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Chris Rea

Chris Rea is a person from the UK, active from 1951.

Person GB 1951–2025 blues rock rock blues

TOTAL PLAYS

2,106

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-05-05 12:43 · Radio 2 — "The Road To Hell"

LAST PLAYED

8 hours ago · Radio 2 — "On the Beach"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,789 85%

Radio 1 249 12%

6 Music 59 3%

1Xtra 9 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 10:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Driving Home for Christmas 564 2025-12-26

2 Let's Dance 266 2026-05-01

3 The Road to Hell 245 2026-05-19

4 On the Beach 177 2026-05-22

5 Driving Home For Christmas 90 2010-12-25

6 Dancing my blues away 81 2011-09-23

7 The Road To Hell 74 2011-11-04

8 I Can Hear Your Heartbeat 71 2025-06-19

9 Come So Far, Yet Still So Far To Go 52 2011-02-16

10 Looking for the Summer 46 2025-06-23

11 Josephine 38 2026-03-25

12 Looking For The Summer 37 2011-10-05

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-22 08:48 On the Beach Radio 2

2026-05-19 04:22 The Road to Hell Radio 2

2026-05-11 17:20 Girl In A Sports Car Radio 2

2026-05-01 07:55 Let's Dance Radio 2

2026-04-28 12:05 The Road to Hell Radio 2

2026-04-23 00:36 Let's Dance Radio 2

2026-04-09 08:55 Let's Dance Radio 2

2026-04-08 23:52 The Road to Hell Radio 2

2026-04-08 12:55 On the Beach Radio 2

2026-03-25 05:50 Josephine Radio 2

2026-03-05 10:54 The Road to Hell Radio 2

2026-03-01 15:48 Fool (If You Think It's Over) (album version) Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

