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Wreckless Eric

Wreckless Eric is a person from the UK, active since 1954.

Person GB since 1954 punk classic pop and rock
TOTAL PLAYS
520
SONGS PLAYED
96
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2005-03-01 13:07 · 6 Music — "Whole Wide World (BBC session)"
LAST PLAYED
6 months ago · 6 Music — "Lady Of The Manor"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2025
60 45 30 15 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 500 96%
Radio 2 20 4%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 03:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Whole Wide World 224 2025-02-19
2 Reconnez Cherie 65 2024-08-21
3 Several Shades Of Green 14 2020-12-16
4 Semaphore Signals (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 25 Sep 1977) 7 2021-04-29
5 Take The Cash 6 2022-10-20
6 Whole Wide World (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 25 Sep 1977) 6 2021-04-29
7 Father to the Man 6 2019-12-23
8 Whole Wide World - BBC Session 25/09/1977 6 2013-06-27
9 Rags And Tatters (Radio 1 Session, 25 Sept 1977) 5 2019-04-27
10 White Bread 5 2018-05-23
11 Gateway to Europe 5 2018-05-05
12 I Need A Situation 5 2010-09-09
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-11-20 22:37 Lady Of The Manor 6 Music
2025-11-18 22:33 Lady Of The Manor 6 Music
2025-10-22 21:44 Lifeline 6 Music
2025-09-17 20:49 Lifeline 6 Music
2025-09-04 20:39 Lifeline 6 Music
2025-09-01 21:31 Lifeline 6 Music
2025-08-11 21:20 Standing Water 6 Music
2025-05-14 14:21 Rough Kids 6 Music
2025-05-08 21:55 Boy Band 6 Music
2025-02-19 15:15 Whole Wide World 6 Music
2024-08-21 04:57 Reconnez Cherie 6 Music
2024-05-05 19:42 Whole Wide World Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

