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Portishead

Portishead is a group from the UK, active since 1991.

Group GB since 1991 trip hop trip-hop electronic
TOTAL PLAYS
1,947
SONGS PLAYED
125
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-21 00:39 · 6 Music — "Glory Box"
LAST PLAYED
3 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Sour Times"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
300 225 150 75 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,581 81%
Radio 2 204 10%
Radio 1 139 7%
1Xtra 23 1%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Glory Box 537 2026-08-15
2 Sour Times 307 2026-08-18
3 All Mine 163 2026-07-23
4 Magic Doors 127 2026-07-19
5 Numb 91 2026-08-03
6 Machine Gun 82 2025-09-08
7 Roads 57 2026-05-27
8 Strangers 52 2026-08-15
9 The Rip 49 2026-07-22
10 It Could Be Sweet 46 2025-07-03
11 Wandering Star 37 2024-06-09
12 Chase the Tear 27 2023-01-08
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-18 07:34 Sour Times 6 Music
2026-08-16 03:29 Mysterons 6 Music
2026-08-15 10:10 Glory Box 6 Music
2026-08-15 00:00 Strangers 6 Music
2026-08-04 19:42 Silence 6 Music
2026-08-03 02:42 Numb Radio 2
2026-07-30 13:53 Sour Times 6 Music
2026-07-28 12:47 Over 6 Music
2026-07-23 09:19 All Mine 6 Music
2026-07-22 19:51 The Rip Radio 2
2026-07-19 05:33 Magic Doors 6 Music
2026-05-27 04:54 Roads 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

