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Noah and the Whale

Noah and the Whale is a group from the UK, active from 2006.

Group GB 2006–2015 indie rock indie folk folk rock

TOTAL PLAYS

2,553

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2007-06-06 23:08 · Radio 1 — "Jocasta"

LAST PLAYED

1 month ago · Radio 1 — "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N."

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2007 — 2026

2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0

'07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '22 '25

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 1 1,100 43%

Radio 2 801 31%

6 Music 651 25%

1Xtra 1 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 14:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 5 Years Time 527 2026-07-17

2 L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. 490 2026-08-11

3 Tonight's the Kind of Night 307 2013-08-11

4 Life Is Life 169 2013-12-30

5 Five Years Time 156 2020-05-07

6 Waiting for My Chance to Come 153 2011-11-06

7 Give It All Back 135 2012-05-29

8 Tonight's The Kind Of Night 119 2025-11-13

9 Blue Skies 116 2026-03-08

10 Shape Of My Heart 100 2011-11-01

11 There Will Come A Time 49 2013-12-16

12 Love Of An Orchestra 45 2017-06-08

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-11 08:02 L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. Radio 1

2026-07-17 21:45 5 Years Time Radio 2

2026-05-01 20:39 5 Years Time Radio 2

2026-04-01 16:40 5 Years Time Radio 1

2026-04-01 16:39 5 Years Time Radio 1

2026-03-08 19:34 Blue Skies Radio 1

2026-03-04 18:53 5 Years Time Radio 2

2026-01-01 05:17 5 Years Time Radio 1

2025-11-13 20:38 Tonight's The Kind Of Night Radio 2

2025-11-10 17:23 5 Years Time 6 Music

2025-10-23 19:35 Tonight's The Kind Of Night Radio 2

2025-07-15 19:10 5 Years Time Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

93 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

2 Atoms - Glastonbury 2009 —

6 2016-03-14 ▶

2 Atoms In A Molecule —

2 2009-02-25 ▶

2 Atoms in a Molecule (Glastonbury 2009) —

2 2018-04-21 ▶

2 bodies 1 heart —

9 2011-04-28 ▶

2 Bodies 2 Hearts —

1 2007-09-06 ▶

2 Bodies And One Heart —

4 2008-01-09 ▶

5 Year's Time (Live At Reading Festival 2011) —

1 2011-08-27 ▶

5 Years Time —

527 2026-07-17 ▶

5 Years Time (FC Kahuna Mix) —

1 2009-04-19 ▶

5 Years Time (Glastonbury 2009) —

3 2020-02-05 ▶

5 Years Time - Glastonbury 2009 —

5 2016-03-14 ▶

5 Years Time <live at Cambridge Folk Festival 2008> —

1 2008-09-16 ▶

<WA Annie Saturday> 5 Years Time —

1 2008-07-12 ▶

<WA C&D Saturday> 5 Years Time —

1 2008-07-12 ▶

<WA C&D Sunday> 5 Years Time —

1 2008-07-13 ▶

<WA D&D> 5 Years Time —

1 2008-07-13 ▶

<WA Reggie> 5 Years Time —

1 2008-07-12 ▶

<WA Surgery> 5 Years Time —

1 2008-07-13 ▶

<WA Vernon> 5 Years Time —

1 2008-07-12 ▶

All Through The Night (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

2 2013-05-09 ▶

All Through The Night <Edit> —

1 2013-04-29 ▶

Blue Skies —

116 2026-03-08 ▶

Blue Skies (Glastonbury 2009) —

4 2020-02-05 ▶

Blue Skies (Live at the Radio 1 Student Tour 2011) —

1 2013-03-19 ▶

Blue Skies - Glastonbury 2009 —

9 2016-03-14 ▶

Digital Love (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

2 2013-05-09 ▶

Digital Love + Interview —

1 2013-05-09 ▶

First Days - Glastonbury 2009 —

5 2016-03-14 ▶

Five Years Time —

156 2020-05-07 ▶

Five Years Time Hub Session 09/10/2007 —

1 2014-04-06 ▶

Five Years Time - Hub Session 09/10/2007 —

3 2008-07-25 ▶

Give A Little Love —

2 2009-12-11 ▶

Give a Little Love (Glastonbury 2009) —

4 2020-02-05 ▶

Give A little Love - Glastonbury 2009 —

10 2016-03-14 ▶

Give A Little Love - Live At Summer Sundae Weekender 2008 —

1 2008-08-10 ▶

Give It All Back —

135 2012-05-29 ▶

Heart Of Nowhere —

1 2013-05-02 ▶

Jocasta —

3 2008-08-14 ▶

Just Me Before We Met —

1 2011-03-10 ▶

L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N —

1 2011-02-02 ▶

L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N (Live From The Student Tour) —

