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James Blake

James Blake is a person from the UK, active since 1988.

Person GB since 1988 electronic experimental minimal

TOTAL PLAYS

3,676

SONGS PLAYED

304

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2010-05-10 22:29 · Radio 1 — "CMYK"

LAST PLAYED

5 days ago · 6 Music — "Retrograde"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2010 — 2026

500 375 250 125 0

'10 '13 '16 '19 '22 '25

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 1 1,588 43%

6 Music 1,573 43%

1Xtra 379 10%

Radio 2 136 4%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Retrograde 414 2026-10-22

2 Radio Silence 177 2024-10-23

3 The Wilhelm Scream 156 2026-09-19

4 Limit To Your Love 134 2011-11-09

5 Limit to Your Love 132 2026-05-03

6 CMYK 129 2026-01-01

7 Can't Believe The Way We Flow 123 2025-11-05

8 Thrown Around 122 2026-10-06

9 Mile High (feat. Travis Scott & Metro Boomin) 115 2026-08-25

10 Life Round Here (feat. Chance The Rapper) 113 2019-07-21

11 Don't Miss It 97 2022-11-20

12 Loading 95 2025-09-15

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-10-22 10:42 Retrograde 6 Music

2026-10-21 20:56 A Case of You Radio 2

2026-10-20 22:00 Life Round Here Radio 1

2026-10-11 21:57 Life Round Here Radio 1

2026-10-10 05:42 Playing Robots Into Heaven 6 Music

2026-10-06 09:13 Thrown Around 6 Music

2026-09-30 05:37 I Had A Dream She Took My Hand 6 Music

2026-09-27 16:15 Lindisfarne I 6 Music

2026-09-21 09:15 I Had A Dream She Took My Hand 6 Music

2026-09-20 21:56 Retrograde Radio 1

2026-09-19 06:24 The Wilhelm Scream 6 Music

2026-09-17 20:57 I'll Stay 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

304 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

200 Press —

37 2015-02-12 ▶

200 Pressure —

3 2018-03-22 ▶

40455 —

9 2014-02-21 ▶

40455 (Vegyn Remix) —

1 2014-03-21 ▶

A Case of You —

66 2026-10-21 ▶

A Case Of You —

2 2011-10-29 ▶

A Case Of You (Saturday Session Archive) —

2 2016-04-30 ▶

A Limit To Your Love (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-22 ▶

Air & Lack Thereof —

3 2022-08-13 ▶

Air & The Lack Thereof —

2 2013-08-05 ▶

Air and Lack Thereof —

1 2014-05-14 ▶

Always —

4 2016-07-10 ▶

And Holy Ghost —

1 2013-03-21 ▶

Anti War Dub (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

2 2013-04-14 ▶

Are You Even Real —

31 2024-07-09 ▶

Are You Even Real? —

61 2022-12-20 ▶

Are You In Love —

7 2021-12-20 ▶

Are You in Love? —

1 2019-01-18 ▶

Assume Form —

8 2019-12-29 ▶

Assume Form (Radio 1 Session, 15th Apr 2019) —

1 2019-04-16 ▶

Assume Form (Radio 1 Session, 15th April 2019) —

2 2019-04-15 ▶

At Birth —

3 2012-06-21 ▶

At Birth (Dub) —

2 2013-12-25 ▶

At Birth (Dub) - James Black Essential Mix 2011 —

1 2019-01-19 ▶

Atmosphere —

6 2024-07-07 ▶

Barefoot In the Park (feat. ROSALÍA) —

78 2026-05-19 ▶

Barefoot In The Park (Radio 1 Session, 15th Apr 2019) —

3 2020-04-22 ▶

Barefoot In The Park (Radio 1 Session, 15th April 2019) —

1 2019-04-15 ▶

Before —

22 2024-12-17 ▶

Big Hammer —

25 2025-02-13 ▶

Big Hammer (Instrumental) —

3 2026-08-22 ▶

Bills (Destiny's Child Mix) —

1 2025-01-24 ▶

Bills Bills Bills —

1 2012-11-07 ▶

Bills Bills Bills (Harmonimix) —

2 2013-12-07 ▶

Bills, Bills, Bills —

1 2019-01-10 ▶

Bills, Bills, Bills (Harmonimix) —

1 2013-12-08 ▶

Both Sides Of A Smile (Glastonbury 2024) —

1 2024-06-30 ▶

Building It Still —

2 2014-11-20 ▶

