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Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy is a group from Ireland, active since 1969.

Group IE since 1969 hard rock rock heavy metal
TOTAL PLAYS
2,098
SONGS PLAYED
167
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-15 09:11 · 6 Music — "Bad Reputation (BBC session)"
LAST PLAYED
2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Sarah"
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

Radio 2 1,395 66%
6 Music 685 33%
Radio 1 18 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 10:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 The Boys Are Back in Town 363 2026-04-28
2 Whiskey in the Jar 249 2026-04-02
3 Dancing in the Moonlight 170 2023-05-05
4 Sarah 167 2026-05-26
5 The Boys Are Back In Town 146 2011-11-25
6 Jailbreak 132 2026-03-27
7 Don't Believe a Word 90 2025-11-24
8 Do Anything You Want To 84 2025-11-09
9 Waiting for an Alibi 74 2025-05-16
10 Rosalie 52 2025-11-17
11 Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight) 50 2026-05-15
12 Waiting For An Alibi 41 2011-11-15
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-26 01:15 Sarah Radio 2
2026-05-15 17:51 Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight) 6 Music
2026-04-28 23:57 The Boys Are Back in Town Radio 2
2026-04-16 08:32 The Boys Are Back in Town Radio 2
2026-04-13 11:48 Sarah Radio 2
2026-04-02 03:18 Whiskey in the Jar Radio 2
2026-03-27 23:25 Jailbreak Radio 2
2026-03-25 15:03 The Boys Are Back in Town Radio 2
2026-03-18 12:27 Whiskey in the Jar Radio 2
2026-03-01 06:56 Sarah Radio 2
2026-02-27 15:22 Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight) Radio 2
2026-02-12 15:53 Sarah Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

