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Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra is a group from the UK, active from 1970.

Group GB 1970–2025 progressive rock art rock pop rock
TOTAL PLAYS
4,453
SONGS PLAYED
182
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-04-07 10:53 · 6 Music — "Kuiama"
LAST PLAYED
1 day ago · Radio 2 — "Livin' Thing"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
400 300 200 100 0
'05 '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 4,114 92%
6 Music 314 7%
Radio 1 25 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 08:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Mr. Blue Sky 513 2026-05-01
2 Livin' Thing 312 2026-05-20
3 Hold on Tight 267 2026-05-18
4 Sweet Talkin' Woman 256 2026-05-19
5 Don't Bring Me Down 233 2026-05-19
6 Shine a Little Love 215 2026-04-21
7 All Over the World 210 2026-05-15
8 Evil Woman 185 2026-04-07
9 Mr Blue Sky 168 2023-06-23
10 Rockaria! 144 2026-02-19
11 Rock 'n' Roll Is King 142 2026-03-01
12 Last Train to London 126 2026-04-15
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-20 03:56 Livin' Thing Radio 2
2026-05-19 13:35 Sweet Talkin' Woman Radio 2
2026-05-19 08:31 Don't Bring Me Down Radio 2
2026-05-18 23:21 Hold on Tight Radio 2
2026-05-15 05:36 All Over the World Radio 2
2026-05-14 09:17 Wild West Hero Radio 2
2026-05-14 09:12 Wild West Hero Radio 2
2026-05-14 09:12 Wild West Hero Radio 2
2026-05-11 00:37 Sweet Talkin' Woman Radio 2
2026-05-10 07:20 Hold on Tight Radio 2
2026-05-06 09:36 All Over the World Radio 2
2026-05-06 04:06 Don't Bring Me Down Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

182 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
10538 Overture — 66 ▶
10538 Overture - Guildhall, Portsmouth 1976 — 1 ▶
10538 Overture (BBC Live Recording, Golders Green Hippodrome 1976) — 1 ▶
10538 Overture - 1976 — 6 ▶
10538 Overture - Golders Green Hippodrome 1976 — 2 ▶
Above the Clouds — 1 ▶
Across The Border — 2 ▶
Ain't It a Drag — 59 ▶
All My Life — 3 ▶
All My Love — 62 ▶
All My Love (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 2 ▶
All Over the World — 210 ▶
All Over The World — 44 ▶
All Over The World (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 2 ▶
All Over the World (Live at Hyde Park 140914) — 1 ▶
All Over The World (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 2019) — 1 ▶
All Over The World (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 4 ▶
All over the world (showdown) — 1 ▶
All Over The World - Radio 2 Session - 7 Nov 2019 — 1 ▶
Alone in the Universe — 2 ▶
Birmingham Blues — 12 ▶
Calling America — 9 ▶
Can't Get It Out of My Head — 17 ▶
Can't Get It Out Of My Head — 2 ▶
Can't Get It Out Of My Head (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 1 ▶
Can't Get It Out Of My Head - Guildhall, Portsmouth 1976 — 2 ▶
Can't Get It Out Of My Head 1976 — 1 ▶
Confusion — 117 ▶
Day Breaker (BBC session 13.02.74) — 1 ▶
Do Ya — 17 ▶
Do Ya [Live in Concert] — 1 ▶
Do You Want My Love — 1 ▶
Don't Bring Me Down — 233 ▶
Don't Bring Me Down (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 1 ▶
Don't Bring Me Down (Radio 2 In Concert 12 Nov 2015) — 1 ▶
Don't Bring Me Down (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 3 ▶
Don't Walk Away — 5 ▶
Eldorado (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 1 ▶
Evil Woman — 185 ▶
Evil Woman (BBC Live Recording, Golders Green Hippodrome 1976) — 2 ▶
Evil Woman (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 1 ▶
Evil Woman - Golders Green Hippodrome 1976 — 3 ▶
Evil Woman - Guildhall, Portsmouth 1976 — 1 ▶
Evil Woman 1976 — 5 ▶
First Movement (Jumping Biz) — 1 ▶
From Out Of Nowhere — 80 ▶
From Out Of Nowhere (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 1 ▶
From Out Of Nowhere - Radio 2 Session - 7 Nov 2019 — 1 ▶
From The Sun To The World - Paris Theatre 1973 — 1 ▶
Getting to the Point — 1 ▶
Getting To The Point — 1 ▶
Hall Of The Mountain King - Golders Green Hippodrome 1974 — 1 ▶
Handle With Care (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 1 ▶
Heaven Only Knows — 1 ▶
Help Yourself — 2 ▶
Here Is the News — 18 ▶
Hold on Tight — 267 ▶
Hold On Tight — 80 ▶
I'm Alive — 7 ▶
I'm Alive (Xanadu) — 1 ▶
I'm Leaving You — 1 ▶
Illusions in G Major — 1 ▶
Jungle — 3 ▶
Just The Same - Guildhall, Portsmouth 1976 — 2 ▶