Builiding It Still —

3 2015-01-15 ▶

Buzzard and Kestrel —

1 2019-06-15 ▶

Can't Believe The Way We Flow —

123 2025-11-05 ▶

Can't Believe The Way We Flow (6 Music Session, 15th Apr 2019) —

3 2019-04-21 ▶

Can't Believe The Way We Flow (6 Music Session, 17th Apr 2019) —

1 2019-12-12 ▶

Choose Me —

4 2018-01-21 ▶

Choose Me (Radio 1's Headliners) —

2 2016-06-14 ▶

CMYK —

129 2026-01-01 ▶

CMYK (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-17 ▶

CMYK (BADBADNOTGOOD Cover) —

1 2012-01-25 ▶

CMYK - Latitude - 21/07/2013 —

1 2013-07-22 ▶

CMYK - Latitude Festival - 21/07/2013 —

1 2014-07-18 ▶

CMYK / Stop What You're Doing (Glastonbury 2024) —

1 2024-06-30 ▶

Colour In Anything (Radio 1's Headliners) —

1 2016-06-13 ▶

Come Thru (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-17 ▶

Coming Back (feat. SZA) —

24 2025-01-26 ▶

Confidence Boost (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-25 ▶

1 2014-09-18 ▶

Curbside —

1 2011-12-16 ▶

CYMK —

2 2024-05-12 ▶

Days Go By —

8 2026-05-26 ▶

Death of Love —

74 2026-05-26 ▶

Deeds —

2 2013-12-25 ▶

Didn't Come to Argue —

1 2026-09-06 ▶

Digital Lion —

3 2013-12-28 ▶

Digital Lion (feat. Brian Eno) —

2 2013-04-11 ▶

DLM —

11 2021-12-08 ▶

Do You Ever —

5 2020-11-01 ▶

Doesn't Just Happen (feat. Dave) —

11 2026-05-02 ▶

Don't Miss It —

97 2022-11-20 ▶

Don't Miss It (6 Music Session, 15th Apr 2019) —

2 2019-04-21 ▶

Evening Fell Hard For Us —

3 2016-03-10 ▶

Every Day I Ran —

3 2025-12-17 ▶

F**k You —

1 2014-08-22 ▶

f.o.r.e.v.e.r. —

5 2024-02-11 ▶

Fall Back —

3 2023-12-06 ▶

Famous Last Words —

3 2023-05-07 ▶

Fire The Editor —

3 2023-09-27 ▶

First Time Ever I Saw Your Face —

2 2025-12-29 ▶

Foot Forward —

4 2021-10-22 ▶

Foot Notes —

1 2014-06-20 ▶

Friends That Break Your Heart —

2 2023-01-22 ▶

Frozen —

1 2021-10-15 ▶

Funeral (feat. slowthai) —

11 2023-05-02 ▶

Give a Man a Rod —

1 2024-02-17 ▶

Give a Man a Rod (2nd Version) —

1 2011-04-22 ▶

Give Me My Month —

3 2015-04-11 ▶

Give me my mouth —

2 2012-04-01 ▶

God Speed (Live at Glastonbury) —

1 2024-07-03 ▶

Godspeed —

4 2022-07-10 ▶

Godspeed (Live From Glastonbury 2024) —

1 2025-06-26 ▶

Half Heat Full Vs Up All Night —

2 2013-12-25 ▶

He's Been Wonderful —

2 2023-09-20 ▶

Hope She'll Be Happier (Glastonbury 2014) —

2 2014-06-29 ▶

I Am Sold —

14 2022-01-09 ▶

I Am Sold (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-17 ▶

I Am Sold : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

I Had A Dream She Took My Hand —

39 2026-09-30 ▶

I Had A Dream She Took My Hand (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 6th May 2026) —

2 2026-05-19 ▶

I Hope My Life —

4 2024-03-26 ▶

I Hope My Life (1-800 Mix) —

5 2018-04-21 ▶

I Hope My Life (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-25 ▶

I Keep Calling —

41 2021-01-05 ▶

I Keep Calling (instrumental) —

6 2025-06-07 ▶

I Mind —

7 2022-11-13 ▶

I Need a Forest Fire —

15 2018-12-25 ▶

I Need a Forest Fire (feat. Bon Iver) —

22 2025-07-15 ▶

I Need A Forest Fire (feat. Justin Vernon) —

31 2016-08-28 ▶

I Need A Forest Fire (ft. Justin Vernon) —

7 2019-12-12 ▶

I Need A Forest Fire (Glastonbury 2016) (feat. Justin Vernon) —

1 2016-07-20 ▶

I Need A Forest Fire (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-26 ▶

I Never Learnt To Share —

1 2011-09-06 ▶

I Never Learnt To Share (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-17 ▶

