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Burning Spear

Burning Spear is a person from JM, active since 1945.

Person JM since 1945 reggae roots reggae classic pop and rock

TOTAL PLAYS

505

SONGS PLAYED

105

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-04-02 17:33 · 6 Music — "Marcus Garvey"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · 6 Music — "I And I Survive (Slavery Days Dub)"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

40 30 20 10 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 397 79%

1Xtra 83 16%

Radio 2 17 3%

Radio 1 8 2%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Marcus Garvey 211 2026-05-14

2 I And I Survive (Slavery Days Dub) 37 2026-08-20

3 My Roots 15 2025-07-05

4 Fire Man (Glastonbury 1999) 13 2024-04-17

5 New Civilization 11 2023-04-09

6 Slavery Days 11 2022-07-31

7 Tradition 8 2025-07-05

8 Man In The Hills 7 2024-06-02

9 Marcus Garvey (Glastonbury 1999) 7 2024-02-28

10 Africa - Glastonbury 1999 7 2015-12-19

11 Door Peep 6 2026-08-03

12 Do Right - Glastonbury 1999 6 2015-12-19

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-20 00:56 I And I Survive (Slavery Days Dub) 6 Music

2026-08-03 22:16 The Invasion 6 Music

2026-08-03 22:13 Door Peep 6 Music

2026-07-24 18:41 Jah See and Know 6 Music

2026-05-14 03:50 Marcus Garvey 1Xtra

2026-05-05 03:50 Marcus Garvey 1Xtra

2026-04-30 21:45 Marcus Garvey Radio 2

2026-04-26 00:20 Marcus Garvey 1Xtra

2026-04-22 03:50 Marcus Garvey 1Xtra

2026-04-19 03:41 Marcus Garvey 1Xtra

2026-04-15 23:20 Marcus Garvey 1Xtra

2026-04-12 12:41 Marcus Garvey 1Xtra

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

105 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

Africa 1999 —

3 2008-01-18 ▶

Africa - Glastonbury 1999 —

7 2015-12-19 ▶

Africa Dub —

1 2021-01-21 ▶

African Dub —

2 2024-12-21 ▶

African Postman —

2 2017-07-23 ▶

African Teacher —

1 2021-01-04 ▶

Bad to Worse —

1 2017-09-10 ▶

Bad To Worst —

1 2023-06-22 ▶

Black Wa Da Da —

1 2015-04-26 ▶

Black Wa-Da-Da (Invasion) —

3 2025-01-23 ▶

Black Wadada —

1 2014-04-13 ▶

Black Wadada (Invasion) —

1 2020-10-19 ▶

Brain Food (Give Me) —

1 2025-11-30 ▶

Burning Spear —

3 2014-06-27 ▶

Christopher Colombus —

2 2015-01-11 ▶

Christopher Columbus —

5 2022-07-31 ▶

Columbus —

2 2016-12-29 ▶

Creation —

1 2022-12-11 ▶

Do Right - Glastonbury 1999 —

6 2015-12-19 ▶

Do Right 1999 —

3 2008-01-18 ▶

Door Peep —

6 2026-08-03 ▶

Door Peep Shall Not Answer —

1 2025-02-19 ▶

Door Peep Shall Not Enter —

1 2022-09-14 ▶

Dread River —

3 2020-12-02 ▶

Farover —

1 2016-12-11 ▶

Fire 1999 —

5 2008-01-18 ▶

Fire - Glastonbury 1999 —

3 2009-12-02 ▶

Fire - Glastonbury 1999 —

3 2015-12-19 ▶

Fire Down Below —

2 2019-04-23 ▶

Fire Man (Glastonbury 1999) —

13 2024-04-17 ▶

Fittest Of The Fittest —

1 2016-03-18 ▶

Give Me —

3 2021-10-10 ▶

Happy - Glastonbury 1999 —

3 2009-12-02 ▶

