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The Teardrop Explodes

The Teardrop Explodes is a group from the UK, active from 1978.

Group GB 1978–1982 uk british post-punk
TOTAL PLAYS
1,247
SONGS PLAYED
103
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-24 22:49 · 6 Music — "Passionate Friend"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · 6 Music — "Reward"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
90 68 45 23 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 1,022 82%
Radio 2 221 18%
Radio 1 4 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Reward 567 2026-05-12
2 Treason 226 2025-09-17
3 Passionate Friend 139 2026-01-03
4 Treason (It's Just a Story) 24 2016-09-08
5 Sleeping Gas 16 2025-09-10
6 When I Dream 16 2025-07-19
7 Bouncing Babies 14 2020-12-24
8 Tiny Children 13 2024-11-17
9 Passionate Friend - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 12 2022-08-01
10 Reward - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 8 2022-08-01
11 Bent Out Of Shape (Radio 1, Richard Skinner Session, 13 Aug 1981) 7 2024-04-09
12 Culture Bunker - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 7 2022-08-01
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-12 15:00 Reward 6 Music
2026-05-12 14:59 Reward 6 Music
2026-03-07 08:57 Reward Radio 2
2026-02-07 20:53 Reward Radio 2
2026-01-03 19:03 Passionate Friend Radio 2
2025-12-29 09:33 Reward 6 Music
2025-12-15 10:38 Reward 6 Music
2025-11-28 07:46 Reward 6 Music
2025-11-06 22:03 Screaming Secrets (Radio 1 Session, 13 Aug 1981) 6 Music
2025-11-05 22:46 And The Fighting Takes Over (Radio 1 Session, 13 Aug 1981) 6 Music
2025-11-04 21:53 Bent Out Of Shape (Radio 1 Session, 13 Aug 1981) 6 Music
2025-11-03 22:17 Better Scream (Radio 1 Session, 13 Aug 1981) 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

