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Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo is a group from Hoboken, active since 1984.

Group Hoboken since 1984 indie rock dream pop noise pop

TOTAL PLAYS

618

SONGS PLAYED

155

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-03-02 13:13 · 6 Music — "You Can Have It All"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · 6 Music — "Leaving Home"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

50 38 25 13 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 596 96%

Radio 2 14 2%

Radio 1 8 1%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

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Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 You Can Have It All 46 2025-12-26

2 Autumn Sweater 37 2025-09-04

3 Sugarcube 31 2025-05-06

4 mr tough 26 2025-11-25

5 Well You Better 19 2017-06-07

6 The Crying of Lot G 16 2022-06-09

7 Green Arrow 14 2025-12-24

8 Our Way to Fall 14 2025-12-19

9 Tears Are in Your Eyes 13 2025-01-21

10 Paddle Forward (6Music Session, 9 Dec 2013) 12 2024-01-02

11 My Little Corner of the World 10 2026-05-10

12 Aselestine 10 2025-11-25

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-25 20:31 Leaving Home 6 Music

2026-05-10 04:20 Georgia considers the two blue ones (Thursday) 6 Music

2026-05-10 03:42 My Little Corner of the World 6 Music

2026-05-10 03:16 Shadows 6 Music

2026-04-27 02:53 You Tore Me Down Radio 2

2025-12-26 12:01 You Can Have It All 6 Music

2025-12-24 23:08 Green Arrow 6 Music

2025-12-19 15:33 Our Way to Fall 6 Music

2025-11-25 21:34 Aselestine 6 Music

2025-11-25 13:24 mr tough 6 Music

2025-11-16 06:14 mr tough 6 Music

2025-10-27 14:53 The Whole of the Law 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