96 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
33s and 45s — 1 ▶
A Pop Song — 4 ▶
Back In My Home Town - Tonight - Can I Be Your Hero — 2 ▶
Back In My Home Town / Tonight - Can I Be Your Hero - Paris Theatre 1980 — 1 ▶
Badhat Town — 1 ▶
Badhat Town (6 Music Session, 11th October 2023) — 1 ▶
Boy Band — 2 ▶
Broken Doll — 4 ▶
Broken Doll (Mike Read session 14th Feb 1980) — 1 ▶
Broken Doll - Paris Theatre 1980 — 1 ▶
Christmas On The M62 — 1 ▶
Days of My Life — 2 ▶
Drag Time (6 Music Session, 11th October 2023) — 1 ▶
Father to the Man — 6 ▶
Father To The Man (6 Music Session,29 Apr 2019) — 1 ▶
Forty Years (6 Music session 08052018) — 1 ▶
Gateway to Europe — 5 ▶
Gateway to Europe (6 Music session 08052018) — 1 ▶
Gateway To Europe (6 Music Session, 8 May 2018) — 1 ▶
High Seas (Won & Lost) — 1 ▶
Hit And Miss Judy — 3 ▶
Hit and Miss Judy — 5 ▶
Hit And Miss Judy - Paris Theatre 1980 — 4 ▶
I Need A Situation — 5 ▶
I Need A Situation (BBC Live Recording, Paris Theatre, 1980) — 1 ▶
I Need A Situation - Paris Theatre 1980 — 1 ▶
If It Makes You Happy — 2 ▶
Indelibe Stain — 1 ▶
Indelible Stain (6 Music Session, 29 Apr 2019) — 1 ▶
Inside the Majestic — 1 ▶
It'll Soon Be the Weekend — 4 ▶
It'll Soon Be The Weekend (BBC Live Recording, Paris Theatre, 1980) — 1 ▶
It'll Soon Be The Weekend (Mike Read session 14th Feb 1980) — 1 ▶
It'll Soon Be The Weekend - Paris Theatre 1980 — 4 ▶
It's A Sick Sick World — 1 ▶
Joe Meek — 1 ▶
Lady Of The Manor — 2 ▶
Lifeline — 4 ▶
Live track 1 (6 Music Session, 29 Apr 2019) — 1 ▶
Live track 2 (6 Music Session, 29 Apr 2019) — 1 ▶
Out of the Blue (Mike Read session 14th Feb 1980) — 1 ▶
Personal Hygiene (John Peel Session 25 Sept 1977) — 1 ▶
Personal Hygiene (John Peel Session 25/09/1997) — 1 ▶
Personal Hygiene (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 25 Sep 1977) — 3 ▶
Personal Hygiene (Radio 1 Session, 25 Sept 1977) — 1 ▶
Personal Hygiene - BBC Session 25/09/1977 — 3 ▶
Pop Song — 3 ▶
Pop Song (Mike Read session 14th Feb 1980) — 1 ▶
Pop Song - Paris Theatre 1980 — 2 ▶
Rags And Tatters (Radio 1 Session, 25 Sept 1977) — 5 ▶
Rags And Tatters - BBC Session 25/09/1977 — 4 ▶
Reconnez Cherie — 65 ▶
Reconnez Cherie (BBC session) — 5 ▶
Reconnez Cherie (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 25 Sep 1977) — 3 ▶
Reconniez Cherie (John Peel Session 25 Sept 1977) — 1 ▶
Reconniez Cherie (John Peel Session 25/09/1977) — 1 ▶
Reconniez Cherie (Radio 1 Session, 25 Sept 1977) — 3 ▶
Reconniez Cherie - BBC Session 25/09/1977 — 4 ▶
Rough Kids — 1 ▶
Semaphore Signals — 4 ▶
Semaphore Signals (BBC Live Recording, Paris Theatre, 1980) — 2 ▶
Semaphore Signals (John Peel Session 25 Sept 1977) — 1 ▶
Semaphore Signals (John Peel Sessions 25/09/1977) — 1 ▶
Semaphore Signals (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 25 Sep 1977) — 7 ▶
Semaphore Signals (Radio 1 Session, 25 Sept 1977) — 1 ▶
Semaphore Signals - BBC Session 25/09/1977 — 4 ▶
Semaphore Signals - Paris Theatre 1980 — 4 ▶
Several Shades Of Green — 14 ▶
Several Shades Of Green (6Music Session 261115) — 1 ▶
Southern Rock — 4 ▶
Southern Rock (6 Music Session, 11th October 2023) — 1 ▶
Space Age — 1 ▶
Standing Water — 4 ▶
Standing Water (6 Music Session, 11th October 2023) — 1 ▶
Sysco Trucks — 4 ▶
Take The Cash — 6 ▶
Take The Cash (K.A.S.H) — 2 ▶
Take The Cash (K.A.S.H) (BBC Live Recording, Paris Theatre, 1980) — 1 ▶
Take The Cash - Paris Theatre 1980 — 3 ▶
The Final Taxi — 1 ▶
The Old Versailles — 3 ▶
The World Revolved Around Me (6 Music session 08052018) — 1 ▶
They Don't Mean No Harm — 1 ▶
Tiny House — 3 ▶
Unnatural Act - Riley Session 09/05/17 — 1 ▶
Up The Fuselage — 1 ▶
White Bread — 5 ▶
Whole Wide World — 224 ▶
Whole Wide World (Radio 1 Session, 25 Sept 1977) — 3 ▶
Whole Wide World (BBC session) — 3 ▶
Whole Wide World (John Peel Session 25/09/1997) — 1 ▶
Whole Wide World (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 25 Sep 1977) — 6 ▶
Whole Wide World - BBC Session 25/09/1977 — 6 ▶
Whole Wide World 4 England — 3 ▶
Wow & Flutter — 1 ▶
Wreckless Eric - Dead End (Marc Riley Session 290419) — 1 ▶