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Nina Simone

Nina Simone is a person from the US, active from 1933.

Person US 1933–2003 jazz soul blues

TOTAL PLAYS

3,377

SONGS PLAYED

319

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-04-28 10:44 · Radio 2 — "I Put A Spell On You"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · 6 Music — "I Loves You Porgy"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026

400 300 200 100 0

'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,723 51%

Radio 2 1,456 43%

Radio 1 131 4%

1Xtra 67 2%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 09:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Ain't Got No, I Got Life 397 2026-05-20

2 My Baby Just Cares for Me 232 2026-05-22

3 Sinnerman 193 2025-11-30

4 Feeling Good 179 2026-04-11

5 Save Me 151 2026-01-05

6 I Put a Spell on You 149 2026-05-20

7 See Line Woman 134 2025-10-24

8 Baltimore 127 2026-03-16

9 Feelin' Good 111 2016-07-03

10 I'm Gonna Leave You 107 2026-03-28

11 Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter 103 2026-05-22

12 I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) 89 2026-05-14

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-25 01:49 I Loves You Porgy 6 Music

2026-05-24 14:55 I Loves You Porgy 6 Music

2026-05-24 01:14 That's All I Ask 6 Music

2026-05-22 21:11 Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat remix) Radio 2

2026-05-22 19:57 My Baby Just Cares for Me 6 Music

2026-05-22 09:07 Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter 6 Music

2026-05-20 15:39 Ain't Got No, I Got Life Radio 2

2026-05-20 07:45 I Put a Spell on You 6 Music

2026-05-18 22:36 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Radio 2

2026-05-16 10:54 Rich Girl 6 Music

2026-05-14 01:51 I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) Radio 2

2026-05-12 21:31 Baltimore (Live) (Supershy Remix Shorter Edit) Radio 1

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

319 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

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22nd Century —

1 2024-09-22 ▶

African Mailman —

6 2025-02-01 ▶

After You've Gone —

1 2010-01-05 ▶

Ain't Got No - I Got Life —

1 2026-01-31 ▶

Ain't Got No - I Got Life (Groovefinder Remix) —

1 2019-03-04 ▶

Ain't Got No, I Got Life —

397 2026-05-20 ▶

Ain't Got No, I Got Life (1968 Version) —

8 2014-12-23 ▶

Ain't Got No, I Got Life (Original Version) —

28 2016-05-08 ▶

Ain't Got No, I Got Life (1968 Version) —

1 2018-02-17 ▶

Ain't got no, I got Life (live) —

1 2016-08-27 ▶

Ain't Got No, I Got Life (Original Version) —

35 2025-12-29 ▶

Ain't Got No, I Got Life (Remix) —

2 2017-10-07 ▶

Ain't No Use —

2 2019-05-12 ▶

Backlash Blues —

3 2023-05-01 ▶

Backlash Blues (Live at Westbury Music Fair, April 7th 1968) —

1 2020-06-07 ▶

Backlash Blues (live) —

2 2017-02-26 ▶

Ballad of Hollis Brown —

1 2015-05-24 ▶

Baltimore —

127 2026-03-16 ▶

Baltimore (Live) (Supershy Remix Extended Edit) —

1 2026-04-21 ▶

Baltimore (Live) (Supershy Remix Shorter Edit) —

5 2026-05-12 ▶

Be My Husband —

11 2025-02-24 ▶

Be My Husband (Hot Chip Remix) —

3 2024-12-20 ▶

Be That Way Sometimes (Reflex Version) —

1 2016-01-02 ▶

Be That Way Sometimes (The Reflex Revision) —

1 2015-10-24 ▶

Be That Way Sometimes (The Reflex Version) —

1 2026-01-04 ▶

Black Is The Color (At Town Hall 1959) —

1 2021-10-10 ▶

Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair —

6 2025-11-27 ▶

Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (Live In New York 1964) —

2 2016-11-20 ▶

Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair (Live New York 1964) —

1 2016-02-28 ▶

Black is the color of my true love's hair. —

1 2014-05-04 ▶

Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair (Live In New York 1964) —

1 2020-02-23 ▶

Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair (Live at Town Hall) [2004 Remaster] —

