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Kano

Kano is a person from the UK, active since 1985.

Person GB since 1985 hip hop grime freestyle

TOTAL PLAYS

7,105

SONGS PLAYED

242

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-06-15 11:00 · 1Xtra — "Remember Me (T5 wk24)"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · 1Xtra — "Mic Check 1-2 (feat. Mikey J)"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

1Xtra 6,035 85%

Radio 1 990 14%

6 Music 60 1%

Radio 2 20 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 08:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Can't Hold We Down (feat. Popcaan) 727 2026-05-24

2 3 Wheel-ups (feat. Wiley & Giggs) 583 2026-05-19

3 P's And Q's 488 2026-05-19

4 Brown Eyes 442 2026-05-19

5 Class of Deja (feat. D Double E & Ghetts) 431 2025-10-11

6 P's & Q's 378 2026-05-20

7 T-Shirt Weather In The Manor 324 2026-05-26

8 This Is England 320 2025-03-10

9 Garage Skank 299 2026-03-13

10 Pan-Fried (feat. Kojo Funds) 231 2026-04-21

11 Garage Skank FREESTYLE 199 2026-05-19

12 Hail 186 2026-04-21

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-27 07:02 Mic Check 1-2 (feat. Mikey J) 1Xtra

2026-05-26 08:05 T-Shirt Weather In The Manor Radio 1

2026-05-24 11:23 Can't Hold We Down (feat. Popcaan) 1Xtra

2026-05-21 11:38 T-Shirt Weather In The Manor 1Xtra

2026-05-21 06:13 Mic Check 1-2 (feat. Mikey J) 1Xtra

2026-05-20 15:13 P's & Q's 6 Music

2026-05-19 12:45 P's And Q's 1Xtra

2026-05-19 05:03 T-Shirt Weather In The Manor 1Xtra

2026-05-19 05:01 Brown Eyes 1Xtra

2026-05-19 04:59 Mic Check 1-2 (feat. Mikey J) 1Xtra

2026-05-19 04:58 P's & Q's 1Xtra

2026-05-19 04:57 Garage Skank FREESTYLE 1Xtra

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

242 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

2012 Was A Good Year (Lord Knows Freestyle) —

6 2012-02-18 ▶

3 Wheel Ups 2016

5 2025-10-20 ▶

3 Wheel Ups (feat. Giggs & Wiley) —

25 2016-01-14 ▶

3 Wheel Ups (feat. Wiley & Giggs) —

112 2016-09-04 ▶

3 Wheel Ups (Glastonbury 25 June 2017) —

2 2017-08-12 ▶

3 Wheel Ups (Glastonbury, 25 June 2017) —

2 2017-06-26 ▶

3 Wheel Ups (PA Version) (feat. Wiley & Giggs) —

3 2017-03-28 ▶

3 Wheel Ups (Parklife 2016) —

1 2016-06-13 ▶

3 Wheel-Ups (Dancehall Remix) (feat. VITAL (Rapper/MC)) —

1 2017-07-19 ▶

3 Wheel-ups (feat. Wiley & Giggs) —

583 2026-05-19 ▶

3 Wheel-ups (Glastonbury 2017) —

1 2022-10-06 ▶

3 Wheel-Ups (Glastonbury, 25 June 2017) —

1 2017-06-25 ▶

3 Wheels Up (Glastonbury 2017) —

1 2024-06-28 ▶

3 Wheels Up (Live at Glastonbury 2017) —

1 2022-06-23 ▶

9 To 5 2005

1 2016-03-30 ▶

A Roadman's Hymn 2016

3 2025-11-11 ▶

A Roadman's Hymn (1Xtra Live Lounge) —

1 2017-07-03 ▶

A Roadman's Hymn (Live Lounge 2016)) (1XHHV) —

2 2023-10-09 ▶

A Roadman's Hymn (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 12 Sep 2016) —