Happy 1999 —

2 2007-11-09 ▶

Happy - Glastonbury 1999 —

1 2015-12-19 ▶

Happy Day (Glastonbury 1999) —

3 2018-11-08 ▶

He's A Liar - Glastonbury 1999 —

1 2016-01-21 ▶

He's A Liar 1999 —

3 2007-12-18 ▶

Hear The Music - Glastonbury 1999 —

1 2009-07-07 ▶

Hear The Music - Glastonbury 1999 —

2 2016-01-21 ▶

Hear The Music 1999 —

2 2007-11-09 ▶

I And I Survive —

1 2015-08-17 ▶

I And I Survive (Slavery Days Dub) —

37 2026-08-20 ▶

I And I Survive (Slavery Days) (Live At Rainbow Theatre, London, 1977) —

1 2024-08-22 ▶

I And I Survive (Slavery Days) (Live At Rainbow Theatre, London, England,1977) —

1 2025-07-10 ▶

I And I Survive (Slavery Days) [Live At Rainbow Theatre, London, England1977] —

1 2022-09-06 ▶

I And I Survive(Slavery Days Dub) —

1 2017-08-28 ▶

I Will Never Run 1999 —

2 2007-07-15 ▶

I Will Never Run - Glastonbury 1999 —

3 2009-09-11 ▶

I Will Never Run - Glastonbury 1999 —

3 2021-07-06 ▶

In Those Days (Dub) —

1 2015-03-01 ▶

Institution —

1 2016-12-07 ▶

It is Good —

1 2018-09-16 ▶

It's Good —

1 2018-09-09 ▶

Jah Boto —

1 2011-07-19 ▶

Jah Is My Driver —

1 2017-06-16 ▶

Jah No Dead —

2 2015-03-01 ▶

Jah See and Know —

1 2026-07-24 ▶

Jamaica —

1 2023-11-16 ▶

Joe Frazier (He Prayed) —

2 2023-07-02 ▶

Jordan River —

1 2018-05-29 ▶

Lion —

2 2012-07-08 ▶

Live It Out —

1 2024-11-17 ▶

Man In The Hills —

7 2024-06-02 ▶

Man In The Hills (Glastonbury 2025) —

2 2025-06-28 ▶

Marcus Garvey —

211 2026-05-14 ▶

Marcus Garvey (Glastonbury 1999) —

7 2024-02-28 ▶

Marcus Senior —

1 2014-01-18 ▶

Marcus Spear Garvey —

1 2013-10-20 ▶

Mister Garvey —

1 2022-08-14 ▶

Mommy —

2 2022-01-23 ▶

Musiya —

1 2018-11-07 ▶

My Roots —

15 2025-07-05 ▶

New Civilisation —

1 2015-04-19 ▶

New Civilization —

11 2023-04-09 ▶

No Destroyer —

2 2024-02-04 ▶

No More War —

1 2020-03-14 ▶

Old Marcus Garvey —

1 2013-03-22 ▶

Old Marcus Garvey (Glastonbury 2025) —

1 2025-06-30 ▶

Pit Of Snakes —

1 2025-10-20 ▶

Praise Him —

1 2022-08-06 ▶

Present —

1 2015-10-06 ▶

Repatriation —

2 2024-05-06 ▶

Resting Place —

1 2016-10-28 ▶

Resting Place Dub Mix —

2 2024-03-10 ▶

Road Foggy —

1 2010-02-10 ▶

Rock The Town - Glastonbury 1999 —

6 2015-05-27 ▶

Rock The Town 1999 —

1 2007-08-08 ▶

Rocking Time —

3 2024-06-23 ▶

Slavery Days —

11 2022-07-31 ▶

Social Living —

3 2025-04-09 ▶

Social Living —

1 2016-01-23 ▶

Swell Headed —

1 2013-02-17 ▶

The Ghost —

1 2011-10-12 ▶

The Ghost (Marcus Garvey) —

3 2025-01-07 ▶

The Ghost (Marcus Garvey) (Live At Rainbow Theatre, London, England1977) —

1 2024-05-20 ▶

The Invasion —

4 2026-08-03 ▶

The Sun —

3 2025-07-07 ▶

They Call Me 1999 —

1 2007-08-08 ▶

They Call Me (Glastonbury 1999) —

3 2022-06-20 ▶

They Call Me - Glastonbury 1999 —

4 2015-05-27 ▶

This Population —

2 2021-07-04 ▶

Throw Down Your Arms —

1 2010-10-24 ▶

Tradition —

8 2025-07-05 ▶

Zion Higher —

1 2017-11-28 ▶