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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
3,404
SONGS PLAYED
319
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2006-04-28 10:44 · Radio 2 — "I Put A Spell On You"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Ain't Got No, I Got Life (Original Version)"
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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 1,740 51%
Radio 2 1,466 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 400 2026-08-02
2 My Baby Just Cares for Me 234 2026-07-26
3 Sinnerman 194 2026-07-14
4 Feeling Good 180 2026-07-22
5 Save Me 153 2026-08-10
6 I Put a Spell on You 150 2026-07-27
7 See Line Woman 136 2026-07-20
8 Baltimore 130 2026-08-23
9 Feelin' Good 111 2016-07-03
10 I'm Gonna Leave You 107 2026-03-28
11 Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter 104 2026-07-17
12 I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) 89 2026-05-14
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-26 13:15 Ain't Got No, I Got Life (Original Version) 6 Music
2026-08-25 06:13 I'm Going Back Home 6 Music
2026-08-25 06:10 I'm Going Back Home 6 Music
2026-08-24 18:27 Ain't Got No, I Got Life (Original Version) Radio 2
2026-08-23 03:40 Baltimore 6 Music
2026-08-15 04:58 I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl Radio 2
2026-08-15 03:52 Baltimore Radio 2
2026-08-12 17:47 In the Dark 6 Music
2026-08-10 08:17 Save Me 6 Music
2026-08-05 16:19 Ain't Got No, I Got Life (Original Version) 6 Music
2026-08-02 23:57 Ain't Got No, I Got Life Radio 2
2026-08-02 04:07 Poppies 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

319 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
22nd Century — 1 ▶
African Mailman — 6 ▶
After You've Gone — 1 ▶
Ain't Got No - I Got Life — 1 ▶
Ain't Got No - I Got Life (Groovefinder Remix) — 1 ▶
Ain't Got No, I Got Life — 400 ▶
Ain't Got No, I Got Life (1968 Version) — 8 ▶
Ain't Got No, I Got Life (Original Version) — 28 ▶
Ain't Got No, I Got Life (1968 Version) — 1 ▶
Ain't got no, I got Life (live) — 1 ▶
Ain't Got No, I Got Life (Original Version) — 38 ▶
Ain't Got No, I Got Life (Remix) — 2 ▶
Ain't No Use — 2 ▶
Backlash Blues — 3 ▶
Backlash Blues (Live at Westbury Music Fair, April 7th 1968) — 1 ▶
Backlash Blues (live) — 2 ▶
Ballad of Hollis Brown — 1 ▶
Baltimore — 130 ▶
Baltimore (Live) (Supershy Remix Extended Edit) — 1 ▶
Baltimore (Live) (Supershy Remix Shorter Edit) — 5 ▶
Be My Husband — 11 ▶
Be My Husband (Hot Chip Remix) — 3 ▶
Be That Way Sometimes (Reflex Version) — 1 ▶
Be That Way Sometimes (The Reflex Revision) — 1 ▶
Be That Way Sometimes (The Reflex Version) — 1 ▶
Black Is The Color (At Town Hall 1959) — 1 ▶
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair — 6 ▶
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (Live In New York 1964) — 2 ▶
Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair (Live New York 1964) — 1 ▶
Black is the color of my true love's hair. — 1 ▶
Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair (Live In New York 1964) — 1 ▶
Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair (Live at Town Hall) [2004 Remaster] — 1 ▶
Black Is The Colour Of My True Loves Hair — 1 ▶
Blackbird — 6 ▶
Blue Prelude — 2 ▶
Blues for Mama — 5 ▶
Blues on Purpose — 2 ▶
