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Idris Elba

Idris Elba is a person from England, active since 1972.

Person England since 1972 actor uk

TOTAL PLAYS

164

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2014-10-14 21:13 · Radio 2 — "Thank You For Freedom"

LAST PLAYED

1 year ago · 1Xtra — "One One Time (feat. Kingsley Chinweike Okonkwo)"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2014 — 2025

60 45 30 15 0

'14 '16 '18 '20 '22 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

1Xtra 88 54%

Radio 1 63 38%

Radio 2 8 5%

6 Music 5 3%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 19:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Stand By Me (feat. Kranium & Tanika) 20 2020-08-08

2 Fudge 15 2021-09-03

3 Wide Awake (feat. Shakka) 15 2016-03-30

4 Ballie (feat. Kah‐Lo) 14 2020-04-09

5 You Give Me Love (Idris Elba Crub Mix) (feat. Maverick Sabre) 11 2015-01-19

6 Girl With The Bat (feat. Shadow Boxxer) 6 2023-07-01

7 Light Work (feat. Wavy Boy Smith) 6 2021-04-08

8 Badman 5 2018-11-30

9 Murdah Loves John (feat. Wretch 32 & Tanika Bailey) 5 2015-12-15

10 Ballie (Destructo Remix) 4 2022-10-25

11 Fudge (feat. Eliza Legzdina) 4 2021-08-07

12 Ballie (Destructo Remix) (feat. Kah‐Lo) 4 2020-04-30

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-04-10 18:12 One One Time (feat. Kingsley Chinweike Okonkwo) 1Xtra

2024-01-08 08:59 Knives Down (feat. DB Maz) 1Xtra

2023-11-11 20:11 Ohh La La 1Xtra

2023-10-17 18:02 Ohh La La 1Xtra

2023-10-14 18:04 Ohh La La 1Xtra

2023-09-28 11:41 Roller Coaster 6 Music

2023-07-01 11:17 Girl With The Bat (feat. Shadow Boxxer) 1Xtra

2022-10-25 23:49 Ballie (Destructo Remix) Radio 1

2022-06-24 00:30 Walk of Shame 6 Music

2022-05-26 10:42 Walk of Shame 6 Music

2021-09-11 15:45 Cus I Can 1Xtra

2021-09-09 10:21 Cus I Can 1Xtra

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

44 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

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Bad Man (Will Clark Remix) —

1 2018-08-24 ▶

Badman —

5 2018-11-30 ▶

Badman (Will Clark Edit) —

1 2018-08-24 ▶

Ballie (Destructo Remix) —

4 2022-10-25 ▶

Ballie (Destructo Remix) (feat. Kah‐Lo) —

4 2020-04-30 ▶

Ballie (feat. Kah‐Lo) —

14 2020-04-09 ▶

Cus I Can —

3 2021-09-11 ▶

Daily Duppy —

1 2021-09-07 ▶

Fires —

1 2015-12-27 ▶

Fudge —

15 2021-09-03 ▶

Fudge (feat. Eliza Legzdina) —

4 2021-08-07 ▶

Girl With The Bat (Eli & Fur Remix) (feat. Shadow Boxxer) —

1 2020-08-15 ▶

Girl With The Bat (feat. Shadow Boxxer) —

6 2023-07-01 ▶

Hold On (feat. Thabo & George The Poet) —

1 2014-12-13 ▶

Home (feat. Maverick Sabre) —

1 2015-06-20 ▶

Indirect —

1 2016-12-03 ▶

Knives Down (feat. DB Maz) —

1 2024-01-08 ▶

L.U.V (feat. Shaznay Lewis) —

3 2019-04-12 ▶

Light Work (feat. Wavy Boy Smith) —

6 2021-04-08 ▶

Make It Bump (Andrea Oliva Remix) —

2 2017-03-25 ▶

Miami Knights (feat. Wretch 32) —

1 2021-04-04 ▶

Murdah Loves John (feat. Wretch 32 & Tanika Bailey) —

5 2015-12-15 ▶

Nothembi Jam —

1 2015-10-08 ▶

Ohh La La —

3 2023-11-11 ▶

On Life —

1 2019-08-09 ▶

On Life (Illyus & Barrientos Remix) —

1 2019-11-29 ▶

One Life (Illyus & Barrientos Dub) —

1 2019-11-15 ▶

One One Time (feat. Kingsley Chinweike Okonkwo) —

1 2025-04-10 ▶

Prophecy (feat. Mychelle) —

2 2019-07-17 ▶

Roller Coaster —

1 2023-09-28 ▶

Sinner Man feat. Tom Meighan —

1 2015-12-15 ▶

Spectacle (Pete Tong Edit) —

2 2016-06-24 ▶

Stand By Be (feat. Kranium & Tanika) —

1 2019-03-28 ▶

Stand By Me —

2 2019-03-15 ▶

Stand By Me (CP clean) (feat. Kranium & Tanika) —

4 2019-03-17 ▶

Stand By Me (Dennis Bovell Dub) (feat. Kranium & Tanika) —

2 2019-06-30 ▶

Stand By Me (feat. Kranium & Tanika) —

20 2020-08-08 ▶

Stand By Me [SILENT TAKE] —

1 2019-03-08 ▶

Sweat (feat. MAI LAN) —

4 2019-04-05 ▶

Thank You For Freedom —

2 2014-11-24 ▶

Walk of Shame —

3 2022-06-24 ▶

Wide Awake (feat. Shakka) —

15 2016-03-30 ▶

You Give Me Love (feat. Maverick Sabre) —

4 2014-11-24 ▶

You Give Me Love (Idris Elba Crub Mix) (feat. Maverick Sabre) —

11 2015-01-19 ▶