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One Thousand Violins

One Thousand Violins is a group from the UK, active from 1985.

Group GB 1985–1989 indie rock
TOTAL PLAYS
67
SONGS PLAYED
27
STATIONS
1
FIRST PLAYED
2008-11-26 02:24 · 6 Music — "All Aboard The Love Mobile"
LAST PLAYED
5 months ago · 6 Music — "Why Is It Always December?"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2025
20 15 10 5 0
'08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 67 100%
Radio 1 0 0%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Through It Poured The Next Day I Noticed The Rain (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) 10 2023-04-10
2 Why Is It Always December (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) 8 2023-04-10
3 The Candle Man (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) 7 2019-08-28
4 Through It Poured The Next Day I Noticed The Rain - BBC Session 15/09/1985 5 2014-07-14
5 Please Don't Sandblast My House 3 2023-05-17
6 Why Is It Always December 3 2022-08-04
7 Though It Poured The Next Day I Never Noticed The Rain 3 2018-05-16
8 The Candle Man - BBC Session 15/09/1985 3 2012-10-18
9 Why Is It Always December? 2 2025-12-04
10 The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) 2 2016-07-13
11 All Aboard The Love Mobile 2 2015-03-24
12 All Aboard the Love-Mobile 2 2013-08-19
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-12-04 21:32 Why Is It Always December? 6 Music
2024-01-01 22:18 Though It Poured The Next Day I Noticed The Rain (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) 6 Music
2023-05-17 17:42 Please Don't Sandblast My House 6 Music
2023-04-10 21:35 Why Is It Always December (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) 6 Music
2023-04-10 20:39 Through It Poured The Next Day I Noticed The Rain (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) 6 Music
2022-08-04 22:24 Why Is It Always December 6 Music
2021-11-01 22:45 Though It Poured the Next Day Inever Noticed the Rain 6 Music
2020-12-22 22:48 Why Is It Always December? 6 Music
2020-03-31 20:52 Through It Poured The Next Day I Noticed The Rain (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) 6 Music
2019-08-28 21:19 Why Is It Always December (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) 6 Music
2019-08-28 20:14 The Candle Man (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) 6 Music
2019-04-10 22:08 Through It Poured The Next Day I Noticed The Rain (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

27 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
All Aboard The Love - Mobile — 1 ▶
All Aboard The Love Mobile — 2 ▶
All Aboard the Love-Mobile — 2 ▶
Beautiful Shirt — 1 ▶
Candleman (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) — 1 ▶
If I Were A Bullet (The For Sure I'd Find A Way To Your Heart) — 1 ▶
If I Were A Bullet (Then For Sure I'd Find A Way To Your Head) — 1 ▶
If I Were A Bullet (Then For Sure I'd Find A Way To Your Heart) — 1 ▶
Please Don't Sandblast My House — 3 ▶
Poet (Long Version) — 1 ▶
The Candle Man — 1 ▶
The Candle Man (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) — 7 ▶
The Candle Man - BBC Session 15/09/1985 — 3 ▶
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore — 1 ▶
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) — 2 ▶
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - BBC Session 15/09/1985 — 2 ▶
Though It Poured The Next Day I Never Noticed The Rain — 3 ▶
Though It Poured The Next Day I Noticed The Rain (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) — 1 ▶
Though It Poured the Next Day Inever Noticed the Rain — 1 ▶
Though It Poured The Next Day, I Never Noticed The Rain (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) — 1 ▶
Through It Poured The Next Day I Noticed The Rain — 1 ▶
Through It Poured The Next Day I Noticed The Rain (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) — 10 ▶
Through It Poured The Next Day I Noticed The Rain - BBC Session 15/09/1985 — 5 ▶
Why Is It Always December — 3 ▶
Why Is It Always December (Radio 1 Session, 15 Sep 1985) — 8 ▶
Why Is It Always December - BBC Session 15/09/1985 — 2 ▶
Why Is It Always December? — 2 ▶