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Orbital

Orbital is a group from the UK, active since 1989.

Group GB since 1989 electronic electronica ambient house
TOTAL PLAYS
1,912
SONGS PLAYED
253
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-03-09 22:29 · 6 Music — "Satan"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · Radio 2 — "The Saint"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
300 225 150 75 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

6 Music 1,553 81%
Radio 2 196 10%
Radio 1 130 7%
1Xtra 33 2%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 02:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Chime 439 2026-05-05
2 Belfast 168 2026-01-07
3 The Box 143 2025-12-23
4 P.H.U.K. 88 2025-04-04
5 Tiny Foldable Cities 85 2023-10-27
6 Copenhagen 68 2025-10-28
7 Never 58 2025-06-22
8 The Saint 57 2026-05-11
9 Don't Stop Me 54 2023-04-07
10 Are You Alive? (feat. Penelope Isles) 51 2023-07-07
11 The End Is Nigh 44 2022-10-28
12 Satan 41 2025-10-31
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-11 02:27 The Saint Radio 2
2026-05-08 23:00 Halcyon And On And On 6 Music
2026-05-05 16:17 Chime 6 Music
2026-04-21 02:26 Chime Radio 2
2026-03-27 02:55 Chime Radio 2
2026-03-20 22:56 Chime Radio 2
2026-03-20 02:54 Chime Radio 2
2026-03-13 03:57 Chime Radio 2
2026-02-13 00:48 Lush (Spriitzz Edit) Radio 1
2026-02-05 15:31 Chime Radio 2
2026-01-29 19:24 Chime Radio 2
2026-01-25 02:57 Chime Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

253 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
6nmf The Crane — 1 ▶
Are We Here — 1 ▶
Are We Here (Who Are They?) — 1 ▶
Are We Here - BBC Session 03/08/1994 — 24 ▶
Are We Here? (30 Something) (Shanti Celeste Edit) — 3 ▶
Are We Here? (30 Something) - Dusky Remix — 3 ▶
Are We Here? (Edit) — 1 ▶
Are We Here? (feat. Alison Goldfrapp) — 4 ▶
Are You Alive? (feat. Penelope Isles) — 51 ▶
Attached (John Peel session, 10 September 1993) — 1 ▶
Attached (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 5 Aug 1993) — 7 ▶
Attached (Radio 1 Session, 5 Aug 1993) — 2 ▶
Attached - BBC Session 05/08/1993 — 1 ▶
Beelzedub — 1 ▶
Belfast — 168 ▶
Belfast (7" Version) — 1 ▶
Belfast (ANNA Ambient Remix) — 1 ▶
Belfast (ANNA Remix) — 4 ▶
Belfast (ANNA Techno Remix) — 2 ▶
Belfast (Glastonbury 1995) — 3 ▶
Belfast (Glastonbury 2004) — 1 ▶
Belfast (Glastonbury 2024) — 6 ▶
Belfast (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
Belfast (John Peel 2004 Maida Vale Session) — 1 ▶
Belfast (Kolsch Edit) — 1 ▶
Belfast (Peel 2004 Session) — 1 ▶
Belfast (Proms 2015) — 2 ▶
Belfast (Radio 1's Ibiza Prom 2015) — 1 ▶
Belfast (Sofa Session, 15 May 2024) — 2 ▶
Belfast (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 6 ▶
Belfast (The Biggest Weekend, Belfast 2018) — 1 ▶
Belfast (Yotto Remix) — 5 ▶
Belfast - Glastonbury 1995 — 4 ▶
Belfast - Glastonbury 1995 — 4 ▶
Bigpipe Style — 1 ▶
Buried Deep Within — 1 ▶
Chime — 439 ▶
Chime (30 Something Years Later Mix) — 2 ▶
Chime (6 Music Session, 3 Mar 2017) — 24 ▶
Chime (BBC Live Recording, Glastonbury 1995) — 1 ▶
Chime (Eli Brown Edit) — 2 ▶
Chime (Eli Brown Remix) — 3 ▶
Chime (from Glastonbury 1994) (6 Music Session, 3 Mar 2017) — 1 ▶
Chime (Glastonbry 2024) — 3 ▶
Chime (Glastonbury 1995) — 1 ▶
Chime (Glastonbury 2010) — 1 ▶
Chime (Glastonbury 2024) — 3 ▶
Chime (Jon Rundell Remix) — 1 ▶
Chime (Live at Glastonbury 2004) — 1 ▶
Chime (Live At Glastonbury) — 1 ▶
Chime (Low Steppa Edit) — 1 ▶
