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Blue Orchids

Blue Orchids is a group from the UK, active since 1979.

Group GB since 1979 england
TOTAL PLAYS
191
SONGS PLAYED
66
STATIONS
1
FIRST PLAYED
2006-10-12 01:23 · 6 Music — "Work"
LAST PLAYED
5 months ago · 6 Music — "Wait"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2025
30 23 15 8 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 191 100%
Radio 1 0 0%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 18:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Work 18 2025-09-25
2 Deep State 12 2019-10-30
3 A Year With No Head (Radio 1 Session, 17 Apr 1982) 9 2023-04-24
4 Lucky Speaks 9 2022-01-05
5 Rocket To Stardom 8 2023-12-25
6 No Looking Back (Radio 1 Session, 17 Apr 1982) 8 2022-05-16
7 Bad Education (Radio 1 Session, 17 Apr 1982) 7 2023-03-09
8 Sun Connection (Radio 1 Session, 17 Apr 1982) 6 2023-04-24
9 The Lad That Time Forgot 6 2018-12-13
10 Sun Connection 5 2021-12-15
11 Skull Jam 5 2017-05-02
12 No Ghosts No Answers 4 2022-08-24
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-11-23 05:17 Wait 6 Music
2025-09-25 21:51 Work 6 Music
2025-06-18 20:23 Low Profile (BBC Session, 17 Dec 1980) 6 Music
2025-06-17 20:26 Work (1980 Session Version) 6 Music
2025-06-16 20:38 The House That Faded Out (1980 Session Version) 6 Music
2024-06-18 20:33 Work 6 Music
2023-12-25 22:03 Rocket To Stardom 6 Music
2023-12-19 23:06 Tableau Vivant 6 Music
2023-12-11 22:11 Rocket To Stardom 6 Music
2023-11-27 22:32 Rocket To Stardom 6 Music
2023-11-15 22:05 Tableau Vivant 6 Music
2023-11-07 23:25 Tableau Vivant 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

66 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
25 Or 6 To 4 — 1 ▶
A Year With No Head — 3 ▶
A Year With No Head (Radio 1 Session, 17 Apr 1982) — 9 ▶
A Year With No Head - BBC Sesison 17/04/1982 — 1 ▶
As My Vision Cleared - 6 Music Session (16th October, 2023) — 1 ▶
Bad Education — 4 ▶
Bad Education - BBC Sesison 17/04/1982 — 2 ▶
Bad Education (Radio 1 Session, 17 Apr 1982) — 7 ▶
Deep State — 12 ▶
Deeper Than Sin — 4 ▶
Diamond Age — 1 ▶
Disney Boys — 4 ▶
Don't Sell Your Mind — 4 ▶
Dumb Magician — 1 ▶
Get Bramah — 4 ▶
Hanging Man — 1 ▶
House That Faded Out (John Peel session 8 Dec 1980) — 1 ▶
I'm Higher Than I'm Down — 1 ▶
Incandescent Artillery (6 Music Session 12/09/18) — 1 ▶
Incandescent Artillery (6 Music Session, 12 Sep 2018) — 1 ▶
It Was In This Scene Of Strife — 3 ▶
Lancelot's Last Word — 2 ▶
Love Is A Wave — 1 ▶
Love Is A Wave (Marc Riley 6 Music Session 12/09/18) — 1 ▶
Low Profile — 1 ▶
Low Profile (BBC Session, 17 Dec 1980) — 1 ▶
Low Profile (John Peel Session 08.12.80) — 1 ▶
Low Profile (John Peel session 8 Dec 1980) — 1 ▶
Lucky Speaks — 9 ▶
Meditation — 2 ▶
Meet The Maker — 1 ▶
Moth — 1 ▶
My Sympathies Are Entirely With The Stranger — 3 ▶
No Ghosts No Answers — 4 ▶
No Looking Back — 4 ▶
No Looking Back - BBC Sesison 17/04/1982 — 2 ▶
No Looking Back (Radio 1 Session, 17 Apr 1982) — 8 ▶
Optical Sound (Marc Riley 6 Music Session 12/09/18) — 1 ▶
Pavement And The Boot — 4 ▶
Rocket To Stardom — 8 ▶
Rocket To Stardom - 6 Music Session (16th October, 2023) — 1 ▶
Skull Jam — 5 ▶
Sun Connection — 5 ▶
Sun Connection (Radio 1 Session, 17 Apr 1982) — 6 ▶
Sun Connection - BBC Sesison 17/04/1982 — 1 ▶
Tableau Vivant — 3 ▶
Tableau Vivant - 6 Music Session (16th October, 2023) — 1 ▶
The Adventure Thus Embarked Upon — 1 ▶
The Blue Orchids - No Ghosts No Answers (6 Music session 9 Aug 2022) — 1 ▶
The Blue Orchids - O Joyous City (6 Music session 9 Aug 2022) — 1 ▶
The Blue Orchids - The Young Generation Is Our Hope (6 Music session 9 Aug 2022) — 1 ▶
The Face Of Time - 6 Music Session (16th October, 2023) — 1 ▶
The Flood — 1 ▶
The House That Faded Out (John Peel Session 08.12.80) — 1 ▶
The House That Faded Out (1980 Session Version) — 1 ▶
The Lad That Time Forgot — 6 ▶
The Lad That Time Forgot (6 Music Session, 12 Sep 2018) — 1 ▶
The Pebble — 4 ▶
The Third Eye — 1 ▶
Wait — 2 ▶
What Thing Is Man — 1 ▶
Work — 18 ▶
Work (1980 Session Version) — 1 ▶
Work (John Peel Session 08.12.80) — 2 ▶
Work (John Peel session 8 Dec 1980) — 1 ▶
Work Before The Moon Falls — 3 ▶