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The Undertones

The Undertones is a group from the UK, active since 1975.

Group GB since 1975 punk rock new wave pop punk

TOTAL PLAYS

2,286

SONGS PLAYED

149

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-14 20:57 · 6 Music — "Teenage Kicks"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Teenage Kicks"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,769 77%

Radio 2 477 21%

Radio 1 40 2%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 16:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Teenage Kicks 618 2026-08-21

2 My Perfect Cousin 347 2026-05-16

3 Wednesday Week 262 2026-08-13

4 Jimmy Jimmy 194 2026-08-12

5 Get Over You 131 2023-04-24

6 It's Going To Happen 98 2016-06-09

7 Here Comes the Summer 83 2026-07-24

8 Here Comes The Summer 60 2012-09-30

9 When Saturday Comes 47 2022-07-08

10 It's Going To Happen! 38 2026-07-17

11 You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?) 24 2025-02-03

12 Family Entertainment 15 2024-10-28

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-21 20:33 Teenage Kicks Radio 2

2026-08-18 16:00 Teenage Kicks 6 Music

2026-08-13 10:57 Teenage Kicks Radio 2

2026-08-13 04:00 Wednesday Week 6 Music

2026-08-12 14:13 Jimmy Jimmy 6 Music

2026-07-31 22:03 Teenage Kicks Radio 2

2026-07-24 20:07 Teenage Kicks 6 Music

2026-07-24 12:48 Here Comes the Summer Radio 2

2026-07-17 01:34 It's Going To Happen! 6 Music

2026-05-25 21:07 True Confessions (B Side) 6 Music

2026-05-25 16:00 Teenage Kicks 6 Music

2026-05-18 14:02 Wednesday Week 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

