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XTC

XTC is a group from the UK, active from 1976.

Group GB 1976–2006 new wave post-punk psychedelic pop

TOTAL PLAYS

2,422

SONGS PLAYED

188

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-15 19:57 · 6 Music — "No Thugs In Our House (BBC session)"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Making Plans for Nigel"

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

6 Music 1,814 75%

Radio 2 559 23%

1Xtra 30 1%

Radio 1 19 1%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Making Plans for Nigel 313 2026-05-25

2 Senses Working Overtime 303 2026-05-12

3 Making Plans For Nigel 207 2012-08-26

4 Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me) 190 2026-05-14

5 The Mayor Of Simpleton 143 2024-05-02

6 Statue Of Liberty 91 2023-10-28

7 Generals And Majors 78 2025-03-15

8 Towers Of London 72 2025-05-11

9 Life Begins At the Hop 59 2024-10-07

10 Love On A Farmboy's Wages 57 2023-11-02

11 The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead 57 2022-10-27

12 This Is Pop 46 2016-05-08

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-25 18:48 Making Plans for Nigel Radio 2

2026-05-14 14:12 Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me) 6 Music

2026-05-12 04:55 Senses Working Overtime 6 Music

2026-04-15 12:49 Making Plans for Nigel Radio 2

2026-04-05 15:41 Making Plans for Nigel Radio 2

2026-04-01 03:55 Making Plans for Nigel Radio 2

2026-03-21 19:23 Making Plans for Nigel Radio 2

2026-02-20 10:03 Making Plans for Nigel Radio 2

2025-12-24 13:26 Thanks For Christmas 6 Music

2025-12-16 23:19 On The Low In The Bay (Kretek Edit) Radio 1

2025-12-12 18:55 Senses Working Overtime 6 Music

2025-12-04 20:23 Senses Working Overtime Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

188 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(The Everyday Story) of Smalltown —

1 2016-03-29 ▶

1000 Umbrellas —

3 2012-07-12 ▶

A Dictionary Of Marriage —

1 2010-05-09 ▶

A Dictionary of Modern Marriage —

1 2025-05-23 ▶

All Along The Watch Tower 1978 —

3 2011-10-18 ▶

All Along the Watchtower —

1 2012-04-22 ▶

All Along The Watchtower - Golders Green Hippodrome 1978 —

2 2024-05-19 ▶

All of a Sudden (It's Too Late) —

1 2016-04-07 ▶

All You Pretty Girls —

1 2025-04-19 ▶

Another Satellite —

1 2024-02-11 ▶

Another Satellite (Sunday Live session 22.2.1987) —

1 2013-03-14 ▶

Another Satellite (Radio 1 session 22.02.87) —

1 2016-03-02 ▶

Are You Receiving Me —

25 2016-05-27 ▶

Are You Receiving Me - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

4 2021-10-25 ▶

Are You Receiving Me? —

10 2023-09-02 ▶

Baby Wipes —

2 2015-12-24 ▶

Ball And Chain —

34 2024-10-19 ▶

Ball And Chain. —

11 2009-01-13 ▶

Ballet for a Rainy Day —

3 2020-12-05 ▶

Battery Brides - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

1 2018-09-22 ▶

Big Day —

1 2018-05-19 ▶

Burning With Optimism's Flames - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