I Only Know (What I Know Now) —

10 2023-04-30 ▶

I Want You To Know —

4 2024-05-21 ▶

I'll Come Too —

5 2025-04-13 ▶

I'll Come Too (Radio 1 Session, 15th Apr 2019) —

2 2019-12-23 ▶

I'll Come Too (Radio 1 Session, 15th April 2019) —

1 2019-04-15 ▶

I'll Stay —

2 2026-09-17 ▶

I'm So Blessed You're Mine —

1 2021-10-15 ▶

i'm so blessed you're mine (tarzsa edit) —

1 2025-02-25 ▶

I'm So Blessed Your Mine —

1 2021-10-12 ▶

If the Car Beside You Moves Ahead —

65 2024-08-23 ▶

If You Can Hear Me —

1 2023-09-13 ▶

Into the Red —

9 2019-09-29 ▶

James Blake recorded at the 6 Music Festival (01/03/14) —

1 2014-03-02 ▶

Klavierweke (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-25 ▶

Klavierwerke —

2 2022-08-01 ▶

Klavierwerke (Glastonbury 2016) —

2 2024-10-01 ▶

Libra (Edit) —

1 2018-08-24 ▶

Life 'Round Here Ft Chance The Rapper —

1 2013-10-21 ▶

Life Around Here —

5 2015-05-31 ▶

Life Is Not the Same —

31 2025-09-22 ▶

Life Round Here —

54 2026-10-20 ▶

Life Round Here (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-17 ▶

Life Round Here (feat. Chance The Rapper) —

113 2019-07-21 ▶

Life Round Here (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-29 ▶

Life Round Here (Glastonbury 2024) —

1 2024-06-30 ▶

Life Round Here (Live in Hollywood) —

1 2014-05-16 ▶

Life Round Here (Radio 1 Session, 15th Apr 2019) —

1 2019-04-17 ▶

Life Round Here (Radio 1 Session, 15th April 2019) —

1 2019-04-15 ▶

Life Round Here (Radio 1's Headliners) —

2 2016-06-14 ▶

Life Round Here (Remix) (feat. Chance The Rapper) —

15 2025-03-21 ▶

Like The End —

79 2025-12-23 ▶

Limit to Your Love —

132 2026-05-03 ▶

Limit To Your Love —

134 2011-11-09 ▶

Limit To Your Love (6 Music Festival 2014) —

2 2021-03-27 ▶

Limit To Your Love (6 Music Session, 17 Jun 2013) —

2 2018-06-17 ▶

Limit To Your Love (Daniel Bortz Edit) —

5 2013-05-11 ▶

Limit To Your Love (Festive Festival, 20 Dec 2010) —

1 2015-01-15 ▶

Limit To Your Love (Glastonbury 2024) —

1 2024-06-30 ▶

Limit To Your Love (Live At Festive Festival 2010) —

2 2011-12-12 ▶

Limit To Your Love (Live At Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-07-10 ▶

Limit To Your Love (Live at the 6 Music Festival 2014) —

2 2015-01-26 ▶

Limit to Your Love (live at the 6 Music Festival) —

1 2014-03-07 ▶

Limit To Your Love (Live at the 6Music Festival 01.03.2014) —

1 2015-02-16 ▶

Limit To Your Love (Mr Rich & Billy Kenny Edit) —

1 2015-07-30 ▶

Limit To Your Love (Will Clarke’s Cuddle Club Cut) <SILENT TAKE> —

1 2016-08-27 ▶

Limit to Your Love - 6 Music Festival - 01/03/2014 —

1 2023-02-13 ▶

Limit To Your Love - Glastonbury 2011 —

3 2011-07-03 ▶

Limit To Your Love - Live from the 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-05 ▶

Lindisfarne —

1 2011-05-18 ▶

Lindisfarne (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-25 ▶

Lindisfarne : Live At The 6 Music Festival —

1 2014-03-01 ▶

Lindisfarne I —

9 2026-09-27 ▶

Lindisfarne I & Ii - 6 Music Session 09/02/2011 —

2 2014-07-05 ▶

Lindisfarne I & II - 6Music Session 09/02/2011 —

5 2015-12-27 ▶

Lindisfarne I (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-17 ▶

Lindisfarne II —

4 2021-05-02 ▶

Lindisfarne II (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-17 ▶

Loading —

95 2025-09-15 ▶

Loading (Glastonbury 2024) —

1 2024-06-30 ▶

Loathe To Roam (Radio 1 Session, 15th Apr 2019) —

2 2020-09-02 ▶

Loathe To Roam (Radio 1 Session, 15th April 2019) —

1 2019-04-15 ▶

Love Me in Whatever Way —

7 2022-07-13 ▶

Love Me In Whatever Way (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-25 ▶

