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Edwyn Collins

Edwyn Collins is a person from the UK, active since 1959.

Person GB since 1959 pop rock pop indie pop

TOTAL PLAYS

1,440

SONGS PLAYED

119

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-03-31 07:36 · 6 Music — "A Girl Like You 05/11/95"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "A Girl Like You"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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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 825 57%

Radio 2 610 42%

Radio 1 5 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 08:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 A Girl Like You 895 2026-08-21

2 You'll Never Know 63 2009-11-09

3 Losing Sleep 62 2023-09-02

4 Outside 51 2019-12-30

5 In Your Eyes 46 2022-03-13

6 Blue Boy 33 2025-10-27

7 Dilemna 18 2013-11-07

8 The Magic Piper (Of Love) 14 2025-01-22

9 Knowledge 12 2025-12-30

10 Too Bad (That's Sad) 10 2017-03-12

11 The Heart Is A Foolish Little Thing 9 2025-03-18

12 I Guess We Were Young 9 2019-09-08

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-21 05:05 A Girl Like You Radio 2

2026-08-17 15:00 A Girl Like You 6 Music

2026-08-13 08:04 A Girl Like You Radio 2

2026-08-04 15:48 A Girl Like You Radio 2

2026-07-25 04:27 A Girl Like You Radio 2

2026-07-16 03:50 A Girl Like You Radio 2

2026-07-15 21:47 Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation (6 Music Session, 24 Sep 2025) 6 Music

2026-07-14 20:57 Knowledge (6 Music Session, 24 Sep 2025) 6 Music

2026-05-22 03:43 A Girl Like You Radio 2

2026-05-13 07:28 A Girl Like You Radio 2

2026-05-04 23:20 A Girl Like You Radio 2

2026-04-23 16:05 A Girl Like You Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