155 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

All Your Secrets —

1 2017-01-14 ▶

Apology Letter —

1 2025-06-11 ▶

Apology Letters —

3 2023-02-22 ▶

Aselestine —

10 2025-11-25 ▶

Ashes —

2 2018-04-03 ▶

Autumn Summer —

1 2016-10-23 ▶

Autumn Sweater —

37 2025-09-04 ▶

Autumn Sweater (Radio 1 Session, 15 Jul 1997) —

3 2022-11-09 ▶

Avalon —

1 2010-10-19 ▶

Avalon or Someone Very Similar —

7 2021-09-08 ▶

Barnaby, Hardly Working —

1 2017-11-23 ▶

Beach Party Tonight —

1 2021-05-03 ▶

Beanbag —

1 2006-10-10 ▶

Beanbag Chair —

2 2006-10-23 ▶

Before We Run —

5 2023-11-27 ▶

Big Day Coming - Summer Sundae Festival 2005 —

3 2023-01-03 ▶

Black Flowers —

1 2016-03-28 ▶

Bleeding —

1 2020-10-01 ▶

Blue Line Swinger —

1 2025-01-10 ▶

Blue Line Swinger - Summer Sundae Festival 2005 —

2 2017-01-31 ▶

Blue/Green Arrow —

1 2018-03-04 ▶

Blues Stay Away from Me —

1 2020-10-26 ▶

Brain Capers —

1 2023-02-10 ▶

By the Time It Gets Dark —

2 2022-04-17 ▶

By Twos —

1 2021-01-27 ▶

Center of Gravity —

1 2013-02-02 ▶

Cherry Chapstick —

2 2020-04-15 ▶

Cornelia and Jane —

1 2013-01-15 ▶

Daphnia —

5 2025-06-07 ▶

Deeper Into Movies —

3 2019-09-22 ▶

Double Dare (demo) —

1 2014-12-02 ▶

Eight Candles —

3 2021-12-08 ▶

Fallout —

8 2025-02-27 ▶

Farewell Adventureland —

2 2011-10-17 ▶

For Shame of Doing Wrong —

1 2014-12-15 ▶

for the shame of doing wrong —

1 2015-02-25 ▶

For You Too —

3 2018-05-02 ▶

For You Too (6 Music Session 300418) —

1 2018-04-30 ▶

Friday I'm In Love —

9 2025-10-19 ▶

Gentle Hour —

2 2009-02-26 ▶

Georgia Considers The Blue Ones (Thursday)/Ira Searches For The Slide, Sort Of —

2 2021-03-01 ▶

Georgia considers the two blue ones (Thursday) —

4 2026-05-10 ▶

Georgia thinks it's probably okay (Tuesday) —

2 2021-03-01 ▶

Green Arrow —

14 2025-12-24 ▶

Green Arrow (6 Music Session 300418) —

1 2018-04-30 ▶

Griselda —

1 2025-01-18 ▶

Heard You Looking —

3 2010-05-01 ▶

Heard You Looking (Radio 1 Session, 15 Jul 1997) —

1 2015-12-10 ▶

Heard You Looking (Radio 1 Session, 15 Jul 1997) —

5 2022-12-01 ▶

Here Comes My Baby —

2 2019-03-02 ▶

Here to Fall —

1 2013-03-07 ▶

Here You Are —

1 2025-01-06 ▶

Hub Session: Stand And Deliver —

1 2006-09-10 ▶

I Can Feel The Ice Melting —

2 2019-11-28 ▶

I Feel Like Going Home —

2 2019-03-20 ▶

I Heard You Looking —

2 2011-02-10 ▶

I Saw The Light —

1 2013-01-14 ▶

I Wanna Be Your Lover —

2 2020-06-18 ▶

I'll Be Around —

9 2024-10-27 ▶

I'll Be Around (6Music Session, 9 Dec 2013) —

8 2021-06-17 ▶

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry —

1 2015-10-06 ▶

If It's True —

4 2023-09-02 ▶

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry —

1 2020-10-07 ▶

It's Christmas Time —

1 2016-12-15 ▶

James And Ira Demonstrate Mysticism And Some Confusion Holds —

2 2020-07-27 ▶

James and Ira demonstrate mysticism and some confusion holds (Monday) —

2 2021-03-01 ▶

James Gets Up and Watches Mourning Birds with Abraham —

1 2020-07-30 ▶

James gets up and watches mourning birds with Abraham (Wednesday) —

3 2021-03-01 ▶

Leaving Home —

7 2026-05-25 ▶

Leaving Home - Alternate Version —

1 2025-05-12 ▶

Let's Do It Wrong —

5 2018-04-18 ▶

Let's Save Tony Orlando's House —

9 2025-03-19 ▶

Lets Save Tony Orlando's House —

2 2024-05-23 ▶

Lets Save Tony Orlandos House —

1 2008-09-30 ▶

