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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

1,085

SONGS PLAYED

113

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-15 23:47 · 6 Music — "Heartland"

LAST PLAYED

2 months 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 2 101 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 299 2026-05-23

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

2026-05-23 19:30 This Is The Day Radio 2

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

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

113 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

$1 ONE VOTE —

5 2023-03-30 ▶

Armageddon Days (Are Here Again) —

1 2007-10-09 ▶

Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) —

1 2020-01-04 ▶

Armageddon Days Are Here Again —

4 2011-02-11 ▶

Armageddon Days Are Here Again - Brixton Academy 1993 —

7 2022-10-25 ▶

Armegeddon Days - BBC Session 21/06/1993 —

2 2020-02-06 ▶

August & September —

9 2020-05-30 ▶

August & September - Brixton Academy 1993 —

1 2008-01-07 ▶

August and September —

1 2010-10-25 ▶

August And September - Brixton Academy 1993 —

6 2020-02-08 ▶

August September —

1 2009-11-04 ▶

Beat (En) Generation 1989 —

2 2005-08-30 ▶

Beyond Love —

1 2019-07-28 ▶

Beyond Love - St Georges Hall, Bradford 1989 —

1 2015-08-10 ▶

Beyond Love 1989 —

1 2005-08-30 ▶

Bluer Than Midnight —

1 2020-02-16 ▶

Cognitive Dissident —

19 2024-08-29 ▶

Cognitive Dissident (6 Music Session, 18 Jun 2025) —

1 2025-06-18 ▶

Controversial Subject —

2 2024-08-29 ▶

Dogs Of Lust —

21 2021-12-06 ▶

Dogs Of Lust - Brixton Academy 1993 —

11 2020-02-08 ▶

EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN (but nobody wants to die) —