2 2018-09-22 ▶

Chalkhills And Children —

2 2021-12-27 ▶

Complicated Game —

2 2017-02-06 ▶

Cross Wires (Radio 1 Session, 20 Jun 1977) —

1 2025-05-28 ▶

Crosswires (John Peel Session 24th June 1977) —

2 2019-08-15 ▶

Dance Band - Golders Green Hippodrome 1978 —

2 2022-11-07 ▶

Dance Band 1978 —

2 2005-03-09 ▶

Dance with Me, Germany —

1 2012-11-11 ▶

Day in Day Out —

1 2014-03-20 ▶

Dear God —

24 2025-06-20 ▶

Dear Madam Barnum —

1 2012-07-28 ▶

Don't Lose Your Temper —

15 2022-07-23 ▶

Earn Enough For Two (Sunday Live session - 22.2.1987) —

1 2013-03-13 ▶

Earn Enough for Us —

1 2018-04-07 ▶

Earn Enough For Us (Radio 1 session 22.02.87) —

1 2016-03-03 ▶

Easter Theatre —

18 2025-04-17 ▶

Ella Guru —

1 2011-12-15 ▶

English Roundabout —

6 2019-02-18 ▶

Fly on the Wall —

1 2023-06-08 ▶

Fruit Nut —

2 2021-03-02 ▶

Functions —

5 2015-07-11 ▶

Functions On the Low —

26 2025-07-08 ▶

Functions on the Low (DJ Milktray Booty edit) —

2 2017-08-27 ▶

Functions On The Low (Instrumental) —

1 2016-08-25 ▶

Functions on the Low (Mischief Edit) —

2 2016-05-12 ▶

FUNCTIONS ON THE LOW [IN THE BAY] (KRETEK EDIT) —

1 2025-10-14 ▶

Functions On The Low OKZ —

1 2015-12-18 ▶

Functions On The Low X Fall In Love (Murlo refix) —

1 2016-02-12 ▶

Garden of Earthly Delights —

1 2014-09-22 ▶

Generals And Majors —

78 2025-03-15 ▶

Generals And Majors - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

3 2018-09-22 ▶

Grass —

26 2025-10-23 ▶

Great Fire —

1 2014-08-25 ▶

Greenman —

7 2017-10-01 ▶

Hang on to the Night —

1 2021-05-30 ▶

Harvest Festival —

5 2023-09-30 ▶

Helicopter —

1 2016-04-20 ▶

Here Comes President Kill Again —

1 2019-09-16 ▶

Holly up on Poppy —

2 2014-03-03 ▶

I'd Like That —

7 2021-07-31 ▶

I'll Set Myself on Fire (Golders Green Hippodrome 1978) —

1 2017-04-03 ▶

I'll Set Myself on Fire (Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome 1978) —

3 2022-11-07 ▶

I'll Set Myself On Fire - Golders Green Hippodrome 1978 —

1 2014-07-24 ▶

I'll Set Myself On Fire 1978 —

3 2011-10-18 ▶

I'm the Man Who Murdered Love —

1 2012-06-23 ▶

Jason and the Argonauts —

1 2012-12-18 ▶

Jason And The Argonauts (Radio 1 Session, 14 Jan 1982) —

3 2022-06-28 ▶

King For A Day —

3 2019-08-20 ▶

Knights in Shining Karma —

2 2016-02-08 ▶

Ladybird —

2 2017-11-29 ▶

Lets Make a Den —

1 2016-11-06 ▶

Life Begins At the Hop —

59 2024-10-07 ▶

Life Begins At The Hop —

30 2012-06-18 ▶

Life Begins At The Hop (BBC session) —

2 2005-07-16 ▶

Life Begins at the Hop (David Jensen session 31.05.79) —

2 2014-06-09 ▶

Life Begins At The Hop (Radio 1 Session, 21 may 1979) —

11 2025-04-06 ▶

Life Begins At The Hop - BBC Session 21/05./1979 —

3 2011-06-15 ▶

Life Begins At The Hop - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

6 2018-09-22 ▶

Limelight —

1 2008-05-10 ▶

Living Through Another Cuba —

2 2012-05-22 ▶

Living Through Another Cuba - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