1 2025-10-04 ▶

A Roadmans Hymn —

6 2016-04-03 ▶

Ace & Vis - Kano at Notting Hill Carnival —

1 2010-09-04 ▶

Activity Riddim - Kano —

1 2008-11-10 ▶

Another Life —

1 2023-10-05 ▶

Bad Boy 2012

2 2026-02-03 ▶

Bad Boy (feat. Craig David) —

1 2024-03-07 ▶

Bad Boys —

75 2020-06-18 ▶

Ballin' Habit —

10 2012-03-24 ▶

Bang Down Your Door 2019

1 2022-01-02 ▶

Boys Love Girls 2006

95 2026-04-21 ▶

Brown Eyes 2005

442 2026-05-19 ▶

Brown Eyes (Kano Live Tagged) —

1 2007-05-24 ▶

Brown Eyes (Kano Registration Tagged) —

1 2007-05-29 ▶

Brown Eyes (Live) —

4 2009-06-05 ▶

Busketeer (Ghetto Yout Fi Rich) (feat. Elephant Man & Benga) —

11 2014-01-16 ▶

Busketeer (Ghetto Yout Fi Rich) (feat. Elephant Man) —

64 2014-03-01 ▶

Buss It Up —

1 2007-01-08 ▶

Buss It Up (feat. Vybz Kartel) —

21 2026-05-19 ▶

Buss it Up (Instrumental) —

14 2017-04-23 ▶

Buss It Up (Kano Live Tagged) —

2 2007-05-26 ▶

Buss It Up (Live from Maida Vale) —

1 2009-11-01 ▶

buss it up (live) (clean) —

1 2008-04-22 ▶

Buss It Up (MV) —

1 2007-09-06 ▶

Can't Hold Back 2001

2 2022-07-06 ▶

Can't Hold Back (Your Lovin') 2013

1 2023-08-12 ▶

Can't Hold We Down (feat. Popcaan) —

727 2026-05-24 ▶

Can't Hold We Down (Live from Glastonbury 2021) (feat. Popcaan) —

9 2024-10-28 ▶

Can't Hold We Down - Live at Worthy Farm 2021 (feat. Popcaan) —

2 2021-06-26 ▶

Can't Hold We Hold (feat. Popcaan) —

1 2019-08-30 ▶

Carnival Afterparty 2007 Sound London - Kano ft Craig David - This is the girl —

3 2007-09-01 ▶

Carnival Afterparty 2007 Sound London - Kano Ft Craig Davie - This is the girl * —

