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John Lennon

John Lennon is a person from the UK, active from 1940.

Person GB 1940–1980 rock pop experimental
TOTAL PLAYS
1,703
SONGS PLAYED
90
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-03-01 21:38 · 6 Music — "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
LAST PLAYED
2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Imagine"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
200 150 100 50 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,132 66%
6 Music 538 32%
Radio 1 33 2%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 15:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Imagine 194 2026-05-25
2 #9 Dream 148 2026-02-22
3 Woman 137 2026-03-31
4 Whatever Gets You Through the Night 113 2016-08-18
5 Mind Games 86 2025-03-11
6 Watching the Wheels 80 2026-03-30
7 Jealous Guy 79 2025-10-05
8 Stand by Me 69 2025-12-07
9 Just Like Starting Over 66 2014-11-22
10 Nobody Told Me 61 2025-09-17
11 Gimme Some Truth 59 2024-08-13
12 Power to the People 54 2026-01-17
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-25 17:58 Imagine Radio 2
2026-05-17 04:08 Oh My Love 6 Music
2026-05-03 19:40 How Do You Sleep? Radio 2
2026-04-12 15:08 (Just Like) Starting Over Radio 2
2026-04-02 19:37 (Just Like) Starting Over Radio 2
2026-04-01 19:37 Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) Radio 2
2026-03-31 19:40 Woman Radio 2
2026-03-30 19:40 Watching the Wheels Radio 2
2026-02-22 15:37 #9 Dream Radio 2
2026-02-14 02:56 Woman Radio 2
2026-02-14 02:33 Imagine Radio 2
2026-02-08 17:56 Woman Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

90 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
#9 Dream — 148 ▶
(Just Like) Starting Over — 8 ▶
Ain't That a Shame — 3 ▶
Be Bop a Lula — 1 ▶
Beautiful Boy — 1 ▶
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) — 39 ▶
Because — 1 ▶
Bless You — 2 ▶
Bring it on Home to Me/Send Me Some Lovin' — 1 ▶
Cold Turkey — 16 ▶
Come Together — 5 ▶
Crippled Inside — 5 ▶
Crippled Inside [Take 6, Raw Studio Mix] — 1 ▶
Gimme Some Truth — 59 ▶
Gimme Some Truth (Re-mastered) — 1 ▶
Gimme Some Truth [Take 4, Extended Raw Studio Mix] — 2 ▶
Give Me Some Truth — 1 ▶
Give Peace a Chance — 15 ▶
God — 11 ▶
God (feat. Plastic Ono Band) — 1 ▶
Going Down on Love — 1 ▶
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) — 35 ▶
Happy Xmas War Is Over — 22 ▶
Hold On — 3 ▶
Hold On (Studio Demo) — 1 ▶
Hold On - Remastered 2010 — 1 ▶
How Do You Sleep — 29 ▶
How Do You Sleep (demo) — 1 ▶
How Do You Sleep? — 17 ▶
How? — 9 ▶
How? [Take 40, Raw Studio Mix] — 1 ▶
I Don't Wanna Face It — 1 ▶
I Found Out (feat. Plastic Ono Band) — 1 ▶
Imagine — 194 ▶
Imagine (Live) 1978 (Commercial Recording) — 1 ▶
Instant Karma — 31 ▶
Instant Karma (live) — 1 ▶
Instant Karma! — 27 ▶
Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) — 24 ▶
Isolation — 11 ▶
Isolation (feat. Plastic Ono Band) — 5 ▶
It's So Hard — 3 ▶
Its So Hard — 1 ▶
Jealous Guy — 79 ▶
Jealous Guy (Take 29 / Raw Studio Mix) — 1 ▶
John Sinclair — 1 ▶
Just Because — 1 ▶
Just Like Starting Over — 66 ▶
Look at Me — 5 ▶
Love — 14 ▶
Love (feat. Plastic Ono Band) — 9 ▶
Mind Games — 86 ▶
Mind Games (Elemental Mix) — 2 ▶
Mind Games (Meditation Mix - SPACE - 8Hz Theta Binaural) — 2 ▶
Mind Games (The Evolution Mix) — 2 ▶
Mother — 6 ▶
Mother (feat. Plastic Ono Band) — 7 ▶
Mother (Ultimate Mix) (feat. Plastic Ono Band) — 1 ▶
New York City — 1 ▶
Nobody Told Me — 61 ▶
Number 9 Dream — 45 ▶
Oh My Love — 8 ▶
Oh My Love (Elements Mix) — 1 ▶
Oh Yoko — 11 ▶
Oh Yoko [Take 1, Extended Raw Studio Mix] — 1 ▶
Oh Yoko! — 18 ▶
Old Dirt Road — 1 ▶
Out The Blue (Ultimate Mix) — 1 ▶
Peggy Sue — 1 ▶
Power to the People — 54 ▶
Real Love — 2 ▶
Remember (With Bowie Intro) — 1 ▶
Rip it Up/Ready Teddy — 3 ▶
Serve Yourself — 1 ▶
Slippin' and Slidin' — 4 ▶
Slippin' and Slidin' (Live at Old Grey Whistle Test) — 1 ▶
Stand by Me — 69 ▶
Stand By Me (Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test) — 2 ▶
Steel & Glass — 1 ▶
Sweet Little Sixteen — 7 ▶
Watching the Wheels — 80 ▶
What You Got — 4 ▶
Whatever Gets You Through the Night — 113 ▶
Whatever Gets You Through The Night (Live At The Madison Square Garden 1974) (feat. Elton John) — 1 ▶
Whatever Gets You Thru the Night — 40 ▶
Whatever Gets You Thru The Night (Live At Madison Square Garden 1974) — 2 ▶
Woman — 137 ▶
Working Class Hero — 3 ▶
Working Class Hero (feat. Plastic Ono Band) — 1 ▶
Ya Ya — 5 ▶