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Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney is a person from the UK, active since 1942.

Person GB since 1942 pop pop rock rock

TOTAL PLAYS

2,452

SONGS PLAYED

239

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-07-08 07:02 · 6 Music — "Get Back - Live8 2005"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "My Valentine"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

400 300 200 100 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,593 65%

6 Music 597 24%

Radio 1 252 10%

1Xtra 10 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

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Peak hour: 13:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Wonderful Christmastime 465 2025-12-26

2 Coming Up 153 2026-08-13

3 New 144 2025-10-10

4 Another Day 119 2026-05-23

5 Queenie Eye 110 2014-09-28

6 Dance Tonight 90 2022-06-17

7 Come On To Me 85 2018-09-27

8 Take It Away 78 2026-08-08

9 Days We Left Behind 73 2026-07-30

10 Hope for the Future 59 2016-11-24

11 Temporary Secretary 54 2026-08-05

12 Pipes of Peace 54 2026-05-23

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-16 19:36 My Valentine Radio 2

2026-08-13 18:17 Coming Up Radio 2

2026-08-09 15:33 When The Wind Is Blowing 6 Music

2026-08-08 01:08 Take It Away Radio 2

2026-08-05 23:57 222 6 Music

2026-08-05 23:54 I've Only Got Two Hands 6 Music

2026-08-05 23:34 Pretty Little Head 6 Music

2026-08-05 23:29 Average Person (Remastered 2015) 6 Music

2026-08-05 23:26 Front Parlour (Remastered 2011) 6 Music

2026-08-05 23:22 Temporary Secretary 6 Music

2026-08-05 23:04 Kreen-Akrore 6 Music

2026-08-02 16:08 Take It Away Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

239 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(I Want To) Come Home —

22 2010-02-26 ▶

222 —

1 2026-08-05 ▶

A Room With a View —

1 2019-08-18 ▶

Ac-cen-tchu-ate The Positive —

15 2014-05-01 ▶

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive —

3 2017-06-19 ▶

All My Loving (Live) —

1 2017-06-05 ▶

Alligator —

2 2013-10-18 ▶

Always —

1 2017-01-08 ▶

Angry —

2 2017-05-20 ▶

Another Day —

119 2026-05-23 ▶

Another Day (Live At Maida Vale) —

4 2013-11-08 ▶

Another Day - Radio 2 In Concert 2013 —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Any Way (Recorded At Abbey Road, 2009) —

1 2023-08-21 ▶

Appreciate —

1 2013-10-21 ▶

Average Person (Remastered 2015) —

1 2026-08-05 ▶

Back In Brazil —

6 2018-10-05 ▶

Back In The U.S.S.R. (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 2013) —

1 2020-11-03 ▶

Back In The USSR (Live At Maida Vale) —

3 2013-11-08 ▶

Back In The USSR - Liverpool 1990 —

1 2018-11-22 ▶

Band on the Run —

1 2013-06-27 ▶

Band On The Run —

1 2009-10-08 ▶

Band On The Run (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-27 ▶

Band On The Run (Live At Maida Vale) —

1 2013-10-20 ▶

Band On The Run (R2 Live In Concert Oct 2013) —

1 2013-10-17 ▶

Band On The Run - Sold On Song 2005 —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Be What You See —

1 2017-06-12 ▶

Beautiful Night —

1 2016-06-12 ▶

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Live At Maida Vale) —

3 2013-11-08 ▶

Blackbird (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Blue Sway —

1 2015-03-28 ▶

Caesar Rock —

1 2018-09-12 ▶

Calico Skies —

2 2023-11-11 ▶

Can't Buy Me Love (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Can't Buy Me Love - Liverpool 1999 —

