 — 4 ▶
This charming man <peel session> — 1 ▶
This Night Has Opened My Eyes — 6 ▶
This Night Has Opened My Eyes (John Peel Session) — 1 ▶
This Night Has Opened My Eyes (Peel Session 21/09/83) — 1 ▶
This Night Has Openend My Eyes (Peel Session 14/09/83) — 1 ▶
Unhappy Birthday — 5 ▶
Unloveable — 1 ▶
Vicar in a Tutu — 4 ▶
Vicar In A Tutu (Live in concert) — 1 ▶
Well I Wonder — 26 ▶
What Difference Does It Make — 38 ▶
What Difference Does It Make — 92 ▶
What Difference Does It Make (BBC session) — 2 ▶
What Difference Does It Make (John Peel Session 18/05/83) — 1 ▶
What Difference Does It Make (Radio 1 Session, 18 May 1983) — 3 ▶
What Difference Does It Make? — 142 ▶
What Difference Does It Make? (John Peel session 18.05.83) — 2 ▶
What Difference Does It Make? (John Peel session 18/5/83) — 1 ▶
What Difference Does It Make? (John Peel Session, 18 May 1983) — 4 ▶
What Difference Does It Make? (John Peel Session, 18/05/83) — 1 ▶
What Difference Does It Make? (John Peel Session, 1983) — 1 ▶
What Difference Does It Make? - VK NOEL VERSION — 1 ▶
What She Said 1986 — 1 ▶
What She Said- Apollo 1986 — 2 ▶
William It Was Really Nothing — 136 ▶
William It Was Really Nothing (John Peel session 1.8.1984) — 1 ▶
William It Was Really Nothing (Radio 1 Session, 1 Aug 1984) — 2 ▶
William It Was Really Nothing - 1986 — 1 ▶
William It Was Really Nothing - Apollo 1986 — 1 ▶
William It Was Really Nothing - Apollo 86 — 3 ▶
William It Was Really Nothing - BBC Session 01/08/1984 — 6 ▶
William, It Was Really Nothing — 74 ▶
William, It Was Really Nothing (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984) — 6 ▶
Work is a Four Letter Word — 2 ▶
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby — 13 ▶
You're Got Everything Now - Apollo 1986 — 2 ▶
You've Got Everything Now — 9 ▶
You've Got Everything Now (BBC Session 4/7/1983) — 1 ▶