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The Lilac Time

The Lilac Time is a group from the UK, active since 1986.

Group GB since 1986
TOTAL PLAYS
115
SONGS PLAYED
41
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2007-08-28 23:50 · 6 Music — "Return To Yesterday"
LAST PLAYED
5 months ago · 6 Music — "A Day in the Night"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2007 — 2025
20 15 10 5 0
'07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 108 94%
Radio 2 6 5%
Radio 1 1 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Return To Yesterday 16 2024-11-13
2 Black Velvet 10 2024-10-19
3 Take Time (Radio 1 Session, 24 Jan 1988) 6 2021-04-26
4 All For Love And Love For All 6 2017-01-10
5 The Band That Nobody Knew 5 2024-10-03
6 King And Queen Of Carioca (Radio 1 Session, 24 Jan 1988) 5 2022-01-06
7 Street Corner (Radio 1 Session, 24 Jan 1988) 5 2018-05-23
8 Hargeesha (Radio 1 Session, 24 Jan 1988) 4 2021-04-26
9 March To The Docks 4 2018-10-18
10 She Writes a Symphony 4 2015-04-01
11 The Girl Who Waves At Trains 4 2011-06-23
12 A Makeshift Raft 3 2023-05-02
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-11-27 22:34 A Day in the Night 6 Music
2025-11-27 22:30 TRUMPETS FROM MONTPARNASSE (Live) 6 Music
2025-01-02 21:14 The Darkness Of Her Eyes 6 Music
2024-11-13 21:33 Return To Yesterday 6 Music
2024-10-19 07:51 Black Velvet 6 Music
2024-10-03 20:37 The Band That Nobody Knew 6 Music
2023-12-14 22:31 The Band That Nobody Knew 6 Music
2023-11-14 23:27 The Band That Nobody Knew 6 Music
2023-10-12 22:29 The Band That Nobody Knew 6 Music
2023-10-08 08:26 Black Velvet 6 Music
2023-09-13 16:22 Return To Yesterday 6 Music
2023-08-23 20:53 On The Last Day Of The Last Days Of Summer Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

41 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(I'm A) Believer — 2 ▶
A Day in the Night — 1 ▶
A Makeshift Raft — 3 ▶
All For Love And Love For All — 6 ▶
American Eyes — 1 ▶
Babylon Revisited — 1 ▶
Bed Of Roses — 1 ▶
Black Velvet — 10 ▶
Candy Cigarette — 1 ▶
Family Coach — 1 ▶
Grey Skies & Work Things — 1 ▶
Hargeesha — 1 ▶
Hargeesha (Radio 1 Session, 24 Jan 1988) — 4 ▶
Hills of Cinammon — 2 ▶
Jeans and Summer — 1 ▶
King And Queen Of Carioca — 2 ▶
King And Queen Of Carioca (Radio 1 Session, 24 Jan 1988) — 5 ▶
Madresfield — 1 ▶
March To The Docks — 4 ▶
Needles — 1 ▶
No Sad Songs — 3 ▶
On The Last Day Of The Last Days Of Summer — 1 ▶
Prussian Blue — 3 ▶
Prussian Blue (Album Version) — 1 ▶
Return Of Yesterday — 1 ▶
Return to Us — 1 ▶
Return To Yesterday — 16 ▶
She Writes a Symphony — 4 ▶
street corner — 3 ▶
Street Corner (Radio 1 Session, 24 Jan 1988) — 5 ▶
Take Time — 3 ▶
Take Time (Radio 1 Session, 24 Jan 1988) — 6 ▶
The Band That Nobody Knew — 5 ▶
The Darkness Of Her Eyes — 1 ▶
The Family Coach — 1 ▶
The Girl Who Waves At Trains — 4 ▶
The Hills of Cinnamon — 1 ▶
The Long Way — 2 ▶
Trinity — 1 ▶
Trumpets From Montparnasse — 3 ▶
TRUMPETS FROM MONTPARNASSE (Live) — 1 ▶