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X‐Ray Spex

X‐Ray Spex is a group from the UK, active from 1976.

Group GB 1976–2008 punk rock rock punk

TOTAL PLAYS

595

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2014-09-21 12:32 · 6 Music — "Oh Bondage Up Yours"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · 6 Music — "Oh Bondage Up Yours"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2014 — 2026

80 60 40 20 0

'14 '16 '18 '20 '22 '24 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 573 96%

Radio 2 17 3%

Radio 1 5 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 17:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Germ-Free Adolescents 182 2025-12-27

2 Oh Bondage Up Yours 170 2026-05-26

3 Identity 54 2025-11-17

4 Art-I-Ficial 36 2025-12-18

5 The Day the World Turned Dayglo 31 2026-05-20

6 Let's Submerge 14 2025-10-02

7 Warrior in Woolworths 14 2024-11-11

8 I Am a Poseur 10 2026-05-18

9 The Day the World Turned Day-Glo 10 2022-10-25

10 Artificial (Radio 1 Session, 20 Feb 1978) 9 2025-09-27

11 I'm A Poser (Radio 1 Session, 20 Feb 1978) 9 2023-09-19

12 Identity (Radio 1 Session, 20 Feb 1978) 8 2024-11-25

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-26 12:16 Oh Bondage Up Yours 6 Music

2026-05-20 06:12 The Day the World Turned Dayglo 6 Music

2026-05-18 15:33 I Am a Poseur 6 Music

2025-12-27 06:26 Germ-Free Adolescents 6 Music

2025-12-18 10:21 Art-I-Ficial 6 Music

2025-12-12 22:12 The Day the World Turned Dayglo 6 Music

2025-12-04 17:24 Oh Bondage Up Yours 6 Music

2025-12-03 23:10 Genetic Engineering 6 Music

2025-11-17 16:33 Identity 6 Music

2025-11-13 08:24 Oh Bondage Up Yours 6 Music

2025-11-05 14:26 Art-I-Ficial 6 Music

2025-10-27 10:38 Oh Bondage Up Yours 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

42 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

Age (Radio 1 session 13 Nov 1978) —

1 2022-10-12 ▶

Art-I-Ficial —

36 2025-12-18 ▶

Artificial —

2 2020-05-28 ▶

Artificial (John Peel Session, 20 Feb 1978) —

1 2016-11-29 ▶

Artificial (Radio 1 Session, 20 Feb 1978) —

9 2025-09-27 ▶

Artificial - BBC Session 20/02/1978 —

1 2015-11-02 ▶

Genetic Engineering —

2 2025-12-03 ▶

Genetic Engineering (John Peel Session, 20 Feb 1978) —

1 2016-11-30 ▶

Genetic Engineering (Radio 1 Session, 20 Feb 1978) —

5 2023-09-21 ▶

Genetic Engineering - BBC Session 20/02/1978 —

1 2015-03-11 ▶

Germ Free Adolescence —

1 2024-04-19 ▶

Germ Free Adolescent (Radio 1 session 13 Nov 1978) —

1 2022-10-12 ▶

Germ Free Adolescents —

7 2020-04-24 ▶

Germ-Free Adolescents —

182 2025-12-27 ▶

Germfree Adolescence —

2 2021-08-04 ▶

Germfree Adolescents —

3 2025-09-02 ▶

Good Time Girl —

1 2023-12-07 ▶

Highly Inflammable —

1 2021-11-04 ▶

I Am a Cliche —

2 2021-09-06 ▶

I Am a Poseur —

10 2026-05-18 ▶

I Can't Do Anything —

3 2021-08-04 ▶

I Live Off You —

1 2021-08-04 ▶

I'm A Cliche —

1 2014-12-14 ▶

I'm A Poser (Radio 1 Session, 20 Feb 1978) —

9 2023-09-19 ▶

I'm A Poser - BBC Session 20/02/1978 —

1 2015-03-12 ▶

Identity —

54 2025-11-17 ▶

Identity (John Peel Session, 20 Feb 1978) —

1 2016-11-28 ▶

Identity (Radio 1 Session, 20 Feb 1978) —

8 2024-11-25 ▶

Identity (rough mix) —

1 2022-03-28 ▶

Let's Submerge —

14 2025-10-02 ▶

Obsessed With You —

1 2021-08-04 ▶

Oh Bondage Up Yours —

170 2026-05-26 ▶

Oh Bondage Up Yours (Live at The Roundhouse) —

1 2016-11-04 ▶

Oh Bondage Up Yours! (Live From The Roundhouse) —

1 2022-02-15 ▶

Oh Bondage! Up Yours! (Live at The Roxy, London, 1977) —

1 2025-07-24 ▶

Oh Bondage, Up Yours! —

1 2022-03-25 ▶

Plastic Bag —

1 2021-08-04 ▶

The Day the World Turned Day-Glo —

10 2022-10-25 ▶

The Day the World Turned Dayglo —

31 2026-05-20 ▶

The Day the world Turned Daylgo —

1 2020-09-16 ▶

Warrior in Woolworths —

14 2024-11-11 ▶

Warrior in Woolworths (Radio 1 session 13 Nov 1978) —

1 2022-10-12 ▶