1 2010-11-21 ▶

Can't Buy Me Love - Liverpool 1999 —

1 2025-04-21 ▶

Check My Machine —

5 2025-01-26 ▶

Come Inside —

28 2026-07-24 ▶

Come On To Me —

85 2018-09-27 ▶

Come On To Me (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Coming Up —

153 2026-08-13 ▶

Coming Up (Like A Flower) —

2 2018-11-22 ▶

Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) —

1 2015-06-27 ▶

Coming Up - 6 Music session 16/10/2013 —

1 2014-01-01 ▶

Coming Up - Live from Maida Vale 16/10/13 —

1 2013-10-16 ▶

Confidante —

1 2018-09-11 ▶

Dance Tonight —

90 2022-06-17 ▶

Dance Tonight (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Days We Left Behind —

73 2026-07-30 ▶

Deep Deep Feeling (Remix) —

2 2021-06-25 ▶

Deep Down (Blood Orange Remix) —

1 2021-04-19 ▶

Despite Repeated Warnings —

1 2018-09-11 ▶

Do It Now —

5 2018-09-28 ▶

Dominoes —

1 2018-09-12 ▶

Dominos —

1 2020-04-26 ▶

Early Days —

1 2013-10-18 ▶

Eight Days A Week (Live At Maida Vale) —

1 2013-10-18 ▶

Eleanor Rigby - BBC Electric Proms 2007 —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Ever Present Past —

38 2016-07-26 ▶

Every Night —

54 2024-05-17 ▶

Every Night - Mastertapes 2016 —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Everybody Out There —

1 2013-10-27 ▶

Find My Way —

37 2021-01-26 ▶

Find My Way (Beck Remix) —

3 2021-04-03 ▶

Find My Way (feat. Beck) —

19 2022-06-14 ▶

Fine Line —

33 2006-05-17 ▶

Flaming Pie —

6 2022-05-20 ▶

For You —

19 2018-09-18 ▶

Friends To Go —

3 2005-09-17 ▶

Front Parlour (Remastered 2011) —

1 2026-08-05 ▶

Fuh You (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Get Back —

11 2025-07-28 ▶

Get Back (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Get Back (Live At Maida Vale 16/10/13) —

3 2013-10-23 ▶

Get Back (Live) —

5 2019-07-05 ▶

Get Back (Maida Vale) —

1 2013-10-16 ▶

Get Back - Live8 2005 —

1 2005-07-08 ▶

Get Back - Liverpool 1990 —

3 2018-11-22 ▶

Getting Better (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Goodnight Tonight —

2 2022-02-05 ▶

Got To Get You Into My Life (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Got To Get You Into My Life (Live) —

1 2017-06-05 ▶

Great Day —

3 2022-06-14 ▶

Happy With You —

1 2018-09-11 ▶

Heart Of The Century —

1 2023-11-12 ▶

Heart of the Country —

5 2018-11-06 ▶

Helter Skelter - Live8 2005 —

1 2005-07-08 ▶

Here Today —

3 2022-09-18 ▶

Here Today (2015 Remix) —

1 2015-11-29 ▶

Here Today (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Hey Jude (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Hey Jude - Liverpool 1990 —

1 2018-11-22 ▶

Hey Jude - Radio 2 In Concert 2013 —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Home to Us (feat. Ringo Starr) —

41 2026-05-27 ▶

Hope —

15 2014-11-09 ▶

Hope for the Future —

59 2016-11-24 ▶

Hope of Deliverance —

4 2014-09-16 ▶

Hope Of Deliverance —

4 2011-06-15 ▶

Hot as Sun/Glasses —

3 2019-07-28 ▶

I Can Bet —

1 2013-10-15 ▶

I Don't Know —

13 2018-12-25 ▶

I Saw Her Standing There (Glastonbury 2022) (feat. Dave Grohl) —

2 2022-06-27 ▶

I Saw Her Standing There (Live) —

1 2009-12-18 ▶

I Saw Her Standing There - Liverpool 1990 —

1 2010-11-21 ▶

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter —

5 2021-01-17 ▶

I've Got A Feeling (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2024-06-26 ▶