Chime (Martijn Ten Velden Remix) — 1 ▶
Chime (Original Mix) — 2 ▶
Chime (Sofa Session, 15 May 2024) — 1 ▶
Chime (Special Request Remix) — 1 ▶
Chime (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 5 ▶
Chime (The Biggest Weekend, 25 May 2018) — 1 ▶
Chime (The Biggest Weekend, Belfast 2018) — 1 ▶
Chime - Glastonbury 1995 — 1 ▶
Chime - Glastonbury 1995 — 8 ▶
Chime Crime — 1 ▶
Chime Crime (Glastonbury 2010) — 1 ▶
Chime Re-Record (Special Request Remix) — 1 ▶
Christmas Chime — 7 ▶
Christmas Chime (Session for Lauren Laverne) — 1 ▶
Copenhagen — 68 ▶
Copy Of Belfast - Glastonbury 1995 — 1 ▶
Crash and Carry — 1 ▶
Day One — 1 ▶
Deeper — 1 ▶
Deeper (Edit) — 1 ▶
Deeper (Glastonbury 2024) — 3 ▶
Deepest (feat. Tilda Swinton) — 5 ▶
Deepest (Glastonbury 2024) (feat. Tilda Swinton) — 1 ▶
Desert Storm — 1 ▶
Dirty Rat (feat. Jason Williamson) — 2 ▶
Dirty Rat (Glastonbury 2024) — 1 ▶
Doctor Who (Glastonbury 2010) — 1 ▶
Doctor? — 11 ▶
Doctor? (The Biggest Weekend, Belfast 2018) — 1 ▶
Don't Stop Me — 54 ▶
Don't Stop Me (Glastonbury 2010) — 2 ▶
Don't Stop Me - Glastonbury 2010 — 3 ▶
Dr Who — 1 ▶
Dr Who (Glastonbury 2010) — 1 ▶
Dr Who (live at Glastonbury 2004) — 1 ▶
Dr Who (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 1 ▶
Dr Who - Glastonbury 2010 — 5 ▶
Dr Who Theme (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 1 ▶
Dwr Budr — 2 ▶
Forever (Glastonbury '94) — 1 ▶
Forever - BBC Session 03/08/1994 — 14 ▶
Funky Break — 1 ▶
Funny Break (One Is Enough) — 1 ▶
Funny Break - Miada Vale 2001 — 1 ▶
Girl With The Sun In Her Head - Maida Vale 4 2001 — 1 ▶
Halcyon — 41 ▶
Halcyon & On (Logic1000 Mix) — 2 ▶
Halcyon (7" version) — 1 ▶
Halcyon (BBC Live Recording, Glastonbury 1995) — 1 ▶
Halcyon (Dezza Bootleg Remix 2012) — 1 ▶
Halcyon (edit) — 1 ▶
Halcyon (Glastonbury 2010) — 2 ▶
Halcyon (Glastonbury 2024) — 2 ▶
Halcyon (Sofa Session, 15 May 2024) — 1 ▶
Halcyon (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 1 ▶
Halcyon (The Biggest Weekend, Belfast 2018) — 1 ▶
Halcyon (Tom Middleton Re-Model) — 1 ▶
Halcyon - Glastonbury 1995 — 4 ▶
Halcyon - Glastonbury 1995 — 3 ▶
Halcyon And On And On — 14 ▶
Halcyon and On and On (Glastonbury 2024) — 1 ▶
Halcyon On + On — 1 ▶
Halcyon on and on — 6 ▶
Halcyon On On — 3 ▶
Halcyon Part 1 - Live From Maida Vale — 7 ▶
Halcyon Part 2 - Live From Maida Vale — 3 ▶
Halcyon Parts 1 & 2 - Live From Maida Vale — 3 ▶
Halycon + On + On — 1 ▶
High Rise — 1 ▶
Home — 2 ▶
Home (The Hottest Day On Record Mix) (feat. Anna B Savage) — 3 ▶
I Think It's Disgusting — 1 ▶
Impact (Evening Sesion 03.08.94) — 2 ▶
Impact (Rich NxT Remix) — 2 ▶
Impact (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 1 ▶
Impact (The Biggest Weekend, Belfast 2018) — 1 ▶
Impact (The Earth Is Burning) — 5 ▶
Impact - Glastonbury 1995 — 2 ▶
Impact - BBC Session 03/08/1994 — 8 ▶
Impact - Glastonbury 1995 — 6 ▶
Kein Trink Wasser — 4 ▶
Kinetic — 4 ▶
Kinetic 2017 (Radio Edit) — 1 ▶
Last Thing — 2 ▶
LC 1 — 1 ▶
Lush — 1 ▶
Lush (Spriitzz Edit) — 1 ▶
Lush (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 2 ▶
Lush (The Biggest Weekend, 25 May 2018) — 1 ▶
Lush (The Biggest Weekend, Belfast 2018) — 1 ▶
Lush 3 (Eurotunnel Disaster 94) (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 5 Aug 1993) — 1 ▶
Lush 3 (Eurotunnel Disaster 94) (BBC Session 1993) — 1 ▶
Lush 3 (Eurotunnel Disaster 94) - BBC Session 05/08/1993 — 1 ▶
Lush 3-1 — 1 ▶
Lush 3.1 — 6 ▶
Midnight (live) — 1 ▶
Monday — 1 ▶
Monsters Exist — 1 ▶
Moon Princess — 1 ▶