149 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(She's a) Runaround —

1 2016-04-06 ▶

Beautiful Friend —

4 2020-04-15 ▶

Beautiful Friend (Radio 1 Session, 16 Aug 1981) —

7 2019-08-08 ▶

Beautiful Friend - BBC Session 16/08/1981 —

4 2010-09-11 ▶

Beautiful Friend - BBC Session16/08/1981 —

2 2012-10-08 ▶

Billy's Third —

8 2023-03-13 ▶

Billy's Third (Radio 1 Session, 22 Jan 1979) —

1 2016-01-22 ▶

Billy's Third (BBC Session, 5 Feb 1979) —

1 2022-08-15 ▶

Billy's Third (John Peel session 22nd Jan 1979) —

1 2018-07-19 ▶

Billy's Third (John Peel session 5.2.1979) —

1 2012-03-20 ▶

Billy's Third (Radio 1 Session, 22 Jan 1979) —

5 2024-11-27 ▶

Billy's Third - BBC Session 22/01/1979 —

5 2015-01-05 ▶

Billy's Third 1981 —

1 2010-01-23 ▶

Bye Bye Baby Blue —

1 2023-08-10 ▶

Bye Bye Baby Blue (Radio 1 Session, 16 Aug 1981) —

4 2019-08-08 ▶

Bye-Bye Baby Blue (Radio 1 Session, 16 Aug 1981) —

3 2016-06-13 ▶

Bye-Bye Baby Blue - BBC Session 16/08/1981 —

5 2010-09-11 ▶

Bye-Bye Baby Blue - BBC Session16/08/1981 —

2 2012-10-10 ▶

Casbah Rock —

2 2017-06-19 ▶

Crisis of Mine —

4 2019-11-25 ▶

Crisis Of Mine 1981 —

1 2010-01-23 ▶

Dig Yourself Deep —

2 2007-10-31 ▶

Enough —

1 2022-03-27 ▶

Family Entertainment —

15 2024-10-28 ▶

Family Entertainment (BBC Session, 5 Feb 1979) —

1 2022-08-15 ▶

Family Entertainment (John Peel session 22nd Jan 1979) —

1 2018-07-17 ▶

Family Entertainment (John Peel session 5.2.1979) —

1 2012-03-19 ▶

Family Entertainment (Radio 1 Session, 22 Jan 1979) —

6 2024-08-08 ▶

Family Entertainment - BBC Session 22/01/1979 —

8 2015-01-05 ▶

Get Over You —

131 2023-04-24 ▶

Get Over You (BBC session version) —

1 2020-10-14 ▶

Get Over You (John Peel session 16.10.1978) —

1 2017-01-16 ▶

Get Over You (Kevin Shields 2016 remix) —

1 2017-03-30 ▶

Get Over You (Peel Session 1978) —

1 2011-11-29 ▶

Get Over You - Hub Session 12/10/2007 —

1 2007-10-14 ▶

Get Over You 1981 —

1 2010-01-23 ▶

Girls Don't Like It —

3 2022-03-27 ▶

Girls That Don't Talk —

3 2019-11-25 ▶

Girls That Don't Talk - Paris Theatre 1980 —

4 2018-08-04 ▶

Girls That Don't Talk 1981 —

2 2010-01-23 ▶

Got To Have You Back —

7 2026-05-09 ▶

Hard Luck - Paris Theatre 1980 —

3 2018-08-04 ▶

Here Comes the Summer —

83 2026-07-24 ▶

Here Comes The Summer —

60 2012-09-30 ▶

Here Comes The Summer (Radio 1 Session, 22 Jan 1979) —

3 2016-06-09 ▶

Here Comes The Summer (BBC session) —

3 2005-08-14 ▶

Here Comes the Summer (BBC Session, 5 Feb 1979) —

1 2022-08-15 ▶

Here Comes The Summer (John Peel session 22nd Jan 1979) —

1 2018-07-16 ▶

Here Comes The Summer (John Peel session 5.2.1979) —

2 2014-04-19 ▶

Here Comes The Summer (Peel session) —

1 2013-07-02 ▶

Here Comes The Summer (Radio 1 Session, 22 Jan 1979) —

4 2024-08-06 ▶

Here Comes The Summer - BBC Session 22/01/1979 —

6 2014-04-13 ▶

Him not Me —

1 2007-10-31 ▶

His Good Looking Girlfriend —

4 2019-11-25 ▶

His Good Looking Girlfriend 1981 —

1 2010-01-23 ▶

Hypnotised —

6 2022-10-09 ▶

Hypnotised - Paris Theatre 1980 —

4 2018-08-04 ▶

I Gotta Getta —

9 2023-03-13 ▶

I Gotta Getta - Paris Theatre 1980 —

2 2018-08-04 ▶

I Gotta Getta 1981 —

1 2010-01-23 ▶

I Know a Girl —

1 2016-04-06 ▶

I'll Never Get Over You - Paris Theatre 1980 —

5 2018-08-04 ▶

I'm Recommending Me —

1 2007-11-01 ▶

It's Going To Happen —

98 2016-06-09 ▶

It's Going To Happen! —

38 2026-07-17 ▶

Jimmy Jimmy —

194 2026-08-12 ▶

Jimmy Jimmy - Paris Theatre 1980 —

5 2018-08-04 ▶

Julie Ocean —

2 2020-12-16 ▶

Julie Ocean (7" version) —

1 2025-04-30 ▶

Jump Boy —

4 2014-04-12 ▶

Jump Boy 1981 —

1 2010-01-23 ▶

Jump Boys —

1 2023-03-13 ▶

Just Like Romeo And Juliet (Radio 1 Session, 16 Aug 1981) —

5 2019-08-08 ▶

Just Like Romeo And Juliet - BBC Session 16/08/1981 —

4 2010-09-11 ▶

Just Like Romeo And Juliet - BBC Session16/08/1981 —

1 2011-11-26 ▶

Listening In —

3 2022-12-08 ▶