I've Just Seen A Face (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

I've Only Got Two Hands —

1 2026-08-05 ▶

In A Hurry —

2 2019-12-16 ▶

It's Only a Paper Moon —

3 2012-02-06 ▶

It's So Easy —

1 2011-07-04 ▶

Jenny Wren —

2 2018-11-12 ▶

Jet —

2 2013-07-11 ▶

Jet (Live At Maida Vale) —

4 2024-01-10 ▶

Junior's Farm (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Junior's Farm (Live from Maida Vale 16.10.2013) —

2 2013-10-24 ▶

Junk —

7 2026-05-04 ▶

Kreen-Akrore —

1 2026-08-05 ▶

Lady Madonna (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Lady Madonna (Live At Maida Vale) —

5 2013-11-08 ▶

Lady Madonna (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 2013) —

1 2020-11-20 ▶

Let 'Em In —

1 2014-08-30 ▶

Let 'Em In (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Let It Be —

1 2017-06-05 ▶

Let It Be (Glastonbury 2022) —

4 2022-06-27 ▶

Let It Be (Live Aid, 13 Jul 1985) —

2 2025-07-12 ▶

Let It Be - BBC Electric Proms 2007 —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Let It Be - Liverpool 1999 —

1 2010-11-21 ▶

Let Me Roll It (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Letting Go (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Live & Let Die —

1 2008-01-13 ▶

Live & Let Die (Brit Awards live track) —

1 2008-02-21 ▶

Live & Let Die (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Live & Let Die - BBC Electric Proms 2007 —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Live and Let Die —

9 2023-06-21 ▶

Live And Let Die —

3 2009-12-16 ▶

Live And Let Die (Glastonbury 2022) —

2 2022-06-28 ▶

Long and Winding Road (Live) —

1 2008-06-06 ▶

Love In The Open Air —

2 2025-03-31 ▶

Love Me Do (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Mama's Little Girl —

1 2026-03-29 ▶

Man We Was Lonely —

2 2017-05-21 ▶

Maybe Baby —

6 2014-06-27 ▶

Maybe I'm Amazed —

30 2023-09-10 ▶

Maybe I'm Amazed (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Maybe I'm Amazed - Glastonbury 2004 —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Medley - Liverpool 1990 —

1 2010-11-21 ▶

Momma Miss America —

6 2019-07-17 ▶

Mrs Vandebilt —

1 2009-12-22 ▶

My Brave Face —

6 2024-06-22 ▶

My Valentine —

40 2026-08-16 ▶

My Valentine (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

New —

144 2025-10-10 ▶

New (6Music Live at Maida Vale 16 Oct 13) —

1 2013-10-20 ▶

New (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

New (Live At Maida Vale) —

1 2013-10-18 ▶

New (Recorded for 6Music Live) —

1 2013-10-16 ▶

Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five —

2 2016-04-15 ▶

Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (Live At Maida Vale) —

1 2013-10-18 ▶

Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

No More Lonely Nights —

33 2024-10-05 ▶

No More Lonely Nights (Special dance mix) —

1 2022-06-17 ▶

No Other Baby —

1 2017-06-12 ▶

Nobody Knows —

1 2020-10-22 ▶

Ob-la-di, ob-la-da —

2 2020-01-23 ▶

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (6 Music Live from Maida Vale, 16 Oct 2013) —

1 2020-08-01 ▶

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La_Da (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Obla Di Obla Da - Live from Maida Vale 16.10.13 —

