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The Housemartins

The Housemartins is a group from the UK, active from 1983.

Group GB 1983–1988 pop british uk

TOTAL PLAYS

1,698

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-16 01:40 · 6 Music — "Sheep"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Happy Hour"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 984 58%

Radio 2 711 42%

Radio 1 3 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 17:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Happy Hour 674 2026-05-17

2 Me And The Farmer 184 2025-10-18

3 Five Get Over Excited 163 2025-09-29

4 Sheep 148 2025-07-10

5 Caravan of Love 112 2026-05-03

6 Build 65 2025-01-22

7 Get Up Off Our Knees 35 2023-10-02

8 Think For A Minute 34 2026-04-04

9 Caravan Of Love 29 2011-11-15

10 Flag Day 12 2021-07-17

11 Drop Down Dead 12 2017-02-22

12 Sitting On A Fence 10 2022-12-07

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-17 10:51 Happy Hour Radio 2

2026-05-15 10:15 Happy Hour Radio 2

2026-05-05 13:27 Happy Hour 6 Music

2026-05-03 08:56 Caravan of Love 6 Music

2026-05-02 13:53 Happy Hour Radio 2

2026-04-13 12:38 Happy Hour Radio 2

2026-04-04 18:14 Think For A Minute Radio 2

2026-03-30 01:43 Happy Hour Radio 2

2026-03-27 18:44 Happy Hour Radio 2

2026-03-06 14:57 Happy Hour Radio 2

2026-02-27 17:42 Happy Hour Radio 2

2026-02-26 20:19 Happy Hour Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

93 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

Always Something There To Remind Me - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

