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Deacon Blue

Deacon Blue is a group from the UK, active since 1985.

Group GB since 1985 soft rock pop rock pop
TOTAL PLAYS
2,058
SONGS PLAYED
145
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-23 14:31 · 6 Music — "Dignity (BBC session)"
LAST PLAYED
2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Dignity"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
300 225 150 75 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,891 92%
6 Music 166 8%
Radio 1 1 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 02:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Real Gone Kid 343 2026-05-20
2 Fergus Sings The Blues 225 2026-03-10
3 Dignity 204 2026-05-21
4 Late '88 107 2025-03-26
5 That's What We Can Do 97 2013-09-18
6 Chocolate Girl 82 2025-12-10
7 City Of Love 73 2020-11-06
8 A New House 73 2014-09-12
9 Gone 68 2017-01-27
10 Wages Day 56 2025-02-17
11 The Outsiders 54 2014-02-12
12 The Hipsters 51 2013-03-10
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-21 01:10 Dignity Radio 2
2026-05-20 15:22 Real Gone Kid Radio 2
2026-05-15 16:48 Dignity Radio 2
2026-05-09 12:34 Real Gone Kid Radio 2
2026-04-25 08:43 Dignity Radio 2
2026-03-30 03:41 Real Gone Kid Radio 2
2026-03-18 01:28 Real Gone Kid Radio 2
2026-03-13 01:19 Dignity Radio 2
2026-03-10 04:42 Fergus Sings The Blues Radio 2
2026-03-09 17:10 Real Gone Kid Radio 2
2026-03-04 00:46 Fergus Sings The Blues Radio 2
2026-03-01 09:27 I'll Never Fall in Love Again Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