1 2013-10-17 ▶

Oh Woman Oh Why —

4 2016-06-19 ▶

On My Way to Work —

1 2013-10-16 ▶

On the Way —

2 2021-08-08 ▶

Only Mama - Electric Proms 2007 —

1 2007-10-26 ▶

Only Mama Knows —

1 2007-10-26 ▶

Only Our Hearts —

5 2017-04-23 ▶

Pipes of Peace —

54 2026-05-23 ▶

Pipes Of Peace —

7 2011-01-02 ▶

Pretty Boys (feat. Khruangbin) —

14 2022-07-16 ▶

Pretty Little Head —

1 2026-08-05 ▶

Put It There / Hello Goodbye - Liverpool 1990 —

2 2018-11-22 ▶

Queenie Eye —

110 2014-09-28 ▶

Ram On —

9 2020-11-29 ▶

Riding to Vanity Fair —

5 2021-03-20 ▶

Riding To Vanity Fair —

6 2009-08-15 ▶

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reggae —

1 2025-12-19 ▶

Save Us —

34 2014-04-04 ▶

Save Us (6 Music Live) —

1 2013-10-19 ▶

Save Us (Live in Concert with Radio 2) —

1 2013-10-17 ▶

Save Us - 6 Music session 16/10/2013 —

1 2014-01-01 ▶

Secret Friend —

4 2025-02-07 ▶

Secret Friend (7" Single Edit) —

1 2026-05-10 ▶

Secret Friend [Full Length Version] (2011 Remaster) —

1 2024-12-27 ▶

Seize the Day —

6 2022-01-26 ▶

Seize The Day (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) —

12 2023-11-07 ▶

She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

She Said Yeah —

1 2011-05-10 ▶

She's Leaving Home - Back In The UK Tour 2003 —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Singalong Junk —

3 2019-10-26 ▶

Singalong Junk (instrumental) —

1 2016-11-16 ▶

Slidin' (EOB Remix) —

2 2021-04-19 ▶

Soily —

2 2014-01-07 ▶

Soily 1976 —

1 2009-09-13 ▶

Something (Glastonbury 2022) —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Spies Like Us —

2 2018-12-27 ▶

Summer's Day Song —

1 2023-07-15 ▶

Take It Away —

78 2026-08-08 ▶

Teddy Boy —

2 2019-03-27 ▶

Temporary Secretarty —

1 2008-01-14 ▶

Temporary Secretary —

54 2026-08-05 ▶

That Would Be Something —

1 2011-06-12 ▶

The Back Seat of My Car —

8 2025-05-18 ▶

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) —

2 2023-12-25 ▶

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) —

2 2023-12-26 ▶

The Kiss of Venus —

1 2020-12-30 ▶

The Lovely Linda —

2 2023-11-05 ▶

The Man (Feat. Michael Jackson) —

25 2026-03-07 ▶

The Other Me —

1 2007-08-23 ▶

Things We Said Today (Live At Maida Vale) —

1 2013-10-19 ▶

This Never Happened Before —

4 2025-12-12 ▶

This One —

1 2011-09-23 ▶

Too Many People —

2 2016-08-21 ▶

Tug of War —

1 2024-11-06 ▶

Twenty Flight Rock —

1 2017-06-19 ▶

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey —

7 2016-08-28 ▶

Wanderlust —

1 2014-09-06 ▶

Waterfalls —

11 2026-05-10 ▶

We All Stand Together —

26 2016-08-15 ▶

We Got Married - Liverpool 1990 —

2 2018-11-22 ▶

What's That You're Doing (Feat. Stevie Wonder) —

1 2017-12-23 ▶

What's That You're Doing? —

1 2017-05-29 ▶

When The Wind Is Blowing —

1 2026-08-09 ▶

When Winter Comes (Anderson .Paak Remix) —

3 2021-07-18 ▶

Who Cares —

1 2018-09-12 ▶

Winter Bird / When Winter Comes —

1 2020-12-30 ▶

Women and Wives —

2 2021-07-23 ▶

Wonderful Christmastime —

465 2025-12-26 ▶

Wonderful Christmastime (Remix) —

1 2012-12-14 ▶

Wonderful Christmastime (vinyl) —

1 2013-12-19 ▶

Yesterday - Liverpool Sound 2008 —

1 2022-06-25 ▶

Young Boy —

5 2018-07-26 ▶