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The Wild Swans

The Wild Swans is a group from the UK, active since 1980.

Group GB since 1980 liverpool post-punk new wave
TOTAL PLAYS
61
SONGS PLAYED
19
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2007-09-14 17:34 · 6 Music — "Revolutionary Spirit"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · 6 Music — "Revolutionary Spirit"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2007 — 2026
9 7 5 2 0
'07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '22 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 56 92%
Radio 2 5 8%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Revolutionary Spirit 14 2026-08-02
2 Now You're Perfect (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1982) 5 2025-07-21
3 English Electric Lightning 5 2024-10-01
4 The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years 5 2022-10-06
5 Opium (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1982) 4 2025-07-24
6 Flowers Of England (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1982) 4 2025-07-23
7 The Iron Bed (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1982) 4 2025-07-22
8 Underwater 4 2010-05-12
9 The Revolutionary Spirit 3 2016-04-27
10 The Iron Bed - BBC Session 03/07/1982 2 2013-10-25
11 Opium - BBC Session 03/07/1982 2 2013-10-25
12 Now You're Perfect - BBC Session 03/07/1982 2 2013-10-25
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-02 16:25 Revolutionary Spirit 6 Music
2025-07-24 20:10 Opium (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1982) 6 Music
2025-07-23 21:13 Flowers Of England (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1982) 6 Music
2025-07-22 20:11 The Iron Bed (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1982) 6 Music
2025-07-21 21:21 Now You're Perfect (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1982) 6 Music
2024-10-01 20:33 English Electric Lightning 6 Music
2024-07-25 20:00 Revolutionary Spirit 6 Music
2024-01-04 15:20 Revolutionary Spirit 6 Music
2023-11-28 22:36 Revolutionary Spirit 6 Music
2023-04-04 21:28 Revolutionary Spirit 6 Music
2022-10-06 22:29 The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years 6 Music
2022-07-20 21:25 English Electric Lightning 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

19 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
English Electric Lightning — 5 ▶
Flowers Of England (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1982) — 4 ▶
Flowers Of England - BBC Session 03/07/1982 — 1 ▶
God Forbid — 1 ▶
Liquid Mercury — 1 ▶
Northern England — 1 ▶
Now You're Perfect (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1982) — 5 ▶
Now You're Perfect - BBC Session 03/07/1982 — 2 ▶
Opium (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1982) — 4 ▶
Opium - BBC Session 03/07/1982 — 2 ▶
Revolutionary Spirit — 14 ▶
Revolutionary Spirit (Stereo Mix) — 1 ▶
The Bluebell Woods — 1 ▶
The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years — 5 ▶
The Iron Bed (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1982) — 4 ▶
The Iron Bed - BBC Session 03/07/1982 — 2 ▶
The Revolutionary Spirit — 3 ▶
Underwater — 4 ▶
Whirlpool Heart — 1 ▶