Little Eyes —

3 2022-06-13 ▶

Little Honda —

1 2021-08-01 ▶

Madeline —

7 2025-09-14 ▶

Miles Away —

1 2023-02-10 ▶

mr tough —

26 2025-11-25 ▶

Mr Tough - Indian Summer 2006 —

2 2008-03-25 ▶

Mr. Tough —

5 2021-04-30 ▶

My Heart's Not In It —

2 2015-12-09 ▶

My Little Corner —

2 2017-11-06 ▶

My Little Corner of the World —

10 2026-05-10 ▶

Night Falls on Hoboken —

1 2022-07-14 ▶

Nothing But You And Me - Summer Sundae Festival 2005 —

2 2015-01-15 ▶

Nothing to Hide —

8 2011-07-26 ▶

Nowhere Near —

5 2025-06-08 ▶

Nowhere Near - Summer Sundae 2005 —

1 2008-03-25 ▶

Nowhere Near - Summer Sundae Festival 2005 —

3 2023-01-03 ▶

Ohm —

10 2013-11-24 ▶

Ohm (6Music Session, 9 Dec 2013) —

4 2023-03-20 ▶

Oklahoma U.S.A —

1 2017-01-30 ▶

Oklahoma USA —

1 2013-12-02 ▶

Oklahoma, U.S.A. —

1 2022-09-29 ▶

Oklahoma, USA —

1 2015-03-12 ▶

One PM Again —

1 2019-03-02 ▶

Our Way to Fall —

14 2025-12-19 ▶

Paddle Forward —

10 2024-11-06 ▶

Paddle Forward (6Music Session, 9 Dec 2013) —

12 2024-01-02 ▶

Point And Shoot —

1 2006-10-08 ▶

Polynesia #1 (Marc Riley Session 300418) —

2 2018-05-22 ▶

Rainy Night in New York —

1 2018-01-17 ▶

Raw Power —

1 2014-10-13 ▶

Rickety —

7 2017-10-23 ▶

Roll On Babe —

1 2020-09-28 ▶

Saturday —

2 2016-05-08 ▶

Season of the Shark —

1 2015-06-04 ▶

Season Of The Shark - Indian Summer 2006 —

1 2007-07-11 ▶

Season Of The Shark - Summer Sundae 2005 —

2 2008-03-25 ▶

Season Of The Shark - Summer Sundae Festival 2005 —

2 2015-01-15 ▶

Shades of Blue —

9 2020-04-23 ▶

Shades Of Blue (6 Music Session 300418) —

1 2018-04-30 ▶

Shadows —

8 2026-05-10 ▶

Shadows (Radio 1 Session, 15 Jul 1997) —

5 2019-12-04 ▶

She May She Might —

1 2018-03-22 ▶

Sinatra Drive Breakdown —

8 2024-12-25 ▶

Smile a Little Smile for Me —

1 2020-10-13 ▶

Somebody's In Love —

1 2017-04-22 ▶

Something to Do —

1 2008-11-25 ▶

Speeding Motorcycle —

3 2022-01-24 ▶

Stockholm Syndrome —

3 2024-05-16 ▶

Stockholm Syndrome Indian Summer 2006 —

1 2011-05-03 ▶

Stockholm Syndrome - Indian Sundae Festival 2006 —

1 2023-01-03 ▶

Stupid Things —

1 2013-01-13 ▶

Sugarcube —

31 2025-05-06 ▶

Super Kiwi —

1 2013-10-08 ▶

Tears Are in Your Eyes —

13 2025-01-21 ▶

The Ballad of Red Buckets —

1 2025-05-22 ▶

The Crying of Lot G —

16 2022-06-09 ▶

The Hour Grows Late —

1 2007-10-10 ▶

The Point of It —

2 2023-04-06 ▶

The Point Of It (6Music Session, 9 Dec 2013) —

8 2023-03-20 ▶

The Point of It (6Music Session, 9th Dec, 2013) —

1 2024-01-03 ▶

The Point Of It- 6Music Session 09/12/2013 —

1 2013-12-09 ▶

The Race Is On Again —

2 2020-08-27 ▶

The Room Got Heavy —

1 2015-05-29 ▶

The Summer —

6 2022-07-11 ▶

The Whole of the Law —

1 2025-10-27 ▶

Today Is the Day —

2 2013-09-17 ▶

Tom Courtenay —

7 2021-12-02 ▶

Tom Courtenay - Summer Sundae Festival 2005 —

1 2023-01-03 ▶

Tried So Hard —

1 2017-07-27 ▶

Wasn't born to follow —

4 2020-12-09 ▶

We're an American Band —

2 2021-11-25 ▶

Well You Better —

19 2017-06-07 ▶

What Can I Say —

3 2024-02-24 ▶

What Chance Have I Got? —

1 2021-01-14 ▶

When It's Dark —

3 2022-05-12 ▶

Winter A Go Go —

2 2019-12-26 ▶

Wizard's Sleeve —

1 2015-10-20 ▶

Yo La Tengo - Mixing It Session —

3 2012-07-23 ▶

You Can Have It All —

46 2025-12-26 ▶

You Tore Me Down —

1 2026-04-27 ▶

You Tore Me Down - Yo La Tengo —

1 2012-11-03 ▶