2 2011-10-26 ▶

L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. —

490 2026-08-11 ▶

L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. (Live At Reading Festival 2011) (Goosebumps Tagged) —

1 2011-08-29 ▶

L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. (live) —

1 2011-12-08 ▶

Life Goes On —

7 2011-01-27 ▶

Life Goes On - Glastonbury 2011 - Triplecast —

1 2011-06-30 ▶

Life Is Life —

169 2013-12-30 ▶

Life Is Life (Live Lounge) —

2 2011-08-14 ▶

LIFEGOESON (Fake Blood Remix) —

1 2012-01-05 ▶

Lifetime —

1 2013-04-30 ▶

Love Of An Orchestra —

45 2017-06-08 ▶

Mary (Glastonbury 2009) —

4 2020-02-05 ▶

Mary - Glastonbury 2009 —

6 2016-03-14 ▶

My Door Is Always Open (Glastonbury 2009) —

2 2020-02-05 ▶

My Door Is Always Open - Glastonbury 2009 —

4 2014-04-24 ▶

Our Window / Stranger (Glastonbury 2009) —

1 2018-04-21 ▶

Our Window / Stranger - Glastonbury 2009 —

4 2014-04-24 ▶

Paradise (Live Lounge) —

4 2011-10-29 ▶

Rocks And Daggers —

3 2008-08-17 ▶

Rocks and Daggers (Glastonbury 2009) —

2 2019-05-18 ▶

Rocks And Daggers - 6Music Session 06/05/2008 —

1 2012-03-13 ▶

Rocks And Daggers - Glastonbury 2009 —

3 2013-02-06 ▶

Rocks And Daggers - Hub Session 09/10/2007 —

1 2008-07-25 ▶

Shake Me Down —

2 2011-03-14 ▶

Shape of My Heart —

2 2015-10-14 ▶

Shape Of My Heart —

100 2011-11-01 ▶

Shape Of My Heart - 6Music Session 06/05/2008 —

1 2012-03-13 ▶

Slow Glass (Glastonbury 2009) —

3 2020-02-05 ▶

Slow Glass - Glastonbury 2009 —

3 2015-06-04 ▶

The First Days Of Spring —

1 2022-04-17 ▶

The First Days of Spring (Glastonbury 2009) —

1 2020-02-05 ▶

The Last Dj —

2 2010-03-14 ▶

There Will Come A Time —

49 2013-12-16 ▶

There Will Come A Time (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

1 2013-05-08 ▶

There Will Come A Time <ZANE LOWE HOTTEST TAGGED> —

1 2013-03-21 ▶

Tonight's The Kind Of Night —

119 2025-11-13 ▶

Tonight's the Kind of Night —

307 2013-08-11 ▶

Tonight's The Kind Of Night (BBC Radio 1's Student Tour in Aberdeen) —

1 2011-10-28 ▶

Tonight's The Kind Of Night (Instrumental) —

1 2016-03-01 ▶

Tonight's The Kind Of Night (Live From Radio 1's Student Tour In Aberdeen) —

1 2011-12-29 ▶

Tonight's The Kind Of Night (Live From The Student Tour) —

2 2011-10-27 ▶

Tonight's the Kind of Night (RAC Mix) —

1 2011-06-13 ▶

Tonight's The Kind Of Night (Radio 1 Session) —

5 2011-03-13 ▶

Tonight's The Kinda Night (Live from Radio 1's Big Weekend Carlisle 2011) —

3 2011-05-22 ▶

Tonight's The Kinf of Night - Glastonbury Triplecast 2011 —

1 2011-12-21 ▶

Waiting For My Chance To Come —

3 2014-01-08 ▶

Waiting for My Chance to Come —

153 2011-11-06 ▶

Waiting For My Chance To Come (BBC Radio 1's Student Tour Live Lounge) —

1 2011-10-30 ▶

Waiting For My Chance To Come (Live At Glasto 2011) —

1 2013-06-24 ▶

Waiting For My Chance To Come (Live Lounge) —

2 2011-10-25 ▶

Waiting For My Chance To Come - Glastonbury 2011 —

1 2011-06-25 ▶

Wild Thing —

1 2011-03-10 ▶

Wild Thing (Live From The Student Tour 2011) —

1 2011-11-01 ▶