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Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock is a person from the US, active since 1940.

Person US since 1940 jazz jazz fusion hard bop

TOTAL PLAYS

884

SONGS PLAYED

114

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-05-16 18:01 · 6 Music — "Rockit"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · 6 Music — "Rockit"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

70 53 35 18 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 549 62%

Radio 2 292 33%

1Xtra 23 3%

Radio 1 20 2%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Rockit 336 2026-08-07

2 I Thought It Was You 64 2025-07-21

3 Watermelon Man 62 2025-08-25

4 Bring Down the birds 48 2026-07-14

5 Chameleon 36 2026-07-31

6 I Thought It Was You (Directstep Version) 34 2026-02-12

7 Cantaloupe Island 31 2025-07-14

8 Bring Down the Birds 18 2011-11-14

9 Fat Mama 15 2023-07-23

10 You Bet Your Love 14 2025-07-12

11 Wiggle-Waggle 12 2021-02-20

12 Butterfly 11 2025-10-28

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-07 10:24 Rockit 6 Music

2026-07-31 13:06 Chameleon 6 Music

2026-07-14 22:53 Bring Down the birds Radio 2

2026-07-14 11:33 Rockit 6 Music

2026-05-26 09:39 Chameleon 6 Music

2026-05-15 23:32 Jessica Radio 2

2026-05-09 20:46 Rockit 6 Music

2026-02-12 15:33 I Thought It Was You (Directstep Version) Radio 2

2026-01-19 23:11 Bring Down the birds Radio 2

2026-01-10 10:39 Rockit Radio 2

2026-01-05 23:55 Stars in Your Eyes (7" Version) Radio 2

2025-10-28 15:21 Butterfly 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

114 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Jump Ahead —

1 2014-10-14 ▶

Actual Proof —

2 2023-05-02 ▶

Berangere's Nightmare —

1 2021-05-06 ▶

Blessing Over The Candle —

1 2012-02-29 ▶

Blind Man Blind Man —

1 2015-01-06 ▶

Blind Man, Blind Man —

3 2020-08-16 ▶

Blow Up —

1 2015-11-01 ▶

Blow Up (end title) —

1 2020-12-02 ▶

Blow-Up (Main Theme) —

1 2019-12-27 ▶

Blow-up (main title) —

2 2025-01-05 ▶

Both Sides Now —

1 2008-02-19 ▶

Bring Down the birds —

48 2026-07-14 ▶

Bring Down the Birds —

18 2011-11-14 ▶

Bring down the birds (Outtake) —

1 2019-12-27 ▶

Butterfly —

11 2025-10-28 ▶

Cantaloup Island —

1 2012-03-18 ▶

Cantaloupe Island —

31 2025-07-14 ▶

Cantaloupe Island (Extended Version) —

1 2014-08-30 ▶

Cantaloupe Island (Glastonbury 2022) —

3 2023-06-21 ▶

Cantaloupe Island (Live At Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-07-12 ▶

Cantaloupe Island (MAM 6 Music Festival 2024) —

1 2024-03-10 ▶

Cantaloupe Island (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) —

1 2025-10-05 ▶

Canteloupe Island (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2024-06-30 ▶