1 2022-05-26 ▶

Black Is The Colour Of My True Loves Hair —

1 2014-05-05 ▶

Blackbird —

6 2025-01-27 ▶

Blue Prelude —

2 2018-01-07 ▶

Blues for Mama —

5 2025-01-06 ▶

Blues on Purpose —

2 2024-02-26 ▶

Brown Eyed Handsome Man —

4 2026-04-25 ▶

Central Park Blues —

2 2021-11-25 ▶

Chain Gang (The Work Song) —

2 2018-04-17 ▶

Chauffeur —

1 2025-06-16 ▶

Cherish —

1 2024-07-10 ▶

Children Go Where I Send You (Live) —

10 2025-12-21 ▶

Chilly Winds (Fink Remix) —

2 2020-12-19 ▶

Chilly Winds Don't Blow —

4 2025-12-21 ▶

Come on Back Jack —

2 2019-11-16 ▶

Come On Back, Jack —

1 2022-10-02 ▶

Come Ye —

1 2025-04-08 ▶

Compensation —

1 2025-11-16 ▶

Cosi Ti Amo —

3 2017-08-13 ▶

Cotton Eyed Joe —

2 2019-09-27 ▶

Dambala —

1 2012-03-25 ▶

Dambala (Live at Philharmonic Hall, NYC - July 1973) —

3 2025-09-03 ▶

Do I Move You —

2 2016-06-15 ▶

Do I Move You (Version II) —

1 2020-06-13 ▶

Do I Move You? —

11 2025-05-10 ▶

Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me —

1 2019-04-09 ▶

Do What You Gotta Do —

2 2021-08-17 ▶

Don't Explain —

4 2022-03-08 ▶

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood —

41 2026-05-18 ▶

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Live) —

1 2013-09-04 ▶

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Zeds Dead Remix) —

2 2013-07-18 ▶

Don't Smoke in Bed —

7 2024-10-21 ▶

Don't Take All Night —

1 2018-03-26 ▶

Don't You Pay Them No Mind —

1 2025-12-06 ▶

Dont Smoke In Bed —

1 2007-07-02 ▶

Either Way I Lose —

1 2025-11-23 ▶

Everyone's Gone to the Moon —

1 2014-12-07 ▶

Everything Must Change —

4 2023-04-11 ▶

Exactly Like You —

4 2024-12-28 ▶

Feelin Good —

1 2014-03-30 ▶

Feelin' Good —

111 2016-07-03 ▶

Feeling —

1 2013-06-23 ▶

Feeling Good —

179 2026-04-11 ▶

Feeling Good (Avicii Remix) —

2 2021-01-09 ▶

Feeling Good (Bassnectar Remix) —

1 2025-08-03 ▶

Feeling Good (Franky Wah Edit) —

4 2021-09-03 ▶

Feeling Good (Jax Jones Remix) —

1 2021-09-17 ▶

Feeling Good (Joel Corry Remix) —

9 2022-01-15 ▶

Feeling Good <new> —

1 2006-07-05 ▶

Feelin’ Good —

1 2014-04-16 ▶

Fine and Mellow —

2 2023-03-01 ▶

Fine And Mellow (Live Version - Sept. 1959) —

1 2023-10-08 ▶

Flo Me La —

1 2008-05-07 ▶

Flo Me LA (Live At Newport Jazz Festival) —

2 2018-05-18 ▶

For All We Know —

6 2016-01-18 ▶

For all we know. —

2 2015-11-09 ▶

Forbidden Fruit —

1 2016-03-29 ▶

Four Women —

11 2024-09-04 ▶

Four Women (Live at Casino Montreux 13 July 1990) —

1 2021-05-02 ▶

Four Women (live) —

11 2021-04-18 ▶

Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter —

3 2014-03-11 ▶

Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter —

103 2026-05-22 ▶

Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter —

2 2011-03-04 ▶

Gimme A Pigfoot —

1 2018-06-25 ▶

Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) —

2 2019-06-17 ▶

Gimme Some —

1 2018-04-17 ▶

Gin House Blues —

12 2025-11-16 ▶

Gin House Blues (2004 Remaster) —

1 2024-10-20 ▶

Gin House Blues (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968) —

1 2021-08-16 ▶

Go to Hell —

2 2022-08-16 ▶

Good Bait —

2 2020-06-07 ▶

He Needs Me —

3 2024-08-06 ▶

He Needs Me (2013 Remastered Version) —

2 2024-02-11 ▶

He Was Too Good to Me —

11 2024-07-09 ▶

He's Got The Whole World —

1 2012-08-12 ▶

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands —

3 2017-05-07 ▶

Here Comes the Sun —

60 2026-03-29 ▶

Here Comes The Sun —

6 2011-10-22 ▶

Here Comes The Sun (Francois Kervokian Mix) —

1 2025-08-31 ▶

Here Comes the Sun (François K. Remix) —

1 2020-02-15 ▶

Hey, Buddy Bolden —

1 2022-12-18 ▶

House of the Rising Sun —

1 2015-07-04 ▶

House of the Rising Sun (Live) —

1 2014-08-27 ▶

How Long Must I Wander —

1 2020-11-22 ▶

How Long Must I Wonder —

