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Common

Common is a person from the US, active since 1972.

Person US since 1972 hip hop conscious hip hop alternative hip hop

TOTAL PLAYS

1,824

SONGS PLAYED

155

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-06-15 06:18 · 1Xtra — "GO!"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · 1Xtra — "The Light"

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

1Xtra 1,128 62%

6 Music 533 29%

Radio 1 98 5%

Radio 2 65 4%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 11:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 The Light 505 2026-05-21

2 GO! 274 2026-05-13

3 Say Peace (feat. Black Thought) 118 2026-05-17

4 Come Close (feat. Mary J. Blige) 82 2026-04-08

5 Imagine (feat. PJ) 79 2022-06-05

6 Hercules (feat. Swizz Beatz) 70 2020-04-16

7 We The People 54 2009-02-10

8 I Used to Love H.E.R. 39 2025-10-24

9 Testify 27 2021-01-27

10 Universal Mind Control 23 2025-03-01

11 I Have a Dream 21 2026-03-25

12 The Corner (Remix) (Feat. Kanye West, The Last Poets, Scarface & Mos Def) 18 2022-10-02

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-21 15:57 The Light 1Xtra

2026-05-17 17:05 Say Peace (feat. Black Thought) 6 Music

2026-05-14 14:00 The Light 6 Music

2026-05-13 09:43 GO! 1Xtra

2026-04-23 07:21 GO! 1Xtra

2026-04-19 11:12 The People 1Xtra

2026-04-08 04:48 Come Close (feat. Mary J. Blige) 1Xtra

2026-04-01 10:12 The Light 1Xtra

2026-03-29 05:18 Come Close (feat. Mary J. Blige) 1Xtra

2026-03-25 01:00 I Have a Dream 1Xtra

2026-03-24 05:48 Come Close (feat. Mary J. Blige) 1Xtra

2026-03-18 15:10 GO! 1Xtra

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

155 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

1999 (feat. Sadat X) —

1 2016-06-20 ▶

1999 (Instrumental) —

1 2023-07-29 ▶

1X FUTURE FIGURES QUE DOPEREADERS —

1 2024-10-08 ▶

6th sense —

8 2018-02-04 ▶

8 Minutes to Sunrise (feat. Jill Scott) —

1 2021-10-05 ▶

A = For Effort —

1 2022-10-22 ▶

A Dream (feat. Will.I.Am) —

16 2024-12-26 ▶

A Riot In My Mind (feat. Chuck D & Lenny Kravitz) —

1 2025-01-30 ▶

A Song for Assata —

1 2021-05-05 ▶

All Night Long —

6 2024-01-31 ▶

Announcement —

2 2012-04-22 ▶

Announcement (ft Pharrell) —

5 2008-11-07 ▶

Be —

3 2020-12-20 ▶

Be (Intro) —

5 2023-05-29 ▶

Black America Again (Remix) (feat. Gucci Mane, Pusha T & B.J. the Chicago Kid) —

6 2016-12-01 ▶

Black American Story —

4 2016-11-17 ▶

Black Maybe (clean) —

1 2007-09-03 ▶

Blue Skies —

2 2011-10-21 ▶

Break My Heart —

2 2012-04-22 ▶

Breaker 1-9 (Beatnuts Remix) —

1 2023-04-29 ▶

Celebrate (Green Lantern flip) —

3 2016-12-10 ▶

Changes —

1 2009-01-21 ▶

Chi City —

1 2008-08-11 ▶

Cloth —

1 2012-06-16 ▶

Come Close (feat. Erykah Badu, Pharrell Williams & Q‐Tip) —

2 2020-05-21 ▶

Come Close (feat. Mary J Blige) —

1 2013-09-06 ▶

Come Close (feat. Mary J. Blige) —

82 2026-04-08 ▶

Come Close to Me —