Moon Princess (feat. Coppé) — 1 ▶
Never — 58 ▶
Never - 6 Music session 16/03/2012 — 1 ▶
Never - Live From Maida Vale — 3 ▶
New France — 3 ▶
Nothing Left — 1 ▶
Nothing Left 2 (Feat. Alison Goldfrapp) — 1 ▶
Numbers — 2 ▶
Oi !- Miada Vale 2001 — 1 ▶
Omen — 1 ▶
One Big Moment - Live From Maida Vale — 3 ▶
One Big Moment / Straight Sun - Live From Maida Vale — 2 ▶
One Perfect Sunrise — 4 ▶
Oolaa — 2 ▶
Orbital - Glastonbury 2010 — 1 ▶
Out There Somewhere (part one) — 1 ▶
Oxygène (Are You Alive?) (feat. Clou) — 1 ▶
P*H*U*K — 1 ▶
P.E.T.R.O.L. — 1 ▶
P.H.U.K. — 88 ▶
P.H.U.K. (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 1 ▶
P.H.U.K. (The Biggest Weekend, Belfast 2018) — 1 ▶
Quality Seconds — 1 ▶
Re-lush (feat. Confidence Man) — 4 ▶
Remind - Glastonbury 1995 — 1 ▶
Remind - Glastonbury 1995 — 1 ▶
Requiem Of The Pre Apocalypse — 1 ▶
Ringa Ringa (Breakage Remix) — 1 ▶
Sad But True — 1 ▶
Sad But True (Glastonbury 1995) — 2 ▶
Sad But True - Glastonbury 1995 — 2 ▶
Sad But True - Live From Maida Vale — 3 ▶
Sad But True / Beelzedub / Never - Live From Maida Vale — 1 ▶
Sad But True 1995 — 3 ▶
Satan — 41 ▶
Satan (30-Something Rework) — 1 ▶
Satan (Glastonbury 2010) — 2 ▶
Satan (Glastonbury 2024) — 2 ▶
Satan (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 1 ▶
Satan (The Biggest Weekend, Belfast 2018) — 1 ▶
Satan - Glastonbury 2004 — 2 ▶
Satan - Glastonbury 2010 — 1 ▶
Science Friction — 2 ▶
Semi-Detached (Radio 1 Session, 5 Aug 1993) — 1 ▶
Semi-Detached - BBC Session 05/08/1993 — 1 ▶
Smiley — 3 ▶
Speed Freak — 2 ▶
Speedfreak — 1 ▶
Spicy — 2 ▶
Spicy (Glastonbury 2024) (feat. Melanie C) — 3 ▶
Spicy (Sofa Session, 15 May 2024) — 10 ▶
Steel Cube Idolatry — 5 ▶
Straight Sun — 2 ▶
Straight Sun - Live From Maida Vale — 3 ▶
Stringy Acid — 2 ▶
Style — 2 ▶
Sunday — 1 ▶
The Box — 143 ▶
The Box (Glastonbury 2010) — 2 ▶
The Box (Joris Voorn Remix) — 3 ▶
The Box (Live at Glastonbury 1999) — 1 ▶
The Box (Untitled pt 2) — 1 ▶
The Box (untitled version 1) — 1 ▶
The Box + Crowd — 1 ▶
The Crane — 6 ▶
The End Is Nigh — 44 ▶
The End Is Nigh (6 Music Session, 14 Sep 2018) — 18 ▶
The End Is Nigh (6 Music Session, 14 Sept 18) — 1 ▶
The End Is Nigh (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 1 ▶
The End Is Nigh (The Biggest Weekend, Belfast 2018) — 1 ▶
The Girl (Floex Remix) — 2 ▶
The Girl With Sun In Her Hair — 1 ▶
The Girl With the Sun in Her Head — 7 ▶
The Gun Is Good — 1 ▶
The Gun Is Good (Glastonbury 2010) — 2 ▶
The Moebius — 3 ▶
The Naked and the Dead — 1 ▶
The Raid — 1 ▶
The Saint — 57 ▶
The Saint Theme — 1 ▶
Time Becomes — 1 ▶
Times Fly — 1 ▶
Tiny Foldable Cities — 85 ▶
Tiny Foldable Cities (6 Music Session, 14 Sep 2018) — 17 ▶
Tiny Foldable Cities (6 Music Session, 14 Sept 18) — 1 ▶
Tiny Foldable Cities (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 1 ▶
Tiny Foldable Cities (The Biggest Weekend, Belfast 2018) — 1 ▶
Vision OnE — 1 ▶
Walk Now (Glastonbury 1994) — 1 ▶
Walk Now... — 1 ▶
Walkabout (BBC Radio 1 Evening Session, 5 Aug 1993) — 5 ▶
Walkabout (Radio 1 Session, 5 Aug 1993) — 2 ▶
Walkabout - BBC Session 05/08/1993 — 1 ▶
Way Out — 1 ▶
Where Is It Going (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 1 ▶
Where Is It Going? — 4 ▶
Where Is It Going? (Sofa Session, 15 May 2024) — 2 ▶
Where's It Going? (The Biggest Weekend, Belfast 2018) — 1 ▶
Wonky — 1 ▶
Wonky (Feat. Lady Leshurr) — 1 ▶
Wonky (The Biggest Weekend 2018) — 1 ▶
Wonky (The Biggest Weekend, Belfast 2018) — 1 ▶
You Are The Frequency — 2 ▶