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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark is a group from the UK, active since 1977.

Group GB since 1977 new wave electronic british
TOTAL PLAYS
2,327
SONGS PLAYED
130
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-15 13:04 · 6 Music — "Messages (BBC Session)"
LAST PLAYED
20 hours ago · Radio 2 — "Locomotion"
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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

Radio 2 1,376 59%
6 Music 948 41%
Radio 1 3 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 12:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Enola Gay 327 2026-05-19
2 Messages 256 2025-09-15
3 Electricity 234 2026-05-14
4 Souvenir 223 2025-12-08
5 Locomotion 206 2026-05-20
6 Pandora's Box 135 2023-09-06
7 Sailing on the Seven Seas 97 2026-05-02
8 Sister Marie Says 91 2021-06-20
9 Joan of Arc 66 2025-11-11
10 Red Frame/White Light 60 2025-03-18
11 Talking Loud and Clear 40 2025-07-28
12 Joan Of Arc 37 2011-08-07
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-20 13:07 Locomotion Radio 2
2026-05-19 10:03 Enola Gay Radio 2
2026-05-14 09:26 Electricity 6 Music
2026-05-12 04:14 Locomotion Radio 2
2026-05-11 01:04 Enola Gay Radio 2
2026-05-03 17:34 Locomotion Radio 2
2026-05-02 21:59 Sailing on the Seven Seas Radio 2
2026-05-02 01:28 Sailing on the Seven Seas Radio 2
2026-04-26 16:28 Sailing on the Seven Seas Radio 2
2026-04-25 20:28 If You Leave Radio 2
2026-04-23 18:06 Electricity Radio 2
2026-04-22 11:03 Enola Gay Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