125 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Tribute to Monk and Canatella — 1 ▶
All Mine — 163 ▶
Biscuit — 6 ▶
Chase the Tear — 27 ▶
Cowboys — 18 ▶
Cowboys (instrumental) — 1 ▶
Cowboys - Glastonbury - 28/06/2013 — 3 ▶
Cowboys - Glastonbury 1998 — 2 ▶
Cowboys- Glastonbury 1998 — 7 ▶
Elysium — 2 ▶
Elysium - Glastonbury 1998 — 5 ▶
Glory Box — 537 ▶
Glory Box 25/05/95 — 1 ▶
Glory Box (edit) — 2 ▶
Glory Box (Glastonbury 2013) — 1 ▶
Glory Box (Live at Glastonbury 2013) — 1 ▶
Glory Box (Live At La Cigale) — 1 ▶
Glory Box (Live From Glastonbury 2013) — 1 ▶
Glory Box (Live Recording) — 3 ▶
Glory Box (Live) — 4 ▶
Glory Box (Radio 1 In Concert, 25 May 1995) — 1 ▶
Glory Box (Radio 1 Session, 26 Oct 1994) — 2 ▶
Glory Box - The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 1995 — 9 ▶
Glory Box - Tower Ballroom 1995 — 2 ▶
Glorybox (live at Glastonbury 2013) — 1 ▶
Half Day Closing — 2 ▶
Humming — 1 ▶
Humming - Glastonbury 1998 — 7 ▶
Hunter — 4 ▶
Interlude - The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 1995 — 2 ▶
Interlude - Tower Ballroom 1995 — 1 ▶
Interlude 25/05/95 — 1 ▶
It Could Be Sweet — 46 ▶
It's a Fire — 3 ▶
It's A Fire - The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 1995 — 3 ▶
It's A Fire - Tower Ballroom 1995 — 1 ▶
Machine Drum — 1 ▶
Machine Gun — 82 ▶
Machine Gun (Glastonbury 2013) — 1 ▶
Machine Gun (Jimmy Edgar Re-edit) — 1 ▶
Machine Gun - Glastonbury - 28/06/2013 — 4 ▶
Magic Doors — 127 ▶
Magic Doors (Specially Recorded Session Track) — 1 ▶
Morning Star - The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 1995 — 4 ▶
Morning Star - Tower Ballroom 1995 — 1 ▶
Mysterious — 3 ▶
Mysterons — 15 ▶
Mysterons (Radio 1 Session, 26 Oct 1994) — 13 ▶
Mysterons - BBC Session 26/10/1994 — 4 ▶
Mysterons - Glastonbury 1998 — 2 ▶
Numb — 91 ▶
Numb (BBC session) — 4 ▶
Numb (Radio 1 In Concert, 25 May 1995) — 1 ▶
Numb (Radio 1 Session, 26 Oct 1994) — 2 ▶
Numb - The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 1995 — 7 ▶
Numb - Tower Ballroom 1995 — 3 ▶
Numb 1995 — 1 ▶
Nylon Smile — 15 ▶
Only You — 26 ▶
Only You - Glastonbury 1998 — 1 ▶
Only You (French Version) — 1 ▶
Only You - Glastonbury 1998 — 2 ▶
Over — 13 ▶
Over (Glastonbury 1998) — 1 ▶
Over (Live at Glastonbury 2013) — 1 ▶
Over - Glastonbury - 28/06/2013 — 3 ▶
Over - Glastonbury 1998 — 3 ▶
Over - The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 1995 — 4 ▶
Over - Tower Ballroom 1995 — 1 ▶
Pedestal — 1 ▶
Pedestal - The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 1995 — 4 ▶
Pedestal 25/05/95 — 1 ▶
Revenge of the Number — 2 ▶
Roads — 57 ▶
Roads (Lindo Man Remix) — 4 ▶
Roads (Live at Glastonbury 2013) — 1 ▶
Roads (Max Cooper Mix) — 2 ▶
Roads - Glastonbury - 28/06/2013 — 3 ▶
Roads - Glastonbury 1998 — 11 ▶
Roads Live at Roseland NYC — 1 ▶
S.O.S — 1 ▶
Scorn — 1 ▶
Seven Months — 3 ▶
Silence — 8 ▶
Small — 1 ▶
SOS — 4 ▶
Sour Times — 307 ▶
Sour Times (Glastonbury 1998) — 1 ▶
Sour Times (Glastonbury 2013) — 2 ▶
Sour Times (Live at Glastonbury 1998) — 1 ▶
Sour Times (Live from Glastonbury '13) — 1 ▶
Sour Times (Lot More mix) — 1 ▶
Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me) — 7 ▶
Sour Times (Radio 1 In Concert, 25 May 1995) — 2 ▶
Sour Times - Glastonbury 1998 — 7 ▶
Sour Times - Glastonbury 2013 — 3 ▶
Sour Times - The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 1995 — 7 ▶
Sour Times - Tower Ballroom 1995 — 2 ▶
Sour Times 25/05/95 — 1 ▶
Strangers — 52 ▶
Strangers (Live) — 1 ▶
Strangers (Vaccine remix) — 1 ▶
Strangers - The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 1995 — 3 ▶
Strangers - Tower Ballroom 1995 — 2 ▶
The Rip — 49 ▶
The Rip (Datassette Remix) — 1 ▶
The RIP (Edit) — 2 ▶
The Rip (Gast Edit) — 3 ▶
The Rip (Session Track) — 1 ▶
Theme From 'To Kill a Dead Man' — 1 ▶
Threads — 5 ▶
Threads (Session Track) — 1 ▶
Toy Box — 1 ▶
Undenied — 10 ▶
Untitled 25/05/95 — 1 ▶
Untitled - The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 1995 — 1 ▶
Wander Star — 2 ▶
Wandering Star — 37 ▶
Wandering Star (Radio 1 In Concert, 25 May 1995) — 1 ▶
Wandering Star - The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 1995 — 4 ▶
Wandering Star 25/05/95 — 1 ▶
Wandering Star Vinly — 1 ▶
We Carry On — 3 ▶
Western Eyes — 4 ▶
Wondering Star — 1 ▶