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Mike Oldfield

Mike Oldfield is a person from the UK, active since 1953.

Person GB since 1953 progressive rock new age electronic
TOTAL PLAYS
706
SONGS PLAYED
79
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2006-06-06 10:21 · Radio 2 — "To France"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · Radio 2 — "Moonlight Shadow"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
200 150 100 50 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 591 84%
6 Music 103 15%
Radio 1 9 1%
1Xtra 3 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 10:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Moonlight Shadow 269 2026-05-11
2 In Dulci Jubilo 95 2025-12-26
3 Sailing 65 2014-03-07
4 Tubular Bells 51 2025-11-16
5 Tubular Bells, Part One 43 2026-04-12
6 To France 33 2023-03-01
7 Portsmouth 18 2025-01-15
8 Moonshine 13 2016-05-15
9 Blue Peter 11 2017-05-29
10 Blue Peter Theme 6 2013-03-05
11 Arrival 4 2026-04-26
12 Etude 4 2020-05-15
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-11 08:44 Moonlight Shadow Radio 2
2026-04-26 02:53 Arrival Radio 2
2026-04-12 14:49 Tubular Bells, Part One Radio 2
2026-03-26 04:28 Moonlight Shadow Radio 2
2026-02-13 13:57 Moonlight Shadow Radio 2
2026-01-17 08:11 Moonlight Shadow Radio 2
2025-12-26 04:57 In Dulci Jubilo Radio 2
2025-12-24 17:54 In Dulci Jubilo Radio 2
2025-12-24 11:53 In Dulci Jubilo Radio 2
2025-12-23 06:54 In Dulci Jubilo Radio 2
2025-12-21 16:09 In Dulci Jubilo Radio 2
2025-12-13 03:08 In Dulci Jubilo Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

79 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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(Excerpt From) Tubular Bells — 1 ▶
Argiers — 1 ▶
Arrival — 4 ▶
Blue Peter — 11 ▶
Blue Peter Theme — 6 ▶
Earth's Moving (Radio 1 Session) — 1 ▶
Empyrean — 1 ▶
Etude — 4 ▶
Family Man — 3 ▶
Far above the clouds (Timewriter's Radio Mix) — 1 ▶
Far Country (Radio 1 Session) — 1 ▶
First Excursion — 1 ▶
Five Miles Out — 1 ▶
Foreign Affair — 2 ▶
Guilty — 3 ▶
Guilty Part 1 — 3 ▶
Guilty Part 1 - Wembley Conference Centre 1979 — 3 ▶
Guilty Part 2 — 3 ▶
Guilty Part 2 - Wembley Conference Centre 1979 — 2 ▶
Harbinger — 2 ▶
Harbinger (reprise) — 1 ▶
Hergest Ridge (Part One) — 1 ▶
Hergest Ridge, Part One — 1 ▶
Hergest Ridge: Part One (The Stereo 2025 Mix) — 1 ▶
Hergest Ridge: Part Two (The Stereo 2025 Mix) — 1 ▶
Hibernaculum — 1 ▶
In Dulce Jubilo — 3 ▶
In Dulci Jubilo — 95 ▶
In Dulci Junilo (Live From The Olympic Opening Ceremony) — 1 ▶
In the Beginning — 3 ▶
Incantations Part 1 - Wembley Conference Centre 1979 — 1 ▶
Incantations Part 2 - Wembley Conference Centre 1979 — 1 ▶
Incantations Part Four — 1 ▶
Let There Be Light — 2 ▶
Man On The Rocks — 1 ▶
Mike Oldfield's Single (Theme From Tubular Bells) — 1 ▶
Moonlight Shadow — 269 ▶
Moonshine — 13 ▶
Musica Universalis — 1 ▶
Musica Universalis (Live From Bilbao) — 1 ▶
North Star — 2 ▶
On Horseback — 2 ▶
Pacha Mama — 1 ▶
Piano Improvisation — 1 ▶
Pictures In The Dark — 1 ▶
Portsmouth — 18 ▶
Prophecy — 1 ▶
Return to Ommadawn Pt.1 — 1 ▶
Return To Ommadawn, Pt. I — 1 ▶
Sailing — 65 ▶
Sailor's Hornpipe — 1 ▶
Shadow On The Wall — 2 ▶
Tattoo — 3 ▶
The Bell — 1 ▶
The Exorcist (Theme) — 1 ▶
The Other Side — 1 ▶
The Theme From The Exorcist — 1 ▶
To France — 33 ▶
Tubular Bells — 51 ▶
Tubular Bells (Excerpt 2) — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells (Excerpt 3) — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells (excerpt 4) — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells (Opening Theme From The Exorcist) — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells (Part One) — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells (Pt. I) — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells (Radio 1 Session) — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells - Introduction — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells Part 1 — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells Part 1 - Wembley Conference Centre 1979 — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells Part 2 — 3 ▶
Tubular Bells Part 2 - Wembley Conference Centre 1979 — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells Pt.2 (Single Version) — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells Side 1 — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells Side 2 — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells {Part One Excerpt} (Live From The Olympic Opening Ceremony) — 1 ▶
Tubular Bells, Part One — 43 ▶
Tubular Bells, Part One (Wembley Conference Centre, 1979) — 2 ▶
Tubular Bells,Pt.2 — 1 ▶
Wonderful Land — 2 ▶