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John Grant

John Grant is a person from the US, active since 1968.

Person US since 1968 indie rock alternative rock folk

TOTAL PLAYS

1,630

SONGS PLAYED

166

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2010-03-11 20:05 · 6 Music — "Sigourney Weaver"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · 6 Music — "He's Got His Mother's Hips"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2010 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'10 '13 '16 '19 '22 '25

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,527 94%

Radio 2 101 6%

Radio 1 2 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 12:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Black Belt 174 2026-08-06

2 Pale Green Ghosts 133 2026-05-18

3 He's Got His Mother's Hips 115 2026-08-11

4 Down Here 105 2025-01-12

5 Love Is Magic 100 2025-01-20

6 Boy from Michigan 96 2025-12-23

7 GMF 87 2026-07-14

8 Voodoo Doll 83 2021-08-19

9 Glacier 78 2025-12-21

10 Preppy Boy 72 2024-09-03

11 Billy 67 2025-02-22

12 It's A Bit Disconcerting 62 2025-10-03

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-11 15:09 He's Got His Mother's Hips 6 Music

2026-08-06 07:20 Black Belt 6 Music

2026-07-21 04:39 GMF (feat. Sinéad O’Connor) 6 Music

2026-07-14 17:39 GMF 6 Music

2026-05-18 07:34 Pale Green Ghosts 6 Music

2025-12-30 10:17 Black Belt 6 Music

2025-12-23 18:49 Boy from Michigan 6 Music

2025-12-21 18:38 Glacier 6 Music

2025-11-17 14:20 All That School For Nothing (Instrumental) 6 Music

2025-11-12 16:08 He's Got His Mother's Hips 6 Music

2025-10-13 05:56 GMF 6 Music

2025-10-13 00:42 Pale Green Ghosts (Long Version!) 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