Listening In (John Peel session 22nd Jan 1979) —

1 2018-07-18 ▶

Listening In (John Peel session 5.2.1979) —

1 2012-03-21 ▶

Listening In (Radio 1 Session, 22 Jan 1979) —

6 2024-08-07 ▶

Listening In - BBC Session 22/01/1979 —

5 2014-01-07 ▶

Love Parade —

1 2017-11-21 ▶

Love Parade ( John Peel Session 11/09/1982) —

1 2017-10-09 ▶

Luxury (John Peel Session 11/08/1982) —

1 2017-10-10 ▶

Luxury (John Peel Session 8.11.82) —

1 2014-07-17 ▶

Male Model —

7 2020-11-04 ▶

Male Model (John Peel session 16.10.1978) —

1 2017-01-18 ▶

Male Model - Paris Theatre 1980 —

2 2018-08-04 ▶

Mars Bars —

9 2025-07-02 ▶

More Songs About Chocolate & Girls/What's With Terry/There Goes Norman —

1 2010-01-23 ▶

More Songs About Chocolate and Girls —

6 2019-07-02 ▶

More Songs About Chocolate And Girls (Live @ Paris Theatre) —

1 2009-03-18 ▶

More Songs About Chocolate And Girls - Paris Theatre 1980 —

6 2018-08-04 ▶

Move Songs About Chocolate And Girls / What's With Terry / There Goes Norman —

3 2014-04-12 ▶

My Perfect Cousin —

347 2026-05-16 ▶

My Perfect Cousin (Paris Theatre, 2 Apr 1980) —

1 2018-08-04 ▶

My Perfect Cousin - Paris Theatre 1980 —

5 2015-10-07 ▶

Nine Times Out Of Ten (John Peel session 07.05.79) —

1 2015-03-04 ▶

See That Girl —

5 2023-03-13 ▶

See That Girl 1981 —

1 2010-01-23 ▶

She Can Only Say No (John Peel session 16.10.1978) —

1 2017-01-19 ▶

She's A Runaround —

2 2022-05-05 ▶

Sigh & Explode / My Perfect Cousin 1981 —

1 2010-01-23 ▶

Sigh And Explode / My Perfect Cousin —

4 2014-04-12 ▶

Sin Of Pride —

1 2015-01-22 ▶

Smarter Than You —

2 2023-09-25 ▶

so close —

1 2007-10-31 ▶

Song Number One (Radio 1 Session, 16 Aug 1981) —

5 2019-08-08 ▶

Song Number One - BBC Session 16/08/1981 —

4 2010-09-11 ▶

Song Number One - BBC Session16/08/1981 —

3 2016-04-14 ▶

Tearproof —

1 2017-09-10 ▶

Tearproof - Paris Theatre 1980 —

2 2018-08-04 ▶

Teenage Kicks —

618 2026-08-21 ▶

Teenage Kicks 1981 —

5 2010-01-23 ▶

The Love Parade —

4 2024-10-12 ▶

The Love Parade (John Peel Session 8.11.82) —

1 2014-07-16 ▶

The Sin of Pride —

1 2021-05-31 ▶

The Sin of Pride (John Peel session 8.11.82) —

1 2014-07-14 ▶

The Way Girls Talk (John Peel session 07.05.1979) —

1 2015-03-03 ▶

There Goes Norman —

3 2023-05-03 ▶

There Goes Norman - Paris Theatre 1980 —

2 2018-08-04 ▶

Thrill Me —

2 2022-06-23 ▶

Top 20 (John Peel session 16.10.1978) —

1 2017-01-17 ▶

Top Twenty (John Peel session 07.05.79) —

1 2015-03-05 ▶

Top Twenty - Paris Theatre 1980 —

3 2018-08-04 ▶

True Confessions —

12 2023-07-05 ▶

True Confessions (B Side) —

1 2026-05-25 ▶

Under The Boardwalk —

1 2017-05-18 ▶

Untouchable ( John Peel Session 11/08/1982) —

1 2017-10-11 ▶

Untouchable (john Peel Session 8.11.82) —

1 2014-07-15 ▶

Way Girls Talk - Paris Theatre 1980 —

3 2018-08-04 ▶

Wednesday Week —

262 2026-08-13 ▶

Wednesday Week 1981 —

2 2010-01-23 ▶

When Saturday Comes —

47 2022-07-08 ▶

When Saturday Comes (BBC session) —

1 2005-05-17 ▶

When Saturday Comes 1981 —

1 2010-01-23 ▶

Whizz Kids (John Peel session 07.05.79) —

1 2015-03-02 ▶

Whizz Kids - Paris Theatre 1980 —

3 2018-08-04 ▶

You 've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It!) —

1 2016-04-13 ▶

You Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It) —

1 2015-11-19 ▶

You Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It) - Paris Theatre 1980 —

4 2008-10-16 ▶

You Got My Number, Why Don't You Use It - Paris Theatre 1980 —

1 2018-08-04 ▶

You're Welcome —

3 2019-05-23 ▶

You're Welcome 1981 —

1 2010-01-23 ▶

You've Got My Number —

10 2019-05-23 ▶

You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It) —

6 2016-04-17 ▶

You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?) —

24 2025-02-03 ▶

You've Got My Number (Why Dont' You Use It) —

1 2006-10-06 ▶

You've Got My Number Why Don't You Use It —

1 2014-08-25 ▶

You've Got My Number Why Don't You Use It? —

1 2011-12-13 ▶