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William Orbit

William Orbit is a person from the UK, active since 1956.

Person GB since 1956 electronic house british

TOTAL PLAYS

239

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-08-13 09:01 · Radio 1 — "Barber's Adagio For Strings"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Barber's Adagio For Strings"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026

30 23 15 8 0

'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 125 52%

Radio 2 56 23%

Radio 1 55 23%

1Xtra 3 1%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Barber's Adagio For Strings 102 2026-08-22

2 Water From a Vine Leaf 55 2026-08-16

3 Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix) 7 2023-04-14

4 Bank of Wildflowers (feat. Georgia) 7 2022-09-20

5 Optical Illusions 7 2010-07-06

6 Starbeam 6 2022-01-14

7 Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Mix) 5 2026-04-12

8 electron.love 4 2026-08-22

9 A cubic lightyear made of solid lead 4 2026-08-22

10 Passing through as if a loaf of bread 4 2026-08-22

11 Colours Colliding (feat. Polly Scattergood) 4 2022-06-20

12 Nimrod 4 2010-09-06

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-22 16:30 Barber's Adagio For Strings Radio 2

2026-08-22 03:16 electron.love 6 Music

2026-08-22 03:01 A cubic lightyear made of solid lead 6 Music

2026-08-22 02:59 Passing through as if a loaf of bread 6 Music

2026-08-16 03:54 Water From a Vine Leaf 6 Music

2026-08-14 22:19 Water From a Vine Leaf Radio 1

2026-08-14 22:16 Barber's Adagio For Strings Radio 1

2026-08-10 09:54 Barber's Adagio For Strings 6 Music

2026-08-10 09:39 Water From a Vine Leaf 6 Music

2026-08-09 07:33 Water From a Vine Leaf 6 Music

2026-08-05 13:18 Water From a Vine Leaf 6 Music

2026-07-28 22:26 Water From a Vine Leaf 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

35 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A cubic lightyear made of solid lead —

4 2026-08-22 ▶

Adagio for Strings —

2 2017-08-08 ▶

Bank of Wildflowers (feat. Georgia) —

7 2022-09-20 ▶

Bank of Wildflowers (WITH VN) (feat. Georgia) —

1 2022-07-14 ▶

Barber's Adagio For Strings —

102 2026-08-22 ▶

Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Mix) —

5 2026-04-12 ▶

Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix) —

7 2023-04-14 ▶

Barber's Adagio For Strings (PFT) —

1 2009-07-07 ▶

Barber's Adagio for Strings (Tiesto Mix) —

1 2010-07-24 ▶

Barber's Adaigo For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix) —

1 2012-09-08 ▶

Barber's Adargio for Strings —

1 2013-07-24 ▶

Barbers Adagio For Strings —

1 2008-03-30 ▶

Best Track Mash-Up —

2 2010-08-31 ▶

Billy O's Venice Va-Va-Voom Mix —

1 2023-04-10 ▶

Colours Colliding (feat. Polly Scattergood) —

4 2022-06-20 ▶

El Ninjo —

1 2022-08-07 ▶

electron.love —

4 2026-08-22 ▶

Into The Paradise —

1 2022-11-22 ▶

Nimrod —

4 2010-09-06 ▶

Ogive Number 1 —

2 2019-12-28 ▶

Optical Illusions —

7 2010-07-06 ▶

Passing through as if a loaf of bread —

4 2026-08-22 ▶

Pavane Pour une Infante Defunte (Maurice Ravel) —

1 2019-03-03 ▶

Peer Gynt —

1 2010-07-21 ▶

Piece In The Old Style I —

1 2023-01-01 ▶

Purdy (Greenmoney Remix) —

1 2009-08-20 ▶

Radioharp —

1 2009-03-06 ▶

Shine On Me (The Emergen-C Dub) —

1 2018-10-13 ▶

Starbeam —

6 2022-01-14 ▶

Starbeam (ABGT462) —

1 2021-12-08 ▶

The Story Of Light —

1 2010-10-30 ▶

Time To Get Wize —

1 2007-11-26 ▶

Water From a Vine Leaf —

55 2026-08-16 ▶

Water From A Vine Leaf —

4 2010-03-28 ▶

Wordsworth —

2 2022-01-14 ▶