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Richard & Linda Thompson

Richard & Linda Thompson is a group from the UK, active from 1974.

Group GB 1974–1982 folk folk rock british folk rock

TOTAL PLAYS

104

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2008-08-20 05:01 · 6 Music — "I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight"

LAST PLAYED

1 week ago · 6 Music — "Beat the Retreat"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2026

20 15 10 5 0

'08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 89 86%

Radio 2 15 14%

Radio 1 0 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 A Heart Needs a Home 17 2024-04-18

2 Dimming of the Day 11 2021-06-23

3 I Want To See The Bright Lights 9 2022-07-19

4 I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 9 2017-03-08

5 When I Get To The Border 7 2023-12-13

6 The Great Valerio 5 2025-02-16

7 Streets Of Paradise 4 2020-09-30

8 The Calvary Cross 3 2024-09-08

9 The Little Beggar Girl 3 2022-12-05

10 Down Where The Drunkards Roll 3 2022-12-05

11 Beat the Retreat 2 2026-05-10

12 We Sing Hallelujah 2 2024-12-20

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-10 03:00 Beat the Retreat 6 Music

2025-06-18 20:36 I'll Regret It All in the Morning (BBC Session, 4 Feb 1974) 6 Music

2025-06-17 21:27 Hokey Pokey (BBC Session, 4 Feb 1974) 6 Music

2025-06-16 21:26 Georgie On A Spree (John Peel Session (04/02/1974) 6 Music

2025-05-11 03:00 Beat the Retreat 6 Music

2025-02-16 20:17 The Great Valerio 6 Music

2024-12-20 08:52 We Sing Hallelujah 6 Music

2024-11-17 12:41 The Great Valerio 6 Music

2024-11-14 07:22 Don't Renege On Our Love 6 Music

2024-09-08 22:21 The Calvary Cross 6 Music

2024-04-18 21:43 A Heart Needs a Home 6 Music

2023-12-13 21:03 When I Get To The Border Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

37 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Heart Needs a Home —

17 2024-04-18 ▶

Beat the Retreat —

2 2026-05-10 ▶

Dark End of the Street —

1 2014-09-10 ▶

Dimming of the Day —

11 2021-06-23 ▶

Dimming Of The Day / Dargai —

1 2022-06-23 ▶

Dimming of the Day/Dargai —

1 2014-12-11 ▶

Don't Renege On Our Love —

1 2024-11-14 ▶

Down Where The Drunkards Roll —

3 2022-12-05 ▶

Georgie On A Spree (John Peel Session (04/02/1974) —

1 2025-06-16 ▶

Hard Luck Stories —

2 2021-08-23 ▶

Has He Got A Friend For Me —

1 2014-09-06 ▶

Heart Needs A Home (John Peel session 2nd Nov 1975) —

1 2019-02-25 ▶

Hokey Pokey —

1 2020-09-09 ▶

Hokey Pokey (BBC Session, 4 Feb 1974) —

1 2025-06-17 ▶

Hokey Pokey (John Peel session 12th Feb 1974) —

1 2017-03-21 ▶

Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song) —

2 2016-07-04 ▶

I Want To See The Bright Lights —

9 2022-07-19 ▶

I Want to See the Bright Lights (BBC session 24th Jan 1974) —

1 2017-03-20 ▶

I Want To See The Bright Lights (Live) —

1 2021-01-02 ▶

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight —

9 2017-03-08 ▶

I'll Regret It All (John Peel session 040274) —

1 2013-08-19 ▶

I'll Regret It All in the Morning (BBC Session, 4 Feb 1974) —

1 2025-06-18 ▶

I'll Regret it all in the Morning (John Peel session 12th Feb 1974) —

1 2017-03-22 ▶

I'm Turning off a Memory (John Peel session 2nd Nov 1975) —

1 2019-02-27 ▶

I'm Turning Off A Memory-24/02/1975 —

1 2017-02-15 ▶

Shoot Out The Lights —

1 2016-07-23 ▶

Streets Of Paradise —

4 2020-09-30 ▶

The Bright Lights Tonight —

1 2013-09-26 ▶

The Calvary Cross —

3 2024-09-08 ▶

The End Of The Rainbow —

2 2016-04-30 ▶

The Great Valerio —

5 2025-02-16 ▶

The Little Beggar Girl —

3 2022-12-05 ▶

Wall Of Death —

2 2021-06-22 ▶

We Sing Hallelujah —

2 2024-12-20 ▶

When I Get To The Border —

7 2023-12-13 ▶

Wishing (John Peel session 2nd Nov 1975) —

1 2019-02-28 ▶

Wishing-24/02/1975 —

1 2017-02-15 ▶