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Beth Orton

Beth Orton is a person from London, active since 1970.

Person London since 1970 folk rock folktronica british

TOTAL PLAYS

1,066

SONGS PLAYED

121

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-21 13:30 · 6 Music — "She Cries Your Name"

LAST PLAYED

4 weeks ago · Radio 1 — "Don't Wanna Know bout Evil"

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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 920 86%

Radio 2 142 13%

Radio 1 4 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 08:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 She Cries Your Name 145 2026-08-08

2 Someone's Daughter 130 2026-07-28

3 Concrete Sky 83 2026-07-30

4 Moon 81 2022-09-18

5 1973 71 2025-11-17

6 Call me the Breeze 62 2025-04-26

7 Stolen Car 54 2026-07-28

8 Central Reservation 49 2026-07-28

9 Shopping Trolley 40 2020-06-09

10 Magpie 35 2013-01-24

11 I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine 32 2026-02-02

12 Best Bit 23 2025-06-12

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-16 01:18 Don't Wanna Know bout Evil Radio 1

2026-08-13 20:23 Central Reservation (William Orbit remix) 6 Music

2026-08-08 22:16 She Cries Your Name Radio 2

2026-07-30 16:33 Concrete Sky 6 Music

2026-07-28 22:53 The Ground Above 6 Music

2026-07-28 22:48 Weather Alive 6 Music

2026-07-28 22:40 Concrete Sky 6 Music

2026-07-28 22:36 Central Reservation 6 Music

2026-07-28 22:28 Someone's Daughter 6 Music

2026-07-28 22:00 She Cries Your Name 6 Music

2026-07-28 09:23 Stolen Car 6 Music

2026-07-24 02:39 Someone's Daughter 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

