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Joan Armatrading

Joan Armatrading is a person from the UK, active since 1950.

Person GB since 1950 folk singer-songwriter rock

TOTAL PLAYS

976

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-03-29 11:28 · 6 Music — "Water With The Wine"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · 6 Music — "Willow"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

100 75 50 25 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 792 81%

6 Music 183 19%

1Xtra 1 0%

Radio 1 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Drop The Pilot 201 2026-05-01

2 Love And Affection 176 2026-04-05

3 Love & Affection 113 2016-08-14

4 Me Myself I 69 2026-01-10

5 Down To Zero 68 2025-12-14

6 Willow 28 2026-05-24

7 Rosie 25 2025-12-02

8 Already There 25 2024-02-18

9 I Like It When We're Together 25 2018-05-25

10 I'm Not Moving 21 2024-12-27

11 Show Some Emotion 19 2025-05-20

12 Natural Rhythm 19 2021-09-09

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-24 03:10 Willow 6 Music

2026-05-01 08:46 Drop The Pilot Radio 2

2026-04-25 04:49 Willow Radio 2

2026-04-05 11:52 Love And Affection 1Xtra

2026-03-28 02:12 Drop The Pilot Radio 2

2026-03-26 15:13 Drop The Pilot Radio 2

2026-03-22 17:12 Drop The Pilot Radio 2

2026-03-13 07:43 Drop The Pilot Radio 2

2026-03-08 23:14 Love And Affection Radio 2

2026-02-19 01:15 Drop The Pilot Radio 2

2026-02-15 21:25 Love And Affection Radio 2

2026-02-02 11:14 Drop The Pilot Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

86 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

25 Kisses —

4 2025-01-27 ▶

All The Way From America —

17 2022-05-13 ▶

All The Way From America (Live Version) —

1 2016-12-04 ▶

Already There —

25 2024-02-18 ▶

Baby Blue Eyes —

2 2017-02-08 ▶

Baby I —

2 2023-01-15 ▶

Back On Track —

1 2013-02-18 ▶

Better Life —

2 2021-07-26 ▶

Blessed —

1 2023-11-19 ▶

Bottom To The Top —

2 2025-07-06 ▶

Come Back To Me (If Only In Dreams) —

1 2024-12-27 ▶

Come Unto These Yellow Sands / Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies —

1 2016-11-12 ▶

Cool Blue Stole My Heart - Hammersmith 1981 —

1 2006-05-10 ▶

D.N.A. —

1 2007-11-10 ▶

Down To Zero —

68 2025-12-14 ▶

Down To Zero (Radio 2 Folk Awards, 27 April 2016) —

3 2016-05-05 ▶

Down To Zero (Live at the 2016 Radio 2 Folk Awards) —

1 2017-02-06 ▶

Down To Zero (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jul 1976) —

1 2014-09-12 ▶

Down To Zero (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 29 Jul 1976) —

3 2020-03-13 ▶

Down To Zero (Radio 2 Session 8th July 2018) —

1 2018-07-08 ▶

Down To Zero - BBC Session 29/07/1976 —

5 2013-01-26 ▶

Down To Zero - Hammersmith 1981 —

1 2006-05-10 ▶

Drop The Pilot —

201 2026-05-01 ▶

Drop The Pilot (Live Version) —

1 2016-12-04 ▶

Drop The Pilot (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 2010) —

1 2020-11-11 ▶

Everybody Gotta Know —

2 2015-12-09 ▶

Feeling In My Heart (For You) —

1 2016-02-14 ▶

Flight Of The Wild Geese —

1 2026-01-11 ▶

Help Yourself (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jul 1976) —

1 2014-09-12 ▶

Help Yourself (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 29 Jul 1976) —

4 2023-05-15 ▶

Help Yourself - BBC Session 29/07/1976 —

4 2013-01-26 ▶

I Like It When We're Together —

25 2018-05-25 ▶

I Like It When We're Together (Radio 2 Piano Room, 15 May 2018) —

1 2018-05-15 ▶

I Wanna Hold You - Hammersmith 1981 —

1 2006-05-10 ▶

I'm Lucky —

5 2025-06-07 ▶

I'm Lucky - Hammersmith 1981 —

1 2006-05-10 ▶

I'm Not Moving —

21 2024-12-27 ▶

In These Times —

1 2020-07-05 ▶

Into the Blues —

2 2022-07-24 ▶

Juno's Song —

1 2016-12-04 ▶

Kissin' And A Huggin' —

1 2022-07-24 ▶

Kissin' And A Huggin' (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 29 Jul 1976) —

3 2020-03-13 ▶

Kissing And Hugging (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jul 1976) —

2 2023-05-15 ▶

Kissing And Hugging - BBC Session 29/07/1976 —

4 2013-01-26 ▶

Like —

1 2021-07-26 ▶

Love & Affection —

113 2016-08-14 ▶

Love & Affection (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 2010) —

1 2020-11-15 ▶

Love & Affection (Steve Wright Celebration, 30 April 2025) —

1 2025-08-25 ▶

Love And Affection —

176 2026-04-05 ▶

Love and Affection (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 2010) —

1 2020-11-24 ▶

Love and Affection (Radio 2 Piano Room, 15 May 2018) —

4 2018-07-22 ▶

Love And Affection - Hammersmith 1981 —

2 2008-02-27 ▶

Love and Affection - Radio 2 session 06/02/2010 —

1 2017-10-21 ▶

Love and Affection - Radio 2 session 28/09/2011 —

1 2014-10-19 ▶

Loving What You Hate —

15 2018-10-27 ▶

Loving What You Hate (Radio 2 Session 8th July 2018) —

2 2018-07-14 ▶

Mama Mercy —

1 2014-01-19 ▶

Me Myself I —

69 2026-01-10 ▶

More Than One Kind Of Love —

1 2014-06-29 ▶

Natural Rhythm —

19 2021-09-09 ▶

People (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jul 1976) —

2 2023-05-15 ▶

People (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 29 Jul 1976) —

2 2020-03-13 ▶

People - BBC Session 29/07/1976 —

4 2013-01-26 ▶

Rosie —

25 2025-12-02 ▶

Rosie - Hammersmith 1981 —

1 2006-05-10 ▶

Save Me —

4 2025-09-03 ▶

Say It Tomorrow —

2 2024-12-26 ▶

Show Some Emotion —

19 2025-05-20 ▶

Someone Else —

1 2024-12-24 ▶

Songs From The Tempest —

2 2021-03-13 ▶

Stronger Love —

1 2021-03-08 ▶

SW All The Way From America —

1 2015-03-04 ▶

Tall In The Saddle —

1 2023-09-10 ▶

The Messenger —

1 2018-05-06 ▶

The Weakness In Me —

8 2026-01-03 ▶

The Weakness In Me (Radio 2 Piano Room, 15 May 2018) —

4 2024-02-04 ▶

Think about Me —

2 2021-06-25 ▶

This Charming Life —

10 2010-03-24 ▶

To Be Loved —

2 2021-06-23 ▶

Turn Out The Light —

1 2023-04-02 ▶

Warm Love —

2 2020-12-10 ▶

Water With The Wine —

5 2007-02-04 ▶

Where The Bees Sucks There Suck I —

1 2019-08-25 ▶

Willow —

28 2026-05-24 ▶

Woncha Come On Home —

10 2025-06-08 ▶

Woncha Come On Home (Live on OGWT) —

1 2025-09-28 ▶