Love Me In Whatever Way (Radio 1's Headliners) —

1 2016-06-13 ▶

Love What Happened Here —

17 2021-02-21 ▶

Lullaby for My Insomniac —

4 2021-11-14 ▶

Lullaby For My Insomniac (6 Music Session, 15th Apr 2019) —

2 2019-04-21 ▶

Make Out In My Car —

1 2018-05-29 ▶

Make Something Up —

2 2026-08-01 ▶

Measurements —

4 2018-08-23 ▶

Measurements (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-17 ▶

Measurements (Live in LA) —

1 2014-04-18 ▶

Meet You in the Maze —

1 2017-06-11 ▶

Mile High (feat. Travis Scott & Metro Boomin) —

115 2026-08-25 ▶

Mile High (Glastonbury 2024) —

1 2024-06-30 ▶

Mile High (Radio 1 Session, 15th Apr 2019) —

2 2019-04-21 ▶

Mile High (Radio 1 Session, 15th April 2019) —

1 2019-04-15 ▶

Modern Love —

1 2016-12-30 ▶

Modern Soul —

15 2017-09-02 ▶

Modern Soul (Radio 1's Headliners) —

1 2016-06-13 ▶

Modern Soul (Submorphics Booty) —

3 2016-06-14 ▶

Mulholland —

1 2019-05-27 ▶

My Willing Heart —

11 2017-05-18 ▶

Need A Forest Fire (feat. Justin Vernon) —

7 2017-02-16 ▶

Need A Forest Fire (Glastonbury 2016) (feat. Justin Vernon) —

14 2025-09-14 ▶

Night Sky —

1 2023-09-20 ▶

No More Than A Road (Dub) —

2 2013-12-25 ▶

No More Than A Road (Dub) - James Blake Essential Mix 2011 —

1 2019-01-19 ▶

Noise Above Our Heads —

2 2025-07-13 ▶

Not Long Now —

2 2019-01-06 ▶

Not Long Now (Klaus Remix) —

2 2014-11-20 ▶

Olivia Kept —

2 2013-12-25 ▶

Our Love Comes Back —

8 2024-09-08 ▶

Overgrown —

46 2023-09-15 ▶

Overgrown (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-17 ▶

Overgrown (6 Music Session, 17 Jun 2013) —

2 2018-06-17 ▶

Overgrown (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-30 ▶

Overgrown (Live At The 6 Music Festival) —

1 2014-03-04 ▶

Overgrown (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

1 2013-04-10 ▶

Overgrown (Settle Down's Carnival Mix) —

1 2022-05-18 ▶

Overgrown - Live at the 6 Music Festival 2014 —

2 2014-03-07 ▶

Pan —

2 2013-12-25 ▶

Placing Us —

2 2013-12-25 ▶

Playing Robots Into Heaven —

3 2026-10-10 ▶

Points —

12 2016-09-08 ▶

Postpone —

2 2016-04-14 ▶

Power On —

2 2019-06-21 ▶

put that away & talk to me —

2 2016-05-23 ▶

Put That Away and Talk to Me —

5 2016-06-02 ▶

Radio Silence —

177 2024-10-23 ▶

Radio Silence (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

3 2016-06-27 ▶

Radio Silence (Radio 1's Headliners) —

4 2016-06-19 ▶

Rest of Your Life —

1 2026-04-12 ▶

Retrogade (Live at Glastonbury) —

1 2024-07-03 ▶

Retrograde —

414 2026-10-22 ▶

Retrograde (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-17 ▶

Retrograde (6 Music Session 08/04/12) —

2 2014-10-26 ▶

Retrograde (6 Music Session, 17 Jun 2013) —

4 2018-06-17 ▶

Retrograde (Buunshin Bootleg) —

2 2024-06-19 ▶

Retrograde (Connan Mockasin Remix) —

1 2016-06-09 ▶

Retrograde (Finn Philly Edit) —

2 2013-10-25 ▶

Retrograde (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session) —

4 2013-04-27 ▶

Retrograde (Radio 1 Session, 15th Apr 2019) —

2 2019-04-16 ▶

Retrograde (Radio 1 Session, 15th April 2019) —

1 2019-04-15 ▶

Retrograde (Radio 1's Headliners) —

5 2016-12-28 ▶

Retrograde - Glastonbury 2013 —

6 2013-09-07 ▶

Retrograde - Latitude - 21/07/2013 —

1 2013-07-23 ▶

Retrograde - Radio 2 Session - 10/04/13 —

2 2014-09-04 ▶

Roman Patience —

3 2016-03-10 ▶

Say What You Will —

60 2025-04-06 ▶

Say What You Will (Glastonbury 2024) —

2 2024-07-08 ▶

Say What You Will (instrumental) —

