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M.I.A.

M.I.A. is a person from England, active since 1975.

Person England since 1975 electronic hip hop dancehall

TOTAL PLAYS

2,864

SONGS PLAYED

115

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-09-17 01:53 · 6 Music — "Galang '05"

LAST PLAYED

1 day ago · 6 Music — "It Takes a Muscle"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

400 300 200 100 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,525 53%

Radio 1 863 30%

1Xtra 406 14%

Radio 2 70 2%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 10:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Paper Planes 1,163 2026-10-05

2 Bad Girls 419 2026-10-22

3 It Takes a Muscle 287 2026-10-26

4 XXXO 199 2026-10-19

5 Boyz 167 2026-07-28

6 Galang '05 133 2026-10-16

7 Bamboo Banga 47 2026-10-10

8 Born Free 45 2026-10-02

9 XR2 45 2026-09-22

10 Galang 26 2025-08-10

11 Go Off 25 2017-05-10

12 Bring the Noize 19 2013-12-17

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-10-26 15:33 It Takes a Muscle 6 Music

2026-10-22 17:09 Bad Girls 6 Music

2026-10-19 12:13 XXXO 6 Music

2026-10-17 20:13 Bad Girls Radio 1

2026-10-16 04:20 Galang '05 6 Music

2026-10-15 07:54 It Takes a Muscle 6 Music

2026-10-10 09:57 Bamboo Banga 6 Music

2026-10-08 07:01 Bad Girls 6 Music

2026-10-05 11:57 Paper Planes 1Xtra

2026-10-03 20:35 Paper Planes (ST7V Cumbiaton Edit) Radio 1

2026-10-02 03:23 Bad Girls Radio 1

2026-10-02 02:06 Born Free 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

115 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

20 Dollar —

1 2018-03-18 ▶

Amazon —

2 2015-11-20 ▶

ARMOUR (feat. M.I.A.) —

1 2025-01-20 ▶

aTENTion —

2 2013-11-29 ▶

Bad Girl —

2 2012-05-06 ▶

Bad Girls —

419 2026-10-22 ▶

Bad Girls (Moti Remix) —

1 2013-01-12 ▶

Bad Girls (N.A.R.S. Remix) (feat. Missy Elliot) —

1 2013-04-26 ▶

Bad Girls (Rishi Rich Desi Hits Remix) —

3 2014-03-12 ▶

Bad Girls (Rishi Rich Desi Hits Remix) (feat. Miss Pooja) —

3 2012-03-21 ▶

Bad Girls (Switch Remix) —

4 2012-11-20 ▶

Bad Girls (Switch Remix) (feat. Missy Elliot & Rye Rye) —

10 2012-10-28 ▶

Bad Girls (Switch Remix) (feat. Missy Elliott & Rye Rye) —

1 2016-03-26 ▶

Bad Girls (Wiley Remix) —

1 2012-04-14 ▶

Bamboo Banga —

47 2026-10-10 ▶

Banana Skit —

1 2025-04-25 ▶

Beep —

1 2022-10-05 ▶

Bingo —

1 2019-12-30 ▶

Bird Flu —

5 2007-12-19 ▶

Bird Song —

1 2019-06-13 ▶

Bird Song (Diplo Remix) —

1 2019-05-05 ▶

BirdFlu —

7 2017-08-13 ▶

Birdsong —

1 2016-08-23 ▶

Borders —

2 2018-03-25 ▶

Born Free —

45 2026-10-02 ▶

Born Free (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-28 ▶

Boys (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-27 ▶

Boyz —

167 2026-07-28 ▶

Boyz feat. Jay-Z —

2 2008-11-18 ▶

Bring The Noise (Tofubeats ffffffffff) —

4 2014-07-13 ▶

Bring the Noize —

19 2013-12-17 ▶

Bring the Noize (Wuki Club Edit) —

2 2013-12-15 ▶

Bucky —

5 2022-08-13 ▶

Bucky Done Gun —

17 2025-04-25 ▶

Bucky Done Gun (instrumental) —

1 2022-04-07 ▶

Bucky Done Gun <1000 Albums> —

1 2009-11-05 ▶

Come Around (feat. Timbaland) —

2 2022-01-22 ▶

Come Walk with Me —

9 2014-01-13 ▶

Cra Cra —

1 2021-12-24 ▶

Double Bubble Trouble —

16 2025-12-30 ▶

Double Bubble Trouble (Ace Mula Remix) —

3 2017-03-04 ▶

Double Bubble Trouble (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-27 ▶