103 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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And The Fighting Takes Over (Radio 1 Session, 13 Aug 1981) — 4 ▶
And The Fighting Takes Over - BBC Session 13/08/1981 — 3 ▶
And The Fighting Takes Over - Richard Skinner Session 13-08-1981 — 1 ▶
Bent Out Of Shape — 4 ▶
Bent Out Of Shape BBC Session 13/08/1981 — 1 ▶
Bent Out Of Shape (Radio 1 Session, 13 Aug 1981) — 2 ▶
Bent Out Of Shape (Radio 1, Richard Skinner Session, 13 Aug 1981) — 7 ▶
Bent Out Of Shape - BBC Session 13/08/1981 — 4 ▶
Bent Out Of Shape - Richard Skinner Session 13-08-1981 — 1 ▶
Better Scream Bbc Session 13/08/1981 — 2 ▶
Better Scream (Radio 1 Session, 13 Aug 1981) — 2 ▶
Better Scream (Radio 1, Richard Skinner Session, 13 Aug 1981) — 2 ▶
Better Scream - BBC Session 13/08/1981 — 1 ▶
Better Scream - Richard Skinner Session 13-08-1981 — 1 ▶
Books — 3 ▶
Books - 1981 — 1 ▶
Books - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 6 ▶
Books - Guildford Civiv Hall 1981 — 1 ▶
Bouncing Babies — 14 ▶
Brave Boys Keep Their Promises — 2 ▶
Camera Camera — 3 ▶
Camera Camera (live) — 4 ▶
Colours Fly Away — 4 ▶
Colous Fly Away — 1 ▶
Culture Bunker ( Richard Skinner Session May 16, 1981) — 1 ▶
Culture Bunker - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 7 ▶
For Years (Radio 1 session 27 Oct 1980) — 1 ▶
Ha Ha I'm Drowning — 3 ▶
Kirby Workers Dream Fades — 1 ▶
Kirkby Workers Dream Fades — 1 ▶
Leila Khalid Said (Richard Skinner Session May 16, 1981) — 1 ▶
Lela - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 2 ▶
Lela - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 1 ▶
Log Cabin — 1 ▶
Loving Kind (Richard Skinner Session May 16, 1981) — 1 ▶
Ouch Monkeys — 1 ▶
Passionate Friend — 139 ▶
Passionate Friend - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 12 ▶
Passionate Friend - Guildford Civiv Hall 1981 — 1 ▶
Passionate Friend 1981 — 1 ▶
Poppies - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 2 ▶
Poppies 1981 — 1 ▶
Poppies In A Field - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 4 ▶
Poppies in the Field — 4 ▶
Poppies In The Field (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 16 Apr 1980) — 5 ▶
Pure Joy (Richard Skinner Session May 16, 1981) — 1 ▶
Read It In Books — 2 ▶
Reward — 567 ▶
Reward (BBC session) — 2 ▶
Reward (Radio 1 session 27 Oct 1980) — 1 ▶
Reward - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 8 ▶
Reward - Guildford Civiv Hall 1981 — 1 ▶
Reward 1981 — 1 ▶
Screaming Secrets (Radio 1 Session, 13 Aug 1981) — 2 ▶
Screaming Secrets - Richard Skinner Session Track 13-08-1981 — 1 ▶
Screaming Secrets - BBC Session 13/08/1981 — 3 ▶
Screaming Secrets - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 7 ▶
Screaming Secrets - Guildford Civiv Hall 1981 — 1 ▶
Second Head — 2 ▶
Sleeping Gas — 16 ▶
Sleeping Gas (Live At Club Zoo) — 1 ▶
Suffocate - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 4 ▶
The Culture Bunker — 2 ▶
The Great Dominions — 2 ▶
The Great Dominions - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 6 ▶
The Great Dominions - Guildford Civiv Hall 1981 — 1 ▶
The Great Dominions 1981 — 1 ▶
The In Psychlopedia — 1 ▶
The In-Psychlopaedia — 1 ▶
The In-Psychlopedia — 1 ▶
The Poppies in the Field — 1 ▶
The Poppies In The Field (John Peel Session 16 Apr 1980) — 1 ▶
The Poppies In The Field (Radio 1 Session, 16 Apr 1980) — 2 ▶
The Poppies In The Field - BBC Session 16/04/1980 — 2 ▶
The Thief Of Bagdad (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 16 Apr 1980) — 3 ▶
The Thief Of Baghdad/Sleeping Gas (Guildford Civic Hall, 1981) — 1 ▶
Thief Of Bagdad (John Peel Session , 16 Apr 1980) — 1 ▶
Thief Of Bagdad (Radio 1 Session, 16 Apr 1980) — 3 ▶
Thief Of Bagdad - BBC Session 16/04/1980 — 2 ▶
Thief Of Baghdad / Sleeping Gas - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 5 ▶
Thief Of Baghdad / Sleeping Gas - Guildford Civiv Hall 1981 — 1 ▶
Thief Of Baghdad / Sleeping Gas 1981 — 1 ▶
Tiny Children — 13 ▶
Traison — 6 ▶
Traison (C'Est Juste Une Histoire) — 3 ▶
Treason — 226 ▶
Treason (French) — 1 ▶
Treason (It's Just a Story) — 24 ▶
Treason - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 7 ▶
Treason - Guildford Civiv Hall 1981 — 1 ▶
Treason 1981 — 1 ▶
Use Me — 3 ▶
Went Crazy — 5 ▶
Went Crazy 1981 — 1 ▶
When I Dream — 16 ▶
When I Dream (John Peel Session , 16 Apr 1980) — 1 ▶
When I Dream (Radio 1 Session, 16 Apr 1980) — 2 ▶
When I Dream (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 16 Apr 1980) — 5 ▶
When I Dream - BBC Session 16/04/1980 — 3 ▶
When I Dream - Guildford Civic Hall 1981 — 4 ▶
When I Dream - Guildford Civiv Hall 1981 — 1 ▶
You Disappear From View — 1 ▶
You Disappear From View (BBC Session 26/07/1982) — 1 ▶