2 2023-08-12 ▶

Courageous (feat. PJ & Stevie Wonder) —

2 2020-11-18 ▶

Diamonds (feat. Big Sean) —

1 2014-07-24 ▶

Dooinit —

7 2019-01-27 ▶

Drivin Me Wild (clean) —

4 2008-07-15 ▶

Drivin' Me Wild —

2 2007-08-17 ▶

Drivin' Me Wild —

6 2014-06-11 ▶

Drivin' Me Wild (feat. Lily Allen) —

7 2022-12-28 ▶

Driving Me Wild (Feat. Lily Allen) —

1 2016-06-20 ▶

Driving Me Wild ft Lily Allen —

5 2007-08-25 ▶

Faithful —

15 2019-07-21 ▶

Forever Black America Again (feat. Pusha T, B.J. the Chicago Kid & Gucci Mane) —

1 2017-02-04 ▶

Forever Your Love (feat. BJ The Chicago Kid) —

2 2019-09-04 ▶

Funky for You (feat. Bilal & Jill Scott) —

5 2026-02-08 ▶

Get It Right —

1 2021-09-15 ▶

Geto Heaven (remix) (feat. Macy Gray) —

1 2016-09-09 ▶

Ghetto Dreams —

7 2011-08-09 ▶

Ghetto Dreams (feat. Nas) —

2 2014-09-07 ▶

Ghetto Dreams (Feat. Nas) —

4 2011-08-24 ▶

go —

1 2009-10-28 ▶

GO! —

274 2026-05-13 ▶

Go! (Arona Mane Remix) —

3 2016-12-17 ▶

Go! (Sian Daytime Clean) —

11 2025-03-28 ▶

Go! (T1 wk 30) —

2 2005-07-26 ▶

Go! (T1 wk28) —

5 2005-07-15 ▶

Go! (T3 wk26) —

7 2005-07-02 ▶

Gold —

1 2013-01-22 ▶

Good Morning Love (feat. Samora Pinderhughes) —

6 2019-12-16 ▶

Good Morning Love Story (feat. Samora Pinderhughes) —

1 2019-09-04 ▶

HER Love —

1 2019-06-17 ▶

HER Love (feat. Daniel Caesar & Dwele) —

17 2019-08-19 ▶

HER Love (Feat. Daniel Caesar) —

3 2019-06-18 ▶

Hercules (feat. Swizz Beatz) —

70 2020-04-16 ▶

Hercules (Instrumental) (feat. Swizz Beatz) —

6 2025-06-14 ▶

I Am Music (feat. Jill Scott) —

1 2022-01-22 ▶

I Have a Dream —

21 2026-03-25 ▶

I Used to Love H.E.R —

4 2015-04-23 ▶

I Used to Love H.E.R. —

39 2025-10-24 ▶

I Want You —

12 2025-05-13 ▶

I Want You (feat. will.i.am) —

17 2021-10-09 ▶

I Want You (Radio Edit) —

2 2024-07-19 ▶

I Want You - WARNING HAS A STRANGE END! —

1 2018-02-03 ▶

Imagine (feat. PJ) —

79 2022-06-05 ▶

Invocation —

2 2020-02-13 ▶

It's Your World —

3 2021-02-15 ▶

It's Your World Part 1 —

5 2010-08-24 ▶

Just Can't Help Myself (I Really Love You) —

3 2024-05-26 ▶

Kingdom (feat. Vince Staple) —

1 2014-06-10 ▶

Kingdom (feat. Vince Staples) —

8 2014-09-05 ▶

Kingdom (Remix) (feat. Jay Electronica) —

3 2015-01-31 ▶

Leaders (Crib Love) (feat. A‐Trak) —

3 2019-09-08 ▶

Letter To The Free —

1 2020-07-24 ▶

Love Is... —

1 2019-07-09 ▶

Love Is.... —

7 2015-05-01 ▶

Made In Black America (Feat. Ab-Soul) —

2 2014-03-29 ▶

Majesty (Where We Gonna Take It) —

1 2021-09-15 ▶

Mr Blue Sky —

2 2011-11-01 ▶

My Fancy Free Future Love —

1 2019-09-04 ▶

My Fancy Free Future Love (Tom Misch Remix) —

3 2020-02-06 ▶

Nag Champa (Afrodisiac For The World) (Instrumental) —

2 2024-02-03 ▶

New Wave —

2 2015-10-20 ▶

New Wave (feat. Lætitia Sadier) —

1 2023-08-12 ▶

One-Nine-Nine-Nine (feat. Sadat X) —

1 2025-11-14 ▶

One-Nine-Nine-Nine (Infinitstrumental) —

2 2019-07-05 ▶

Orange Pineapple Juice —

2 2023-05-21 ▶

