OnRadioNow BBC ARCHIVE · SINCE 2006
Home / Artists / The Sugarcubes
ARTIST loading photo…

The Sugarcubes

The Sugarcubes is a group from IS, active from 1986.

Group IS 1986–1992 alternative rock iceland dream pop
TOTAL PLAYS
784
SONGS PLAYED
52
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-03-15 06:45 · 6 Music — "Birthday"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · 6 Music — "Hit"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

Loading biography…

◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
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 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 729 93%
Radio 2 54 7%
Radio 1 1 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 03:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Hit 298 2026-05-08
2 Birthday 291 2025-11-25
3 Deus 71 2025-12-12
4 Polo - BBC Session 12/03/1988 6 2014-05-23
5 Cat - BBC Session12/03/1988 6 2014-05-23
6 Traitor (Radio 1 Session, 12 Mar 1988) 5 2022-08-18
7 Blue Eyed Pop (Radio 1 Session, 12 Mar 1988) 5 2022-08-18
8 Deus - BBC Session 09/12/1987 5 2014-10-22
9 Blue Eyed Pop - BBC Session 12/03/1988 5 2014-05-23
10 Sick Of Toys - BBC Session 12/03/1988 5 2014-05-23
11 Planet 4 2024-05-02
12 Deus (Radio 1 Session, 9 Dec 1987) 4 2022-05-24
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-08 12:00 Hit 6 Music
2026-04-04 07:54 Hit Radio 2
2026-03-30 02:04 Hit Radio 2
2026-03-16 19:18 Hit Radio 2
2026-02-04 03:30 Hit Radio 2
2025-12-15 08:18 Hit 6 Music
2025-12-12 15:33 Deus 6 Music
2025-12-05 03:38 Hit 6 Music
2025-11-25 04:09 Birthday 6 Music
2025-11-15 20:37 Birthday Radio 2
2025-11-05 00:51 Hit 6 Music
2025-10-27 16:00 Hit 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

52 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Birthday — 291 ▶
Birthday (Jim And William Reid Christmas Day Mix) — 1 ▶
Birthday (Justin Robertson 7" edit) — 1 ▶
Birthday (Justin Robertson remix) — 2 ▶
Birthday - Icelandic Version — 1 ▶
Blue Eyed Pop (Radio 1 Session, 12 Mar 1988) — 5 ▶
Blue Eyed Pop - BBC Session 12/03/1988 — 5 ▶
Cat (Radio 1 Session, 12 Mar 1988) — 2 ▶
Cat (Radio 1 Session, 12 Mar 1988) — 1 ▶
Cat - BBC Session12/03/1988 — 6 ▶
Christmas Day — 3 ▶
Christmas Eve — 2 ▶
Cold Sweat — 4 ▶
Cold Sweat (Radio 1 Session, 9 Dec 1987) — 1 ▶
Cold Sweat (Radio 1 Session, 9 Dec 1987) — 1 ▶
Cold Sweat - BBC Session 09/12/1987 — 4 ▶
Coldsweat — 1 ▶
Delicious Demon (Radio 1 Session, 9 Dec 1987) — 3 ▶
Delicious Demon - BBC Session 09/12/1987 — 3 ▶
Deus — 71 ▶
Deus (Radio 1 Session, 9 Dec 1987) — 4 ▶
Deus - BBC Session 09/12/1987 — 5 ▶
Hetero Scum - BBC Session 1992 — 2 ▶
Hetro Scum — 1 ▶
Hit — 298 ▶
Hit (instrumental) — 1 ▶
Hit - BBC Session 11/01/1992 — 1 ▶
Hit - BBC Session 1992 — 4 ▶
Leash Called Love — 1 ▶
Leash Called Love (Tony Humphries Mix) — 1 ▶
Lucky Night — 1 ▶
Lucky Night - BBC Session 1992 — 2 ▶
Mama (Radio 1 Session, 9 Dec 1987) — 3 ▶
Mama - BBC Session 09/12/1987 — 3 ▶
Motor Crash — 2 ▶
Motor Crash (Radio 1 Session, 9 Dec 1987) — 4 ▶
Motor Crash - BBC Session 09/12/1987 — 1 ▶
Motorcrash — 1 ▶
Planet — 4 ▶
Polo (Radio 1 Session, 12 Mar 1988) — 3 ▶
Polo - BBC Session 12/03/1988 — 6 ▶
Pump — 1 ▶
Regina — 4 ▶
Sick For Toys (Radio 1 Session, 12 Mar 1988) — 2 ▶
Sick Of Toys (Radio 1 Session, 12 Mar 1988) — 3 ▶
Sick Of Toys - BBC Session 12/03/1988 — 5 ▶
Traitor (Radio 1 Session, 12 Mar 1988) — 5 ▶
Traitor - BBC Session 12/03/1988 — 3 ▶
Vitamin — 1 ▶
Vitamin (E Mix) — 1 ▶
Walkabout — 2 ▶
Walkabout - BBC Session 1992 — 1 ▶