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The The

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

Group GB since 1979 alternative rock post-punk new wave
TOTAL PLAYS
1,084
SONGS PLAYED
113
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-15 23:47 · 6 Music — "Heartland"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "This Is The Day"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
90 68 45 23 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 982 91%
Radio 2 100 9%
Radio 1 2 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 This Is The Day 298 2026-05-05
2 The Beat(en) Generation 131 2024-11-01
3 Heartland 110 2023-02-15
4 Infected 54 2025-09-09
5 Uncertain Smile 52 2025-10-02
6 Slow Emotion Replay 35 2025-10-23
7 Sodium Light Baby 32 2022-02-25
8 Dogs Of Lust 21 2021-12-06
9 I Saw The Light 19 2025-04-18
10 Cognitive Dissident 19 2024-08-29
11 We Can't Stop What's Coming 15 2019-01-09
12 Infected - Brixton Academy 1993 13 2020-02-08
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-05 19:41 This Is The Day Radio 2
2025-12-18 22:29 Unrequited 6 Music
2025-11-25 20:27 This Is The Day Radio 2
2025-11-25 05:38 This Is The Day 6 Music
2025-11-24 01:03 Gravitate To Me 6 Music
2025-11-23 14:03 Gravitate To Me 6 Music
2025-11-19 21:48 Unrequited 6 Music
2025-11-12 15:07 Unrequited 6 Music
2025-11-11 22:29 Unrequited 6 Music
2025-11-11 07:48 This Is The Day 6 Music
2025-11-08 07:13 Unrequited 6 Music
2025-11-07 06:47 Unrequited 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