Brown Eyed Handsome Man — 4 ▶
Central Park Blues — 2 ▶
Chain Gang (The Work Song) — 2 ▶
Chauffeur — 1 ▶
Cherish — 1 ▶
Children Go Where I Send You (Live) — 10 ▶
Chilly Winds (Fink Remix) — 2 ▶
Chilly Winds Don't Blow — 4 ▶
Come on Back Jack — 2 ▶
Come On Back, Jack — 1 ▶
Come Ye — 1 ▶
Compensation — 1 ▶
Cosi Ti Amo — 3 ▶
Cotton Eyed Joe — 2 ▶
Dambala — 1 ▶
Dambala (Live at Philharmonic Hall, NYC - July 1973) — 3 ▶
Do I Move You — 2 ▶
Do I Move You (Version II) — 1 ▶
Do I Move You? — 11 ▶
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me — 1 ▶
Do What You Gotta Do — 2 ▶
Don't Explain — 4 ▶
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood — 41 ▶
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Live) — 1 ▶
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Zeds Dead Remix) — 2 ▶
Don't Smoke in Bed — 7 ▶
Don't Take All Night — 1 ▶
Don't You Pay Them No Mind — 1 ▶
Dont Smoke In Bed — 1 ▶
Either Way I Lose — 1 ▶
Everyone's Gone to the Moon — 1 ▶
Everything Must Change — 4 ▶
Exactly Like You — 4 ▶
Feelin Good — 1 ▶
Feelin' Good — 111 ▶
Feeling — 1 ▶
Feeling Good — 180 ▶
Feeling Good (Avicii Remix) — 2 ▶
Feeling Good (Bassnectar Remix) — 1 ▶
Feeling Good (Franky Wah Edit) — 4 ▶
Feeling Good (Jax Jones Remix) — 1 ▶
Feeling Good (Joel Corry Remix) — 9 ▶
Feeling Good <new> — 1 ▶
Feelin’ Good — 1 ▶
Fine and Mellow — 2 ▶
Fine And Mellow (Live Version - Sept. 1959) — 1 ▶
Flo Me La — 1 ▶
Flo Me LA (Live At Newport Jazz Festival) — 2 ▶
For All We Know — 6 ▶
For all we know. — 2 ▶
Forbidden Fruit — 1 ▶
Four Women — 11 ▶
Four Women (Live at Casino Montreux 13 July 1990) — 1 ▶
Four Women (live) — 11 ▶
Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter — 3 ▶
Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter — 104 ▶
Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter — 2 ▶
Gimme A Pigfoot — 1 ▶
Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) — 2 ▶
Gimme Some — 1 ▶
Gin House Blues — 13 ▶
Gin House Blues (2004 Remaster) — 1 ▶
Gin House Blues (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968) — 1 ▶
Go to Hell — 2 ▶
Good Bait — 2 ▶
He Needs Me — 3 ▶
He Needs Me (2013 Remastered Version) — 2 ▶
He Was Too Good to Me — 11 ▶
He's Got The Whole World — 1 ▶
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands — 3 ▶
Here Comes the Sun — 61 ▶
Here Comes The Sun — 6 ▶
Here Comes The Sun (Francois Kervokian Mix) — 1 ▶
Here Comes the Sun (François K. Remix) — 1 ▶
Hey, Buddy Bolden — 1 ▶
House of the Rising Sun — 1 ▶
House of the Rising Sun (Live) — 1 ▶
How Long Must I Wander — 1 ▶
How Long Must I Wonder — 1 ▶
I Ain't Got No, I Got Life — 4 ▶
I Am Blessed (Wax Tailor Remix) — 2 ▶
I Can't See Nobody — 6 ▶
I Don't Want Him — 1 ▶
I Get Along Without You Very Well — 1 ▶
I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) — 4 ▶
I Got It Bad — 3 ▶
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) — 9 ▶
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good — 1 ▶
I Got It Bad and That Aint Good — 1 ▶
I Like the Sunrise — 2 ▶
I Love My Baby — 1 ▶
I Love You, Porgy — 1 ▶
I Love Your Lovin' Ways — 4 ▶
I Love's You Porgy — 1 ▶
I Loves You Porgy — 53 ▶
I Loves You Porgy (Porgy & Bess) — 1 ▶
I Need Some Sugar in My Bowl — 1 ▶
I Put a Spell on You — 150 ▶
I Put A Spell On You — 28 ▶
I Put A Spell on You (Floorplan Remix) — 1 ▶
