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Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean is a person from the UK, active since 1950.

Person GB since 1950 pop soul contemporary r&b soul
TOTAL PLAYS
1,992
SONGS PLAYED
56
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2006-05-03 09:55 · Radio 2 — "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"
LAST PLAYED
3 days ago · Radio 2 — "Love Really Hurts Without You"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
300 225 150 75 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,955 98%
6 Music 19 1%
1Xtra 11 1%
Radio 1 7 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 08:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Red Light Spells Danger 402 2026-05-13
2 Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) 340 2026-05-10
3 Love Really Hurts Without You 315 2026-05-17
4 When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going 273 2026-05-15
5 Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car 166 2026-04-29
6 One World 72 2020-09-08
7 A Simple Game 68 2026-04-19
8 We Gotta Find Love 40 2020-09-10
9 When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going 40 2013-05-25
10 Caribbean Queen 39 2022-11-26
11 Having a Party 35 2022-06-05
12 Suddenly 29 2025-11-23
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-17 08:56 Love Really Hurts Without You Radio 2
2026-05-15 04:55 When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going Radio 2
2026-05-13 11:47 Red Light Spells Danger Radio 2
2026-05-10 07:56 Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) Radio 2
2026-05-09 01:47 Red Light Spells Danger Radio 2
2026-05-09 00:04 L.O.D. (Love On Delivery) Radio 2
2026-05-08 12:31 Love Really Hurts Without You Radio 2
2026-05-06 21:39 When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going Radio 2
2026-05-03 16:47 Red Light Spells Danger Radio 2
2026-04-29 23:44 Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car Radio 2
2026-04-29 17:56 Love Really Hurts Without You Radio 2
2026-04-27 05:05 Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

56 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Change Is Gonna Come — 1 ▶
A Simple Game — 68 ▶
All over the World — 2 ▶
Are You Ready — 3 ▶
Because I Love You — 1 ▶
Betcha Don't Know — 2 ▶
Calypso Crazy — 2 ▶
Caribbean Queen — 39 ▶
Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) — 340 ▶
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) — 7 ▶
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) (Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park) — 1 ▶
Caribbean Queen (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 2 ▶
Chained — 2 ▶
European Queen — 6 ▶
Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car — 166 ▶
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car — 7 ▶
Get Outta Of My Dreams, Get Into My Car — 1 ▶
Happy Refrain — 1 ▶
Having a Party — 35 ▶
Judge Not — 15 ▶
L.O.D. (Love On Delivery) — 12 ▶
LOD (Love On Delivery) — 17 ▶
Love Is Forever — 2 ▶
Love Really Hurts Without You — 315 ▶
Love Really Hurts Without You (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2014) — 1 ▶
Love Really Hurts Without You (Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park) — 3 ▶
Love Train — 25 ▶
Love Train (Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park) — 1 ▶
Loverboy — 16 ▶
Mystery Lady — 1 ▶
Nights — 2 ▶
Nights (Feel Like Gettin' Down) — 3 ▶
Nights (Feel Like Getting Down) — 7 ▶
Nights (Feel Like Getting Down) (Remastered) — 1 ▶
No Woman No Cry (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 1 ▶
Nothing Will Stand in Our Way — 1 ▶
One World — 72 ▶
Red Light Spells Danger — 402 ▶
Red Light Spells Danger (Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park) — 1 ▶
Red Lights Spells Danger (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 2 ▶
Stay The Night — 1 ▶
Stay The Night (CMAN Edit) — 1 ▶
Stay The Night (Timbales CMAN Edit) — 1 ▶
Stay The Night [Cman Edit] — 2 ▶
Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before) — 5 ▶
Suddenly — 29 ▶
There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) — 2 ▶
We Gotta Find Love — 40 ▶
We Gotta Find Love (Radio 2 House Music, 04 Sept 20) — 1 ▶
When the Going Gets Tough — 1 ▶
When The Going Gets Tough (Instrumental) — 4 ▶
When The Going Gets Tough (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 1 ▶
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going — 273 ▶
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going — 40 ▶
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park) — 4 ▶
Whose Little Girl Are You? — 1 ▶