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Dre Island

Dre Island is a person from JM, active since 1988.

Person JM since 1988 reggae
TOTAL PLAYS
319
SONGS PLAYED
52
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2013-06-02 18:40 · 1Xtra — "Whistle Away"
LAST PLAYED
5 months ago · 1Xtra — "We Pray (feat. Popcaan)"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2013 — 2025
70 53 35 18 0
'13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

1Xtra 281 88%
Radio 1 38 12%
Radio 2 0 0%
6 Music 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 02:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Way Up 88 2023-02-24
2 We Pray (feat. Popcaan) 65 2025-12-05
3 M16 18 2017-02-10
4 Whistle Away 13 2013-12-22
5 Nice Again 10 2024-11-24
6 MY CITY 8 2020-08-25
7 Exodus (1Xtra Exodus Session, 9th February 2017) 8 2017-12-24
8 We Find Them Flaw 8 2013-11-16
9 Move Up 7 2015-01-16
10 Rastafari Way 7 2015-01-16
11 HAPPY AS CAN BE 6 2016-05-07
12 Let Jah Shine 5 2014-05-31
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-12-05 08:32 We Pray (feat. Popcaan) 1Xtra
2025-08-17 04:50 Cold World (Pon Di Island Riddim) 1Xtra
2025-08-10 13:50 Cold World (Pon Di Island Riddim) 1Xtra
2025-07-06 03:11 Cold World (Pon Di Island Riddim) 1Xtra
2025-06-29 12:11 Cold World (Pon Di Island Riddim) 1Xtra
2025-02-09 05:09 Exodus (1Xtra in Jamaica) 1Xtra
2025-02-02 14:09 Exodus (1Xtra in Jamaica) 1Xtra
2025-01-27 06:35 We Pray (feat. Popcaan) 1Xtra
2024-11-24 04:37 Nice Again 1Xtra
2024-11-17 13:37 Nice Again 1Xtra
2024-10-20 04:12 Nice Again 1Xtra
2024-10-13 13:12 Nice Again 1Xtra
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

52 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
All Night (Rodigan Clean) (feat. Carilo & Zimi) — 1 ▶
Apple Tree (1Xtra in Jamaica, 6th Feb 2017) — 1 ▶
Be Okay (feat. Jesse Royal) — 2 ▶
Bob Marley - Redemption Song — 1 ▶
Cold World (Pon Di Island Riddim) — 4 ▶
Crazy — 4 ▶
Creamy Corner Riddim — 3 ▶
Days of Stone — 1 ▶
Dem a Liar — 2 ▶
Exodus (1Xtra Exodus Session, 9th February 2017) — 8 ▶
Exodus (1Xtra in Jamaica) — 2 ▶
Exodus - 1Xtra Exodus Session — 1 ▶
Ganja I'm Smoking — 1 ▶
HAPPY AS CAN BE — 6 ▶
HIDE AWAY — 1 ▶
Hide Away (1Xtra in Jamaica, 6 February 2017) — 3 ▶
Hide Away (1Xtra in Jamaica, 6th Feb 2017) — 1 ▶
Jah Is There For Me (1Xtra in Jamaica, 6 February 2017) — 1 ▶
Jah Is There For Me (1Xtra in Jamaica, 6th Feb 2017) — 1 ▶
Jah Will Be On Time — 2 ▶
Just Wanna Be Free — 2 ▶
Let Jah Be Praised — 2 ▶
Let Jah Shine — 5 ▶
Let Jah Shine (Imperial Crown) — 2 ▶
M16 — 18 ▶
M16 (1Xtra in Jamaica, 6 February 2017) — 3 ▶
M16 (MistaJam Special) — 4 ▶
Move Up — 7 ▶
MY CITY — 8 ▶
My Love (Maida Vale Session) — 1 ▶
Never Dry Dre — 2 ▶
Never Run Dry — 4 ▶
Nice Again — 10 ▶
Now I Rise — 3 ▶
Rastafari Way — 7 ▶
Reggae Love (1Xtra in Jamaica, 6 February 2017) — 1 ▶
Reggae Love (1Xtra in Jamaica, 6th Feb 2017) — 1 ▶
Smile (1Xtra in Jamaica, 6 February 2017) — 1 ▶
Smile (1Xtra in Jamaica, 6th Feb 2017) — 1 ▶
Smile Again — 1 ▶
Uptown Down — 5 ▶
Uptown Down (Maida Vale Session) — 1 ▶
Uptown Downton (1Xtra In Jamaica 2014 Tuff Gong Live Session) — 2 ▶
Uptown Downtown — 3 ▶
Uptown Downtown (1Xtra In Jamaica 2014 Tuff Gong Session) — 2 ▶
Uptown Downtown (1Xtra In Jamaica 2014, Live From Tuff Gong Studios) — 1 ▶
Way Up — 88 ▶
Way Up Remix Dub — 1 ▶
We Find Them Flaw — 8 ▶
We Pray (feat. Popcaan) — 65 ▶
What Is Mine Is Mine (1Xtra in Jamaica, 6 February 2017) — 1 ▶
Whistle Away — 13 ▶