Out On Bond —

2 2014-08-07 ▶

Out On Bond (feat. Vince Staples) —

4 2014-09-11 ▶

Play Your Cards Right —

5 2008-09-24 ▶

Punch Drunk —

1 2008-11-27 ▶

Pyramids —

13 2016-12-29 ▶

Real People —

3 2014-06-02 ▶

Real People (Radio Edit) —

1 2019-12-12 ▶

Red Wine (feat. Syd Elena) —

3 2016-11-17 ▶

Reminding Me (Of Sef) (feat. Chantay Savage) —

6 2025-10-18 ▶

Resurrection —

12 2024-04-21 ▶

Resurrection (Clean Version) —

1 2025-07-27 ▶

Resurrection (extra p remix) —

8 2023-08-12 ▶

Saving Grace (feat. Brittany Howard) —

3 2023-05-04 ▶

Say Peace —

3 2020-11-05 ▶

Say Peace (CLEAN) (feat. Black Thought) —

1 2020-11-13 ▶

Say Peace (feat. Black Thought & PJ) —

9 2020-12-06 ▶

Say Peace (feat. Black Thought) —

118 2026-05-17 ▶

Say Peace (Feat. PJ & Black Thought) —

1 2024-01-03 ▶

Set It Free (feat. PJ) —

4 2023-02-03 ▶

Show Me That You Love (feat. Jill Scott & Samora Pinderhughes) —

1 2019-09-11 ▶

So Far to Go —

2 2012-07-15 ▶

So Far To Go (feat. D'Angelo) —

2 2012-12-27 ▶

Soul Power —

1 2017-02-04 ▶

Southside —

2 2007-10-11 ▶

SouthSide (feat. Kanye West) —

1 2017-02-04 ▶

Speak My Piece —

8 2024-07-05 ▶

Star * 69 (PS With Love) (feat. Bilal) —

1 2024-05-23 ▶

Start The Show (clean) —

2 2007-09-03 ▶

Tekzilla —

2 2016-12-27 ▶

Testify —

27 2021-01-27 ▶

The 6th Sense —

17 2025-03-16 ▶

The Corner (feat. The Last Poets & Kanye West) —

3 2018-08-26 ▶

The Corner (Radio Edit) —

4 2020-06-19 ▶

The Corner (Remix) (Feat. Kanye West, The Last Poets, Scarface & Mos Def) —

18 2022-10-02 ▶

The Food —

2 2021-06-08 ▶

The Game —

15 2023-12-30 ▶

THE GAME (INSTRUMENTAL) —

1 2023-05-20 ▶

The Light —

505 2026-05-21 ▶

The Light (Brookes Brothers Remix) —

1 2025-09-28 ▶

The Light (Brookes Brothers' Bootleg) —

1 2013-06-19 ▶

The Light (Instrumental) —

6 2024-02-03 ▶

The Light (J Dilla Remix) —

2 2012-04-22 ▶

The Light (J Dilla Remix) (feat. Erykah Badu) —

1 2025-11-14 ▶

The Light (Live In Session 2005) —

1 2023-08-12 ▶

The Light (Radio Edit) —

1 2017-11-04 ▶

The Light (Rhythm Nation Live) —

2 2013-11-07 ▶

The Light 2008 —

1 2008-03-05 ▶

The Light <Live> —

1 2007-08-04 ▶

The Light/6th Sense (Rhythm Nation Live) —

1 2013-11-09 ▶

The People —

15 2026-04-19 ▶

The People (feat. Dwele) —

1 2023-09-24 ▶

The People <clean> —

1 2007-08-07 ▶

The Questions (feat. Yasiin Bey & Yasiin Bey) —

1 2025-09-28 ▶

They Say —

2 2013-06-30 ▶

They Say (feat. Kanye West & John Legend) —

5 2018-06-09 ▶

U, Black Maybe (Instrumental) —

3 2022-10-01 ▶

Unfamiliar (feat. PJ) —

8 2017-01-14 ▶

Universal Mind Control —

23 2025-03-01 ▶

Universal Mind Control Instrumental (Feat. Pharrell Williams) —

3 2015-07-09 ▶

We The People —

54 2009-02-10 ▶

What Do You Say (Move It Baby) —

1 2020-12-02 ▶

When We Move (feat. Black Thought & Seun Kuti) —

1 2023-01-16 ▶

When We Move [ ] (feat. Black Thought, Seun Kuti & Black Thought & Seun Kuti) —

2 2023-07-20 ▶