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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

2,103

SONGS PLAYED

168

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-15 09:11 · 6 Music — "Bad Reputation (BBC session)"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed"

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 1,397 66%

6 Music 688 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 365 2026-07-27

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 85 2026-08-20

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

2026-08-25 03:06 Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed 6 Music

2026-08-20 14:56 Do Anything You Want To 6 Music

2026-08-06 13:57 Emerald (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, 1977) 6 Music

2026-07-27 10:40 The Boys Are Back in Town Radio 2

2026-07-26 04:03 The Boys Are Back in Town Radio 2

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

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

168 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer - Reading Festival 1983 —

5 2016-04-16 ▶

A Song For While I'm Away —

1 2023-07-03 ▶

Angel Of Death - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 —

2 2019-06-06 ▶

Angel Of Death 1981 —

1 2008-09-06 ▶

Are You Ready - Radio 2 session 12/10/2011 —

1 2019-06-28 ▶

Are You Ready - Reading Festvial 1983 —

3 2016-04-16 ▶

Are You Ready To Rock - Reading Festival 1981 —

1 2015-10-20 ▶

Are You Ready To Rock 1981 —

3 2010-10-29 ▶

Are You Ready? (Live) —

2 2023-06-02 ▶

Are You Ready? (Reading Festival 1983) —

2 2018-02-10 ▶

Baby Drives Me Crazy - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 —

2 2019-06-06 ▶

Baby Drives Me Crazy 1981 —

1 2010-10-29 ▶

Baby Please Don't Go 1983 —

4 2011-07-02 ▶

Baby Please Don't Go - Reading 1983 —

1 2015-05-29 ▶

Baby Please Don't Go - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 —

2 2018-05-26 ▶

Bad Reputation —

33 2024-05-31 ▶

Bad Reputation (BBC session) —

3 2005-09-12 ▶

Bad Reputation (John Peel session 1st Aug 1977) —

1 2017-03-28 ▶

Black Boys on the Corner (John Peel session 14.11.72) —

1 2013-11-26 ▶

Black Boys on the Corner (John Peel session, 14 Nov 1972) —

1 2018-05-08 ▶

Black Boys On The Corner (Radio 1 Session, 11 Apr 1974) —

1 2019-10-15 ▶

Black Boys on the Corner (Radio 1 Session, 14th November, 1972) —

1 2024-04-18 ▶

Black Rose —

2 2022-04-09 ▶

Black Rose: The Black Legend —

1 2024-05-05 ▶

Boys Are Back In Town 1981 —

5 2010-10-29 ▶

Boys Are Back In Town —

1 2008-06-11 ▶

Boys Are Back In Town - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 —

2 2019-06-06 ▶

China Town —

5 2016-02-16 ▶

Chinatown —

5 2021-09-25 ▶

Clifton Grange Hotel —

1 2012-05-25 ▶

Cold Sweat —

7 2025-10-24 ▶

Cold Sweat - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 —

2 2018-05-26 ▶

Cold Sweat 1983 —

4 2011-07-02 ▶

Cowboy Song —

5 2025-10-02 ▶

Cowboy Song (live) —

1 2023-09-15 ▶

Cowboy Song (Radio 1 Session, 12 Feb 1976) —

3 2020-01-04 ▶

Dancing in the Moonlight —

170 2023-05-05 ▶

Dancing In The Moonlight 1983 —

4 2011-07-02 ▶

Dancing In The Moonlight (BBC session) —

3 2005-09-08 ▶

Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in it's Spotlights) [Live 1977] —

1 2011-03-24 ▶

Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight) —

50 2026-05-15 ▶

Dancing In The Moonlight (John Peel session 1st Aug 1977) —

1 2017-03-27 ▶

Dancing In The Moonlight (Live) —

1 2024-12-23 ▶

Dancing In The Moonlight - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 —

2 2018-05-26 ▶

Do Anything You Want To —

85 2026-08-20 ▶

Don't Believe a Word —

90 2025-11-24 ▶

Don't Believe A Word —

27 2011-11-04 ▶

Don't Believe a Word (John peel session 11.10.76) —

1 2014-10-20 ▶

Don't Believe A Word (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia USA/1977) —