I Shall Be Released — 11 ▶
I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive — 1 ▶
I Think It's Going to Rain Today — 5 ▶
I Want a Little Sugar — 1 ▶
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl — 24 ▶
I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Live at Philharmonic Hall, NYC - July 1973) — 1 ▶
I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) — 89 ▶
I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1976 — 1 ▶
I Wish I Knew How It Feels To Be Free (Live at Montreux Jazz festival 1976) — 1 ▶
I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free — 9 ▶
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free — 24 ▶
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free — 3 ▶
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (The Reflex Revision) — 2 ▶
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free [The Reflex Revision] — 1 ▶
I'll Look Around — 3 ▶
I'm Going Back Home — 34 ▶
I'm Gonna Leave You — 107 ▶
If You Go Away (Ne Me Quittez Pas) — 1 ▶
If You Knew (Live At Carnegie Hall) — 1 ▶
Il Y A Un Baume A Gilhead — 1 ▶
Il y a un Baume à Gilead — 5 ▶
In the Dark — 6 ▶
In The Morning — 1 ▶
Isn't It A Pity — 2 ▶
It Be's That Way Sometimes — 1 ▶
It Might as Well Be Spring — 3 ▶
Jelly Roll — 2 ▶
July Tree — 3 ▶
Just in Time — 7 ▶
Just In Time — 1 ▶
Just In Time (Live At The Village Gate) — 2 ▶
Just Like a Woman — 1 ▶
Just Like A Woman — 2 ▶
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues — 11 ▶
Just Say I Love Him — 7 ▶
Lights Out, Words Gone — 1 ▶
Lilac Wine — 22 ▶
Little Girl Blue — 24 ▶
Little Girl Blue 2 — 2 ▶
Little Liza Jane — 2 ▶
Love Me or Leave Me — 16 ▶
Marriage Is for Old Folks — 4 ▶
Memphis in June — 12 ▶
Memphis in June (Remastered) — 1 ▶
Mississippi Goddam — 46 ▶
Mississippi Goddam ( live New York 1964) — 1 ▶
Mississippi Goddam (Instrumental) — 1 ▶
Mississippi Goddam (Live 1964 New York) — 1 ▶
Mississippi Goddam (Live At Carnegie Hall, 1964) — 1 ▶
Mississippi Goddam (live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964) — 5 ▶
Mississippi Goddam (Live in New York 1964) — 1 ▶
Mississippi Goddam (Live Stereo (1964-New York) — 1 ▶
Mississippi Goddam (live) — 2 ▶
Mississippi Goddamn — 1 ▶
Montreux Blues (Live at Casino Montreux, 19 July 1981) — 1 ▶
Mood Indigo — 14 ▶
Mr Bojangles — 11 ▶
Mr. Bojangles — 20 ▶
My Baby Just Cares for Me — 234 ▶
My Baby Just Cares For Me — 62 ▶
My Baby Just Cares For Me (live at Casino Montreux 13 July 1990) — 1 ▶
My Father / Dialog — 2 ▶
My Sweet Lord/Today Is A Killer (Live 1972) — 1 ▶
My Way — 4 ▶
Ne Me Quitte Pas — 7 ▶
Ne Me Quitte Pas (If You Go Away) — 1 ▶
New World Coming — 6 ▶
Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Sofi Tukker Remix) — 1 ▶
Nina's Blues — 1 ▶
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out — 5 ▶
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Stereo) — 1 ▶
Nobody's Fault But Mine — 7 ▶
O-O-H Child — 2 ▶
O-O-h Child (Remastered) — 2 ▶
Obeah Woman (DJ Logic Remix) — 1 ▶
Our Love (Will See Us Through) — 1 ▶
Pirate Jenny — 2 ▶
Pirate Jenny (Live In New York 1964) — 3 ▶
Pirate Jenny (Live In NYC 1964) — 1 ▶
Plain Gold Ring — 7 ▶
Plain Gold Ring (Mop Mop Remix) — 1 ▶
Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Zed's Dead Remix) — 12 ▶
Poppies — 3 ▶
Revolution — 1 ▶
Revolution (Parts 1 and 2) — 1 ▶