166 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

All That School For Nothing —

54 2025-06-05 ▶

All That School For Nothing (Instrumental) —

2 2025-11-17 ▶

Angel Eyes ( Live At Maida Vale 6 Music Session, 12 October 18) —

1 2018-10-12 ▶

Angel Eyes (Radio 2 Session, 30th Sept 2015) —

1 2016-03-31 ▶

Billy —

67 2025-02-22 ▶

Black Belt —

174 2026-08-06 ▶

Black Belt (6 Music Festival 2019) —

4 2019-04-01 ▶

Black Belt (6 Music Festival, 29 Mar 2019) —

1 2024-03-10 ▶

Black Belt (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-28 ▶

Black Belt (Hercules & Love Affair Remix) —

1 2014-10-03 ▶

Black Belt (Hercules and Love Affair remix) —

2 2021-02-27 ▶

Black Belt (Live from 6 Music Festival in Liverpool - 29/03/2019) —

1 2024-01-14 ▶

Black Belt - Latitude - 19/07/2013 —

1 2013-07-20 ▶

Black Belt [Radio Edit] —

1 2018-01-06 ▶

Blackbelt (Latitude Festival, 2013) —

1 2021-08-17 ▶

Boy from Michigan —

96 2025-12-23 ▶

Boy From Michigan (6 Music Session) —

1 2021-06-28 ▶

Caramel —

4 2021-08-17 ▶

Chicken Bones —

6 2023-04-06 ▶

Copenhagen (BBC Prom 2017) —

1 2017-07-25 ▶

Copenhagen (Live) —

1 2017-12-28 ▶

Copenhagen (The Scott Walker 6 Music Prom, 25th July 2017) —

3 2017-07-30 ▶

Copenhagen (The Scott Walker Prom, 25 Jul 2017) —

4 2023-08-01 ▶

Country Fair —

3 2021-07-18 ▶

County Fair —

3 2021-09-24 ▶

Daddy —

1 2024-06-14 ▶

Daddy (6 Music Session, 30 October 2024) —

1 2024-10-30 ▶

Day Is Done —

2 2023-07-02 ▶

Diet Gum —

4 2019-03-11 ▶

Disappointing —

14 2025-08-28 ▶

Disappointing (6 Music Festival 2016) —

7 2022-02-15 ▶

Disappointing (Feat. Tracey Thorn) —

2 2018-08-11 ▶

Dissapointing (6 Music Festival 2016) —

1 2016-02-17 ▶

Does It All Add Up To Nothing (Live at Celtic Connections 2016) —

1 2016-01-27 ▶

Down Here —

105 2025-01-12 ▶

Down Here (6 Music Festival 2016) —

2 2016-02-19 ▶

Down Here (6 Music Session, 1 Oct 2015) —

29 2025-04-08 ▶

Down Here - 6 Music Festival - RX 14/02/2016 —

1 2020-01-17 ▶

Down Here - 6 Music Festival 14 Feb 16 —

3 2016-02-25 ▶

Dreams Go To Die —

1 2012-01-28 ▶

Ernest Borgnine —

3 2014-12-21 ▶

Faint Positive Lateral Flow —

2 2021-11-19 ▶

Father —

2 2024-10-29 ▶

Fireflies —

1 2021-08-16 ▶

Glacier —

78 2025-12-21 ▶

Glacier (6 Music Festival 2016) —

3 2017-02-04 ▶

Glacier (Radio 2 Session, 30th Sept 2015) —

1 2015-11-17 ▶

Glacier feat. Jimi Goodwin (6 Music Festival 2016) —

2 2016-03-10 ▶

Global Warming —

8 2021-08-16 ▶

Global Warming (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-25 ▶

Global Warming (Radio 2 Session, 30th Sept 2015) —

1 2015-10-01 ▶

GMF —

87 2026-07-14 ▶

GMF (6 Music Festival 2016) —

1 2016-02-14 ▶

GMF (Feat. Sinead O'Connor) —

1 2013-07-08 ▶

GMF (feat. Sinéad O’Connor) —

9 2026-07-21 ▶

Grey Tickles Black Pressure —

2 2015-12-07 ▶

Grey Tickles Black Pressure (6 Music Festival 2019) —

1 2019-03-29 ▶

Grey Tickles, Black Pressure —

4 2016-02-07 ▶

Grey Tickles, Black Pressure (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

4 2016-06-27 ▶

Guess How I Know —

1 2015-10-08 ▶

He's Got His Mother's Hips —

115 2026-08-11 ▶

He's Got His Mother's Hips ( Live At Maida Vale 6 Music Session, 12 October 18) —

2 2018-10-12 ▶

He's Got His Mothers Hips —

1 2018-09-09 ▶

I Wanna Go To Marz —

14 2025-03-21 ▶

I Wanna Go To Marz (6 Music Live 2014) —

1 2014-10-05 ▶

I Wanna Go To Marz (Latitude Festival, 2013) —

1 2021-08-17 ▶

I Want To Go To Marz —

1 2021-05-09 ▶

Is He Strange —

2 2024-06-11 ▶

Is He Strange ( Live At Maida Vale 6 Music Session, 12 October 18) —

2 2018-10-14 ▶

Is He Strange (6 Music Festival 2019) —

1 2019-03-29 ▶

It Doesn't Matter to Him —

7 2025-04-04 ▶

It Doesn't Matter To Him (Glastonbury 2014) —

2 2021-08-17 ▶

It's A Bit Disconcerting —

62 2025-10-03 ▶

It's Easier —

1 2017-06-06 ▶

It's Easier - BBC Radio 2 session 25/07/2010 —

1 2015-08-08 ▶

It's Easier - Bob Harris session 25/07/2010 —

2 2021-08-17 ▶

JC Hates Faggots —

1 2015-12-12 ▶

Jesus Hates Faggots —

1 2013-11-30 ▶

Just So You Know —

2 2021-11-21 ▶

Laura Lou —

2 2024-06-20 ▶

Leopard And Lamb —

2 2020-10-04 ▶

Love Is Magic —

100 2025-01-20 ▶

Love is Magic ( Live At Maida Vale 6 Music Session, 12 October 18) —

1 2018-10-12 ▶

Marbles —

4 2024-09-12 ▶

Marz —

21 2022-03-25 ▶

Marz (6 Music Session, 29 01 2020) —

2 2020-02-22 ▶

Marz (6 Music Session, 29 Jan 2020) —

2 2020-04-27 ▶

Marz (freepo) —

1 2011-04-17 ▶

Marz (Glastonbury 2014) —

3 2022-07-31 ▶

Marz (Sofa Session, 14 July 2021) —

2 2021-08-17 ▶

Meek AF —

1 2025-06-05 ▶

Mike & Julie —

1 2021-05-09 ▶

Mike & Julie (6 Music Session) —

1 2021-06-28 ▶

Mother and Son —

1 2024-06-14 ▶

No More Tangles —

3 2021-08-16 ▶

Outer Space —

3 2022-10-08 ▶

Outer Space (6 Music Live 2014) —

1 2014-10-12 ▶

Outer Space (6 Music Session, 30 October 2024) —

2 2024-12-09 ▶

Pale Green Chosts (No Ceremony Remix) —

1 2013-11-23 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts —

133 2026-05-18 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts ( Live At Maida Vale 6 Music Session, 12 October 18) —

1 2018-10-12 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts (6 Music Festival 2016) —

2 2016-02-19 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts (6 Music Festival 2019) —

1 2019-03-29 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts (Glastonbury 2014) —