98 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

Ain't No Sunshine (Radio 2 Piano Room, 3 October 2017) —

1 2017-10-03 ▶

All Summer Long —

4 2021-09-24 ▶

Anyone Quite Like You - Shepherds Bush Empire 1998 —

2 2019-10-19 ▶

Auberge —

21 2025-05-10 ▶

Chris Rea + Driving Home For Christmas —

1 2011-12-16 ▶

Come So Far, Yet Still So Far To Go —

52 2011-02-16 ▶

Dance With Me All Night Long —

1 2018-07-09 ▶

Dancing Girls - Paris Theatre 1980 —

1 2017-05-04 ▶

Dancing My Blues Away —

2 2014-05-10 ▶

Dancing my blues away —

81 2011-09-23 ▶

Dancing the Blues Away —

5 2026-01-05 ▶

Daytona —

2 2015-02-22 ▶

Deltics —

1 2009-05-07 ▶

Diamonds —

16 2019-11-26 ▶

Disco Cumbia (7 inch version) —

1 2011-11-06 ▶

Doing The Things Lovers Should Do - Paris Theatre 1980 —

1 2017-05-04 ▶

Driving Home for Christmas —

564 2025-12-26 ▶

Driving Home For Christmas —

90 2010-12-25 ▶

Driving Home For Christmas (People's Karaoke Version) —

1 2018-12-23 ▶

Electric Guitar —

2 2011-09-09 ▶

Every Beat Of My Heart —

14 2022-09-21 ▶

Everytime I See Your Smile - Paris Theatre 1980 —

1 2017-05-04 ▶

Fool (If You Think It's Over) —

12 2025-12-23 ▶

Fool (If You Think It's Over) (album version) —

4 2026-03-01 ▶

Fool If You Think It's Over —

20 2015-05-26 ▶

Fool If You Think It's Over (Original Version) —

6 2016-01-17 ▶

Girl In A Sports Car —

2 2026-05-11 ▶

Giverney —

1 2016-11-27 ▶

Good News - Paris Theatre 1980 —

1 2017-05-04 ▶

Happy on the Road —

7 2019-01-21 ▶

I Can Hear Your Heartbeat —

71 2025-06-19 ▶

I Can Hear Your Heartbeat (extended mix) —

1 2024-03-02 ▶

I Can Hear Your Heartbeat (original version) —

1 2026-02-28 ▶

I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It —

1 2011-10-12 ▶

I Just Wanna Be With You —

1 2018-01-06 ▶

I'm Taking The Day Out —

2 2016-07-27 ▶

Jazzee Blue —

1 2006-10-15 ▶

Josephine —

38 2026-03-25 ▶

Josephine (French Edit) —

4 2025-12-24 ▶

Josephine (French Re-Record Mix) —

1 2024-11-13 ▶

Josephine (Groove Armada's Rerub Rerubbed) —

1 2020-10-02 ▶

Josephine (La Francais Version) —

1 2007-06-29 ▶

Josephine (La Version Francaise) —

8 2025-12-22 ▶

Josephine (La Versione Francaise) —

1 2012-04-08 ▶

Josephine (original version) —

4 2010-07-01 ▶

Joys Of Christmas —

1 2011-12-20 ▶

Julia —

10 2023-09-21 ▶

Let's Dance —

266 2026-05-01 ▶

Letter From Amsterdam - Paris Theatre 1980 —

1 2017-05-04 ▶

Looking for the Summer —

46 2025-06-23 ▶

Looking For The Summer —

37 2011-10-05 ▶

Loving You Again —

4 2023-01-21 ▶

Loving You Again (Storken and La Mer Baltique Edit) —

1 2021-12-27 ▶

Midnight Blue —

1 2015-05-10 ▶

Miss You Kiss - Shepherds Bush Empire 1998 —

2 2019-10-19 ▶

No Work Today —

1 2012-05-05 ▶

Nothing to Fear —

1 2010-09-12 ▶

Nothing To Fear - Shepherds Bush Empire 1998 —

3 2019-10-19 ▶

On the Beach —

177 2026-05-22 ▶

On The Beach —

30 2011-08-03 ▶

On The Beach (Album Version) —

2 2013-08-29 ▶

On The Beach (Slow Version) —

17 2012-08-08 ▶

On The Beach - Shepherds Bush Empire 1998 —

3 2019-10-19 ▶

On The Beach Summer '88 —

2 2019-08-16 ▶

One Sweet Tender Touch —

12 2018-03-04 ▶

Que Sera —

1 2006-05-10 ▶

Raincoat And A Rose —

5 2015-10-20 ▶

Raincoat and a rose —

3 2010-09-03 ▶

Raod To Hell Pt 2 —

1 2010-09-12 ▶

Raod To Hell Pt 2 - Shepherds Bush Empire 1998 —

3 2019-10-19 ▶

rock and roll tonight —

2 2011-09-06 ▶

Shadows Of The Big Man - Shepherds Bush Empire 1998 —

2 2019-10-19 ▶

Square Peg Round Hole - Shepherds Bush Empire 1998 —

2 2019-10-19 ▶

Stainsby Girls —

22 2026-01-02 ▶

Stainsby Girls (Radio 2 Piano Room, 3 Oct 2017) —

1 2025-12-23 ▶

Stainsby Girls (Radio 2 Piano Room, 3 October 2017) —

2 2017-10-04 ▶

Stainsby Girls - Shepherds Bush Empire 1998 —

3 2019-10-19 ▶

Stoney Road LIVE —

1 2006-10-20 ▶

Sweet Kiss - Paris Theatre 1980 —

1 2017-05-04 ▶

Sweet Summer Day —

1 2010-08-03 ▶

Tell Me There's a Heaven —

6 2016-11-27 ▶

Tell Me There's A Heaven —

5 2011-03-14 ▶

Tennis —

1 2025-06-15 ▶

Texas —

1 2015-12-06 ▶

That's the Way It Goes —

1 2006-10-22 ▶

The Blue Cafe —

1 2010-09-12 ▶

The Blue Cafe - Shepherds Bush Empire 1998 —

3 2019-10-19 ▶

The Chance Of Love —

13 2011-11-02 ▶

The Last Open Road —

2 2011-09-08 ▶

The Road Ahead —

27 2017-08-17 ▶

The Road to Hell —

245 2026-05-19 ▶

The Road To Hell —

74 2011-11-04 ▶

The Road to Hell (Part 2) —

1 2021-11-13 ▶

The road to hell (Part I & II) —

1 2016-07-26 ▶

Two Lost Souls (Radio 2 Piano Room, 3 October 2017) —

2 2017-10-07 ▶

When the Grey Skies Turn Blue —

1 2015-10-12 ▶

Winter Song —

1 2013-11-28 ▶

Wired To The Moon —

1 2007-09-04 ▶