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John Adams

TOTAL PLAYS
19
SONGS PLAYED
15
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2014-04-20 13:12 · 6 Music — "China Gates"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · Radio 2 — "Purple Rain"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2014 — 2026
7 5 4 2 0
'14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 11 58%
Radio 2 8 42%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 19:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Dandelion Wishes 4 2017-05-21
2 China Gates 2 2014-04-20
3 Purple Rain 1 2026-04-19
4 Short Ride in a Fast Machine 1 2023-11-19
5 Amen 1 2022-04-10
6 Light Over Water (Excerpt from Part 3) 1 2017-07-02
7 I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung (from Nixon in China) 1 2015-07-31
8 Act 2 Scene 2 1 2015-06-14
9 Act 2 Scene 1 Beginning 1 2015-06-14
10 News Has a Kind of Mystery 1 2015-06-14
11 Your Fight Was Smooth, I Hope? 1 2015-06-14
12 Landing of the Spirit of ’76 1 2015-06-14
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-04-19 22:39 Purple Rain Radio 2
2023-11-19 04:17 Short Ride in a Fast Machine Radio 2
2022-04-10 05:36 Amen Radio 2
2017-07-02 16:34 Light Over Water (Excerpt from Part 3) 6 Music
2017-05-21 07:45 Dandelion Wishes Radio 2
2017-04-03 02:56 Dandelion Wishes Radio 2
2017-03-29 02:46 Dandelion Wishes Radio 2
2017-03-22 03:08 Dandelion Wishes Radio 2
2015-07-31 19:53 I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung (from Nixon in China) 6 Music
2015-06-14 20:44 Act 2 Scene 2 6 Music
2015-06-14 20:40 Act 2 Scene 1 Beginning 6 Music
2015-06-14 19:34 News Has a Kind of Mystery 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

15 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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Act 2 Scene 1 Beginning — 1 ▶
Act 2 Scene 2 — 1 ▶
Amen — 1 ▶
China Gates — 2 ▶
Dandelion Wishes — 4 ▶
Home-down (Mad Cow) — 1 ▶
I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung (from Nixon in China) — 1 ▶
Landing of the Spirit of ’76 — 1 ▶
Light Over Water (Excerpt from Part 3) — 1 ▶
News Has a Kind of Mystery — 1 ▶
Nixon in China: Act 1 Scene 1 - The People Are the Heroes Now — 1 ▶
Purple Rain — 1 ▶
Short Ride in a Fast Machine — 1 ▶
The People Are the Heroes Now — 1 ▶
Your Fight Was Smooth, I Hope? — 1 ▶