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The War on Drugs

The War on Drugs is a group from the US, active since 2005.

Group US since 2005 indie rock dream pop heartland rock

TOTAL PLAYS

901

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2008-06-24 06:27 · 6 Music — "Arms Like Boulders"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · 6 Music — "I Dont Live Here Anymore"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 850 94%

Radio 2 27 3%

Radio 1 24 3%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 06:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Under the Pressure 124 2026-08-04

2 Red Eyes 108 2025-10-14

3 Nothing to Find 103 2025-12-16

4 Burning 72 2021-03-19

5 Eyes to the Wind 71 2020-11-08

6 Holding On 70 2026-05-08

7 I Dont Live Here Anymore 61 2026-08-18

8 Baby Missiles 50 2021-06-08

9 Pain 41 2024-04-02

10 An Ocean in Between the Waves 40 2024-04-05

11 Red Eyes (6 Music Session, 28th May 2014) 21 2025-04-08

12 Red Eyes (6 Music Lauren Laverne Session, 28 May 2014) 12 2025-05-20

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-18 08:56 I Dont Live Here Anymore 6 Music

2026-08-04 09:00 Under the Pressure 6 Music

2026-05-08 20:17 Holding On 6 Music

2025-12-16 07:50 Nothing to Find 6 Music

2025-10-14 07:34 Red Eyes 6 Music

2025-10-05 02:39 Suffering 6 Music

2025-09-30 04:46 Under the Pressure 6 Music

2025-09-24 00:53 Under the Pressure 6 Music

2025-09-18 16:11 I Dont Live Here Anymore 6 Music

2025-08-31 04:56 Strangest Thing 6 Music

2025-08-29 21:53 Under the Pressure 6 Music

2025-08-12 16:59 Red Eyes 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

67 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Needle In Your Eye #16 —

1 2008-07-27 ▶

An Ocean Between The Waves (6 Music Festival 2015) —

5 2015-02-21 ▶

An Ocean in Between the Waves —

40 2024-04-05 ▶

Arms Like Boulders —

4 2008-08-19 ▶

Baby Missiles —

50 2021-06-08 ▶

Baby Missiles (6 Music Marc Riley Session, 27 Feb 2012) —

1 2018-08-08 ▶

Baby Missiles (Glastonbury 2014) —

2 2014-07-01 ▶

Baby Missiles - 6 Music session 27/02/2012 —

2 2014-06-26 ▶

Baby Missiles - 6 Music Session 28/09/2011 —

4 2016-11-05 ▶

Best Night —

4 2025-02-23 ▶

Best Night (6 Music Marc Riley Session, 27 Feb 2012) —

1 2020-02-27 ▶

Best Night - 6 Music session 27/02/2012 —

1 2014-01-31 ▶

Black Water Falls —

3 2020-07-13 ▶

Black Water Falls (6 Music Marc Riley Session, 27 Feb 2012) —

1 2020-02-27 ▶

Black Waterfalls - 6 Music session 27/02/2012 —

2 2014-06-26 ▶

Brothers —

1 2011-09-02 ▶

Burning —

72 2021-03-19 ▶

Change —

1 2021-12-16 ▶

Come to the City —

4 2013-12-30 ▶

Comin' Through —

1 2017-09-10 ▶

Eyes to the Wind —

71 2020-11-08 ▶

Eyes To The Wind (6 Music Festival 2015) —

2 2015-02-21 ▶

Eyes To The Wind (Glastonbury 2014) —

2 2014-06-30 ▶

Holding On —

70 2026-05-08 ▶

I Don't Live Here Anymore —

4 2023-04-09 ▶

I Don't Live Here Anymore (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

I Don't Wanna Wait —

1 2021-11-01 ▶

I Don't Wanna Wait (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

I Dont Live Here Anymore —

61 2026-08-18 ▶

I Was There —

1 2020-09-13 ▶

Knocked Down —

2 2017-08-29 ▶

Living Proof —

1 2021-07-29 ▶

Lost in the Dream —

3 2016-05-17 ▶

Nothing to Find —

103 2025-12-16 ▶

Nothing To Find (6 Music Session, 15 Nov 2017) —

4 2022-06-06 ▶

Nothing To Find (6 Music Session, 15th November 2017) —

1 2017-11-15 ▶

Occasional Rain —

1 2021-11-01 ▶

Open Up (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-28 ▶

Pain —

41 2024-04-02 ▶

Pain (6 Music Session, 15th November 2017) —

1 2017-11-15 ▶

Pain (Glastonbury 2023) —

2 2023-06-26 ▶

Pressure (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Red Eyes —

108 2025-10-14 ▶

Red Eyes (6 Music Festival 2015) —

10 2025-03-21 ▶

Red Eyes (6 Music Lauren Laverne Session, 28 May 2014) —

12 2025-05-20 ▶

Red Eyes (6 Music Session, 28th May 2014) —

21 2025-04-08 ▶

Red Eyes (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-27 ▶

Red Eyes (Live at the 6 Music Festival 2015) —

2 2015-02-25 ▶

Red Eyes - 6 Music Festival - RX 20/02/2015 —

1 2021-03-12 ▶

Rings Around My Father's Eyes —

1 2021-11-01 ▶

Song Title (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Strangest Thing —

8 2025-08-31 ▶

Suffering —

5 2025-10-05 ▶

Taking The Farm —

1 2008-09-16 ▶

The Haunting Idle —

1 2017-05-07 ▶

Thinking of a Place —

11 2025-02-09 ▶

Under the Pressure —

124 2026-08-04 ▶

Under The Pressure (6 Music Festival 2015) —

5 2015-02-28 ▶

Under The Pressure (Glastonbury 2014) —

2 2014-06-28 ▶

Under The Pressure (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2024-06-27 ▶

Up All Night —

2 2017-09-04 ▶

Victim (Glastonbury 2023) —

1 2023-06-25 ▶

Wasted —

1 2021-11-01 ▶

Your Love Is Calling My Name —

4 2011-09-29 ▶

Your Love Is Calling My Name (6 Music Marc Riley Session, 27 Feb 2012) —

1 2020-02-27 ▶

Your Love Is Calling My Name - 6 Music session 27/02/2012 —

1 2014-06-26 ▶

Your Love Is Calling My Name - 6 Music session 28/09/2011 —

1 2017-11-25 ▶