1 2019-07-25 ▶

Anxious —

8 2024-01-29 ▶

Anxious (Glastonbury 1986) —

2 2019-03-01 ▶

Anxious - Glastonbury 1986 —

6 2016-06-27 ▶

Bow Down —

9 2025-06-01 ▶

Bow Down - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

1 2010-10-04 ▶

Build —

65 2025-01-22 ▶

Build - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

4 2010-10-04 ▶

Caravan of Love —

112 2026-05-03 ▶

Caravan Of Love —

29 2011-11-15 ▶

Caravan Of Love - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

5 2019-07-25 ▶

Daydream Believer / Shelter - BBC Session 04/01/1986 —

1 2010-03-12 ▶

Drop Down Dead —

12 2017-02-22 ▶

Drop Down Dead (BBC session) —

1 2005-03-29 ▶

Drop Down Dead - BBC Session 04/01/1986 —

6 2020-05-05 ▶

Drop Down Dead - BBC Session 21/07/1985 —

1 2012-11-14 ▶

Five Get Over Excited —

163 2025-09-29 ▶

Five Get Over-Excited - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

7 2019-07-25 ▶

Flag Day —

12 2021-07-17 ▶

Flag Day - BBC Session 21/07/1985 —

1 2012-11-14 ▶

Freedom —

1 2020-07-22 ▶

Get Off Our Knees - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

1 2010-07-31 ▶

Get Off Our Knees 1987 —

1 2005-03-29 ▶

Get Up of Our Knees —

1 2014-04-08 ▶

Get Up Off Our Knees —

35 2023-10-02 ▶

Get Up Off Our Knees (BBC session) —

4 2005-08-18 ▶

Girl From Ipenema - BBC Session 04/01/1986 —

2 2008-10-16 ▶

Happy Hour —

674 2026-05-17 ▶

Happy Hour (BBC session) —

3 2005-07-07 ▶

Happy Hour (Glastonbury 1986) —

3 2019-03-01 ▶

Happy Hour (John Peel 03/06/86) —

1 2023-09-20 ▶

Happy Hour - Glastonbury 1986 —

6 2016-06-27 ▶

Happy Hour - Glastonbury 1987 —

2 2008-03-20 ▶

Happy Hour - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

3 2010-10-04 ▶

Happy Hour 1987 —

2 2005-09-13 ▶

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother —

3 2022-12-29 ▶

Heaven Help Us (Glastonbury 1986) —

2 2019-03-01 ▶

Heaven Help Us - Glastonbury 1986 —

4 2016-06-27 ▶

I Can't Put My Finger On It —

1 2012-04-05 ▶

I Smell Winter —

4 2025-09-03 ▶

I'll Be Your Shelter —

1 2009-06-06 ▶

I'll Be Your Shelter (Just Like A Shelter) (Glastonbury 1986) —

2 2019-03-01 ▶

I'll Be Your Shelter - Glastonbury 1986 —

3 2016-06-27 ▶

I'll Be Your Shelter In Time Of Storm - Glastonbury 1986 —

2 2009-09-18 ▶

Johannesburg —

1 2023-06-19 ▶

Joy JoyJoy - BBC Session 21/07/1985 —

2 2014-05-09 ▶

Just Like A Shelter - Glastonbury 1986 —

3 2011-11-06 ▶

Lean On Me —

2 2020-07-22 ▶

Light Is Always Green - 1987 —

1 2005-03-29 ▶

Light Is Always Green Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

1 2011-11-02 ▶

Me And The Farmer —

184 2025-10-18 ▶

Me And The Farmer 1987 —

1 2005-03-29 ▶

Me And The Farmer (Glastonbury 1986) —

3 2025-06-28 ▶

Me And The Farmer - Glastonbury 1986 —

5 2016-06-27 ▶

Me And The Farmer - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

2 2010-10-04 ▶

Over There —

8 2020-07-22 ▶

Over There (Archive Session track) —

1 2020-06-05 ▶

Over There (Glastonbury 1986) —

2 2019-03-01 ▶

Over There (Radio 1 Session, 6th April 1986) —

1 2025-01-13 ▶

Over There - Glastonbury 1986 —

5 2016-06-27 ▶

Over There - John Peel 06/04/86 —

1 2021-01-04 ▶

Over There - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

3 2019-07-25 ▶

People Get Ready —

1 2018-02-27 ▶

People Get Ready - BBC Session 04/01/1986 —

3 2020-05-05 ▶

People Who Grinned Themselves To Death 1987 —

1 2005-03-29 ▶

People Who Grinned Themselves To Death - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

1 2019-07-25 ▶

PK Happy Hour —

1 2015-02-09 ▶

Reverends Revenge —

1 2020-07-22 ▶

Sheep —

148 2025-07-10 ▶

Sheep (Glastonbury 1986) —

2 2019-03-01 ▶

Sheep - Glastonbury 1986 —

7 2016-06-27 ▶

Sitting On A Fence —

10 2022-12-07 ▶

So Glad 1987 —

1 2005-03-29 ▶

Stand At Ease - BBC Session 21/07/1985 —

1 2012-11-14 ▶

The Mighty Ship —

2 2011-09-09 ▶

The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death —

3 2018-09-30 ▶

The World's On Fire —

1 2011-06-15 ▶

There is Always Something There to Remind Me —

1 2015-06-06 ▶

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME —

1 2018-02-20 ▶

Think For A Minute (Glastonbury 1986) —

2 2019-03-01 ▶

Think For A Minute - Glastonbury 1986 —

3 2016-06-27 ▶

Think For A Minute —

34 2026-04-04 ▶

Think For A Minute - BBC Session 04/01/1986 —

6 2020-05-05 ▶

Think For A Minute - Glastonbury 1986 —

5 2009-09-18 ▶

Think For A Minute - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

4 2010-10-04 ▶

Think For A Minute 1987 —

2 2005-09-13 ▶

We're Not Deep —

10 2020-07-22 ▶

We're Not Deep (Glastonbury 1986) —

2 2019-03-01 ▶

We're Not Deep - Glastonbury 1986 —

5 2016-06-27 ▶

We're Not Deep - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

2 2010-10-04 ▶

We're Not Deep 1987 —

2 2005-09-13 ▶

We're Not Going Back - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 —

2 2019-07-25 ▶

You've Got A Friend —

1 2007-12-30 ▶