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Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yellow Magic Orchestra is a group from JP, active since 1978.

Group JP since 1978 synth-pop electronic synthpop
TOTAL PLAYS
234
SONGS PLAYED
49
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-05-23 06:43 · 6 Music — "Behind The Mask 1980"
LAST PLAYED
5 months ago · 6 Music — "Behind the Mask"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2025
30 23 15 8 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 200 85%
Radio 2 14 6%
Radio 1 11 5%
1Xtra 9 4%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 02:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Firecracker 36 2025-11-03
2 Behind the Mask 21 2025-11-29
3 Technopolis 12 2024-01-17
4 Computer Game (Theme From 'The Invaders') / Firecracker 9 2025-10-13
5 Computer Game - Hammersmith Odeon 1980 9 2019-03-21
6 Cosmic Surfin - Hammersmith Odeon 1980 8 2019-03-21
7 Computer Game (Theme From 'The Invaders') 8 2017-12-19
8 Nice Age 1980 8 2010-04-02
9 Canton Boy - Hammersmith Odeon 1980 7 2019-03-21
10 Nice Age - Hammersmith Odeon 1980 7 2019-03-21
11 Behind The Mask 1980 7 2010-04-02
12 Simoon 6 2025-07-21
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-11-29 07:18 Behind the Mask 6 Music
2025-11-03 10:50 Firecracker 6 Music
2025-10-18 07:00 Behind the Mask 6 Music
2025-10-13 13:56 Computer Game (Theme From 'The Invaders') / Firecracker Radio 2
2025-10-06 13:55 Pocketful of Rainbows 6 Music
2025-09-26 19:46 Firecracker 6 Music
2025-08-06 11:25 Behind the Mask 6 Music
2025-07-22 10:08 Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!) 6 Music
2025-07-21 13:15 Simoon 6 Music
2025-07-07 12:46 Behind the Mask 6 Music
2025-06-17 01:40 Computer Game (Theme From 'The Invaders') / Firecracker Radio 2
2025-05-29 11:00 Simoon 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

49 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
1000 Knives — 1 ▶
Behind the Mask — 21 ▶
Behind The Mask (Señor Coconut / Don Atom Super Volt Remix) — 3 ▶
Behind The Mask - Hammersmith Odeon 1980 — 6 ▶
Behind The Mask 1980 — 7 ▶
CANTON BOY — 2 ▶
Canton Boy 1980 — 6 ▶
Canton Boy - Hammersmith Odeon 1980 — 7 ▶
Computer Game — 4 ▶
Computer Game 1980 — 6 ▶
Computer Game "Theme From the Circus" — 3 ▶
Computer Game (Theme From 'The Invaders') — 8 ▶
Computer Game (Theme From 'The Invaders') / Firecracker — 9 ▶
Computer Game (Theme from the Circus) — 1 ▶
Computer Game (Theme From The Invader) — 2 ▶
Computer Game - Hammersmith Odeon 1980 — 9 ▶
Computer game / Firecracker — 4 ▶
Computer Games — 4 ▶
Cosmic Surfin — 1 ▶
Cosmic Surfin - Hammersmith Odeon 1980 — 8 ▶
Cosmic Surfin 1980 — 5 ▶
Cosmic Surfin' — 2 ▶
Day Tripper — 5 ▶
Day Tripper (feat. Norio Yoshizawa) — 1 ▶
Expected Way — 1 ▶
Fire Cracker — 6 ▶
Firecracker — 36 ▶
Firecracker (Hammersmith Odeon, 1980) — 1 ▶
Firecracker (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, October 16, 1980) — 1 ▶
Firecracker (ファイアークラッカー) — 2 ▶
Gradated Gray — 1 ▶
Gradated Grey — 2 ▶
Key — 2 ▶
Loom — 1 ▶
Mars (Live) — 2 ▶
Neue Tanz — 1 ▶
Nice Age — 2 ▶
Nice Age 1980 — 8 ▶
Nice Age - Hammersmith Odeon 1980 — 7 ▶
Pocketful of Rainbows — 1 ▶
Rydeen — 6 ▶
Rydeen (Super Locomotive) — 1 ▶
Simoon — 6 ▶
Solid State Survivor — 2 ▶
Stairs — 2 ▶
Technopolis — 12 ▶
Technopolois — 1 ▶
Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!) — 4 ▶
Tong Poo — 1 ▶