1 2020-11-03 ▶

I Ain't Got No, I Got Life —

4 2014-10-06 ▶

I Am Blessed (Wax Tailor Remix) —

2 2025-12-25 ▶

I Can't See Nobody —

6 2024-03-19 ▶

I Don't Want Him —

1 2025-12-21 ▶

I Get Along Without You Very Well —

1 2018-04-17 ▶

I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) —

4 2023-04-09 ▶

I Got It Bad —

3 2019-03-09 ▶

I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) —

9 2023-02-22 ▶

I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good —

1 2016-05-21 ▶

I Got It Bad and That Aint Good —

1 2007-07-01 ▶

I Like the Sunrise —

2 2024-06-12 ▶

I Love My Baby —

1 2017-10-02 ▶

I Love You, Porgy —

1 2010-08-22 ▶

I Love Your Lovin' Ways —

4 2022-11-26 ▶

I Love's You Porgy —

1 2015-10-25 ▶

I Loves You Porgy —

53 2026-05-25 ▶

I Loves You Porgy (Porgy & Bess) —

1 2006-05-05 ▶

I Need Some Sugar in My Bowl —

1 2014-11-01 ▶

I Put a Spell on You —

149 2026-05-20 ▶

I Put A Spell On You —

28 2011-10-31 ▶

I Put A Spell on You (Floorplan Remix) —

1 2022-10-29 ▶

I Shall Be Released —

11 2025-09-16 ▶

I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive —

1 2025-12-26 ▶

I Think It's Going to Rain Today —

5 2025-04-05 ▶

I Want a Little Sugar —

1 2014-06-14 ▶

I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl —

23 2026-02-16 ▶

I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Htd Version) —

1 2007-02-05 ▶

I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Live at Philharmonic Hall, NYC - July 1973) —

1 2024-07-06 ▶

I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) —

89 2026-05-14 ▶

I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1976 —

1 2022-07-11 ▶

I Wish I Knew How It Feels To Be Free (Live at Montreux Jazz festival 1976) —

1 2019-12-03 ▶

I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free —

9 2025-02-01 ▶

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free —

24 2025-09-21 ▶

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free —

3 2011-02-18 ▶

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (The Reflex Revision) —

2 2023-12-09 ▶

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free [The Reflex Revision] —

1 2021-10-09 ▶

I'll Look Around —

3 2021-09-27 ▶

I'm Going Back Home —

31 2026-05-07 ▶

I'm Gonna Leave You —

107 2026-03-28 ▶

If You Go Away (Ne Me Quittez Pas) —

1 2016-11-21 ▶

If You Knew (Live At Carnegie Hall) —

1 2024-09-08 ▶

Il Y A Un Baume A Gilhead —

1 2020-05-03 ▶

Il y a un Baume à Gilead —

5 2025-08-03 ▶

In the Dark —

5 2022-10-02 ▶

In The Morning —

1 2022-05-13 ▶

Isn't It A Pity —

2 2019-12-27 ▶

It Be's That Way Sometimes —

1 2020-02-14 ▶

It Might as Well Be Spring —

3 2025-03-16 ▶

Jelly Roll —

2 2018-04-17 ▶

July Tree —

3 2024-12-23 ▶

Just in Time —

7 2025-01-02 ▶

Just In Time —

1 2008-04-07 ▶

Just In Time (Live At The Village Gate) —

2 2024-04-18 ▶

Just Like a Woman —

1 2020-06-18 ▶

Just Like A Woman —

2 2011-05-24 ▶

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues —

11 2023-12-27 ▶

Just Say I Love Him —

7 2022-03-13 ▶

Lights Out, Words Gone —

1 2014-03-08 ▶

Lilac Wine —

22 2024-09-10 ▶

Little Girl Blue —

24 2024-12-19 ▶

Little Girl Blue 2 —

2 2018-10-29 ▶

Little Liza Jane —

2 2019-07-20 ▶

Love Me or Leave Me —

16 2025-01-04 ▶

Marriage Is for Old Folks —

4 2025-10-12 ▶

Memphis in June —

12 2025-06-18 ▶

Memphis in June (Remastered) —

1 2022-06-06 ▶

Mississippi Goddam —

46 2025-11-17 ▶

Mississippi Goddam ( live New York 1964) —

1 2021-03-20 ▶

Mississippi Goddam (Instrumental) —

1 2025-01-31 ▶

Mississippi Goddam (Live 1964 New York) —

1 2019-01-21 ▶

Mississippi Goddam (Live At Carnegie Hall, 1964) —

1 2023-03-28 ▶

Mississippi Goddam (live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964) —