130 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(Forever) Live and Die — 24 ▶
(Forever) Live and Die - Radio 2 In Concert 03/02/2011 — 1 ▶
2nd Thought — 1 ▶
ABC Auto-Industry — 4 ▶
ABC Auto-industry (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jan 1983) — 3 ▶
Almost — 2 ▶
Apollo — 1 ▶
Apollo XI — 1 ▶
Architecture and Morality — 2 ▶
Art Eats Art — 1 ▶
Bauhaus Staircase — 13 ▶
Bunker Soldiers — 6 ▶
Bunker Soldiers (Radio 1 Sesison, 20 Aug 1979) — 1 ▶
Bunker Soldiers (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jan 1983) — 4 ▶
Call My Name (N.E.C. Birmingham, 7 Dec 1993) — 1 ▶
Call My Name - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 3 ▶
Dollar Girl - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 3 ▶
Don't Go — 16 ▶
Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme) — 1 ▶
Dream Of Me (Based On Love's Theme) - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 1 ▶
Dreaming - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 2 ▶
Dresden — 2 ▶
Electricity — 234 ▶
Electricity (6 Music Session, 15th June, 2017) — 1 ▶
Electricity (BBC Music Day, 2017) — 1 ▶
Electricity (Live at BBC Music Day 2017) — 2 ▶
Enloa Gay 1984 — 1 ▶
Enola Gay — 327 ▶
Enola Gay (6 Music Session, 15th June, 2017) — 1 ▶
Enola Gay (Hot Chip Remix) — 1 ▶
Enola Gay (Live On Radcliffe & Maconie Show) — 1 ▶
Enola Gay (N.E.C. Birmingham, 7 Dec 1993) — 2 ▶
Enola Gay (Radio 2 Session,11 Aug 2017) — 1 ▶
Enola Gay - 6Music Session 23/09/2008 — 2 ▶
Enola Gay - Hub Session 23/09/08 — 2 ▶
Enola Gay - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 4 ▶
Enola Gay 1993 — 1 ▶
Forever Live & Die — 23 ▶
Forever Live and Die — 18 ▶
Genetic Engineering — 15 ▶
Genetic Engineering (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jan 1983) — 7 ▶
Georgia — 2 ▶
Heavens Is - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 2 ▶
Helen of Troy — 1 ▶
History of Modern (part 1) — 10 ▶
If You Leave — 27 ▶
If You Want It — 30 ▶
Isotope — 3 ▶
Isotype — 5 ▶
Isotype (6 Music Session, 15th June, 2017) — 1 ▶
Joan of Arc — 66 ▶
Joan Of Arc — 37 ▶
Joan Of Arc (BBC Session) — 2 ▶
Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) — 19 ▶
Joan Of Arc (N.E.C. Birmingham, 7 Dec 1993) — 1 ▶
Joan Of Arc - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 5 ▶
Joan Of Arc 1984 — 1 ▶
Julia's Song — 2 ▶
Julia's Song (Radio 1 Sesison, 20 Aug 1979) — 3 ▶
King Of Stone (N.E.C. Birmingham, 7 Dec 1993) — 1 ▶
King Of Stone - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 3 ▶
King Of Stone 1993 — 1 ▶
Locomotion — 206 ▶
Maid of Orleans — 12 ▶
Maid Of Orleans — 24 ▶
Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc) — 7 ▶
Maid Of Orleans - 6Music Session 23/09/2008 — 2 ▶
Maid Of Orleans - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 6 ▶
Messages — 256 ▶
Messages (10" Version) — 1 ▶
Messages (10'' Single Version) — 1 ▶
Messages (BBC Session) — 5 ▶
Messages (N.E.C. Birmingham, 7 Dec 1993) — 1 ▶
Messages (Radio 1 Sesison, 20 Aug 1979) — 1 ▶
Messages (Radio 1 Session, 20 Aug 1979) — 5 ▶
Messages - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 2 ▶
Messages 1984 — 1 ▶
Metroland — 8 ▶
Motion And Heart — 1 ▶
Night Cafe — 4 ▶
Of All the Things We've Made — 3 ▶
Of All The Things We've Made — 4 ▶
Of All The Things We've Made (Radio 1 Session, 29 Jan 1983) — 4 ▶
Pandora's Box — 135 ▶
Radio Waves — 14 ▶
Radio Waves 1984 — 2 ▶
Red Frame / White Light — 1 ▶
Red Frame White Light — 7 ▶
Red Frame White Light (Radio 1 Sesison, 20 Aug 1979) — 3 ▶
Red Frame/White Light — 60 ▶
Red Frame/White Light (Radio 1 Session, 20 Aug 1979) — 4 ▶
Sacred Heart — 1 ▶
Sailing on the Seven Seas — 97 ▶
Sailing On The Seven Seas — 14 ▶
Sailing On The Seven Seas - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 1 ▶
Saling On The Sevens Seas (N.E.C. Birmingham 7 Dec 1993) — 1 ▶
Saling On The Sevens Seas - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 3 ▶
Sealand — 2 ▶
Secret — 6 ▶
She's Leaving — 1 ▶
She’s Leaving — 1 ▶
Sister Marie Says — 91 ▶
Slow Train — 1 ▶
So in Love — 9 ▶
So In Love — 1 ▶
Souvenir — 223 ▶
Souvenir 1984 — 2 ▶
Stand Above Me (N.E.C. Birmingham, 7 Dec 1993) — 1 ▶
Stand Above Me - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 3 ▶
Stanlow — 7 ▶
Talking Loud & Clear - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 1 ▶
Talking Loud and Clear — 40 ▶
Talking Loud And Clear — 12 ▶
Talking Loud And Clear - N.E.C. Birmingham 1993 — 3 ▶
Telegraph — 4 ▶
Telegraph 12" — 2 ▶
Tesla Girls — 16 ▶
Tesla Girls 1984 — 1 ▶
The More I See You — 1 ▶
The Native Daughters Of The Golden West — 1 ▶
The New Stone Age — 3 ▶
The Punishment of Luxury — 14 ▶
The Romance of the Telescope — 2 ▶
The Romance of the Telescope (unfinished) — 1 ▶
Time Zones — 2 ▶
VCL XI — 1 ▶
Waiting For The Man — 2 ▶
Walking On The Milky Way — 15 ▶
White Trash 1984 — 1 ▶
White Trash 1984 — 1 ▶