Revolution Parts 1 And 2 — 2 ▶
Revolution Pt 1 — 2 ▶
Revolution(Parts 1 & 2) — 1 ▶
Rich Girl — 3 ▶
Save Me — 153 ▶
See Line Woman — 136 ▶
See Line Woman (Riton Time Mix) — 1 ▶
See Line Women — 2 ▶
See-Line Woman — 5 ▶
See-Line Woman (Masters At Work Remix) — 8 ▶
See-Line Woman (Riton Remix) — 2 ▶
See-Line Women — 2 ▶
Seems I'm Never Tired Lovin' You — 1 ▶
Seems I'm Never Tired of Loving You — 1 ▶
Sign 'O' The Times — 1 ▶
Sign 'O' the Times (Outtake) — 2 ▶
Silver City Bound — 3 ▶
Since I Fell for You — 6 ▶
Sinnerman — 194 ▶
Sinnerman (edit) — 2 ▶
Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat remix) — 1 ▶
Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix) — 4 ▶
Sinnerman (Live on Jo Whiley) — 1 ▶
Sinnerman (Sofi Tukker Edit) — 1 ▶
Sinnerman (Sofi Tukker Remix) — 4 ▶
Sinnerman (Two Pauz Remix) — 4 ▶
Some Say — 1 ▶
Something to Live For — 1 ▶
Something Wonderful — 1 ▶
Spell On You (Toddy Terry Remix) — 1 ▶
Spring Is Here — 1 ▶
Stars — 1 ▶
Stars (Live at Casino Montreux - 3rd July 1976) — 1 ▶
Stars (Live at Casino Montreux, 3rd July 1976) — 4 ▶
Stars (Live) (1987/Vine St. Bar & Grill) — 1 ▶
Strange Fruit — 7 ▶
Sugar In My Bowl — 1 ▶
Sunday in Savannah — 1 ▶
Sunday In Savannah — 1 ▶
Suzanne — 24 ▶
Suzanne (Live) — 1 ▶
Take Care of Business — 6 ▶
Take Care of Business (Pilooski edit) — 2 ▶
Take Care Of Business (Pilooski Remix) — 1 ▶
Take Care Of Business (Solomun Mix) — 2 ▶
Take My Hand Precious Lord — 2 ▶
Take My Hand Precious Lord (Live at Westbury Music Fair) — 1 ▶
Tell It Like It Is — 13 ▶
That's All I Ask — 3 ▶
The Assignment Sequence — 1 ▶
The Ballad Of Hollis Brown — 1 ▶
The Desperate Ones — 2 ▶
The Family — 3 ▶
The Gal From Joe's — 7 ▶
The House of the Rising Sun — 5 ▶
The Other Woman — 3 ▶
The Times They Are A Changin' — 1 ▶
The Twelfth Of Never — 3 ▶
Theme From The Middle Of The Night — 1 ▶
There Is A Balm In Gilead — 1 ▶
This Year's Kisses — 2 ▶
To Be Young Gifted and Black — 6 ▶
To Be Young, Gifted And Black — 19 ▶
To Love Somebody — 29 ▶
Today Is A Killer/My Sweet Lord (Live) — 1 ▶
Tomorrow Is My Turn — 1 ▶
Trouble in Mind — 5 ▶
Trouble in Mind (Live at Newport) — 2 ▶
Trouble In Mind (Live In New York 1965) — 1 ▶
Turn Me On — 2 ▶
Turn Me On (Tony Humphries' Full Vocal Mix) — 1 ▶
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) — 2 ▶
Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There Is A Season (Live) — 2 ▶
Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season) — 1 ▶
Vous Etes Seuls, Mais Je Desire Etre Avec Vous — 1 ▶
Westwind [Elliot Adamson Drum Re-work] — 1 ▶
When I Was A Young Girl — 2 ▶
Where Can I Go Without You — 1 ▶
Who Knows Where The Time Goes — 1 ▶
Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Live at Philharmonic Hall) — 3 ▶
Who Knows Where the Time Goes? — 15 ▶
Why (The King of Love Is Dead) — 1 ▶
Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) — 14 ▶
Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead) — 1 ▶
Wild Is The Wind — 24 ▶
Wild Is the Wind (Live in New York 1964) — 2 ▶
Wild Is the Wind (Live) — 1 ▶
Will I Find My Love Today — 2 ▶
Willow Weep for Me — 3 ▶
Work Song — 11 ▶
You Can Have Him — 1 ▶
You Can Sing A Rainbow — 1 ▶
You'd Be so Nice to Come Home To — 1 ▶
You'll Never Walk Alone — 3 ▶
You've Been Gone Too Long — 2 ▶
You've Got To Learn (Live) — 2 ▶