113 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
$1 ONE VOTE — 5 ▶
Armageddon Days (Are Here Again) — 1 ▶
Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) — 1 ▶
Armageddon Days Are Here Again — 4 ▶
Armageddon Days Are Here Again - Brixton Academy 1993 — 7 ▶
Armegeddon Days - BBC Session 21/06/1993 — 2 ▶
August & September — 9 ▶
August & September - Brixton Academy 1993 — 1 ▶
August and September — 1 ▶
August And September - Brixton Academy 1993 — 6 ▶
August September — 1 ▶
Beat (En) Generation 1989 — 2 ▶
Beyond Love — 1 ▶
Beyond Love - St Georges Hall, Bradford 1989 — 1 ▶
Beyond Love 1989 — 1 ▶
Bluer Than Midnight — 1 ▶
Cognitive Dissident — 19 ▶
Cognitive Dissident (6 Music Session, 18 Jun 2025) — 1 ▶
Controversial Subject — 2 ▶
Dogs Of Lust — 21 ▶
Dogs Of Lust - Brixton Academy 1993 — 11 ▶
EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN (but nobody wants to die) — 1 ▶
Flesh and Bones — 5 ▶
Flesh And Bones (6 Music Session, 8th Jun 2018) — 2 ▶
Giant — 2 ▶
Global Eyes (6 Music Session, 8th Jun 2018) — 1 ▶
Gravitate To Me — 2 ▶
Heartland — 110 ▶
Heartland 1989 — 2 ▶
Heartland 1993 — 1 ▶
Heartland - Brixton Academy 1993 — 10 ▶
Helpline Operator - Brixton Academy 1993 — 6 ▶
Honky Tonkin' — 1 ▶
I Can't Escape From You — 2 ▶
I Saw The Light — 19 ▶
I Saw The Light. — 5 ▶
I Want 2 B U — 6 ▶
I've Been Waitin' For Tomorrow — 1 ▶
I've Been Waitin' for Tomorrow (All of My Life) — 1 ▶
I've Been Waitin' For Tomorrow (All Of My Life) — 1 ▶
I've Been Waitin' For Tomorrow (All Of My Life) (6 Music Session, 18 Jun 2025) — 1 ▶
Infected — 54 ▶
Infected (12" Remix) — 1 ▶
Infected (12" single) — 1 ▶
Infected (6 Music Session, 8th Jun 2018) — 3 ▶
Infected - Brixton Academy 1993 — 13 ▶
Infected - St Georges Hall, Bradford 1989 — 1 ▶
Infected 1989 — 1 ▶
Kingdom Of Rain — 3 ▶
Leap Into The Wind (BBC session date unknown) — 1 ▶
Linoleum Smooth to the Stockinged Foot — 6 ▶
Lip Tripping — 1 ▶
Lonely Planet — 3 ▶
Lonely Planet - Brixton Academy 1993 — 6 ▶
Lonely Planet 1993 — 1 ▶
Love Is Stronger Than Death — 5 ▶
Love Is Stronger Than Death - Brixton Academy 1993 — 6 ▶
Lung Shadows — 3 ▶
Mental Healing Process (BBC session date unknown) — 1 ▶
Perfect — 9 ▶
Perfect (London 12" Version) — 1 ▶
Perfect (New York 12" Remix) — 1 ▶
Pillar Box Red — 1 ▶
Planetarium — 1 ▶
Risin' Above the Need — 3 ▶
Screw Up Your Feelings (BBC session date unknown) — 1 ▶
Slow Emotion Replay — 35 ▶
Slow Emotion Replay (6 Music Session, 18 Jun 2025) — 1 ▶
Slow Train To Dawn — 9 ▶
Slow Train To Dawn (feat. Neneh Cherry) — 1 ▶
Sodium Light Baby — 32 ▶
Sodium Light Baby (BBC session) — 2 ▶
Sodium Light Baby - BBC Session 21/06/1993 — 4 ▶
Sodium Light Baby - Evening Session 21/06/1993 — 1 ▶
Some Days I Drink My Coffee by the Grave of William Blake — 5 ▶
Some Days I Drink My Coffee by the Grave of William Blake (Later... with Jools Holland, 2 Nov 2024) — 1 ▶
Song Without An Ending — 2 ▶
Soul Catcher (6 Music Session, 8th Jun 2018) — 2 ▶
Soul Mining — 6 ▶
Soul Mining (Radio 1 Session, 21st June, 1993) — 1 ▶
Soul Mining - BBC Session 21/06/1993 — 5 ▶
Spaceship In My Barn — 1 ▶
Sweet Bird Of Truth — 2 ▶
Sweet Bird Of Truth - Brixton Academy 1993 — 7 ▶
Sweet Bird Of Truth 1989 — 1 ▶
Sweet Bird Of Truth 1993 — 1 ▶
The Beat(en) Generation — 131 ▶
The Beat(en) Generation (6 Music Session, 18 Jun 2025) — 3 ▶
The Lust For Unsung Dreams — 1 ▶
The Nature Of Virtue - (BBC session date unknown) — 1 ▶
The Sinking Feeling — 7 ▶
The Twilight Hour — 2 ▶
The Violence Of Truth — 2 ▶
The Violence Of Truth - Brixton Academy 1993 — 6 ▶
There's A Tear In My Beer — 2 ▶
This Is The Day — 298 ▶
This Is The Day (Album Version) — 1 ▶
This Is The Day (Disinfected Version) — 1 ▶
This Is The Day (Radio 1 Session, 21st June, 1993) — 1 ▶
This Is the Day (Single Version) — 6 ▶
This Is The Day - BBC Session 21/06/1993 — 6 ▶
This is The Day - Evening Session 21/06/1993 — 1 ▶
True Happiness This Way Lies — 2 ▶
True Happiness This Way Lies - Brixton Academy 1993 — 10 ▶
Uncertain Smile — 52 ▶
Uncertain smile (flute version) — 2 ▶
Uncertain Smile (Original 7 Inch Version) — 1 ▶
Uncertain Smile (Tom Robinson Special Edit) — 1 ▶
Uncertain Smiles (New York 12" Mix) — 1 ▶
Unrequited — 6 ▶
Violence Of Truth - St Georges Hall, Bradford 1989 — 1 ▶
Violence Of Truth 1989 — 1 ▶
We Can't Stop What's Coming — 15 ▶