1 2025-07-24 ▶

Don't Believe a Word (Live) —

1 2014-09-21 ▶

Don't Believe A Word (Whistle Test 40 Session version) —

1 2011-08-24 ▶

Don't Believe A Word - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 —

1 2018-02-10 ▶

Don't Believe A Word 1981 —

1 2008-09-06 ▶

Dont Believe A Word —

1 2011-01-04 ▶

Downtown Sundown (John Peel session 1st Aug 1977) —

1 2017-03-29 ▶

Dublin —

7 2022-03-20 ▶

Eire —

1 2023-12-23 ▶

Emerald —

4 2018-05-24 ▶

Emerald (Live 1978) —

1 2023-12-13 ▶

Emerald (Live At The Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, 1977) —

1 2026-08-06 ▶

Emerald (live) —

1 2021-02-09 ▶

Emerald (Radio 1 Session, 12 Feb 1976) —

2 2017-06-19 ▶

Emerald (Reading Festival 1983) —

1 2017-03-06 ▶

Emerald - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 —

2 2019-06-06 ▶

Emerald - Reading Festvial 1983 —

7 2016-04-16 ▶

Emerald 1981 —

2 2010-10-29 ▶

Fools Gold —

1 2023-12-17 ▶

Get Out of Here —

1 2019-07-27 ▶

Holy War - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 —

2 2018-05-26 ▶

Holy War 1983 —

4 2011-07-02 ▶

Jailbreak —

132 2026-03-27 ▶

Jailbreak (Radio 1 Session, 12 Feb 1976) —

2 2016-04-19 ▶

Jailbreak (BBC Session) —

3 2005-09-04 ▶

Jailbreak (John Peel Show 1976) —

3 2015-05-23 ▶

Jailbreak (live) —

4 2022-07-17 ▶

Jailbreak (Reading Festival 1983) —

1 2017-03-06 ▶

Jailbreak - Reading Festvial 1983 —

7 2016-04-16 ▶

Jailbreak / This Is The One - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 —

