OnRadioNow BBC ARCHIVE · SINCE 2006

Years / 2008

◦ THE YEAR IN MUSIC

2008

← 2007 2009 →

207,811 plays logged across the four stations in 2008.

Radio 1 59,793 plays in 2008

TOP SONGS

1

Black and Gold Sam Sparro

×336

2

Something Good 08 Utah Saints

×334

3

Nine In The Afternoon Panic! At the Disco

×287

4

Nine in the Afternoon Panic at the Disco

×285

5

Wearing My Rolex Wiley

×272

6

Propane Nightmares Pendulum

×259

7

Cry For You September

×253

8

Always Where I Need To Be The Kooks

×245

9

The Beginning of the Twist The Futureheads

×235

10

Stop And Stare OneRepublic

×231

TOP ARTISTS

01

610

02

602

03

595

04

592

05

584

06

568

07

Scouting For Girls

536

08

529

Radio 2 38,595 plays in 2008

TOP SONGS

1

Love Song Sara Bareilles

×180

2

×143

3

One Day Like This Elbow

×133

4

Sweet About Me Gabriella Cilmi

×125

5

Human The Killers

×120

6

Warwick Avenue Duffy

×117

7

Better Get To Livin' Dolly Parton

×113

8

All Summer Long Kid Rock

×108

9

Stuttering (Kiss Me Again) Ben's Brother

×108

10

The Promise Girls Aloud

×104

TOP ARTISTS

01

408

02

366

03

326

04

265

05

251

06

234

07

The Rolling Stones

213

08

208

1Xtra 34,950 plays in 2008

TOP SONGS

1

Wearing My Rolex Wiley

×261

2

Click My Finger Erup

×232

3

Lollipop Lil Wayne / Static Major

×224

4

Do You Mind (Crazy Cousins Mix) DJ Paleface

×222

5

Sensual Seduction Snoop Dogg

×216

6

Devil In A Blue Dress (1Xtra Edit) Donae'o

×204

7

Love In The Club Usher / Young Jeezy

×203

8

Miss Independent Ne-Yo

×203

9

×203

10

Come On Girl Taio Cruz

×203

TOP ARTISTS

01

531

02

485

03

418

04

417

05

405

06

394

07

355

08

346

6 Music 74,473 plays in 2008

TOP SONGS

1

A-Punk Vampire Weekend

×221

2

Paper Planes M.I.A.

×169

3

Love Is Noise The Verve

×155

4

×151

5

Time To Pretend MGMT

×142

6

Never Miss A Beat Kaiser Chiefs

×130

7

Young Love Mystery Jets / Laura Marling

×127

8

I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked Ida Maria

×124

9

Electric Feel MGMT

×123

10

One Day Like This Elbow

×123

TOP ARTISTS

01

470

02

465

03

462

04

433

05

Vampire Weekend

428

06

400

07

394

08

394