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The Fisherman’s Friends

The Fisherman’s Friends is a group from Cornwall.

Group Cornwall folk sea shanty
TOTAL PLAYS
47
SONGS PLAYED
26
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2019-03-11 21:35 · Radio 2 — "Oh You New York Girls"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · 6 Music — "Union Of Different Kinds (feat. Imelda May)"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2019 — 2026
20 15 10 5 0
'19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 46 98%
6 Music 1 2%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 20:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 I Saw Three Ships 8 2024-12-22
2 Keep Hauling 4 2022-12-07
3 Hi Ho Silver Lining (feat. Imelda May) 4 2022-09-05
4 No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues 3 2025-06-18
5 Cornwall My Home (feat. Imelda May) 3 2025-04-23
6 Santiana 2 2026-07-15
7 Donkey Riding 2 2025-05-24
8 South Australia 2 2024-08-01
9 Mary Anne 2 2019-05-08
10 Union Of Different Kinds (feat. Imelda May) 1 2026-08-06
11 South Australia (Radio 2 Session at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2024) 1 2024-08-07
12 The Cadgwith Anthem 1 2024-08-04
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-06 04:55 Union Of Different Kinds (feat. Imelda May) 6 Music
2026-07-15 20:38 Santiana Radio 2
2025-06-18 20:03 No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues Radio 2
2025-05-24 17:25 Donkey Riding Radio 2
2025-04-23 20:55 Cornwall My Home (feat. Imelda May) Radio 2
2024-12-22 05:20 I Saw Three Ships Radio 2
2024-12-18 21:30 I Saw Three Ships Radio 2
2024-12-15 04:20 I Saw Three Ships Radio 2
2024-12-14 02:30 I Saw Three Ships Radio 2
2024-12-08 08:42 I Saw Three Ships Radio 2
2024-08-07 20:03 South Australia (Radio 2 Session at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2024) Radio 2
2024-08-04 20:35 The Cadgwith Anthem Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

26 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(What Shall We Do With The) Drunken Sailor — 1 ▶
Cornwall My Home (feat. Imelda May) — 3 ▶
Donkey Riding — 2 ▶
Hi Ho Silver Lining (feat. Imelda May) — 4 ▶
I Saw Three Ships — 8 ▶
John Kanaka — 1 ▶
Keep Hauling — 4 ▶
Keep Hauling (Radio 2's Virtual Folk Festival) — 1 ▶
Le Capitaine de St. Malo — 1 ▶
Little Liz I Love You — 1 ▶
Mary Anne — 2 ▶
Nelson's Blood (Radio 2 Session, 02 August 2024) — 1 ▶
No Hopers, Jokers & Rogues — 1 ▶
No Hopers, Jokers & Rogues (Radio 2's Virtual Folk Festival) — 1 ▶
No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues — 3 ▶
No Hopers, Jokes & Rogues — 1 ▶
No Jokers Hopers And Rogues — 1 ▶
Oh You New York Girls — 1 ▶
Sam's Gone Away — 1 ▶
Santiana — 2 ▶
South Australia — 2 ▶
South Australia (Radio 2 Session at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2024) — 1 ▶
South Australia (Radio 2's Virtual Folk Festival) — 1 ▶
The Cadgwith Anthem — 1 ▶
The Corncrake — 1 ▶
Union Of Different Kinds (feat. Imelda May) — 1 ▶