121 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

1973 —

71 2025-11-17 ▶

1973 - Live In Session —

1 2016-05-24 ▶

Anywhere —

2 2018-07-10 ▶

Anywhere (Two Lone Swordsman Remix) —

1 2020-03-08 ▶

Anywhere - Radio 2 session 17/10/2002 —

1 2014-08-26 ▶

Arms Around A Memory —

1 2023-01-15 ▶

Best Bit —

23 2025-06-12 ▶

Beth Orton- 21-01-1997 Mark Radcliffe- —

1 2015-02-09 ▶

Blood Red River —

1 2020-10-03 ▶

Blood Red River - Summer Sundae 2002 —

1 2009-06-18 ▶

Blood Red River - Summer Sundae Weekender 2002 —

1 2011-02-23 ▶

Brave Face —

1 2018-06-09 ▶

Call me the Breeze —

62 2025-04-26 ▶

Call Me The Breeze (6 Music Session, 11 Apr 2013) —

2 2019-04-11 ▶

Call Me The Breeze - 6Music Session 11/04/2013 —

1 2024-03-14 ▶

Call Me The Breeze - Latitude - 19/07/2013 —

2 2013-07-20 ▶

Central Reservation —

49 2026-07-28 ▶

Central Reservation (Single Version) —

1 2013-11-15 ▶

Central Reservation (The Then Again Remix) —

3 2011-06-16 ▶

Central Reservation (The Then Again Version) —

3 2023-02-20 ▶

Central Reservation (then again mix) —

1 2012-07-02 ▶

Central Reservation (William Orbit remix) —

4 2026-08-13 ▶

Central Reservation - Latitude - 19/07/2013 —

3 2013-07-22 ▶

Central Reservation - Summer Sundae 2002 —

3 2009-06-18 ▶

Central Reservation - Summer Sundae Weekender 2002 —

1 2011-02-23 ▶

Central Reservation 1999 —

3 2007-08-01 ▶

Conceived —

7 2021-06-14 ▶

Concrete Sky —

83 2026-07-30 ▶

Concrete Sky (Janice Long session 17th Oct 2002) —

1 2019-01-02 ▶

Concrete Sky - Summer Sundae 2002 —

1 2009-06-18 ▶

Concrete Sky - Summer Sundae Weekender 2002 —

2 2016-04-11 ▶

Corduroy Legs —

1 2016-05-27 ▶

Couldn't Cause Me Harm —

1 2014-07-01 ▶

Cradle Hymn —

12 2025-12-25 ▶

Dawn Chorus —

15 2024-06-27 ▶

Dawn Chorus (6 Music Session 11 April 2013) —

1 2021-04-26 ▶

Dawn Chorus (6 Music Session, 11 Apr 2013) —

2 2019-04-11 ▶

Dawn Chorus - 6 Music Session 11/04/2013 —

1 2015-06-20 ▶

Dawn Chorus - Latitude Launch —

1 2013-03-20 ▶

Dawnstar —

1 2016-05-27 ▶

Daybreaker —

4 2008-09-16 ▶

Daybreaker (Roots Manuva Remix) —

1 2008-01-17 ▶

Dolphins (feat. Terry Callier) —

1 2023-03-05 ▶

Don't Wanna Know bout Evil —

1 2026-08-16 ▶

Feel To Believe —

1 2014-07-02 ▶

For Today I Am A Boy —

1 2021-03-05 ▶

Forever Young —

4 2022-08-25 ▶

Fractals —

14 2023-01-09 ▶

Fractals (6 Music Session, 17 Sep 2022) —

2 2023-11-12 ▶

Friday Night —

19 2025-09-20 ▶

Galaxy Of Emptiness Glastonbury 1998 —

1 2011-06-25 ▶

Galaxy Of Emptiness - Glastonbury 1998 —

1 2007-06-12 ▶

Galaxy Of Emptiness 1999 —

1 2007-08-01 ▶

Go Down Easy —

2 2011-08-16 ▶

God Song —

2 2014-11-23 ▶

Heart Of Soul —

1 2006-09-15 ▶

I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine —

32 2026-02-02 ▶

I've Done It Again (Radio 2 Session, 31st May 2016) —

1 2016-05-31 ▶

It's Not The Spotlight —

1 2010-04-08 ▶

It's Not The Spotlight (Rod Steward Cover ) (Mark Radcliffe session 21.01.1997) —

1 2015-02-10 ▶

Last Leaves of Autumn —

3 2019-09-02 ▶

Last Leaves of Autumn (6 Music Session 11 April 2013) —

1 2021-04-26 ▶

Last Leaves Of Autumn (6 Music Session, 11 Apr 2013) —

2 2019-04-11 ▶

Last Leaves of Autumn - 6Music Session 11/04/2013 —

1 2024-03-13 ▶

Live As You Dream —

1 2018-10-07 ▶

Love Like Laughter 1999 —

1 2007-08-01 ▶

Magpie —

35 2013-01-24 ▶

Magpie (6 Music Session, 11 Apr 2013) —

2 2019-04-11 ▶

Magpie - 6Music Session 10/09/12 —

1 2012-09-10 ▶

Magpie - 6Music Session 11/04/2013 —

1 2024-03-12 ▶

Moon —

81 2022-09-18 ▶

Moon (6 Music Session, 24 May 2016) —

12 2023-02-09 ▶

Moon (Radio 2 Session, 31st May 2016) —

1 2016-05-31 ▶

Moon - Live In Session —

1 2016-05-24 ▶

Mount Washington - Summer Sundae Weekender 2002 —

2 2016-04-11 ▶

Mystery —

1 2017-05-07 ▶

ooh child (alternative version) —

1 2025-01-11 ▶

Otherside —

1 2026-07-18 ▶

Paris Train —

2 2007-09-03 ▶

Paris Train - Summer Sundae 2002 —

1 2007-11-06 ▶

Pass In Time —

3 2023-09-09 ▶

Pass In Time (feat. Terry Callier) —

1 2025-07-19 ▶

Pass In Time (featuring Terry Callier) —

1 2011-08-28 ▶

Petals —

2 2016-06-12 ▶

Pieces of Sky —

1 2019-09-04 ▶

Poison Tree —

1 2012-10-02 ▶

Rectify —

1 2015-11-07 ▶

She Cries Your Name —

2 2007-08-07 ▶

She Cries Your Name 1999 —

5 2007-08-01 ▶

She Cries Your Name —

145 2026-08-08 ▶

She Cries Your Name (Radio 2 Session, 31st May 2016) —

1 2016-05-31 ▶

She Cries Your Name - Latitude - 19/07/2013 —

9 2013-07-29 ▶

She Cries Your Name - Summer Sundae 2002 —

2 2016-04-11 ▶

She Cries Your Name/Call Me The Breeze - Latitude —

1 2013-07-21 ▶

Shopping Trolley —

40 2020-06-09 ▶

Shopping Trolley (Glastonbury 2023) —

2 2023-06-25 ▶

Shopping Trolley (Instrumental) —

1 2016-09-07 ▶

Snow —

2 2016-06-12 ▶

So Much More 1999 —

1 2006-10-17 ▶

Someone's Daughter —

130 2026-07-28 ▶

Someone's Daughter (Glastonbury 2023) —

2 2023-06-25 ▶

Someone's Daughter - Summer Sundae 2002 —

1 2016-04-11 ▶

Something more Beautiful —

1 2012-08-01 ▶

Stars All Seem to Weep —

5 2023-04-02 ▶

Stars All Seem To Weep 1999 —

1 2006-10-17 ▶

Stolen Car —

54 2026-07-28 ▶

Stolen Car 1999 —

3 2007-08-01 ▶

Sugar Boy —

1 2016-04-29 ▶

Sweetest Decline —

4 2023-07-02 ▶

Tangent —

1 2020-03-29 ▶

The Ground Above —

1 2026-07-28 ▶

Thinking About Tomorrow —

3 2016-08-14 ▶

Thinking About Tomorrow - Radio 2 session 17/10/2002 —

1 2014-08-27 ▶

This One's Gonna Bruise —

1 2009-03-20 ▶

Touch Me With Your Love —

6 2024-07-30 ▶

Unwritten —

2 2023-06-18 ▶

Waiting —

1 2026-04-23 ▶

Wave —

2 2016-08-30 ▶

Weather Alive —

9 2026-07-28 ▶

Whenever 1999 —

1 2007-08-01 ▶

Worms —

1 2011-02-01 ▶