4 2025-08-23 ▶

Sounds of Silence (Heathrow Edit) —

1 2015-10-08 ▶

Sparing the Horses —

2 2017-07-08 ▶

Still Building It —

3 2014-12-04 ▶

Summer Of Now —

1 2020-10-21 ▶

Take a Fall for Me —

4 2013-04-22 ▶

Take a Fall For Me (feat RZA) —

1 2013-12-10 ▶

Take a Fall for Me (feat. RZA) —

2 2024-03-22 ▶

Tell Her Safe —

2 2016-06-22 ▶

Tell Me —

8 2024-01-09 ▶

Tell Them (feat. Moses Sumney & Metro Boomin) —

40 2022-12-02 ▶

The Bells Sketch —

1 2024-03-01 ▶

The Colour in Anything —

1 2016-05-12 ▶

The Drugs Don't Work (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 6th May 2026) —

3 2026-05-19 ▶

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face —

5 2026-04-13 ▶

The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face —

2 2022-04-04 ▶

The Way We Flow —

2 2019-02-12 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream —

156 2026-09-19 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream (2011 Maida Vale Session) —

1 2012-09-08 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream (6 Music Festival 2014) —

2 2021-03-17 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-30 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream (Glastonbury 2016) —

1 2016-06-30 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

2 2016-06-28 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream (Live) —

1 2011-02-13 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream (Original) —

1 2011-01-30 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream (Radio 1 Session 09/02/2011) —

1 2025-10-22 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream - 6 Music Session 09/02/2011 —

2 2014-02-01 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream - 6Music Session 09/02/2011 —

5 2017-08-31 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream - Latitude - 21/07/2013 —

1 2013-07-22 ▶

The Wilhelm Scream - Live from the Mercury Prize 2011 —

2 2011-09-13 ▶

Thrown Around —

122 2026-10-06 ▶

Timeless —

16 2024-05-19 ▶

Timeless (feat. Vince Staples) —

8 2017-01-10 ▶

Timeless (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-25 ▶

Timeless (Remix) (Feat. Vince Staples) —

2 2016-09-08 ▶

To the Last —

51 2025-08-27 ▶

To The Last (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-17 ▶

Trying Times —

8 2026-05-18 ▶

Trying Times (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 6th May 2026) —

4 2026-05-25 ▶

Unluck —

14 2020-02-16 ▶

Unluck - 6Music Session 09/02/2011 —

4 2015-12-27 ▶

Untitled —

5 2014-10-16 ▶

Untitled - James Blake Essential Mix 2011 —

2 2019-01-19 ▶

Untitled II —

2 2013-12-25 ▶

Vincent —

22 2021-12-01 ▶

Voyeur —

7 2014-07-24 ▶

Voyeur (6 Music Festival 2014) —

1 2021-03-17 ▶

Voyeur (dub) —

4 2013-03-28 ▶

Voyeur (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) —

1 2016-06-25 ▶

Voyeur (Radio 1's Headliners) —

1 2016-06-13 ▶

Waves Know Shores —

3 2023-07-11 ▶

We Might Feel Unsound —

3 2015-05-28 ▶

when the party's over —

6 2026-03-30 ▶

When We're Older —

4 2025-10-13 ▶

Where's the Catch (feat. André 3000) —

5 2019-02-24 ▶

Where's the Catch? (feat. André 3000) —

1 2025-05-27 ▶

Why Don't You Call Me —

7 2024-01-09 ▶

Wilhelm Scream (Flybear Remix) —

1 2016-03-30 ▶

Wilhelm Scream (Live at the 6 Music Festival) —

3 2014-03-05 ▶

Wilhelms Scream (Live from Festive Festival 2010) —

5 2011-01-09 ▶

Words We Both Know —

4 2014-11-30 ▶

You're Too Precious —

76 2025-06-30 ▶