5 2007-08-31 ▶

Celebrate (East End Knees Up) —

2 2012-01-29 ▶

Changes X Strangers (1Xtra Live Lounge, 20 April 2016) —

4 2016-04-27 ▶

Chase n Status ft Kano - Against all odds (Live at Dn'B Awards 09) —

3 2009-03-02 ▶

China Star 1983

1 2020-01-18 ▶

Class Of Deja (1Xtra Maida Vale Session, 2019) (feat. Ghetts & D Double E) —

14 2020-02-05 ▶

Class of Deja (feat. D Double E & Ghetts) —

431 2025-10-11 ▶

Class of Deja (feat. Ghetts & D Double E) —

1 2022-03-19 ▶

D.O.E (Death Of Everything) (U Takeover @ Maida Vale) —

1 2009-09-26 ▶

Dead Prez (Team Max Clean) —

1 2008-04-14 ▶

Deep Blues (feat. Damon Albarn) —

1 2016-03-02 ▶

Dem Man (Sixty Minutes Live PA) (feat. Giggs) —

1 2015-12-28 ▶

Dirty Die —

5 2014-08-23 ▶

Drinking In The West End 2016

45 2024-11-05 ▶

Drinking In The Westend —

2 2020-05-29 ▶

E.T 2011

1 2022-04-16 ▶

E.T (feat. Mikey J, Wiley, Wretch 32 and Scorcher) —

5 2011-09-30 ▶

E.T (feat. Mikey J, Wretch 32, Wiley and Scorcher) —

3 2011-10-12 ▶

E.T (feat. Scorcher, Wiley & Wretch 32) —

2 2015-02-25 ▶

E.T (feat. Wiley, Wretch 32 & Scorcher) —

9 2013-11-03 ▶

E.T (feat. Wiley, Wretch 32 and Scorcher) —

14 2011-10-29 ▶

E.T (feat. Wiley, Wretch 32, Scorcher and Mikey J) —

1 2011-09-20 ▶

E.T. (feat. Wiley, Wretch 32 & Scorcher) —

1 2011-11-13 ▶

E.T. (feat. Wiley, Wretch 32 and Scorcher) —

5 2011-10-23 ▶

Endz —

31 2020-01-01 ▶

Endz (post 10pm edit) —

2 2017-07-22 ▶

Endz (Radio 1 Piano Session, 29 March 16) —

8 2020-05-26 ▶

F*** the Chorus —

7 2007-09-11 ▶

Feel Fine —

1 2007-12-10 ▶

Feel Free 2007

8 2007-12-16 ▶

Feel Free (feat. Damian Albarn) —

1 2013-11-09 ▶

Feel Free (Feat. Damon Albarn) —

9 2024-11-05 ▶

Feel Free <Nihal's WA> —

1 2007-12-01 ▶

Fighting The Nation (Live Electric Proms 07) —

1 2008-07-22 ▶

Fire In The Booth (8th March, 2016) —

2 2017-09-02 ▶

Flow of the Year ('Best of British') (feat. JME) —

1 2014-12-01 ▶

Flow Of The Year (feat. Jme) —

155 2026-04-25 ▶

Flow Of The Year (Sixty Minutes Live PA) —

1 2015-12-28 ▶

Free Years Later 2019

4 2020-09-23 ▶

Free Years Later (1Xtra Maida Vale Session, 2019) —

3 2020-01-01 ▶

Free Years Later - Live at Worthy Farm 2021 —

3 2021-12-28 ▶

Garage Skank —

299 2026-03-13 ▶

Garage Skank (Glastonbury, 25 June 2017) —

1 2017-06-25 ▶

Garage Skank (Parklife 2016) —

1 2016-06-13 ▶

Garage Skank (Scales Dub) (feat. Scales) —

3 2015-10-31 ▶

Garage Skank FREESTYLE —

199 2026-05-19 ▶

GarageSkankFREESTYLE 2015

6 2022-02-25 ▶

Get Wild (feat. Aidonia & Wiley) —

2 2012-12-27 ▶

Get Wild (feat. Aidonia) —

1 2011-11-25 ▶

Get Wild (Feat. Wiley & Aidonia) —

1 2015-05-27 ▶

Ghetto Kyote Freestyle —

1 2022-06-24 ▶

Girls Love Boys —

1 2018-06-22 ▶

Good Youtes Walk Amongst Evil 2019

15 2022-11-16 ▶

Good Youtes Walk Amongst Evil (1Xtra Maida Vale Session, 2019) —

2 2019-09-18 ▶

Got My Brandy Got My Beats (feat. Lil Silva) —

5 2023-05-04 ▶

Got My Brandy, Got My Beats (feat. Lil Silva) —

15 2020-02-11 ▶

Grime MC —

2 2019-05-24 ▶

Gyal Dem Ting (feat. Mavado) —

1 2012-01-27 ▶

Hail 2015

186 2026-04-21 ▶

Hail (1Xtra Live Lounge, 13 Feb 2015) —

7 2015-04-13 ▶

Hail (Instrumental) —

2 2016-03-12 ▶

Hail (Parklife 2016) —

1 2016-06-13 ▶

Hail (Sixty Minutes Live PA) —

1 2015-12-28 ▶

Has It Come To This (Radio 1 Piano Session, 29 March 16) —

17 2019-10-08 ▶

Home Sweet Home 2005

17 2023-09-09 ▶

How We Livin' 2005

1 2025-02-12 ▶

Hunting We Will Go (Feat. Ghetts) —

1 2020-01-01 ▶

Hurt (1Xtra Live 2009) —

1 2020-10-15 ▶

Hustler 2008

144 2018-09-22 ▶

Hustler (U Takeover @ Maida Vale) —

4 2012-05-03 ▶

I Like It <Ras Kwame Session> —

1 2008-09-20 ▶

I'm Ready —

6 2019-06-10 ▶

Ice Rink —

3 2014-09-10 ▶

If I Ruled The World (Live Lounge 2016)) (1XHHV) —

2 2023-10-09 ▶

If I Ruled The World (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 12 Sep 2016) —

1 2017-05-04 ▶

If I Ruled The World (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 12th Sep 2016) —

