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The Blue Nile

The Blue Nile is a group from the UK, active since 1981.

Group GB since 1981 dream pop new wave art pop
TOTAL PLAYS
571
SONGS PLAYED
53
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-19 12:27 · 6 Music — "Tinseltown in the Rain"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · Radio 2 — "Stay"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
60 45 30 15 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 491 86%
Radio 2 79 14%
Radio 1 1 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Tinseltown in the Rain 200 2025-08-30
2 The Downtown Lights 61 2025-08-10
3 Easter Parade 38 2025-11-24
4 A Walk Across the Rooftops 30 2025-07-17
5 Over the Hillside 29 2025-02-01
6 Stay 17 2026-04-11
7 Headlights On The Parade 17 2011-08-17
8 Let's Go Out Tonight 13 2026-03-21
9 Headlights on the Parade 13 2025-03-28
10 Heatwave 12 2023-08-27
11 Automobile Noise 12 2021-01-18
12 Happiness 10 2025-07-05
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-04-11 19:54 Stay Radio 2
2026-03-21 19:48 Let's Go Out Tonight Radio 2
2025-12-22 00:23 Tinseltown in The Rain (Radio 1 In Concert, 24 Nov 1990) 6 Music
2025-12-21 13:23 Tinseltown in The Rain (Radio 1 In Concert, 24 Nov 1990) 6 Music
2025-11-24 01:46 Easter Parade 6 Music
2025-11-23 14:48 Easter Parade 6 Music
2025-11-16 22:40 Let's Go Out Tonight Radio 2
2025-08-30 19:45 Tinseltown in the Rain Radio 2
2025-08-29 09:39 Tinseltown in the Rain 6 Music
2025-08-10 04:01 The Downtown Lights 6 Music
2025-07-17 20:36 A Walk Across the Rooftops 6 Music
2025-07-05 08:20 Happiness 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

53 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Walk Across the Rooftops — 30 ▶
A Walk Across The Rooftops 1990 — 2 ▶
A Walk Across The Rooftops (Radio 1 In Concert, 24 Nov 1990) — 2 ▶
A Walk Across The Rooftops - Manchester Free Trade Hall 1990 — 2 ▶
Automatic Noise — 1 ▶
Automobile Noise — 12 ▶
Because of Toledo — 7 ▶
Because Of Toledo — 1 ▶
Because Of Toledo (Gideon Coe Session) — 1 ▶
Christmas — 1 ▶
Easter Parade 1990 — 6 ▶
Easter Parade — 38 ▶
Easter Parade (Radio 1 In Concert, 24 Nov 1990) — 4 ▶
Easter Parade (Live) — 2 ▶
Easter Parade - Manchester Free Trade Hall 1990 — 1 ▶
Family Life — 4 ▶
From a Late Night Train — 10 ▶
From A Late Night Train — 1 ▶
From Rags to Riches — 2 ▶
Happiness — 10 ▶
Headlights on the Parade — 13 ▶
Headlights On The Parade — 17 ▶
Headlights On The Parade (Bob Clearmountain Remix) — 1 ▶
Heatwave — 12 ▶
Heatwave - Manchester Free Trade Hall 1990 — 1 ▶
Heatwave 1990 — 1 ▶
I Love This Life — 4 ▶
I Would Never — 1 ▶
Let's Go Out Tonight — 13 ▶
Over the Hillside — 29 ▶
Over The Hillside — 1 ▶
Over The Hillside 1990 — 2 ▶
Over The Hillside - Manchester Free Trade Hall 1990 — 4 ▶
Regret — 4 ▶
Saturday Night — 9 ▶
Seven A.M. — 4 ▶
She Saw the World — 1 ▶
She Saw The World — 1 ▶
Soon — 1 ▶
Stay — 17 ▶
Stay (Radio 1 In Concert, 24 Nov 1990) — 7 ▶
Stay - Manchester Free Trade Hall 1990 — 2 ▶
Stay 1990 — 4 ▶
Storm Cloud — 1 ▶
The Downtown Lights — 61 ▶
The Downtown Lights 1990 — 1 ▶
The Wires Are Down — 5 ▶
Tinseltown in the Rain — 200 ▶
Tinseltown In The Rain (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
Tinseltown in The Rain (Radio 1 In Concert, 24 Nov 1990) — 4 ▶
Tinseltown in The Rain - Manchester Free Trade Hall 1990 — 2 ▶
Tinseltown In The Rain 1990 — 4 ▶
Tomorrow Morning — 6 ▶