5 2025-03-03 ▶

Mississippi Goddam (Live in New York 1964) —

1 2017-11-23 ▶

Mississippi Goddam (Live Stereo (1964-New York) —

1 2014-11-29 ▶

Mississippi Goddam (live) —

2 2015-11-19 ▶

Mississippi Goddamn —

1 2012-07-07 ▶

Montreux Blues (Live at Casino Montreux, 19 July 1981) —

1 2021-09-06 ▶

Mood Indigo —

14 2023-04-04 ▶

Mr Bojangles —

11 2016-06-21 ▶

Mr. Bojangles —

20 2026-02-08 ▶

My Baby Just Cares for Me —

232 2026-05-22 ▶

My Baby Just Cares For Me —

62 2013-11-21 ▶

My Baby Just Cares For Me (live at Casino Montreux 13 July 1990) —

1 2021-08-01 ▶

My Father / Dialog —

2 2025-12-07 ▶

My Sweet Lord/Today Is A Killer (Live 1972) —

1 2022-10-10 ▶

My Way —

4 2025-01-22 ▶

Ne Me Quitte Pas —

7 2023-05-07 ▶

Ne Me Quitte Pas (If You Go Away) —

1 2020-12-06 ▶

New World Coming —

6 2024-04-21 ▶

Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Sofi Tukker Remix) —

1 2022-03-19 ▶

Nina's Blues —

1 2024-04-15 ▶

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out —

5 2025-01-19 ▶

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Stereo) —

1 2015-01-17 ▶

Nobody's Fault But Mine —

7 2025-08-11 ▶

O-O-H Child —

2 2017-09-12 ▶

O-O-h Child (Remastered) —

2 2025-05-04 ▶

Obeah Woman (DJ Logic Remix) —

1 2021-12-10 ▶

Our Love (Will See Us Through) —

1 2018-05-17 ▶

Pirate Jenny —

2 2022-08-22 ▶

Pirate Jenny (Live In New York 1964) —

3 2020-05-09 ▶

Pirate Jenny (Live In NYC 1964) —

1 2015-10-24 ▶

Plain Gold Ring —

7 2025-10-26 ▶

Plain Gold Ring (Mop Mop Remix) —

1 2016-05-14 ▶

Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Zed's Dead Remix) —

12 2013-06-25 ▶

Poppies —

2 2025-08-03 ▶

Revolution —

1 2017-02-06 ▶

Revolution (Parts 1 and 2) —

1 2018-03-08 ▶

Revolution Parts 1 And 2 —

2 2015-06-28 ▶

Revolution Pt 1 —

2 2025-12-29 ▶

Revolution(Parts 1 & 2) —

1 2017-10-19 ▶

Rich Girl —

3 2026-05-16 ▶

Save Me —

151 2026-01-05 ▶

See Line Woman —

134 2025-10-24 ▶

See Line Woman (Riton Time Mix) —

1 2021-11-05 ▶

See Line Women —

2 2015-07-30 ▶

See-Line Woman —

5 2020-07-14 ▶

See-Line Woman (Masters At Work Remix) —

8 2025-01-13 ▶

See-Line Woman (Riton Remix) —

2 2022-09-16 ▶

See-Line Women —

2 2015-12-29 ▶

Seems I'm Never Tired Lovin' You —

1 2025-04-14 ▶

Seems I'm Never Tired of Loving You —

1 2014-05-24 ▶

Sign 'O' The Times —

1 2017-04-23 ▶

Sign 'O' the Times (Outtake) —

2 2025-09-01 ▶

Silver City Bound —

3 2023-07-17 ▶

Since I Fell for You —

6 2025-03-08 ▶

Sinnerman —

193 2025-11-30 ▶

Sinnerman (edit) —

2 2018-04-22 ▶

Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat remix) —

1 2026-05-22 ▶

Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix) —

4 2024-10-04 ▶

Sinnerman (Live on Jo Whiley) —

1 2019-06-01 ▶

Sinnerman (Sofi Tukker Edit) —

1 2023-12-08 ▶

Sinnerman (Sofi Tukker Remix) —

4 2022-01-14 ▶

Sinnerman (Two Pauz Remix) —

4 2023-07-18 ▶

Some Say —

1 2012-04-18 ▶

Something to Live For —

1 2017-05-30 ▶

Something Wonderful —

1 2018-07-01 ▶

Spell On You (Toddy Terry Remix) —

1 2025-08-01 ▶

Spring Is Here —

1 2021-03-14 ▶

Stars —

1 2017-03-02 ▶