145 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A New House — 73 ▶
An Ocean — 2 ▶
Are You There (With Another Girl) — 1 ▶
Ashore — 2 ▶
Bethlehem Begins — 11 ▶
Bethlehem's Gate (Edinburgh Playhouse 1994) — 3 ▶
Bethlehem's Gate - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 1 ▶
Bethlehem's Gate 1994 — 1 ▶
Born In A Storm — 5 ▶
Born in a Storm / Raintown — 1 ▶
Bound To Love (Edinburgh Playhouse 1994) — 1 ▶
Bound To Love - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 2 ▶
Chocolate Girl — 82 ▶
Chocolate Girl (Acoustic 2023 Version) — 1 ▶
Circus Lights — 2 ▶
Circus Lights (Radio 1Mark Goodier session version) — 1 ▶
City Of Love — 73 ▶
City Of Love (Radio 2 Piano Room) 21 Jan 2020 — 1 ▶
Come on In — 2 ▶
Cover From The Sky — 1 ▶
Dancing In The Dark (Radio 2 Piano Room) 21 Jan 2020 — 2 ▶
Dignity — 204 ▶
Dignity 1987 — 3 ▶
Dignity (BBC session) — 4 ▶
Dignity (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 6 ▶
Dignity (Radio 2 Piano Room) 21 Jan 2020 — 3 ▶
Dignity (Radio 2 Piano Room, 18 Feb 2025) — 10 ▶
Dignity - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 4 ▶
Dignity - Manchester International 1987 — 2 ▶
Dignity 1994 — 4 ▶
Fergus Sings The Blues — 225 ▶
Fergus Sings The Blues (Edinburgh Playhouse 1994) — 3 ▶
Fergus Sings The Blues (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 4 ▶
Fergus Sings The Blues - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 4 ▶
Fergus Sings The Blues 12" version — 1 ▶
Fergus Sings The Blues 1994 — 4 ▶
From Me To You / When Will You 1987 — 3 ▶
From Me To You / When Will You - Manchester International 1987 — 2 ▶
Gone — 68 ▶
He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now — 4 ▶
He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now (Edinburgh Playhouse 1994) — 2 ▶
Here I Am In London Town — 4 ▶
Hit Me Where It Hurts — 11 ▶
I Will & I Won't — 1 ▶
I Will and I Won't — 1 ▶
I Will and I Won't (Live) — 1 ▶
I Wish I Was A Girl Like You — 24 ▶
I'll Never Fall in Love Again — 11 ▶
I'll Never Fall In Love Again — 7 ▶
Late '88 — 107 ▶
Late '88 (Radio 2 Piano Room, 18 Feb 2025) — 2 ▶
Late 88 — 1 ▶
Late 88 (Radio 2 Piano Room, 18 Feb 2025) — 1 ▶
Laura From Memory — 4 ▶
Let Your Hearts Be Troubled — 1 ▶
Loaded — 6 ▶
Loaded - Manchester International 1987 — 2 ▶
Loaded 1987 — 3 ▶
Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 2 ▶
Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now 1994 — 2 ▶
Love & Regret — 4 ▶
Love And Regret — 2 ▶
Love's Great Fears — 3 ▶
March — 2 ▶
Meteors — 1 ▶
Not Gonna Be That Girl — 2 ▶
Orphans — 1 ▶
Peace Will Come (Acoustic) — 1 ▶
People Come First — 16 ▶
Queen Of The New Year — 17 ▶
Ragman — 3 ▶
Raintown — 9 ▶
Raintown 1994 — 3 ▶
Raintown (Edinburgh Playhouse 1994) — 5 ▶
Raintown - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 5 ▶
Raintown - Manchester International 1987 — 2 ▶
Raintown 1987 — 3 ▶
Real Gone Kid — 343 ▶
Real Gone Kid (Edinburgh Playhouse 1994) — 3 ▶
Real Gone Kid (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 4 ▶
Real Gone Kid (Radio 2 Session, 6 Mar 2020) — 1 ▶
Real Gone Kid - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 4 ▶
Real Gone Kid 12" version — 1 ▶
Real Gone Kid 1994 — 4 ▶
Riding on the Tide of Love — 14 ▶
Riding On The Tide Of Love (Radio 2 Session, 5 Feb 2021) — 1 ▶
Send a Note Out — 2 ▶
Sharon — 1 ▶
She Loved the Snow — 2 ▶
Spencer Tracy — 3 ▶
Spencer Tracy (BBC session) — 1 ▶
Stars — 2 ▶
Take Me — 3 ▶
TEXAS HOLD 'EM (Radio 2 Piano Room, 18 Feb 2025) — 9 ▶
Texas Hold Em (Radio 2 Piano Room, 18 Feb 2025) — 1 ▶
That's What We Can Do — 97 ▶
The Believers — 36 ▶
The Believers (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
The Delivery Man — 1 ▶
The Germans Are Out Today - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 1 ▶
The Hipsters — 51 ▶
The Hipsters (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 2 ▶
The Outsiders — 54 ▶
The Very Thing — 3 ▶
The Very Thing - Manchester International 1987 — 2 ▶
The Very Thing 1987 — 3 ▶
This Is A Love Song — 1 ▶
Time — 2 ▶
Town To Be Blamed — 2 ▶
Town To Be Blamed 1987 — 3 ▶
Town To Be Blamed (Live at Glasgow Barrowlands) — 1 ▶
Town To Be Blamed - Manchester International 1987 — 2 ▶
Turn — 19 ▶
Turn Up Your Radio! — 49 ▶
Twist & Shout — 24 ▶
Twist and Shout — 7 ▶
Twist And Shout — 22 ▶
Twist And Shout (Edinburgh Playhouse 1994) — 2 ▶
Twist And Shout - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 3 ▶
Twist And Shout 1994 — 3 ▶
Wages Day — 56 ▶
Wages Day (Edinburgh Playhouse 1994) — 6 ▶
Wages Day (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 2 ▶
Wages Day (Radio 2 Session, 5 Feb 2021) — 1 ▶
Wages Day - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 4 ▶
Wages Day 1994 — 2 ▶
Walk Away (Radio 2 at Edinburgh Festivals, 23 Aug 2018) — 3 ▶
Weight of the World — 2 ▶
When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) — 7 ▶
When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)? (Live at Glasgow Barrowlands) — 1 ▶
When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring?) (Air Studio Vocal Mix) — 1 ▶
When Will You Make My Telephone Ring — 10 ▶
Wild — 1 ▶
Will We Be Lovers 1994 — 3 ▶
Will We Be Lovers (Edinburgh Playhouse 1994) — 2 ▶
Will We Be Lovers - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 5 ▶
Win — 32 ▶
You'll Know It's Christmas — 16 ▶
Your Swaying Arms - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 1 ▶
Your Swaying Arms 1994 — 2 ▶
Your Town — 6 ▶
Your Town (live) — 1 ▶
Your Town (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Your Town - Edinburgh Playhouse 1994 — 4 ▶
Your Town 1994 — 1 ▶