1 2019-02-08 ▶

IT'S WAR —

1 2013-07-27 ▶

Kano - 3 Wheel Ups (feat. Giggs, Wiley & Wiley & Giggs) —

1 2016-12-22 ▶

Kano - Changes/Strangers (1Xtra Session, 20th April 2016) —

3 2022-03-19 ▶

Kano BET Award Package —

1 2007-12-27 ▶

Kano from Maida Vale with Crazy —

1 2010-09-22 ▶

Kano from Maida Vale with Lady Killer —

1 2010-09-22 ▶

Kano from Maida Vale with Spaceship —

1 2010-09-22 ▶

Kano from Maida Vale with Upside —

1 2010-09-22 ▶

King's Speech (feat. Ghetts) —

2 2014-04-15 ▶

Layer Cake 2007

30 2025-06-13 ▶

Layer Cake (Kano Live Tagged) —

3 2007-05-25 ▶

London Town 2007

18 2024-08-30 ▶

London Town (Live @ BBC Radio Theatre) —

6 2008-11-05 ▶

London Town (Live) —

1 2007-06-07 ▶

London Town <Clean> —

2 2007-05-22 ▶

Me & U —

1 2006-05-10 ▶

Me and my microphone 2007

3 2007-09-14 ▶

Mic Check 2005

15 2024-03-26 ▶

Mic Check (1XSC) —

2 2019-04-12 ▶

Mic Check (Instrumental) —

5 2026-02-10 ▶

Mic Check 1-2 2006

26 2026-04-03 ▶

Mic Check 1-2 (feat. Mikey J) —

50 2026-05-27 ▶

Mic Check 1-2 (Instrumental) —

1 2021-10-17 ▶

Mic Check 2. 1 —

3 2017-06-10 ▶

Mic Check Remix 2005

18 2005-08-25 ▶

Mic Check Remix (Feat. Demon & Ghetts) —

2 2019-01-04 ▶

Mic Check Remix (T5 wk28) —

3 2005-07-15 ▶

More Than One Way —

16 2010-09-11 ▶

Mr Miyagi 2012

1 2012-04-21 ▶

My Sound 2016

35 2025-08-06 ▶

My Sound (Glastonbury, 25 June 2017) —

1 2017-06-25 ▶

My Sound [WiDE AWAKE Remix] —

1 2016-04-29 ▶

New Banger 2016

64 2016-03-12 ▶

New Banger (Parklife 2016) —

1 2016-06-13 ▶

New Banger (Sixty Minutes Live PA) —

1 2015-12-28 ▶

Night Night —

1 2024-10-11 ▶

Nite Nite 2005

45 2005-09-23 ▶

Nite Nite (Feat. The Streets & Leo The Lion) —

160 2026-05-19 ▶

Nite Nite (Feat. The Streets) —

8 2015-02-14 ▶

Nite Nite (T4 wk36) —

8 2005-09-11 ▶

Nite Nite (T4 wk37) —

3 2005-09-13 ▶

Nobody Don't Dance No More —

6 2022-03-12 ▶

Nobody Don't Dance No More (Remix) 2005

34 2016-09-05 ▶

Over & Over 2007

1 2014-06-21 ▶

P's & Q's 2005

378 2026-05-20 ▶

P's & Q's (1Xtra Carnival Live 2007) —

3 2008-08-23 ▶

P's & Q's (Kano Gig Tagged) —

1 2007-06-04 ▶

P's & Q's (Live @ BBC Radio Theatre) —

4 2008-04-25 ▶

P's & Q's (Live) —

2 2007-06-07 ▶

P's & Q's (NEW) —

1 2012-12-21 ▶

P's & Q's (One Big Weekend Live 2008) (clean) —

2 2008-09-07 ▶

P's & Q's (Remix Instrumental) —

1 2026-02-10 ▶

P's & Q's (Sixty Minutes Live PA) —

1 2015-12-28 ▶

P's & Q's (U Takeover @ Maida Vale) —

4 2012-05-03 ▶

P's & Q's (Vote for BET Hip Hop Awards online) —

2 2006-10-27 ▶

P's & Q's Remix (1Xtra Live 2009) (feat. Ghetts) —

5 2018-09-22 ▶

P's And Q's 2005

488 2026-05-19 ▶

P's and Q's (1Xtra Live 2009) —

1 2020-10-15 ▶

P's and Q's (Parklife 2016) —

3 2016-06-13 ▶

Pan Fried (feat. Kojo Funds) —

6 2019-08-22 ▶

