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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
93
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-16 01:40 · 6 Music — "Sheep"
LAST PLAYED
4 days ago · Radio 2 — "Happy Hour"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
200 150 100 50 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 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
▶
Always Something There To Remind Me - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 1 ▶
Anxious — 8 ▶
Anxious (Glastonbury 1986) — 2 ▶
Anxious - Glastonbury 1986 — 6 ▶
Bow Down — 9 ▶
Bow Down - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 1 ▶
Build — 65 ▶
Build - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 4 ▶
Caravan of Love — 112 ▶
Caravan Of Love — 29 ▶
Caravan Of Love - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 5 ▶
Daydream Believer / Shelter - BBC Session 04/01/1986 — 1 ▶
Drop Down Dead — 12 ▶
Drop Down Dead (BBC session) — 1 ▶
Drop Down Dead - BBC Session 04/01/1986 — 6 ▶
Drop Down Dead - BBC Session 21/07/1985 — 1 ▶
Five Get Over Excited — 163 ▶
Five Get Over-Excited - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 7 ▶
Flag Day — 12 ▶
Flag Day - BBC Session 21/07/1985 — 1 ▶
Freedom — 1 ▶
Get Off Our Knees - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 1 ▶
Get Off Our Knees 1987 — 1 ▶
Get Up of Our Knees — 1 ▶
Get Up Off Our Knees — 35 ▶
Get Up Off Our Knees (BBC session) — 4 ▶
Girl From Ipenema - BBC Session 04/01/1986 — 2 ▶
Happy Hour — 674 ▶
Happy Hour (BBC session) — 3 ▶
Happy Hour (Glastonbury 1986) — 3 ▶
Happy Hour (John Peel 03/06/86) — 1 ▶
Happy Hour - Glastonbury 1986 — 6 ▶
Happy Hour - Glastonbury 1987 — 2 ▶
Happy Hour - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 3 ▶
Happy Hour 1987 — 2 ▶
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother — 3 ▶
Heaven Help Us (Glastonbury 1986) — 2 ▶
Heaven Help Us - Glastonbury 1986 — 4 ▶
I Can't Put My Finger On It — 1 ▶
I Smell Winter — 4 ▶
I'll Be Your Shelter — 1 ▶
I'll Be Your Shelter (Just Like A Shelter) (Glastonbury 1986) — 2 ▶
I'll Be Your Shelter - Glastonbury 1986 — 3 ▶
I'll Be Your Shelter In Time Of Storm - Glastonbury 1986 — 2 ▶
Johannesburg — 1 ▶
Joy JoyJoy - BBC Session 21/07/1985 — 2 ▶
Just Like A Shelter - Glastonbury 1986 — 3 ▶
Lean On Me — 2 ▶
Light Is Always Green - 1987 — 1 ▶
Light Is Always Green Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 1 ▶
Me And The Farmer — 184 ▶
Me And The Farmer 1987 — 1 ▶
Me And The Farmer (Glastonbury 1986) — 3 ▶
Me And The Farmer - Glastonbury 1986 — 5 ▶
Me And The Farmer - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 2 ▶
Over There — 8 ▶
Over There (Archive Session track) — 1 ▶
Over There (Glastonbury 1986) — 2 ▶
Over There (Radio 1 Session, 6th April 1986) — 1 ▶
Over There - Glastonbury 1986 — 5 ▶
Over There - John Peel 06/04/86 — 1 ▶
Over There - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 3 ▶
People Get Ready — 1 ▶
People Get Ready - BBC Session 04/01/1986 — 3 ▶
People Who Grinned Themselves To Death 1987 — 1 ▶
People Who Grinned Themselves To Death - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 1 ▶
PK Happy Hour — 1 ▶
Reverends Revenge — 1 ▶
Sheep — 148 ▶
Sheep (Glastonbury 1986) — 2 ▶
Sheep - Glastonbury 1986 — 7 ▶
Sitting On A Fence — 10 ▶
So Glad 1987 — 1 ▶
Stand At Ease - BBC Session 21/07/1985 — 1 ▶
The Mighty Ship — 2 ▶
The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death — 3 ▶
The World's On Fire — 1 ▶
There is Always Something There to Remind Me — 1 ▶
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME — 1 ▶
Think For A Minute (Glastonbury 1986) — 2 ▶
Think For A Minute - Glastonbury 1986 — 3 ▶
Think For A Minute — 34 ▶
Think For A Minute - BBC Session 04/01/1986 — 6 ▶
Think For A Minute - Glastonbury 1986 — 5 ▶
Think For A Minute - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 4 ▶
Think For A Minute 1987 — 2 ▶
We're Not Deep — 10 ▶
We're Not Deep (Glastonbury 1986) — 2 ▶
We're Not Deep - Glastonbury 1986 — 5 ▶
We're Not Deep - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 2 ▶
We're Not Deep 1987 — 2 ▶
We're Not Going Back - Royal Center Nottingham 1987 — 2 ▶
You've Got A Friend — 1 ▶