1 2018-09-22 ▶

Love At First Sight —

2 2012-05-22 ▶

Love At First Sight - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

1 2018-09-22 ▶

Love On A Farmboy's Wages —

57 2023-11-02 ▶

Making Plans for Nigel —

313 2026-05-25 ▶

Making Plans For Nigel —

207 2012-08-26 ▶

Making Plans For Nigel - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

2 2009-09-15 ▶

Making Plans For Nigel (BBC session) —

3 2005-08-25 ▶

Making Plans For Nigel (David Jensen session 31.05.79) —

1 2014-06-10 ▶

Making Plans For Nigel (Radio 1 Session, 21 may 1979) —

2 2016-07-27 ▶

Making Plans For Nigel - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

2 2021-10-25 ▶

Mayor of Simpleton —

13 2015-04-01 ▶

Mayor Of Simpleton —

26 2013-12-08 ▶

Melt the Guns —

1 2018-12-07 ▶

Misty Cold —

1 2017-12-30 ▶

My Bird Performs —

2 2023-08-26 ▶

Neon Shuffle —

1 2021-09-23 ▶

Neon Shuffle (Golders Green Hippodrome 1978) —

3 2022-11-07 ▶

Neon Shuffle - Golders Green Hippodrome 1978 —

1 2014-07-24 ▶

Neon Shuffle 1978 —

2 2005-03-09 ▶

New Town Animal In A Furnished Cage - Golders Green Hippodrome 1978 —

1 2017-04-03 ▶

New Town Animal In A Furnished Cage 1978 —

3 2011-10-18 ▶

No Language in Our Lungs —

1 2009-05-24 ▶

No Language In Our Lungs - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

1 2018-09-22 ▶

No Thugs In Our House —

21 2020-10-11 ▶

No Thugs In Our House (BBC session) —

2 2005-05-22 ▶

No Thugs In Our House (Radio 1 Session, 14 Jan 1982) —

6 2021-04-27 ▶

On The Low In The Bay (Kretek Edit) —

5 2025-12-16 ▶

Outside World —

1 2010-06-23 ▶

Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins) —

1 2014-12-10 ▶

Playground —

4 2025-09-12 ▶

Radios in Motion —

5 2024-12-01 ▶

Radios In Motion 1978 —

2 2005-03-07 ▶

Radios in Motion (John Peel Session 24th June 1977) —

3 2020-09-07 ▶

Radios In Motion (Radios1 Session, 20 Jun 1977) —

1 2025-05-26 ▶

Radios In Motion - Golders Green Hippodrome 1978 —

1 2019-09-12 ▶

Real by Reel —

2 2025-11-09 ▶

Red Brick Dream —

1 2013-11-28 ▶

Respectable Street —

7 2024-11-29 ▶

Respectable Street - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

1 2018-09-22 ▶

River of Orchids —

2 2018-03-08 ▶

Roads Girdle the Globe —

2 2023-06-29 ▶

Runaways —

16 2021-05-08 ▶

Runaways (BBC session) —

2 2005-07-08 ▶

Runaways (Radio 1 Session, 14 Jan 1982) —

12 2024-03-20 ▶

Scarecrow People —

15 2019-09-15 ▶

Scarecrow People (BBC session) —

3 2005-09-06 ▶

Science Friction —

31 2025-11-09 ▶

Science Friction (John Peel Session 24th June 1977) —

3 2020-09-08 ▶

Scissor Man - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

3 2021-10-25 ▶

Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her —

1 2017-06-03 ▶

Senses Working Overtime —

303 2026-05-12 ▶

Sgt Rock (Is Going to Help Me) —

14 2016-05-18 ▶

Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me) —

5 2010-01-16 ▶

Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me) —

190 2026-05-14 ▶

She's So Square (John Peel Session 24th June 1977) —

3 2020-09-09 ▶

She's So Square (Radio 1 Sesison, 20 Jun 1977) —

1 2025-05-27 ▶

Snowman —

4 2013-01-25 ▶

Snowman (Radio 1 Session, 14 Jan 1982) —

2 2015-08-12 ▶

Standing in for Joe —

1 2008-10-04 ▶

State Of Lilberty - Golders Green Hippodrome 1978 —

2 2014-07-24 ▶

Statue Of Liberty —

91 2023-10-28 ▶

Statue Of Liberty 1978 —

3 2005-03-09 ▶

Statue of Liberty (Golders Green Hippodrome 1978) —

1 2017-04-03 ▶

Statue of Liberty (Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome 1978) —

1 2022-11-07 ▶

Stupidly Happy —

32 2025-04-10 ▶

Summer's Cauldron —

3 2025-07-12 ▶

Summer's Cauldron - Remastered 2001 —

1 2023-07-08 ▶

Summers Cauldron —

1 2009-05-27 ▶

Ten Feet Tall —

4 2020-06-29 ▶

Thanks For Christmas —

13 2025-12-24 ▶

That Is the Way —

1 2009-11-03 ▶

that's really super super girl —

1 2014-08-23 ▶

That's Really Super, Supergirl —

2 2016-05-07 ▶

That’s Really Super, Supergirl —

1 2019-01-19 ▶

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead —

57 2022-10-27 ▶

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (instrumental) —

1 2024-08-17 ▶

The Disappointed —

38 2024-12-13 ▶

The Loving —

7 2020-09-19 ▶

The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul —

5 2020-02-29 ▶

The Man Who Sailed Around the World —

1 2014-09-27 ▶

The Mayor Of Simpleton —

143 2024-05-02 ▶

The Meeting Place —

2 2021-02-20 ▶

The Meeting Place (Sunday Live session - 22.2.1987) —

1 2013-03-12 ▶

The Meeting Place (Radio 1 session 22/02/87) —

1 2016-03-01 ▶

The Somnambulist —

2 2023-05-21 ▶

This Is Pop —

46 2016-05-08 ▶

This Is Pop - Golders Green Hippodrome 1978 —

1 2014-07-24 ▶

This Is Pop - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

6 2021-10-25 ▶

This Is Pop 1978 —

3 2005-03-09 ▶

This Is Pop? —

19 2024-11-11 ▶

This is Pop? (Golders Green Hippodrome 1978) —

1 2017-04-03 ▶

This is Pop? (Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome 1978) —

3 2022-11-07 ▶

Towers Of London —

72 2025-05-11 ▶

Towers Of London - Hammersmith Palais 1980 —

1 2018-09-22 ▶

Traffic Light Rock —

1 2023-08-21 ▶

Travels in Nihilon —

1 2021-04-22 ▶

Warrior (Qualified Remix) —

1 2011-10-19 ▶

We're All Light —

2 2020-01-11 ▶

When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty —

6 2013-08-17 ▶

When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty (Radio 1 Session, 21 may 1979) —

4 2016-07-27 ▶

When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty ( David Jensen session 31.05.79) —

1 2014-06-11 ▶

When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty (Radio 1, David Jensen Session, 31 May 1979) —

5 2023-02-07 ▶

Wrapped In Grey —

2 2018-06-25 ▶

Xtc - Montage Sgt.Rock/Making Plans For Nigel/Senses Working O/T —

1 2009-03-19 ▶

Yacht Dance —

4 2016-12-20 ▶

You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful —

1 2017-09-20 ▶