Pan-Fried (feat. Kojo Funds) —

231 2026-04-21 ▶

Pied Piper Freestyle —

1 2016-10-21 ▶

Pow 64 Bar —

1 2019-05-22 ▶

Ps & Qs (1Xtra Carnival Live 2007) —

1 2017-08-16 ▶

Puppets And Strings —

12 2013-12-20 ▶

Raver 2010

2 2024-08-23 ▶

Reload It (Feat. Demon & D Double E) —

23 2024-11-05 ▶

Remember Me 2005

6 2012-12-15 ▶

Remember Me (T5 wk24) —

5 2005-06-18 ▶

Rock N Roller 2010

125 2013-08-19 ▶

Rock n Roller (1Xtra Live 2009) —

1 2020-10-15 ▶

Rock N Roller (1Xtra Live in Sheffield 09) —

7 2009-12-09 ▶

Rock N Roller (Starkey Remix) 2009

2 2015-03-18 ▶

Rock n Roller (U Takeover @ Maida Vale) —

2 2009-09-28 ▶

ROTW - Bad Boys —

10 2007-12-23 ▶

ROTW - Bad Boys ok —

1 2007-12-20 ▶

Seashells In The East —

3 2016-03-21 ▶

SESSION: Kano Part 1<Jam> —

1 2009-02-18 ▶

Signs In Life 2006

111 2026-05-19 ▶

Sometimes 2005

6 2022-10-15 ▶

Spaceship 2010

71 2013-11-17 ▶

Spaceship (Trolley Snatcha Dubstep Remix) —

2 2010-12-13 ▶

Strangers 2016

1 2021-03-28 ▶

Strangers / Changes (1Xtra Live Lounge 2016) —

2 2019-08-30 ▶

SYM 2019

5 2020-06-06 ▶

T Shirt Weather In The Manor 2016

9 2016-07-03 ▶

T Shirt Weather In The Manor (Parklife 2016) —

1 2016-06-13 ▶

T-Shirt Weather In The Manor 2016

324 2026-05-26 ▶

T-Shirt Weather In The Manor (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 12 Sep 2016) —

3 2021-02-22 ▶

Teardrops 2019

6 2021-07-12 ▶

Teardrops/Bang Down Your Door (1Xtra Maida Vale Session, 2019) —

5 2020-01-01 ▶

The King's Speech (feat. Ghetts) —

4 2014-04-30 ▶

These MC's (1Xtra Live 2009) —

8 2026-04-21 ▶

These MC's (1Xtra Live In Sheffield 09) —

5 2009-12-04 ▶

This Is England 2016

320 2025-03-10 ▶

This Is England (1X Live Lounge) —

5 2026-01-04 ▶

This Is England (1Xtra Live Lounge 2016) —

4 2020-04-01 ▶

This Is England (1Xtra Live Lounge, 20 April 2016) —

10 2026-04-21 ▶

This Is England (Parklife 2016) —

1 2016-06-13 ▶

This Is the Girl (feat. Craig David) —

84 2025-03-01 ▶

This Is The Girl (Live at Electric Proms) (feat. Craig David) —

8 2026-04-21 ▶

This is the girl (Live Radio Theatre) —

2 2007-12-27 ▶

This is the girl (Live Radio Theatre) (clean) —

2 2009-02-16 ▶

Three Wheel Ups —

4 2022-11-07 ▶

Three Wheel Ups (Carnival Remix) —

5 2016-09-09 ▶

Trevor Nelson VIP Freestyle —

4 2013-02-04 ▶

Trouble 2019

49 2021-11-21 ▶

Trouble (1Xtra Maida Vale Session, 2019) —

4 2021-01-20 ▶

Trouble - Live at Worthy Farm 2021 —

1 2021-12-28 ▶

Typical Me 2008

95 2026-04-21 ▶

Typical Me (Feat. Ghetts) —

1 2024-08-28 ▶

Untitled (feat. Wiley, Wretch 32 and Scorcher) —

4 2011-09-27 ▶

Upside 2010

11 2010-09-26 ▶

Upside (feat Michelle Breeze) —

1 2010-07-29 ▶

Wavey —

1 2012-09-21 ▶

WAVY 2012

1 2012-12-28 ▶

Wavy (Remix) (feat. Lady Leshurr, Sway & JME) —

1 2012-05-28 ▶