Stars (Live at Casino Montreux - 3rd July 1976) —

1 2022-06-16 ▶

Stars (Live at Casino Montreux, 3rd July 1976) —

4 2024-03-28 ▶

Stars (Live) (1987/Vine St. Bar & Grill) —

1 2023-12-27 ▶

Strange Fruit —

7 2021-10-31 ▶

Sugar In My Bowl —

1 2008-10-04 ▶

Sunday in Savannah —

1 2025-07-06 ▶

Sunday In Savannah —

1 2010-12-12 ▶

Suzanne —

24 2025-12-11 ▶

Suzanne (Live) —

1 2016-11-20 ▶

Take Care of Business —

6 2025-07-20 ▶

Take Care of Business (Pilooski edit) —

2 2020-03-16 ▶

Take Care Of Business (Pilooski Remix) —

1 2020-03-24 ▶

Take Care Of Business (Solomun Mix) —

2 2026-03-06 ▶

Take My Hand Precious Lord —

2 2020-08-16 ▶

Take My Hand Precious Lord (Live at Westbury Music Fair) —

1 2024-12-25 ▶

Tell It Like It Is —

13 2023-10-11 ▶

That's All I Ask —

3 2026-05-24 ▶

The Assignment Sequence —

1 2019-04-17 ▶

The Ballad Of Hollis Brown —

1 2022-07-31 ▶

The Desperate Ones —

2 2022-06-12 ▶

The Family —

3 2024-12-26 ▶

The Gal From Joe's —

7 2020-12-27 ▶

The House of the Rising Sun —

5 2025-11-17 ▶

The Other Woman —

3 2025-07-07 ▶

The Times They Are A Changin' —

1 2012-06-09 ▶

The Twelfth Of Never —

3 2021-12-07 ▶

Theme From The Middle Of The Night —

1 2014-06-10 ▶

There Is A Balm In Gilead —

1 2017-06-25 ▶

This Year's Kisses —

2 2024-11-09 ▶

To Be Young Gifted and Black —

6 2021-01-17 ▶

To Be Young, Gifted And Black —

19 2025-11-25 ▶

To Love Somebody —

29 2023-08-17 ▶

Today Is A Killer/My Sweet Lord (Live) —

1 2018-10-19 ▶

Tomorrow Is My Turn —

1 2015-11-11 ▶

Trouble in Mind —

5 2021-04-03 ▶

Trouble in Mind (Live at Newport) —

2 2019-11-08 ▶

Trouble In Mind (Live In New York 1965) —

1 2018-04-22 ▶

Turn Me On —

2 2018-11-10 ▶

Turn Me On (Tony Humphries' Full Vocal Mix) —

1 2023-04-14 ▶

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) —

2 2019-12-01 ▶

Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season (Live) —

2 2017-12-04 ▶

Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season) —

1 2024-06-25 ▶

Vous Etes Seuls, Mais Je Desire Etre Avec Vous —

1 2011-10-26 ▶

Westwind [Elliot Adamson Drum Re-work] —

1 2016-06-25 ▶

When I Was A Young Girl —

2 2015-08-09 ▶

Where Can I Go Without You —

1 2021-08-22 ▶

Who Knows Where The Time Goes —

1 2007-12-31 ▶

Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Live at Philharmonic Hall) —

3 2024-12-16 ▶

Who Knows Where the Time Goes? —

15 2025-05-12 ▶

Why (The King of Love Is Dead) —

1 2015-10-08 ▶

Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) —

14 2024-08-06 ▶

Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead) —

1 2011-10-12 ▶

Wild Is The Wind —

24 2025-10-01 ▶

Wild Is the Wind (Live in New York 1964) —

2 2019-11-25 ▶

Wild Is the Wind (Live) —

1 2020-02-09 ▶

Will I Find My Love Today —

2 2018-02-26 ▶

Willow Weep for Me —

3 2018-07-22 ▶

Work Song —

11 2025-11-23 ▶

You Can Have Him —

1 2016-12-03 ▶

You Can Sing A Rainbow —

1 2016-01-08 ▶

You'd Be so Nice to Come Home To —

1 2017-09-26 ▶

You'll Never Walk Alone —

3 2021-12-05 ▶

You've Been Gone Too Long —

2 2019-05-28 ▶

You've Got To Learn (Live) —

2 2025-02-03 ▶