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Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler is a person from the UK, active since 1949.

Person GB since 1949 rock soft rock singer-songwriter
TOTAL PLAYS
216
SONGS PLAYED
39
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2007-02-05 09:09 · Radio 2 — "What It Is"
LAST PLAYED
12 months ago · Radio 2 — "Going Home (Theme Of the Local Hero)"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2007 — 2025
200 150 100 50 0
'07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 208 96%
6 Music 8 4%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 01:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Beryl 74 2017-06-28
2 Border Reiver 23 2009-10-05
3 Skydiver 20 2015-06-12
4 Good On You Son 19 2018-12-16
5 Wild Theme 10 2022-09-19
6 Going Home (Theme Of the Local Hero) 8 2025-05-24
7 Going Home 7 2015-05-25
8 Romeo & Juliet (Radio 2 Session, 29 Oct 2018) 5 2019-01-12
9 Ahead Of The Game 4 2024-02-16
10 What It Is 4 2017-09-06
11 Sailing To Philadelphia 4 2011-11-16
12 The Boxer (Radio 2 Session, 29 Oct 2018) 3 2018-11-03
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-05-24 00:51 Going Home (Theme Of the Local Hero) Radio 2
2025-04-12 07:27 Boom! Like That Radio 2
2024-12-15 03:38 Sailing to Philadelphia 6 Music
2024-08-10 02:50 Going Home (Theme Of the Local Hero) Radio 2
2024-04-21 11:21 Two Pairs Of Hands Radio 2
2024-03-27 09:17 Two Pairs Of Hands Radio 2
2024-02-16 23:29 Ahead Of The Game Radio 2
2024-02-03 19:45 Ahead Of The Game Radio 2
2024-01-25 04:48 Ahead Of The Game Radio 2
2024-01-24 09:17 Ahead Of The Game Radio 2
2023-09-18 01:22 The Rocks and the Water 6 Music
2023-09-17 14:25 The Rocks and the Water 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

39 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Ahead Of The Game — 4 ▶
Back on the Dance Floor — 1 ▶
Beryl — 74 ▶
Boom! Like That — 1 ▶
Border Reiver — 23 ▶
Donegan's Gone — 2 ▶
Even The Lone Star State Gets Lonesome — 1 ▶
Going Home — 7 ▶
Going Home (Theme from Local Hero) — 1 ▶
Going Home (Theme Of the Local Hero) — 8 ▶
Going Home from Local Hero — 1 ▶
Golden Heart — 1 ▶
Good On You Son — 19 ▶
Good On You Son (Radio 2 Session, 29 Oct 2018) — 2 ▶
Haul Away — 2 ▶
Haul Away (Radio 2 Folk Awards, 27 April 2016) — 1 ▶
Just a Boy Away from Home — 1 ▶
Last Exit To Brooklyn — 1 ▶
Local Hero: Going Home — 1 ▶
Postcards from Paraguay — 1 ▶
Potato Picking — 1 ▶
Remembrance Day — 2 ▶
Rocks And the Water — 1 ▶
Romeo & Juliet (Radio 2 Session, 29 Oct 2018) — 5 ▶
Rudiger — 1 ▶
Rüdiger — 1 ▶
Sailing to Philadelphia — 2 ▶
Sailing To Philadelphia — 4 ▶
Secondary Waltz — 1 ▶
Skydiver — 20 ▶
The Boxer (Radio 2 Session, 29 Oct 2018) — 3 ▶
The Long Road — 2 ▶
The Rocks and the Water — 2 ▶
Two Pairs Of Hands — 2 ▶
What It Is — 4 ▶
Wherever I Go — 1 ▶
Why Aye Man — 1 ▶
Wild Theme — 10 ▶
Wild Theme from Local Hero — 1 ▶