119 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

1977 —

1 2012-12-23 ▶

31 Years —

1 2013-02-26 ▶

31 Years - 6 Music session 27/03/2013 —

1 2023-09-14 ▶

50 Shades of Blue —

3 2018-06-19 ▶

A Girl Like You —

895 2026-08-21 ▶

A Girl Like You 05/11/95 —

4 2010-08-19 ▶

A Girl Like You (BBC session) —

5 2005-08-21 ▶

A Girl Like You (Mark Radcliffe session 19th Sept 1994) —

1 2018-11-26 ▶

A Girl Like You - Shepherds Bush Empire 1995 —

5 2022-03-15 ▶

A Little Sign —

4 2025-07-30 ▶

Adidas World —

1 2007-06-15 ▶

Badbea —

2 2019-08-30 ▶

Beauty —

1 2019-09-06 ▶

Blue Boy —

33 2025-10-27 ▶

Blue Boy (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-23 ▶

Blue Boy (Marc Riley session 27/03/2013) —

1 2013-12-17 ▶

Blue Boy - 6 Music session 27/03/2013 —

2 2023-09-12 ▶

Carry On Carry On —

1 2013-03-20 ▶

Coffee Table Song —

1 2008-02-06 ▶

Consolation (6 Music Session, 25 Jun 2004) —

6 2023-03-20 ▶

Consolation Prize (6 Music Session, 25 Jun 2004) —

1 2017-01-19 ▶

Dilemma —

5 2013-02-26 ▶

Dilemma - 6 Music session 27/03/2013 —

2 2023-09-11 ▶

Dilemna —

18 2013-11-07 ▶

Do It Again —

4 2010-11-13 ▶

Don't Shilly Shally (Janice Long Session 25/08/1986) —

1 2016-03-30 ▶

Down the Line —

2 2012-09-04 ▶

Down The Line - 6 Music session 27/03/2013 —

1 2023-09-13 ▶

Falling And Laughing (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-23 ▶

Falling And Laughing (Pacific Quay Session, 23 Mar 2017) —

3 2017-04-02 ▶

Fiffty Shades Of Blue - Shepherds Bush Empire 1995 —

5 2022-03-15 ▶

Georgous George - Shepherds Bush Empire 1995 —

4 2022-03-15 ▶

Girl Like You (6 Music Festival 2017) —

3 2017-04-02 ▶

Girl Like You (6 Music Festival, 23 Mar 2017) —

1 2018-09-25 ▶

Girl Like You (Electric Proms) —

1 2007-10-31 ▶

Girl Like You (Pacific Quay Session, 23 Mar 2017) —

1 2017-03-27 ▶

Gorgeous George —

2 2014-04-14 ▶

Gorgeous George 05/11/95 —

4 2010-08-19 ▶

Gorgeous George (Mark Radcliffe session 19th Sept 1994) —

1 2018-11-27 ▶

Home Again (Live) —

1 2007-10-31 ▶

Home Again —

6 2025-01-22 ▶

Home Again (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-23 ▶

Hope and Despair —

1 2009-08-14 ▶

I Guess I'm Just A Little Too Sensitive (6 Music Session, 3 Apr 2019) —

2 2021-08-31 ▶

I Guess We Were Young —

9 2019-09-08 ▶

I Guess We Were Young (6 Music Session, 10 Apr 2019) —

1 2022-09-07 ▶

I Want You —

3 2019-12-13 ▶

I'm feeling lucky —

1 2010-02-08 ▶

I'm OK Jack —

1 2019-04-04 ▶

If You Could Love Me —

5 2024-11-28 ▶

If You Could Love Me 05/11/95 —

1 2007-10-26 ▶

If You Could Love Me (Acoustic Version) —

7 2023-02-09 ▶

If You Could Love Me (Shepherds Bush Empire, 1995) —

4 2022-03-15 ▶

If You Could Love Me - Shepherds Bush Empire 1995 —

2 2013-03-05 ▶

If You Could Love Me [Acoustic Version] —

1 2022-02-02 ▶

In The Morning —

2 2019-04-04 ▶

In Your Eyes —

46 2022-03-13 ▶

In Your Eyes - 6 Music Session 10/11/2010 —

1 2010-11-14 ▶

It All Makes Sense To Me (6 Music Session, 10 Apr 2019) —

1 2022-09-07 ▶

It All Makes Sense To Me (6 Music Session, 3 Apr 2019) —

2 2021-08-31 ▶

It Dawns On Me (6 Music Session, 20 Sep 2010) —

1 2017-09-20 ▶

It's All About You —

7 2021-02-08 ▶

Johnny Teardrop —

1 2005-07-18 ▶

Judus In Blue In Jeans (Janice Long Session 25/08/1986) —

1 2016-03-28 ▶

Knowledge —

12 2025-12-30 ▶

Knowledge (6 Music Session, 24 Sep 2025) —

2 2026-07-14 ▶

Liberteenage Rag —

1 2007-09-18 ▶

Losing Sleep —

62 2023-09-02 ▶

Losing Sleep (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-23 ▶

Losing Sleep (6 Music Session, 20 Sep 2010) —

1 2017-09-20 ▶

Love's Been Good To Me - Shepherds Bush Empire 1995 —

2 2018-03-20 ▶

Love's Been Good To Me 05/11/95 —

1 2007-10-12 ▶

Loves Been Good To Me —

1 2014-02-06 ▶

Low Expectations (6 Music Session, 25 Jun 2004) —

7 2023-03-20 ▶

Low Expectations (Gideon Coe Session) —

1 2007-10-19 ▶

Low Expectations - Shepherds Bush Empire 1995 —

1 2017-04-18 ▶

Make Me Feel - Shepherds Bush Empire 1995 —

2 2013-03-05 ▶

Make Me Feel Again —

3 2017-05-03 ▶

Make Me Feel Again 05/11/95 —

1 2007-10-12 ▶

Make Me Feel Again (6 Music Festival 2017) —

2 2017-03-25 ▶

Make Me Feel Again (Mark Radcliffe session 19th Sept 1994) —

1 2018-11-29 ▶

Make Me Feel Again (Shepherds Bush Empire, 1995) —

2 2018-03-20 ▶

Moron —

1 2011-08-29 ▶

Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation —

1 2025-03-14 ▶

Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation (6 Music Session, 24 Sep 2025) —

2 2026-07-15 ▶

One Is A Lonely Number —

1 2007-09-18 ▶

One Track Mind —

1 2017-12-01 ▶

Out Of This World - Shepherds Bush Empire 1995 —

1 2018-03-20 ▶

Outside —

51 2019-12-30 ▶

Outside (6 Music Session, 10 Apr 2019) —

1 2022-09-07 ▶

Outside (6 Music Session, 3 Apr 2019) —

1 2019-04-10 ▶

Paper Planes —

1 2025-05-07 ▶

Pushing It to the Back of My Mind —

2 2010-08-18 ▶

Quite Like Silver (6 Music Festival 2017) —

2 2017-03-29 ▶

Rhythm Is My Own World —

1 2025-04-03 ▶

Rip It Up (6 Music Festival 2017) —

2 2017-03-27 ▶

Rip It Up (6 Music Session, 23 March 2017) —

1 2017-03-26 ▶

Rip It Up (6 Music Session, 24 Sep 2025) —

1 2025-09-24 ▶

Rip It Up (Pacific Quay Session, 23 Mar 2017) —

3 2017-04-02 ▶

Rip It Up (Shepherds Bush Empire, 1995) —

6 2020-05-12 ▶

Rip It Up - Shepherds Bush Empire 1995 —

2 2013-03-05 ▶

Rip It Up 05/11/95 —

5 2010-08-19 ▶

Searching For The Truth (6 Music Session, 20 Sep 2010) —

1 2017-09-20 ▶

Seventies Night (feat. Mark E. Smith) —

1 2018-01-28 ▶

Superstar Talking Blues —

1 2007-09-18 ▶

The Beatles —

1 2011-10-04 ▶

The Campaign for Real Rock —

1 2018-10-01 ▶

The Campaign For Real Rock (6 Music Session, 24 Sep 2025) —

1 2025-09-24 ▶

The Campaign For Real Rock - Shepherds Bush Empire 1995 —

3 2019-12-12 ▶

The Campaign For Real Rock 05/11/95 —

3 2010-08-19 ▶

The Gospel According to Tony Day —

1 2012-01-08 ▶

The Heart Is A Foolish Little Thing —

9 2025-03-18 ▶

The Magic Piper (Of Love) —

14 2025-01-22 ▶

The Witch Queen of New Orleans —

2 2015-10-22 ▶

Too Bad (That's Sad) —

10 2017-03-12 ▶

Understated (6 Music Festival 2017) —

1 2017-03-23 ▶

Wheels of Love (Janice Long Session 25/08/1986) —

1 2016-03-29 ▶

You'll Never Know —

63 2009-11-09 ▶

You're Better Than You Know (Janice Long Session 25/08/1986) —

1 2016-03-31 ▶