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Was (Not Was)

Was (Not Was) is a group from the US, active since 1979.

Group US since 1979 electronic pop funk
TOTAL PLAYS
480
SONGS PLAYED
23
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-04-17 13:37 · 6 Music — "Out Come The Freaks"
LAST PLAYED
1 day ago · Radio 2 — "Shake Your Head (single version) (feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Kim Basinger)"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
50 38 25 13 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 306 64%
6 Music 167 35%
1Xtra 4 1%
Radio 1 3 1%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 00:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Walk The Dinosaur 231 2026-05-13
2 Shake Your Head (single version) (feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Kim Basinger) 93 2026-05-19
3 Out Come The Freaks 85 2022-10-05
4 Spy In The House Of Love 17 2025-05-03
5 Wheel Me Out 13 2024-10-19
6 Papa Was A Rolling Stone 7 2020-05-07
7 I Feel Better Than James Brown 5 2024-03-21
8 Wheel Me Out (Flaunt Edwards Edit) 5 2015-08-06
9 Christmas Time in the Motor City 4 2025-12-21
10 Shake Your Head 4 2021-02-09
11 (Return to The Valley of) Out Come The Freaks 3 2024-09-21
12 The Sky's Ablaze 2 2024-09-29
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-19 14:27 Shake Your Head (single version) (feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Kim Basinger) Radio 2
2026-05-13 04:29 Walk The Dinosaur Radio 2
2026-05-06 08:26 Shake Your Head (single version) (feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Kim Basinger) Radio 2
2026-05-01 00:49 Walk The Dinosaur Radio 2
2026-04-14 05:21 Shake Your Head (single version) (feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Kim Basinger) Radio 2
2026-04-05 23:13 Shake Your Head (single version) (feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Kim Basinger) Radio 2
2026-03-25 00:17 Walk The Dinosaur Radio 2
2026-03-11 15:26 Walk The Dinosaur Radio 2
2026-03-04 05:56 Walk The Dinosaur Radio 2
2026-02-18 06:55 Shake Your Head (single version) (feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Kim Basinger) Radio 2
2026-02-12 16:25 Walk The Dinosaur Radio 2
2026-02-05 07:28 Walk The Dinosaur Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

23 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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(Return to The Valley of) Out Come The Freaks — 3 ▶
Anything Can Happen — 1 ▶
Christmas Time in the Motor City — 4 ▶
I Feel Better Than James Brown — 5 ▶
Listen Like Thieves — 1 ▶
Mr. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore — 1 ▶
Out Come The Freaks — 85 ▶
Papa Was A Rolling Stone — 7 ▶
Shake Your Head — 4 ▶
Shake Your Head (single version) (feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Kim Basinger) — 93 ▶
Shake Your Head. — 1 ▶
Somewhere in America (There's a Street Named After My Dad) — 1 ▶
Spy In The House Of Love — 17 ▶
Tell Me That I'm Deaming — 1 ▶
Tell Me That I'm Dreaming — 1 ▶
Tell Me That I'm Dreaming (Greg Wilson ZE-Edit) — 1 ▶
Tell Me That I'm Dreaming (Traditional 12" mix) — 1 ▶
The Sky's Ablaze — 2 ▶
Walk The Dinosaur — 231 ▶
Wheel Me Out — 13 ▶
Wheel Me Out (Flaunt Edwards Edit) — 5 ▶
Wheel Me Out (Long Version) — 1 ▶
Where Did Your Heart Go? — 1 ▶