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Simply Red

Simply Red is a group from the UK, active since 1985.

Group GB since 1985 blue-eyed soul pop soul
TOTAL PLAYS
2,846
SONGS PLAYED
107
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2006-05-03 05:03 · Radio 2 — "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)"
LAST PLAYED
17 hours ago · Radio 2 — "A New Flame"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
400 300 200 100 0
'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 2,797 98%
Radio 1 20 1%
6 Music 16 1%
1Xtra 13 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 08:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Fairground 417 2026-05-01
2 Stars 373 2026-04-30
3 Something Got Me Started 244 2026-05-19
4 Money's Too Tight (To Mention) 218 2026-05-20
5 Ain't That A Lot Of Love 188 2026-05-05
6 A New Flame 171 2026-05-20
7 Holding Back The Years 120 2026-01-28
8 Sunrise 95 2025-06-27
9 Shine On 78 2016-02-07
10 Better With You 77 2023-05-30
11 Sweet Child 77 2019-12-28
12 Thinking of you 76 2023-06-13
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-20 14:52 A New Flame Radio 2
2026-05-20 04:16 Money's Too Tight (To Mention) Radio 2
2026-05-19 05:55 Something Got Me Started Radio 2
2026-05-11 05:55 A New Flame Radio 2
2026-05-09 13:03 Something Got Me Started Radio 2
2026-05-07 00:34 Money's Too Tight (To Mention) Radio 2
2026-05-05 05:56 Ain't That A Lot Of Love Radio 2
2026-05-01 03:22 Fairground Radio 2
2026-04-30 08:47 Fairground Radio 2
2026-04-30 01:04 Stars Radio 2
2026-04-27 22:03 A New Flame Radio 2
2026-04-27 16:36 Something Got Me Started Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

107 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Radio 2 Session, 08 Nov 2019) — 1 ▶
A New Flame — 171 ▶
A New Flame (Recollections 2025) — 1 ▶
Ain't That A Lot Of Love — 188 ▶
Ain't That a Lot of Love — 34 ▶
Ain't That A Lot Of Love (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2019) — 1 ▶
All or Nothing at All — 1 ▶
Angel — 2 ▶
Beside you — 19 ▶
Better With You — 77 ▶
Better With You (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Come To My Aid — 4 ▶
Daydreaming — 1 ▶
Drowning In My Own Tears — 2 ▶
Earth In A Lonely Space — 2 ▶
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye — 10 ▶
Fairground — 417 ▶
Fairground (Joy Anonymous Edit) — 1 ▶
Fairground (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2019) — 5 ▶
Fairground (Rollo & Sister Bliss remix) — 1 ▶
Fairground (Rollo And Sister Bliss Remix) — 1 ▶
Fairground (Simplified Version) — 1 ▶
Fairground - (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 2 ▶
Fake (album edit) — 1 ▶
Fake (remix) — 2 ▶
For Your Babies — 36 ▶
For Your Babies [live] — 1 ▶
Ghetto Girl — 3 ▶
Go Now — 2 ▶
Heaven — 2 ▶
Holding Back The Years — 120 ▶
Holding Back the Years (POTP VERSION) — 2 ▶
Home — 1 ▶
Home (Tin Tin Out Remix) — 43 ▶
I Have The Love — 1 ▶
If You Don't Know Me by Now — 32 ▶
If You Don't Know Me By Now — 7 ▶
If You Don't Know Me By Now (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 2010) — 1 ▶
Infidelity — 2 ▶
It Wouldn't Be Me — 58 ▶
It's Only Love — 51 ▶
It's Only Love (Recollections 2025) — 1 ▶
It's Only Love (Valentine mix) — 1 ▶
Jericho — 1 ▶
Just Like You — 56 ▶
Just Like You (Part 1) - (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Just Like You (Part 2) - (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Just Like You, Pt. 2 — 1 ▶
Lady Godiva's Room — 2 ▶
Let Your Hair Down — 2 ▶
Love Gave Me More — 33 ▶
Money's Too Tight (To Mention) — 218 ▶
Money's Too Tight (To Mention) (Recollections 2025) — 1 ▶
Money's Too Tight (To Mention) (United City Mix) — 1 ▶
Never Never Love — 9 ▶
Night Nurse (Feat. Sly & Robbie) — 1 ▶
Nutbush City Limits (Radio 2 in the Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Nutbush City Limits - (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Oh! What a Girl! — 13 ▶
Positively Fourth Street — 1 ▶
Ring That Bell — 1 ▶
Sad Old Red — 1 ▶
Say You Love Me — 10 ▶
Shine On — 78 ▶
Slapbang — 2 ▶
Something Got Me Started — 244 ▶
Something Got Me Started (Hurley Mix) — 1 ▶
Something Got Me Started (hurley's 7'' mix) — 1 ▶
Something Got Me Started (Hurley's House Mix) — 1 ▶
Something Got Me Started (Hurley's Single Mix) — 3 ▶
Something Got Me Started (Music Club live track) — 1 ▶
Something Got Me Started (Perfecto Mix) — 1 ▶
Something Got Me Started (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Something Got Me Started (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2019) — 6 ▶
Something Got Me Started - (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Stars — 373 ▶
Stars (Music Club live track) — 1 ▶
Stars (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 2010) — 1 ▶
Stars (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Stars (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2019) — 1 ▶
Stay — 35 ▶
Stay (Radio Mix) — 2 ▶
Sunrise — 95 ▶
Sunrise (Radio 2 In The Park 2023) — 1 ▶
Sunrise (Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2019) — 4 ▶
SW Stars — 1 ▶
SW Sweet Child — 1 ▶
Sweet Child — 77 ▶
The Air That I Breathe — 5 ▶
The Ghost of Love — 27 ▶
The Old Man And The Beer — 1 ▶
The Right Thing — 37 ▶
The Right Thing (Recollections 2025) — 1 ▶
The World and You Tonight — 29 ▶
Thinking of you — 76 ▶
Thrill Me — 11 ▶
Thrill Me (Album Version) — 1 ▶
Thrill Me (Louie's Masters At Work Mix) — 1 ▶
Thrill Me (Masters at Work House mix) — 5 ▶
Thrill Me (Masters at Work House Mix) [2021 Remaster] — 2 ▶
Tonight — 1 ▶
Turn It Up — 1 ▶
Wonderland — 2 ▶
You Make Me Feel Brand New — 11 ▶
You Make Me Feel Brand New (Live) — 1 ▶
You've Got It — 11 ▶
Your Mirror — 25 ▶