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Ocean Colour Scene

Ocean Colour Scene is a group from the UK, active since 1990.

Group GB since 1990 britpop indie rock pop rock
TOTAL PLAYS
468
SONGS PLAYED
59
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-07-19 06:19 · 6 Music — "Better Days 1988"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · Radio 2 — "The Riverboat Song"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
60 45 30 15 0
'05 '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 2 309 66%
6 Music 142 30%
Radio 1 17 4%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 02:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 The Riverboat Song 153 2026-05-12
2 The Day We Caught the Train 80 2026-04-18
3 Magic Carpet Days 43 2010-02-05
4 Hundred Mile High City 40 2026-01-16
5 The Circle 28 2023-09-13
6 The Day We Caught The Train 22 2011-06-16
7 Better Day 6 2026-03-19
8 Blue Deep Ocean (Radio 1 Session, 29 Sept 1990) 5 2024-05-08
9 This Day Should Last Forever 5 2009-04-29
10 Sway (Radio 1 Session, 29 Sept 1990) 4 2019-09-29
11 The Fool 4 2017-11-06
12 100 Miles High - Manchester Apollo 1998 4 2016-08-13
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-12 03:07 The Riverboat Song Radio 2
2026-05-05 00:43 The Riverboat Song Radio 2
2026-04-27 02:28 You've Got It Bad Radio 2
2026-04-18 21:29 The Day We Caught the Train Radio 2
2026-03-30 09:15 The Riverboat Song Radio 2
2026-03-19 03:47 Better Day Radio 2
2026-01-23 03:16 The Riverboat Song Radio 2
2026-01-21 03:41 Day Tripper Radio 2
2026-01-16 03:34 Hundred Mile High City Radio 2
2026-01-07 04:19 The Day We Caught the Train Radio 2
2025-12-29 03:08 The Day We Caught the Train Radio 2
2025-12-15 03:23 The Riverboat Song Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

59 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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100 Miles High - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 1 ▶
100 Mile High City — 2 ▶
100 Miles High - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 4 ▶
21 — 1 ▶
Better Day — 6 ▶
Better Days - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 3 ▶
Better Days 1988 — 1 ▶
Blue Deep Ocean (Radio 1 Session, 29 Sept 1990) — 5 ▶
Cannibal Planet — 2 ▶
Cannibal Planet (live) — 1 ▶
Day Tripper — 2 ▶
Debris Road - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 1 ▶
Derbis Road - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 1 ▶
Fly Me (Radio 1 Session, 29 Sept 1990) — 3 ▶
Get Blown Away - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 1 ▶
Go To Sea — 1 ▶
Golden Gate Bridge — 1 ▶
Huckleberry Grove — 1 ▶
Hundred Mile High City — 40 ▶
It's a Beautiful Thing — 2 ▶
Justine — 1 ▶
Lining Your Pocket - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 1 ▶
Lining Your Pockets — 1 ▶
Magic Carpet Days — 43 ▶
Make The Deal — 1 ▶
Mechanical Wonder — 2 ▶
Memory of A Cut Off Head — 2 ▶
Neighbor to None — 2 ▶
On And On Corridor — 3 ▶
One For The Road - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 1 ▶
One For The Road 1998 — 1 ▶
Painting — 2 ▶
Profit in Peace — 3 ▶
River Boat Song — 1 ▶
Riverboat Song (BBC Session - Simon Mayo 9/6/97) — 1 ▶
Robin Hood — 1 ▶
Saturday — 1 ▶
Song of a Baker — 1 ▶
Sway (Radio 1 Session, 29 Sept 1990) — 4 ▶
The Circle — 28 ▶
The Circle (Acoustic Version) — 1 ▶
The Circle - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 1 ▶
The Day We Caught the Train — 80 ▶
The Day We Caught The Train — 22 ▶
The Day We Caught The Train - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 2 ▶
The Day We Caught The Train 11/08/97 — 1 ▶
The Fool — 4 ▶
The Riverboat Song — 153 ▶
The Riverboat Song - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 3 ▶
The Riverboat Song 1998 — 1 ▶
This Day Should Last Forever — 5 ▶
Travellers Tune — 3 ▶
Travellers Tune - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 3 ▶
Travellers Tune 1998 — 1 ▶
Up on the Downside — 2 ▶
You Got It Bad - Manchester Apollo 1998 — 3 ▶
You Got It Bad 1998 — 1 ▶
You've Got It Bad — 1 ▶
You've Got It Bad (Single Edit) — 2 ▶