167 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer - Reading Festival 1983 — 5 ▶
A Song For While I'm Away — 1 ▶
Angel Of Death - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 2 ▶
Angel Of Death 1981 — 1 ▶
Are You Ready - Radio 2 session 12/10/2011 — 1 ▶
Are You Ready - Reading Festvial 1983 — 3 ▶
Are You Ready To Rock - Reading Festival 1981 — 1 ▶
Are You Ready To Rock 1981 — 3 ▶
Are You Ready? (Live) — 2 ▶
Are You Ready? (Reading Festival 1983) — 2 ▶
Baby Drives Me Crazy - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 2 ▶
Baby Drives Me Crazy 1981 — 1 ▶
Baby Please Don't Go 1983 — 4 ▶
Baby Please Don't Go - Reading 1983 — 1 ▶
Baby Please Don't Go - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 — 2 ▶
Bad Reputation — 33 ▶
Bad Reputation (BBC session) — 3 ▶
Bad Reputation (John Peel session 1st Aug 1977) — 1 ▶
Black Boys on the Corner (John Peel session 14.11.72) — 1 ▶
Black Boys on the Corner (John Peel session, 14 Nov 1972) — 1 ▶
Black Boys On The Corner (Radio 1 Session, 11 Apr 1974) — 1 ▶
Black Boys on the Corner (Radio 1 Session, 14th November, 1972) — 1 ▶
Black Rose — 2 ▶
Black Rose: The Black Legend — 1 ▶
Boys Are Back In Town 1981 — 5 ▶
Boys Are Back In Town — 1 ▶
Boys Are Back In Town - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 2 ▶
China Town — 5 ▶
Chinatown — 5 ▶
Clifton Grange Hotel — 1 ▶
Cold Sweat — 7 ▶
Cold Sweat - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 — 2 ▶
Cold Sweat 1983 — 4 ▶
Cowboy Song — 5 ▶
Cowboy Song (live) — 1 ▶
Cowboy Song (Radio 1 Session, 12 Feb 1976) — 3 ▶
Dancing in the Moonlight — 170 ▶
Dancing In The Moonlight 1983 — 4 ▶
Dancing In The Moonlight (BBC session) — 3 ▶
Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in it's Spotlights) [Live 1977] — 1 ▶
Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight) — 50 ▶
Dancing In The Moonlight (John Peel session 1st Aug 1977) — 1 ▶
Dancing In The Moonlight (Live) — 1 ▶
Dancing In The Moonlight - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 — 2 ▶
Do Anything You Want To — 84 ▶
Don't Believe a Word — 90 ▶
Don't Believe A Word — 27 ▶
Don't Believe a Word (John peel session 11.10.76) — 1 ▶
Don't Believe A Word (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia USA/1977) — 1 ▶
Don't Believe a Word (Live) — 1 ▶
Don't Believe A Word (Whistle Test 40 Session version) — 1 ▶
Don't Believe A Word - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 1 ▶
Don't Believe A Word 1981 — 1 ▶
Dont Believe A Word — 1 ▶
Downtown Sundown (John Peel session 1st Aug 1977) — 1 ▶
Dublin — 7 ▶
Eire — 1 ▶
Emerald — 4 ▶
Emerald (Live 1978) — 1 ▶
Emerald (live) — 1 ▶
Emerald (Radio 1 Session, 12 Feb 1976) — 2 ▶
Emerald (Reading Festival 1983) — 1 ▶
Emerald - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 2 ▶
Emerald - Reading Festvial 1983 — 7 ▶
Emerald 1981 — 2 ▶
Fools Gold — 1 ▶
Get Out of Here — 1 ▶
Holy War - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 — 2 ▶
Holy War 1983 — 4 ▶
Jailbreak — 132 ▶
Jailbreak (Radio 1 Session, 12 Feb 1976) — 2 ▶
Jailbreak (BBC Session) — 3 ▶
Jailbreak (John Peel Show 1976) — 3 ▶
Jailbreak (live) — 4 ▶
Jailbreak (Reading Festival 1983) — 1 ▶
Jailbreak - Reading Festvial 1983 — 7 ▶
Jailbreak / This Is The One - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 — 2 ▶
Jailbreak / This Is The One 1983 — 5 ▶
Johnny (John Peel session 11.10.76) — 1 ▶
Johnny The Fox — 2 ▶
Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed — 2 ▶
Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed — 1 ▶
Killer on the Loose — 4 ▶
Killer On The Loose — 1 ▶
Killer On The Loose 1981 — 2 ▶
Killer On The Loose - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 2 ▶
Little Darling — 14 ▶
Little Darling (John Peel Session, 25 Feb 1974) — 1 ▶
Little Darling (Radio 1 Session, 11 Apr 1974) — 1 ▶
Little Darling - BBC Session 25/02/1974 — 2 ▶
Little Girl In Bloom — 4 ▶
Look What The Wind Blew In — 1 ▶
Old Flame — 2 ▶
Philomena — 1 ▶
Pressure Will Blow - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 1 ▶
Pressure Will Blow 1981 — 1 ▶
Ray Gun — 1 ▶
Remembering Part 2 — 1 ▶
Renegade — 1 ▶
Renegade / Hollywood - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 — 1 ▶
Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) A Rock Legend — 1 ▶
Rosalie — 52 ▶
Rosalie (BBC session) — 3 ▶
Rosalie (Live) — 2 ▶
Rosalie (Outtake) — 1 ▶
Rosalie - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 — 2 ▶
Rosalie / Cowgirl's Song (Live) — 2 ▶
Rosalie 1983 — 5 ▶
Rosalie/Cowgirls Song (Live) — 1 ▶
ROSALIE/COWGIRLSONG — 1 ▶
Rosalie/Dancing In The Moonlight - Reading 1983 — 2 ▶
Rosin dubh (black rose) — 1 ▶
Running Back — 5 ▶
Saga of the Ageing Orphan (John Peel Session, 14 Nov 1972) — 1 ▶
Saga of the Ageing Orphan (Radio 1 Session, 14th November, 1972) — 1 ▶
Saga of the the Aging Orphan (John Peel session 14.11.72) — 1 ▶
Sarah — 167 ▶
She Knows — 5 ▶
Showdown — 7 ▶
Showdown (John Peel Session, 25 Feb 1974) — 2 ▶
Showdown - BBC Session 06/03/1974 — 1 ▶
Showdown - BBC Session 25/02/1974 — 2 ▶
Sitamoia — 6 ▶
Sitamoia (Radio 1 Session, 11 Apr 1974) — 1 ▶
Southbound — 2 ▶
Still in Love With You — 3 ▶
Still In Love With You — 14 ▶
Still In Love With You (BBC session) — 4 ▶
Still In Love With You (Live) — 6 ▶
Still In Love With You (Radio 1 Session, 11 Apr 1974) — 1 ▶
Still In Love With You - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 — 3 ▶
Still In Love With You 1983 — 4 ▶
Still In Love You — 1 ▶
Suicide (John Peel session 14.11.72) — 1 ▶
Suicide (John Peel Session, 14 Nov 1972) — 1 ▶
That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart — 25 ▶
That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart (BBC session) — 4 ▶
That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart (John Peel Session, 01 Aug 1977) — 1 ▶
The Boys Are Back in Town — 363 ▶
The Boys Are Back In Town — 146 ▶
The Boys Are Back In Town (Reading Festival 1983) — 1 ▶
The Boys Are Back In Town - Reading Festvial 1983 — 8 ▶
The Boys Are Back In Town - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 — 2 ▶
The Boys Are Back In Town 1983 — 6 ▶
The Friendly Ranger At Clontarf Castle — 1 ▶
The Rocker — 30 ▶
The Rocker (R1 session version 1973) — 1 ▶
The Saga of the Ageing Orphan — 1 ▶
The Sun Goes Down - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 — 2 ▶
The Sun Goes Down 1983 — 5 ▶
The Warrior (Radio 1 Session, 12 Feb 1976) — 1 ▶
Thunder and Lightning — 3 ▶
Thunder And Lightning (Live at Radio 1) — 1 ▶
Thunder And Lightning - Reading Festvial 1983 — 6 ▶
Waitin' For An Alibi (Reading Festival 1983) — 1 ▶
Waitin' For An Alibi - Reading Festival 1983 — 6 ▶
Waiting for an Alibi — 74 ▶
Waiting For An Alibi — 41 ▶
Warriors — 1 ▶
Whiskey In The Jar — 1 ▶
Whiskey in the Jar — 249 ▶
Whiskey In The Jar (Acoustic Version) — 1 ▶
Whiskey In The Jar (ACOUSTIC) — 1 ▶
Whiskey in The Jar (John Peel session 14th Nov 1972) — 1 ▶
Whiskey In The Jar (Old Grey Whistle Test Version) — 1 ▶
Whiskey in the Jar (Radio 1 Session, 14th November, 1972) — 1 ▶
Wild One — 2 ▶