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Howard Jones

Howard Jones is a person from the UK, active since 1955.

Person GB since 1955 new wave singer-songwriter classic pop and rock
TOTAL PLAYS
693
SONGS PLAYED
45
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2006-05-02 13:58 · Radio 2 — "What Is Love"
LAST PLAYED
6 days ago · Radio 2 — "What Is Love?"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
70 53 35 18 0
'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 2 640 92%
6 Music 51 7%
Radio 1 2 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 New Song 257 2026-05-07
2 Like to Get to Know You Well 122 2026-05-04
3 What Is Love? 106 2026-05-15
4 What Is Love 51 2017-07-07
5 Things Can Only Get Better 19 2026-03-07
6 Don't Always Look At the Rain 18 2025-09-21
7 Pearl in the Shell 16 2025-02-22
8 Life in One Day 9 2025-07-26
9 Look Mama 9 2025-02-22
10 No One Is to Blame 8 2019-01-01
11 Like To Get To Know You Well 8 2011-10-20
12 Hide and Seek 7 2025-07-26
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-15 04:49 What Is Love? Radio 2
2026-05-07 03:45 New Song Radio 2
2026-05-04 23:32 Like to Get to Know You Well Radio 2
2026-04-29 11:31 What Is Love? Radio 2
2026-04-27 23:43 New Song Radio 2
2026-04-08 08:55 Like to Get to Know You Well Radio 2
2026-03-30 05:26 What Is Love? Radio 2
2026-03-11 15:55 Like to Get to Know You Well Radio 2
2026-03-09 09:57 New Song Radio 2
2026-03-07 02:30 Things Can Only Get Better Radio 2
2026-03-03 05:15 New Song Radio 2
2026-03-01 17:29 Things Can Only Get Better Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

45 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
All I Want — 4 ▶
Always Asking Questions - The Friars 1984 — 2 ▶
Change The Man - The Friars 1984 — 2 ▶
Don't Always Look At the Rain — 18 ▶
Don't Always Look At The Rain - The Friars 1984 — 2 ▶
Dream Into Action - BBC Session — 1 ▶
Dream Into Action - The Friars 1984 — 2 ▶
Equality - The Friars 1984 — 2 ▶
Everlasting Love — 4 ▶
Hero in Your Eyes — 2 ▶
Hero In Your Eyes (radio edit) — 2 ▶
Hero In Your Eyes - (Radio 2 Session, 28 July 2019) — 1 ▶
Hide and Seek — 7 ▶
Hide And Seek — 2 ▶
Hide And Seek - The Friars 1984 — 2 ▶
Hunt The Self - The Friars 1984 — 2 ▶
Joy — 3 ▶
Life in One Day — 9 ▶
Like to Get to Know You Well — 122 ▶
Like To Get To Know You Well — 8 ▶
Look Mama — 9 ▶
Look Mama - BBC Session — 1 ▶
New Song — 257 ▶
New Song (new version) — 1 ▶
New Song - The Friars 1984 — 2 ▶
No One Is to Blame — 8 ▶
No One Is To Blame — 4 ▶
No One Is To Blame - BBC Session — 1 ▶
Pearl in the Shell — 16 ▶
Pearl In The Shell — 4 ▶
Pearl In The Shell - The Friars 1984 — 2 ▶
So Fine — 1 ▶
Straight Ahead — 1 ▶
The Human Touch — 1 ▶
The Prisoner — 1 ▶
Things Can Only Get Better — 19 ▶
Things Can Only Get Better - BBC Session — 1 ▶
What Is Love — 51 ▶
What Is Love 12" — 2 ▶
What Is Love ? - The Friars 1984 — 2 ▶
What Is Love? — 106 ▶
What Is Love? - (Radio 2 Session, 28 July 2019) — 1 ▶
What Is Love? [Extended Mix] — 1 ▶
You Know I Love You, Don't You? — 1 ▶
You Know I Love You... Don't You? — 3 ▶