Last updated: 24 September 2026 | 1,199 documented concerts
Top 50 Most Played Songs – Decade Breakdown (1979–2026)
Rank
Song
1979
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020-26
Total Plays
1
Cars
16
224
139
129
347
263
1,118
2
Are Friends Electric ?
16
205
146
168
344
212
1,091
3
Down In The Park
17
223
81
158
328
208
1,015
4
Metal
17
149
55
135
336
259
951
5
Films
16
98
87
99
250
155
705
6
A Prayer For The Unborn
0
0
0
163
286
201
650
7
Me! I Disconnect From You
17
205
115
53
91
64
545
8
I Die: You Die
0
205
24
25
187
48
489
9
Love Hurt Bleed
0
0
0
0
230
225
455
10
Halo
0
0
0
94
130
222
446
11
Pure
0
0
0
139
142
128
409
12
Everything Comes Down To This
0
0
0
0
226
174
400
13
My Name Is Ruin
0
0
0
0
156
237
393
14
We Are Glass
0
202
73
8
61
39
383
15
Here In The Black
0
0
0
0
247
123
370
16
The Fall
0
0
0
32
276
62
370
17
Remind Me To Smile
0
157
47
34
57
46
341
18
Haunted
0
0
0
97
76
142
315
19
M.E.
16
79
6
33
81
68
283
20
Pray For The Pain You Serve
0
0
0
0
129
125
254
21
Tracks
16
138
2
17
36
19
228
22
Everyday I Die
16
62
79
29
24
17
227
23
The Chosen
0
0
0
0
0
226
226
24
My Shadow In Vain
16
89
1
24
52
24
206
25
Ghost Nation
0
0
0
0
95
109
204
26
We Are So Fragile
16
36
47
45
22
18
184
27
Jagged
0
0
0
97
63
15
175
28
The Gift
0
0
0
0
0
169
169
29
Is This World Not Enough
0
0
0
0
0
163
163
30
Rip
0
0
0
123
19
16
158
31
Conversation
16
78
0
16
28
19
157
32
Airlane
16
79
0
16
27
15
153
33
Bed Of Thorns
0
0
0
0
115
34
149
34
Replicas
0
36
44
22
28
18
148
35
We Take Mystery (To Bed)
0
144
0
0
2
0
146
36
Mercy
0
0
0
0
125
20
145
37
When The World Comes Apart
0
0
0
0
118
23
141
38
Absolution
0
0
66
10
63
1
140
39
Noise Noise
0
0
94
27
14
0
135
40
Call Out The Dogs
0
67
46
3
17
0
133
41
This Wreckage
0
62
0
11
41
17
131
42
Dark
0
0
72
56
2
0
130
43
Remember I Was Vapour
16
79
1
7
6
17
126
44
I Am Dust
0
0
0
0
109
16
125
45
Intruder
0
0
0
0
25
99
124
46
Sister Surprise
0
111
0
0
0
0
111
47
A Question Of Faith
0
0
78
31
0
0
109
48
Complex
0
41
0
18
31
19
109
49
In A Dark Place
0
0
0
75
19
10
104
50
We're The Unforgiven
0
0
0
0
102
0
102
1979 (Early Tubeway Army Era)
Rank
Song
Performances
1
Down In The Park
17
1
Me! I Disconnect From You
17
1
Metal
17
4
Airlane
16
4
Are Friends Electric ?
16
1980s (Peak Commercial Era)
Rank
Song
Performances
1
Cars
224
2
Down In The Park
223
3
Are Friends Electric ?
205
3
I Die: You Die
205
3
Me! I Disconnect From You
205
1990s (Experimental Era)
Rank
Song
Performances
1
Are Friends Electric ?
146
2
Cars
139
3
Me! I Disconnect From You
115
4
Noise Noise
94
5
Films
87
2000s (Pure / Jagged Era)
Rank
Song
Performances
1
Are Friends Electric ?
168
2
A Prayer For The Unborn
163
3
Down In The Park
158
4
Pure
139
5
Metal
135
2010s (Splinter / Savage Era)
Rank
Song
Performances
1
Cars
347
2
Are Friends Electric ?
344
3
Metal
336
4
Down In The Park
328
5
A Prayer For The Unborn
286
2020–2026 (Intruder + Anniversary Tours)
Rank
Song
Performances
1
Cars
263
2
Metal
259
3
My Name Is Ruin
237
4
The Chosen
226
5
Love Hurt Bleed
225
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