Just The Same 1976 — 2 ▶
King Of The Universe (BBC session 13.02.1974) — 1 ▶
King Of The Universe, Bluebird Is Dead, Oh No Not Susan, New World Rising - Golders Green Hippodrome 1974 — 1 ▶
Kuiama — 1 ▶
Kuiamam - Paris Theatre 1973 — 1 ▶
Last Train to London — 126 ▶
Last Train To London — 35 ▶
Latitude 88 North — 8 ▶
Livin Thing — 1 ▶
Livin' Thing — 312 ▶
Livin' Thing (Big Show Edit) — 1 ▶
Livin' Thing (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 1 ▶
Livin' Thing (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2014) — 1 ▶
Living thing — 1 ▶
Living Thing (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 1 ▶
Long Black Road — 6 ▶
Losing You — 1 ▶
Love and Rain — 1 ▶
Ma Ma Belle (BBC session 13.02.1974) — 1 ▶
Ma Ma Ma Belle — 3 ▶
Ma Ma Ma Belle - Golders Green Hippodrome 1974 — 1 ▶
Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle — 15 ▶
Midnight Blue — 11 ▶
Mission (A World Record) — 1 ▶
Mr Blue Sky — 168 ▶
Mr Blue Sky (Glastonbury 2016) — 3 ▶
Mr Blue Sky (Radio 2 In Concert, 12th November 2015) — 2 ▶
Mr Blue Sky (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 1 ▶
Mr Blue Sky <Fern from Portishead> — 1 ▶
Mr Radio — 1 ▶
Mr. Blue Sky — 513 ▶
Mr. Blue Sky (Edit) — 6 ▶
Mr. Blue Sky (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 4 ▶
Mr. Blue Sky (Radio 2 in Hyde Park 2014) — 1 ▶
Mr. Radio — 1 ▶
Need Her Love — 4 ▶
Night in the City — 1 ▶
Nightrider — 1 ▶
Nightrider - Guildhall, Portsmouth 1976 — 2 ▶
On The Run — 1 ▶
On The Third Day (Medley) - Guildhall, Portsmouth 1976 — 2 ▶
One More Time — 1 ▶
One Step at a Time — 1 ▶
Overture 10538 (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 2 ▶
Poker - Guildhall, Portsmouth 1976 — 2 ▶
Poker 1976 — 1 ▶
Poor Boy - Golders Green Hippodrome 1976 — 1 ▶
Poor Boy - Guildhall, Portsmouth 1976 — 2 ▶
Poor Boy 1976 — 1 ▶
Rock 'n' Roll Is King — 142 ▶
Rock 'N' Roll Is King — 34 ▶
Rock and Roll Is King — 1 ▶
Rockaria! — 144 ▶
Rockaria! (Glastonbury 2016) — 1 ▶
Rockaria! (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 3 ▶
Rockaria! (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 1 ▶
Roll Over Beethoven — 34 ▶
Roll Over Beethoven (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 2 ▶
Roll Over Beethoven (Paris Theatre 1973) — 1 ▶
Roll Over Beethoven - Paris Theatre 1973 — 2 ▶
Sci-Fi Woman — 2 ▶
Secret Messages — 2 ▶
Shangri-La — 12 ▶
Shine a Little Love — 215 ▶
Shine A Little Love — 46 ▶
Shine A Little Love (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 1 ▶
Showdown — 41 ▶
Showdown 1976 — 3 ▶
Showdown (Big Show Edit) — 1 ▶
Showdown (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 1 ▶
Showdown - Guildhall, Portsmouth 1976 — 2 ▶
So Fine — 4 ▶
Songbird — 1 ▶
Steppin' Out — 6 ▶
Strange Magic — 46 ▶
Strange Magic - Golders Green Hippodrome 1976 — 2 ▶
Strange Magic 1976 — 5 ▶
Summer and Lightning — 2 ▶
SW All My Love — 1 ▶
SW Time Of Our Life — 1 ▶
Sweet Is the Night — 1 ▶
Sweet Is The Night — 1 ▶
Sweet Talkin Woman — 1 ▶
Sweet Talkin' Woman — 256 ▶
Sweet Talkin' Woman (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 1 ▶
Sweet Talkin' Woman (Muffled) — 1 ▶
Sweet Talkin' Woman (Radio 2 In Concert 12 Nov 2015) — 1 ▶
Telephone Line — 84 ▶
Telephone Line (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 2 ▶
Telephone Line (Radio 2 In Concert, 12th November 2015) — 1 ▶
The Diary of Horace Wimp — 57 ▶
The Diary Of Horace Wimp — 35 ▶
The Diary Of Horace Wimp (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
The Lights Go Down — 1 ▶
The Sun Will Shine On You (feat. Jeff Lynne) — 1 ▶
The Way Life's Meant to Be — 5 ▶
The Whale — 1 ▶
Ticket to the Moon — 9 ▶
Ticket To The Moon. — 2 ▶
Tightrope — 4 ▶
Time Of Our Life — 3 ▶
Time Of Our Life (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 1 ▶
Turn to Stone — 116 ▶
Turn To Stone — 38 ▶
Turn To Stone (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 1 ▶
Turn To Stone (Radio 2 In Concert, 12 Nov 2015) — 1 ▶
Turn To Stone (Radio 2 In Concert, 7 Nov 2019) — 1 ▶
Twilight — 11 ▶
Waterfall — 2 ▶
When I Was A Boy — 74 ▶
When I Was a Boy (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 2 ▶
When I Was A Boy (Radio 2 In Concert 12 Nov 2015) — 1 ▶
When the Night Comes — 55 ▶
Whisper in the Night — 1 ▶
Wild West Hero — 99 ▶
Wild West Hero (Glastonbury, 26 June 2016) — 1 ▶
Xanadu — 1 ▶
Xanadu (live) — 1 ▶