2 2016-02-28 ▶

Jailbreak / This Is The One 1983 —

5 2011-07-02 ▶

Johnny (John Peel session 11.10.76) —

1 2014-10-23 ▶

Johnny The Fox —

2 2017-10-20 ▶

Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed —

3 2026-08-25 ▶

Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed —

1 2011-03-06 ▶

Killer on the Loose —

4 2025-09-05 ▶

Killer On The Loose —

1 2010-03-19 ▶

Killer On The Loose 1981 —

2 2010-10-29 ▶

Killer On The Loose - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 —

2 2019-06-06 ▶

Little Darling —

14 2018-05-26 ▶

Little Darling (John Peel Session, 25 Feb 1974) —

1 2017-03-08 ▶

Little Darling (Radio 1 Session, 11 Apr 1974) —

1 2019-10-15 ▶

Little Darling - BBC Session 25/02/1974 —

2 2015-05-14 ▶

Little Girl In Bloom —

4 2023-08-21 ▶

Look What The Wind Blew In —

1 2010-10-09 ▶

Old Flame —

2 2016-06-12 ▶

Philomena —

1 2019-06-22 ▶

Pressure Will Blow - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 —

1 2018-02-10 ▶

Pressure Will Blow 1981 —

1 2010-10-29 ▶

Ray Gun —

1 2016-01-30 ▶

Remembering Part 2 —

1 2012-04-08 ▶

Renegade —

1 2021-03-05 ▶

Renegade / Hollywood - Hammersmith Odeon 1981 —

1 2018-02-10 ▶

Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) A Rock Legend —

1 2018-07-24 ▶

Rosalie —

52 2025-11-17 ▶

Rosalie (BBC session) —

3 2005-09-13 ▶

Rosalie (Live) —

2 2022-10-02 ▶

Rosalie (Outtake) —

1 2025-09-26 ▶

Rosalie - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 —

2 2018-05-26 ▶

Rosalie / Cowgirl's Song (Live) —

2 2019-06-02 ▶

Rosalie 1983 —

5 2011-07-02 ▶

Rosalie/Cowgirls Song (Live) —

1 2010-04-02 ▶

ROSALIE/COWGIRLSONG —

1 2011-01-04 ▶

Rosalie/Dancing In The Moonlight - Reading 1983 —

2 2017-03-06 ▶

Rosin dubh (black rose) —

1 2013-03-17 ▶

Running Back —

5 2025-11-10 ▶

Saga of the Ageing Orphan (John Peel Session, 14 Nov 1972) —

1 2018-05-09 ▶

Saga of the Ageing Orphan (Radio 1 Session, 14th November, 1972) —

1 2024-04-17 ▶

Saga of the the Aging Orphan (John Peel session 14.11.72) —

1 2013-11-28 ▶

Sarah —

167 2026-05-26 ▶

She Knows —

5 2024-03-17 ▶

Showdown —

7 2019-11-02 ▶

Showdown (John Peel Session, 25 Feb 1974) —

2 2017-06-03 ▶

Showdown - BBC Session 06/03/1974 —

1 2016-06-02 ▶

Showdown - BBC Session 25/02/1974 —

2 2015-05-14 ▶

Sitamoia —

6 2016-05-31 ▶

Sitamoia (Radio 1 Session, 11 Apr 1974) —

1 2019-10-15 ▶

Southbound —

2 2024-04-14 ▶

Still in Love With You —

3 2015-12-12 ▶

Still In Love With You —

14 2011-02-07 ▶

Still In Love With You (BBC session) —

4 2005-08-15 ▶

Still In Love With You (Live) —

6 2019-11-05 ▶

Still In Love With You (Radio 1 Session, 11 Apr 1974) —

1 2019-10-15 ▶

Still In Love With You - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 —

3 2018-05-26 ▶

Still In Love With You 1983 —

4 2011-07-02 ▶

Still In Love You —

1 2023-04-15 ▶

Suicide (John Peel session 14.11.72) —

1 2013-11-25 ▶

Suicide (John Peel Session, 14 Nov 1972) —

1 2018-05-10 ▶

That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart —

25 2021-04-14 ▶

That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart (BBC session) —

4 2005-09-01 ▶

That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart (John Peel Session, 01 Aug 1977) —

1 2017-03-30 ▶

The Boys Are Back in Town —

365 2026-07-27 ▶

The Boys Are Back In Town —

146 2011-11-25 ▶

The Boys Are Back In Town (Reading Festival 1983) —

1 2017-03-06 ▶

The Boys Are Back In Town - Reading Festvial 1983 —

8 2016-08-27 ▶

The Boys Are Back In Town - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 —

2 2018-05-26 ▶

The Boys Are Back In Town 1983 —

6 2011-07-02 ▶

The Friendly Ranger At Clontarf Castle —

1 2018-03-11 ▶

The Rocker —

30 2025-11-02 ▶

The Rocker (R1 session version 1973) —

1 2023-12-08 ▶

The Saga of the Ageing Orphan —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

The Sun Goes Down - Regal Theatre Hitchin 1983 —

2 2018-05-26 ▶

The Sun Goes Down 1983 —

5 2011-07-02 ▶

The Warrior (Radio 1 Session, 12 Feb 1976) —

1 2016-03-10 ▶

Thunder and Lightning —

3 2023-09-14 ▶

Thunder And Lightning (Live at Radio 1) —

1 2019-09-07 ▶

Thunder And Lightning - Reading Festvial 1983 —

6 2017-03-06 ▶

Waitin' For An Alibi (Reading Festival 1983) —

1 2017-03-06 ▶

Waitin' For An Alibi - Reading Festival 1983 —

6 2016-04-16 ▶

Waiting for an Alibi —

74 2025-05-16 ▶

Waiting For An Alibi —

41 2011-11-15 ▶

Warriors —

1 2013-02-15 ▶

Whiskey In The Jar —

1 2008-10-08 ▶

Whiskey in the Jar —

249 2026-04-02 ▶

Whiskey In The Jar (Acoustic Version) —

1 2025-01-24 ▶

Whiskey In The Jar (ACOUSTIC) —

1 2024-11-20 ▶

Whiskey in The Jar (John Peel session 14th Nov 1972) —

1 2018-05-07 ▶

Whiskey In The Jar (Old Grey Whistle Test Version) —

1 2013-03-17 ▶

Whiskey in the Jar (Radio 1 Session, 14th November, 1972) —

1 2024-04-15 ▶

Wild One —

2 2022-09-24 ▶