1 2015-04-03 ▶

Flesh and Bones —

5 2023-02-15 ▶

Flesh And Bones (6 Music Session, 8th Jun 2018) —

2 2018-06-14 ▶

Giant —

2 2014-08-09 ▶

Global Eyes (6 Music Session, 8th Jun 2018) —

1 2018-06-13 ▶

Gravitate To Me —

2 2025-11-24 ▶

Heartland —

110 2023-02-15 ▶

Heartland 1989 —

2 2005-09-14 ▶

Heartland 1993 —

1 2006-07-13 ▶

Heartland - Brixton Academy 1993 —

10 2022-10-25 ▶

Helpline Operator - Brixton Academy 1993 —

6 2020-02-08 ▶

Honky Tonkin' —

1 2011-03-03 ▶

I Can't Escape From You —

2 2016-08-15 ▶

I Saw The Light —

19 2025-04-18 ▶

I Saw The Light. —

5 2008-08-19 ▶

I Want 2 B U —

6 2020-08-27 ▶

I've Been Waitin' For Tomorrow —

1 2014-08-09 ▶

I've Been Waitin' for Tomorrow (All of My Life) —

1 2015-11-18 ▶

I've Been Waitin' For Tomorrow (All Of My Life) —

1 2008-10-25 ▶

I've Been Waitin' For Tomorrow (All Of My Life) (6 Music Session, 18 Jun 2025) —

1 2025-06-18 ▶

Infected —

54 2025-09-09 ▶

Infected (12" Remix) —

1 2024-08-29 ▶

Infected (12" single) —

1 2017-09-15 ▶

Infected (6 Music Session, 8th Jun 2018) —

3 2018-06-20 ▶

Infected - Brixton Academy 1993 —

13 2020-02-08 ▶

Infected - St Georges Hall, Bradford 1989 —

1 2015-08-10 ▶

Infected 1989 —

1 2005-08-30 ▶

Kingdom Of Rain —

3 2021-03-04 ▶

Leap Into The Wind (BBC session date unknown) —

1 2013-09-25 ▶

Linoleum Smooth to the Stockinged Foot —

6 2024-12-23 ▶

Lip Tripping —

1 2008-11-28 ▶

Lonely Planet —

3 2024-11-03 ▶

Lonely Planet - Brixton Academy 1993 —

6 2022-10-25 ▶

Lonely Planet 1993 —

1 2005-07-22 ▶

Love Is Stronger Than Death —

5 2022-10-19 ▶

Love Is Stronger Than Death - Brixton Academy 1993 —

6 2022-10-25 ▶

Lung Shadows —

3 2024-03-24 ▶

Mental Healing Process (BBC session date unknown) —

1 2013-09-23 ▶

Perfect —

9 2017-02-09 ▶

Perfect (London 12" Version) —

1 2014-07-11 ▶

Perfect (New York 12" Remix) —

1 2014-08-09 ▶

Pillar Box Red —

1 2010-12-30 ▶

Planetarium —

1 2020-08-27 ▶

Risin' Above the Need —

3 2024-12-04 ▶

Screw Up Your Feelings (BBC session date unknown) —

1 2013-09-24 ▶

Slow Emotion Replay —

35 2025-10-23 ▶

Slow Emotion Replay (6 Music Session, 18 Jun 2025) —

1 2025-06-18 ▶

Slow Train To Dawn —

9 2021-07-19 ▶

Slow Train To Dawn (feat. Neneh Cherry) —

1 2023-08-20 ▶

Sodium Light Baby —

32 2022-02-25 ▶

Sodium Light Baby (BBC session) —

2 2005-06-13 ▶

Sodium Light Baby - BBC Session 21/06/1993 —

4 2019-06-12 ▶

Sodium Light Baby - Evening Session 21/06/1993 —

1 2013-09-18 ▶

Some Days I Drink My Coffee by the Grave of William Blake —

5 2024-10-09 ▶

Some Days I Drink My Coffee by the Grave of William Blake (Later... with Jools Holland, 2 Nov 2024) —

1 2024-11-12 ▶

Song Without An Ending —

2 2025-09-09 ▶

Soul Catcher (6 Music Session, 8th Jun 2018) —

2 2018-06-17 ▶

Soul Mining —

6 2018-02-20 ▶

Soul Mining (Radio 1 Session, 21st June, 1993) —

1 2024-04-11 ▶

Soul Mining - BBC Session 21/06/1993 —

5 2020-02-03 ▶

Spaceship In My Barn —

1 2024-08-29 ▶

Sweet Bird Of Truth —

2 2016-01-21 ▶

Sweet Bird Of Truth - Brixton Academy 1993 —

7 2020-02-08 ▶

Sweet Bird Of Truth 1989 —

1 2005-08-30 ▶

Sweet Bird Of Truth 1993 —

1 2005-06-10 ▶

The Beat(en) Generation —

131 2024-11-01 ▶

The Beat(en) Generation (6 Music Session, 18 Jun 2025) —

3 2025-07-02 ▶

The Lust For Unsung Dreams —

1 2015-11-04 ▶

The Nature Of Virtue - (BBC session date unknown) —

1 2013-09-26 ▶

The Sinking Feeling —

7 2022-03-04 ▶

The Twilight Hour —

2 2014-12-22 ▶

The Violence Of Truth —

2 2010-09-03 ▶

The Violence Of Truth - Brixton Academy 1993 —

6 2020-02-08 ▶

There's A Tear In My Beer —

2 2013-11-30 ▶

This Is The Day —

299 2026-05-23 ▶

This Is The Day (Album Version) —

1 2023-04-08 ▶

This Is The Day (Disinfected Version) —

1 2016-12-16 ▶

This Is The Day (Radio 1 Session, 21st June, 1993) —

1 2024-04-08 ▶

This Is the Day (Single Version) —

6 2025-08-03 ▶

This Is The Day - BBC Session 21/06/1993 —

6 2020-02-05 ▶

This is The Day - Evening Session 21/06/1993 —

1 2014-07-25 ▶

True Happiness This Way Lies —

2 2010-09-03 ▶

True Happiness This Way Lies - Brixton Academy 1993 —

10 2020-02-08 ▶

Uncertain Smile —

52 2025-10-02 ▶

Uncertain smile (flute version) —

2 2010-04-23 ▶

Uncertain Smile (Original 7 Inch Version) —

1 2008-08-27 ▶

Uncertain Smile (Tom Robinson Special Edit) —

1 2014-08-09 ▶

Uncertain Smiles (New York 12" Mix) —

1 2014-07-12 ▶

Unrequited —

6 2025-12-18 ▶

Violence Of Truth - St Georges Hall, Bradford 1989 —

1 2015-08-10 ▶

Violence Of Truth 1989 —

1 2005-08-30 ▶

We Can't Stop What's Coming —

15 2019-01-09 ▶