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The Blue Aeroplanes

The Blue Aeroplanes is a group from the UK, active since 1983.

Group GB since 1983 indie pop jangle pop indie rock
TOTAL PLAYS
291
SONGS PLAYED
91
STATIONS
1
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-22 18:32 · 6 Music — "Jacket Hangs"
LAST PLAYED
10 months ago · 6 Music — "Jacket Hangs"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2025
40 30 20 10 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 291 100%
Radio 1 0 0%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Jacket Hangs 53 2025-07-14
2 Coats (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1987) 10 2023-02-27
3 And Stones 8 2019-06-27
4 ...And Stones 8 2014-08-14
5 Colour Me - Glastonbury 1992 7 2014-05-07
6 Cowardice And Caprice (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1987) 6 2021-09-01
7 Daughter Movie - Glastonbury 1992 6 2018-10-08
8 Breaking In My Heart 6 2018-03-01
9 Jacket Hangs - Glastonbury 1992 6 2014-05-07
10 Broken And Mended - Glastonbury 1992 6 2014-05-07
11 Jacket Hangs (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1990) 5 2023-10-30
12 Bury Your Love - Colston Hall - Bristol 2016 5 2023-02-09
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-07-14 15:55 Jacket Hangs 6 Music
2024-10-24 20:00 ... and Stones 6 Music
2023-11-02 23:04 Careful Boy (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1990) 6 Music
2023-11-01 23:15 Shelley And Jazz And Leider And Love (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1990) 6 Music
2023-10-31 22:27 ... And Stones (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1990) 6 Music
2023-10-30 23:17 Jacket Hangs (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1990) 6 Music
2023-06-22 20:52 Arriving 6 Music
2023-02-27 21:19 Coats (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1987) 6 Music
2023-02-27 14:45 Sweet Jane 6 Music
2023-02-21 21:37 Building An Ark For The Anthropocene 6 Music
2023-02-09 22:10 Bury Your Love - Colston Hall - Bristol 2016 6 Music
2022-11-27 18:44 Razor Walk 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

91 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
- Colston Hall - Bristol 2016 — 5 ▶
... and Stones — 2 ▶
... and Stones (6 Music Session, 21 Aug 2012) — 1 ▶
... And Stones (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1990) — 3 ▶
...And Stones — 8 ▶
25 Kinds Of Love — 4 ▶
88 Out — 4 ▶
88 Out (Radio 1 Session, 14 Feb 1988) — 3 ▶
88 Out (Simon Mayo session 14.03.1988) — 1 ▶
Action Painting — 4 ▶
Aeroplane Blues — 1 ▶
Aeroplane Blues - Glastonbury 1992 — 4 ▶
Aeroplane Blues1992 — 1 ▶
And Stones — 8 ▶
And Stones (Lovers All Around Mix 2006 Remaster) — 1 ▶
And Stones (Nicky Campbell Session, 15 Feb 1990) — 1 ▶
And Stones (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1990) — 2 ▶
And Stones - Glastonbury 1992 — 5 ▶
Arriving — 1 ▶
Beautiful Is (As Beautiful Does) — 1 ▶
Breaking In My Heart — 6 ▶
Breaking In My Heart (Radio 1 Session, 14 Feb 1988) — 4 ▶
Breaking In My Heart (Simon Mayo session 14.03.1988) — 1 ▶
Broken And Mended — 1 ▶
Broken And Mended - Glastonbury 1992 — 6 ▶
Broken And Mended 1992 — 2 ▶
Building An Ark For The Anthropocene — 1 ▶
Bury Your Love (6 Music Festival 2016) — 1 ▶
Bury Your Love - Colston Hall - Bristol 2016 — 5 ▶
Bury Your Love Like Treasure — 1 ▶
Cardboard Box (6 Music Festival 2016) — 1 ▶
Careful Boy (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1987) — 2 ▶
Careful Boy (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1990) — 1 ▶
Careful Boys (Nicky Campbell Session, 15 Feb 1990) — 1 ▶
Careful Boys (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1990) — 2 ▶
China Brilliance Automotive — 3 ▶
Coats — 3 ▶
Coats (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1987) — 10 ▶
Coats - BBC Session 15/02/1987 — 4 ▶
Colour Me — 4 ▶
Colour Me (6 Music Session, 21 Aug 2012) — 1 ▶
Colour Me - Glastonbury 1992 — 7 ▶
Colour Me 1992 — 1 ▶
Cops (6 Music Festival 2016) — 1 ▶
Cowardice and Caprice — 3 ▶
Cowardice And Caprice (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1987) — 6 ▶
Cowardice And Caprice - BBC Session 15/02/1987 — 3 ▶
Daughter Movie — 2 ▶
Daughter Movie - Glastonbury 1992 — 6 ▶
Dead Tree! Dead Tree! — 5 ▶
Elvis Festival — 2 ▶
Elvis Festival (6 Music Festival 2016) — 1 ▶
Fun — 1 ▶
Growing Up, Growing Down — 2 ▶
Here Is The Heart Of All Wild Things (6Music Session 131216) — 1 ▶
Jacket Hangs — 53 ▶
Jacket Hangs (6 Music Festival 2016) — 3 ▶
Jacket Hangs (6 Music Festival) — 1 ▶
Jacket Hangs (Glastonbury 1992) — 2 ▶
Jacket Hangs (Nicky Campbell Session, 15 Feb 1990) — 1 ▶
Jacket Hangs (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1990) — 5 ▶
Jacket Hangs - Glastonbury 1992 — 6 ▶
Jacket Hangs 1992 — 1 ▶
Love Come Round — 1 ▶
My Hurricane — 1 ▶
My Old Haunts/Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood (6 Music Session, 21 Aug 2012) — 1 ▶
Oak Apple Day (6 Music Session, 21 Aug 2012) — 3 ▶
Razor Walk — 1 ▶
Shame — 1 ▶
Shame (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1987) — 3 ▶
Shame - BBC Session 15/02/1987 — 2 ▶
Shelley And Jazz And Leider And Love (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1990) — 2 ▶
Shelly And Jazz And Leider And Love (Nicky Campbell Session, 15 Feb 1990) — 1 ▶
Shelly And Jazz And Leider And Love (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1990) — 2 ▶
Skin (6 Music Festival 2016) — 1 ▶
Skin - Colston Hall - Bristol 2016 — 3 ▶
Stripped — 4 ▶
Stripped (Simon Mayo session 14.03.1988) — 1 ▶
Stripped (Radio 1 Session, 14 Feb 1988) — 4 ▶
Sweet Jane — 1 ▶
Sweet Like Chocolate (6 Music session from Marc Riley 131216) — 1 ▶
The Applicant — 1 ▶
Vales Of Colour — 4 ▶
Vales Of Colour (Radio 1 Session, 14 Feb 1988) — 4 ▶
What Do You Mean ? — 3 ▶
What Do You Mean ? (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1987) — 3 ▶
What Do You Mean ? - BBC Session 15/02/1987 — 2 ▶
What Do You Mean? (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1987) — 4 ▶
World View Blue — 1 ▶
You Are Loved — 1 ▶
Yr Own World — 2 ▶