2 2014-07-05 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts (Glastonbury 2016) —

3 2022-06-10 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

4 2016-06-28 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts (Latitude Festival, 2013) —

1 2021-08-17 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts (Live at Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-30 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts (Long Version!) —

2 2025-10-13 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts (No Ceremony Remix) —

1 2013-02-02 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts - 6 Music Live 2014 —

1 2014-10-04 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts - Glastonbury 2016 —

2 2019-06-30 ▶

Pale Green Ghosts - Latitude - 19/07/2013 —

2 2013-07-21 ▶

PGG (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-26 ▶

Preppy Boy —

72 2024-09-03 ▶

Preppy Boy ( Live At Maida Vale 6 Music Session, 12 October 18) —

2 2018-10-15 ▶

Preppy Boy (6 Music Festival 2019) —

5 2019-04-05 ▶

Preppy Boy (6 Music Festival, 29 Mar 2019) —

1 2023-02-14 ▶

Preppy Boy (6 Music Session, 28 Jun 2021) —

1 2021-07-01 ▶

Queen of Denmark —

3 2024-06-09 ▶

Queen of Denmark (6 Music Festival 2016) —

1 2016-02-14 ▶

Queen of Denmark (live from the 6 Music Festival in Bristol 2016) —

1 2019-03-21 ▶

Rhetorical Figure —

8 2021-09-24 ▶

Rosemary (BBC Prom 2017) —

1 2017-07-25 ▶

Rosemary (Live from The Scott Walker Prom 25/7/17) —

1 2019-04-07 ▶

Rosemary (Live) —

1 2017-12-28 ▶

Rosemary (The Scott Walker Prom) —

1 2019-03-25 ▶

Sensitive New Age Guy —

3 2022-06-10 ▶

Sigourney Weaver —

3 2012-07-27 ▶

Sigourney Weaver (6 Music Live 2014) —

2 2015-02-20 ▶

Sigourney Weaver (6 Music Session, 29 Jan 2020) —

1 2020-01-29 ▶

Sigourney Weaver - Bob Harris session 25/07/2010 —

2 2021-08-17 ▶

Smug —

1 2019-01-04 ▶

Snug Slacks —

4 2025-06-05 ▶

Snug Slacks (6 Music Festival 2016) —

6 2017-07-29 ▶

Snug Slacks (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

2 2016-06-27 ▶

Snug Slacks - Glastonbury 2016 —

3 2021-08-17 ▶

Substitution (Demo) —

1 2025-07-05 ▶

TC and Honeybear —

4 2025-06-05 ▶

Tempest —

5 2019-12-27 ▶

Tempest ( Live At Maida Vale 6 Music Session, 12 October 18) —

1 2018-10-12 ▶

Tempest (6 Music Festival 2019) —

1 2019-03-29 ▶

The Child Catcher (Instrumental) —

1 2024-12-06 ▶

The Cruise Room —

1 2021-06-30 ▶

The Rusty Bull (6 Music Session) —

1 2021-06-28 ▶

The World's Strongest Man (BBC Prom 2017) —

1 2017-07-25 ▶

The World's Strongest Man (Live) —

1 2017-12-28 ▶

TITLE (Sofa Session, 6 January 2021) —

3 2021-07-14 ▶

Touch & Go —

4 2021-02-27 ▶

Touch & Go (6 Music Festival 2019) —

1 2019-03-29 ▶

Touch & Go (6 Music Session, 29 Jan 2020) —

1 2020-01-29 ▶

Touch and Go —

2 2018-11-11 ▶

Touch and Go ( Live At Maida Vale 6 Music Session, 12 October 18) —

1 2018-10-12 ▶

Vietnam —

1 2013-03-04 ▶

Voodoo Doll —

83 2021-08-19 ▶

Voodoo Doll (6 Music Festival 2016) —

1 2016-02-14 ▶

Voodoo Doll (Anna Meredith remix) —

4 2021-08-17 ▶

Voodoo Doll (Satellites remix) —

1 2016-04-30 ▶

Where Dreams Go to Die —

22 2025-07-07 ▶

Where Dreams Go To Die (Glastonbury 2014) —

2 2021-08-17 ▶

Where Dreams Go To Die - Bob Harris session 25/07/2010 —

1 2021-08-16 ▶

You & Him —

2 2021-08-17 ▶

You and Him (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

2 2016-06-26 ▶

Your Love Is King (Sofa Session, 30 June 2021) —

1 2021-09-15 ▶

Zeitgeist (6 Music Session, 30 Oct 2024) —

1 2025-01-17 ▶

Zeitgeist (6 Music Session, 30 October 2024) —

5 2024-11-05 ▶