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Ibibio Sound Machine

Ibibio Sound Machine is a group from the UK.

Group GB disco psychedelic electro-funk

TOTAL PLAYS

1,511

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2013-12-13 21:18 · 6 Music — "Let's Dance"

LAST PLAYED

2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Love"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2013 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'13 '15 '17 '19 '21 '23 '25

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,477 98%

Radio 2 33 2%

Radio 1 1 0%

1Xtra 0 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 08:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Tell Me 149 2025-12-23

2 Give Me A Reason 139 2025-12-30

3 The Chant (Iquo Isang) 133 2026-05-19

4 The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Iyak) 126 2025-06-19

5 Wanna Come Down 125 2026-05-21

6 Let's Dance 98 2025-06-25

7 Electricity 95 2026-08-06

8 17 18 19 95 2025-11-09

9 All That You Want 86 2026-08-05

10 I'm Running (Nya Fehe) 76 2025-03-30

11 Got to Be Who U Are 62 2025-04-09

12 The Talking Fish 53 2025-11-08

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-25 18:17 Love 6 Music

2026-08-24 15:09 Love 6 Music

2026-08-18 12:53 Concept of Love (6 Music Session, 9 Jul 2026) 6 Music

2026-08-18 05:25 Love 6 Music

2026-08-17 14:07 Love 6 Music

2026-08-17 10:24 Love 6 Music

2026-08-12 18:30 Love Radio 2

2026-08-12 18:19 Love 6 Music

2026-08-12 10:23 Love 6 Music

2026-08-06 09:00 Electricity 6 Music

2026-08-05 04:38 All That You Want 6 Music

2026-08-03 11:40 Give Me Peace 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

77 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

17 18 19 —

95 2025-11-09 ▶

17 18 19 (6 Music Festival 2022) —

3 2025-03-26 ▶

17 18 19 - 6 Music Festival 02/04/2022 —

1 2024-10-21 ▶

All That You Want —

86 2026-08-05 ▶

All That You Want (6 Music Festival 2022) —

3 2022-04-04 ▶

Basquiat —

19 2020-01-10 ▶

Black Notes —

34 2025-04-27 ▶

Concept of Love —

7 2026-07-31 ▶

Concept of Love (6 Music Session, 9 Jul 2026) —

1 2026-08-18 ▶

Electricity —

95 2026-08-06 ▶

Electricity (radio edit) —

1 2022-01-05 ▶

Fire —

1 2024-05-06 ▶

Freedom —

1 2022-03-25 ▶

Give Me A Reason —

139 2025-12-30 ▶

Give Me A Reason (6 Music Session, 7 Mar 2017) —

50 2026-08-02 ▶

Give Me A Reason (6 Music Session, 7 March 2017) —

4 2023-09-06 ▶

Give Me A Reason (Live at Great Escape 2017) —

1 2017-05-20 ▶

Give Me A Reason (Live From The Great Escape) —

2 2017-05-24 ▶

Give Me Peace —

1 2026-08-03 ▶

Got to Be Who U Are —

62 2025-04-09 ▶

Got to Be Who U Are (Instrumental) —

4 2026-05-16 ▶

Got to Move, Got to Get Out! (Ana Nkpong ana Nwuoro) —

1 2014-03-19 ▶

Guide You (Edu Kpeme) —

1 2017-03-10 ▶

I Know That You're Thinking About Me —

1 2019-03-22 ▶

I Need You To Be Sweet Like Sugar —

5 2019-09-12 ▶

I Need You To Be Sweet Like Sugar (6 Music Session, 9 Apr 2018) —

2 2019-04-15 ▶

I Need You To Be Sweet Like Sugar (6 Music Session, 9 Apr 2019) —

2 2022-03-15 ▶

I Need You to Be Sweet Like Sugar (Nnge Nte Suka) —

1 2019-03-22 ▶

I'm Running —

1 2014-03-17 ▶

I'm Running (Nya Fehe) —

76 2025-03-30 ▶

I'm Running (Nya Fehe) (6 Music Festival 2015) —

1 2015-12-28 ▶

Imma —

1 2018-05-10 ▶

Joy —

1 2017-10-16 ▶

Joy (Daresity) —

1 2017-07-30 ▶

Joy (Idaresit) —

2 2017-04-28 ▶

Let's Dance —

98 2025-06-25 ▶

Let's Dance (6 Music Festival 2015) —

1 2015-02-21 ▶

Let's Dance (6 Music Session, 18 March 2014) —

10 2022-11-28 ▶

Let's Dance (Yak Inek Unek) —

1 2014-03-29 ▶

Love —

8 2026-08-25 ▶

Lust For Life (6 Music Session, 7 March 2017) —

1 2020-03-03 ▶

Lust For Life (6 Music Session,7 March 2017) —

1 2017-04-21 ▶

Mama Say —

6 2024-05-03 ▶

Nya Fehe (I'm Running) (6 Music Festival 2015) —

2 2025-02-03 ▶

Pot Is On Fire (6 Music Festival 2015) —

2 2015-02-22 ▶

Power of 3 —

2 2017-05-04 ▶

Protection From Evil —

3 2023-06-17 ▶

Pull the Rope —

1 2024-05-14 ▶

Return to Sender —

6 2026-05-22 ▶

Running —

3 2014-06-03 ▶

She Work Very Hard —

4 2019-12-16 ▶

Talking Fish (6 Music Festival 2015) —

1 2015-02-24 ▶

Talking Fish (6Music Session, 18 March 2014) —

9 2022-11-28 ▶

Talking Fish (Titeknots Remix) —

1 2022-02-25 ▶

Tell Me —

149 2025-12-23 ▶

Tell Me (Doko Mien) —

10 2019-02-27 ▶

The chant —

1 2018-11-04 ▶

The Chant (6 Music Session, 7 Mar 2017) —

2 2022-03-15 ▶

The Chant (Iquo Isang) —

133 2026-05-19 ▶

The Pot is on Fire —

19 2017-12-22 ▶

The Pot Is On Fire (The Great Escape Festival, 18 May 2017) —

1 2018-10-02 ▶

The Talking Fish —

53 2025-11-08 ▶

The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Iyak) —

126 2025-06-19 ▶

The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Lyak) (6 Music Festival, 2015) —

1 2021-03-28 ▶

The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Lyak) - 6 Music Festival - RX 21/02/2015 —

1 2015-12-29 ▶

The Talking Fish (The Great Escape Festival, 18 May 2017) —

1 2018-10-02 ▶

The Tortoise (Nsaha Edem Ikit) —

1 2014-03-19 ▶

Them Say —

2 2024-06-06 ▶

Trance Dance —

7 2018-08-31 ▶

Trance Dance (6 Music Festival 2015) —

5 2016-01-15 ▶

Trance Dance [Live at Great Escape 2017] —

1 2017-05-19 ▶

Uwa the Peacock —

2 2016-06-10 ▶

Wanna Come Down —

125 2026-05-21 ▶

Wanna Come Down (6 Music Session, 9 Apr 2018) —

1 2019-04-14 ▶

Wanna Come Down (6 Music Session, 9 Apr 2019) —

2 2022-03-15 ▶

Wanna Come Down [LIZ.K/ENO ISM @ BLUEDOT ID] —

1 2019-07-20 ▶

Woman of Substance (Awuwan Itiaba) —

1 2014-03-19 ▶