Canteloupe Island (Live From Glastonbury Festival 2022) —

1 2023-06-20 ▶

Chameleon —

36 2026-07-31 ▶

Chameleon (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-26 ▶

Come And See Me —

1 2025-07-04 ▶

Come Running to Me —

9 2025-01-11 ▶

Come Running To Me [Slugabed Ruined It] —

1 2011-11-11 ▶

Curiosity —

1 2023-03-19 ▶

Death Wish —

1 2015-05-30 ▶

Death Wish (Main Title) —

1 2013-01-21 ▶

Deck the Halls —

1 2013-12-14 ▶

Doin' It —

10 2025-10-05 ▶

Doin' It (Radio Edit) —

1 2019-04-04 ▶

Dolphin Dance —

1 2016-05-24 ▶

Driftin' —

2 2017-07-04 ▶

Driftin' (Remastered) —

1 2014-05-31 ▶

Earth Beat —

1 2023-07-22 ▶

Everybody's Broke —

3 2014-08-19 ▶

Eye of the Hurricane —

1 2022-10-08 ▶

Fat Mama —

15 2023-07-23 ▶

Fat Mamma —

1 2012-11-11 ▶

First Trip —

1 2009-07-16 ▶

Gentle Thoughts —

1 2025-09-15 ▶

Give It All Your Heart —

2 2022-07-31 ▶

Hang Up Your Hang Ups —

5 2025-10-25 ▶

I Thought It Was You —

64 2025-07-21 ▶

I Thought It Was You (Directstep Version) —

34 2026-02-12 ▶

I Thought It Was You (live) —

1 2014-11-21 ▶

It Ain’t Necessarily So —

1 2014-09-09 ▶

Jane's Theme —

1 2024-05-12 ▶

Jessica —

5 2026-05-15 ▶

Just Around the Corner —

1 2017-08-27 ▶

Live At Glastonbury —

1 2022-06-26 ▶

Maiden Voyage —

11 2023-04-06 ▶

Main Title Blow-up —

1 2023-01-23 ▶

Manhattan Island —

1 2017-03-28 ▶

Minuit Aux Champs Elysees —

1 2025-06-26 ▶

Motor Mouth —

1 2023-07-14 ▶

Nobu —

4 2023-06-25 ▶

Oh! Oh ! Here He Comes —

1 2021-11-11 ▶

Oh! Oh! Here He Comes —

1 2024-06-27 ▶

Oliloqui Valley —

1 2015-03-24 ▶

One Finger Snap —

1 2019-04-09 ▶

Ostinato (Suite for Angela) —

6 2024-09-01 ▶

Palm Grease —

2 2024-09-16 ▶

Rain Dance —

3 2022-12-04 ▶

Ready or Not —

5 2025-03-15 ▶

River (feat. Corinne Bailey Rae) —

5 2024-08-20 ▶

Rockit —

336 2026-08-07 ▶

Rockit (Chali 2na Freestyle) —

1 2013-11-24 ▶

Rockit (mega mix) —

1 2017-08-13 ▶

Sanctification —

2 2020-01-18 ▶

Saturday Night —

9 2024-08-18 ▶

Sly —

1 2018-11-20 ▶

Sonrisa —

1 2022-07-23 ▶

Spank a lee —

1 2015-02-09 ▶

Spank A Lee (Single Version) —

1 2016-11-09 ▶

Spank-A-Lee —

1 2018-11-04 ▶

Speak Like a Child —

1 2020-03-01 ▶

Spider —

1 2021-06-27 ▶

Spiraling Prism —

1 2017-02-26 ▶

Stars in Your Eyes —

4 2021-07-27 ▶

Stars in Your Eyes (7" Version) —

1 2026-01-05 ▶

Succotash —

1 2015-02-22 ▶

Sunlight —

2 2024-12-19 ▶

Tears at night —

3 2021-06-10 ▶

Tell Everybody —

2 2018-05-09 ▶

Tell Me a Bedtime Story —

6 2021-11-11 ▶

The Blow Up Main Theme —

1 2016-05-14 ▶

The Bomb (SLY Rework) —

2 2024-09-06 ▶

The Naked Camera —

3 2019-12-20 ▶

The Naked Camera (Blow Up) —

4 2013-12-26 ▶

The Peacocks —

2 2020-09-27 ▶

The Sorcerer - live —

1 2020-07-04 ▶

The Spook Who Sat By The Door —

1 2018-10-20 ▶

The Thief —

1 2018-11-05 ▶

The Times They Are A Changin' (feat. Lisa Hannigan) —

2 2013-02-10 ▶

Thought It Was You —

2 2025-09-20 ▶

Trust Me —

2 2023-10-11 ▶

Vein Melter —

3 2022-02-06 ▶

Vibe Alive —

2 2024-12-07 ▶

Wandering Spirit Song —

1 2022-05-29 ▶

Watermelon Man —

62 2025-08-25 ▶

Watermelon Man (Album Version) —

3 2024-06-30 ▶

Watermelon Man (Part 1) —

1 2018-01-24 ▶

Wiggle Waggle —

1 2016-03-19 ▶

Wiggle-Waggle —

12 2021-02-20 ▶

You Bet Your Love —

14 2025-07-12 ▶

You Betcha Life - Chelsea 1979 —

1 2007-10-17 ▶

You Better Bet Your Love (Mighty Mouse Dub Edit) —

1 2020-02-01 ▶

You'll Know When You Get There —

2 2022-05-31 ▶

Your Gold Teeth II —

1 2017-09-19 ▶