Energy Freq —

1 2022-11-18 ▶

F.I.A.S.O.M. pt.2 —

1 2022-12-30 ▶

Fire Fire —

1 2020-09-23 ▶

Freedun (feat. ZAYN) —

6 2016-10-22 ▶

Galang —

26 2025-08-10 ▶

Galang '04 —

1 2022-03-12 ▶

Galang '05 —

133 2026-10-16 ▶

Galang (Edit) —

1 2013-02-10 ▶

Galong - Hub Session 22/06/2005 —

1 2015-06-26 ▶

Go Off —

25 2017-05-10 ▶

Hombre - Hub Session 22/06/2005 —

1 2007-07-24 ▶

Hussel (feat. Afrikan Boy) —

1 2024-04-07 ▶

Hussel (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-27 ▶

Hussle (feat. Afrikan Boy) —

4 2013-10-30 ▶

Internet Connection (Flux Pavilion Remix) —

1 2012-04-14 ▶

It Iz What It Iz —

1 2010-07-21 ▶

It Takes a Muscle —

287 2026-10-26 ▶

Jimmy —

16 2024-06-11 ▶

Jimmy (Dan Carey Radio Mix) —

1 2007-08-14 ▶

Jimmy <MV LIVE> —

1 2007-08-16 ▶

Jimmy-(Dan Carey Radio Remix) —

1 2007-08-14 ▶

Know It Ain’t Right —

1 2013-11-07 ▶

Mango Pickle Down River —

1 2009-08-13 ▶

Marigold —

2 2022-10-20 ▶

Matangi —

1 2014-08-11 ▶

Missin' Linx —

1 2023-08-12 ▶

O Saya —

1 2009-01-08 ▶

One for the Head Skit —

1 2025-04-25 ▶

Only 1 U (Akouo Remix) —

3 2014-08-18 ▶

P.O.W.A —

3 2017-03-18 ▶

Paper Planes —

1,163 2026-10-05 ▶

Paper Planes (Afrikan Boy & Rye Rye Remix) —

1 2022-04-24 ▶

Paper Planes (DFA Mix) —

2 2009-04-07 ▶

Paper Planes (DFA Remix) —

11 2025-12-23 ▶

Paper Planes (Glastonbury 2014) —

2 2014-07-01 ▶

Paper Planes (James Murphy DFA mix) —

1 2008-01-27 ▶

Paper Planes (Remix) —

1 2022-01-04 ▶

Paper Planes (Scottie B Remix) —

1 2025-06-13 ▶

Paper Planes (ST7V Cumbiaton Edit) —

1 2026-10-03 ▶

Popular —

4 2022-08-24 ▶

Pull Up the People —

7 2023-08-05 ▶

Pull Up The People —

1 2009-12-17 ▶

Pull Up The People (D'Explicit Remix) —

3 2020-08-03 ▶

Rewear It —

1 2016-04-23 ▶

SACRED HEART (feat. Kala) —

2 2026-04-28 ▶

Sexodus (feat. The Weeknd) —

2 2014-03-23 ▶

Space —

2 2018-06-27 ▶

Steppin Up —

6 2010-07-12 ▶

Sunshowers —

4 2025-04-25 ▶

Sunshowers (feat. Nesreen Shah) —

1 2022-05-20 ▶

Sunshowers (SnP Remix) —

1 2007-12-07 ▶

Swords —

7 2025-01-25 ▶

Talk —

6 2016-11-12 ▶

Tell Me Why —

2 2010-07-21 ▶

The One —

13 2023-04-27 ▶

The Turn —

1 2007-08-21 ▶

Time Traveller —

1 2022-12-29 ▶

U.R.A.Q.T. —

1 2025-04-25 ▶

Warriors —

1 2013-11-07 ▶

World Town —

4 2007-09-26 ▶

XR2 —

45 2026-09-22 ▶

XR2 Turbo (Where Were You In '92?) —

1 2007-02-01 ▶

XXXO —

199 2026-10-19 ▶

XXXO (feat. Jay Z) —

1 2012-05-24 ▶

XXXO (Jay Z remix) —

1 2010-12-27 ▶

XXXO (Jay-Z Remix) —

1 2010-12-14 ▶

XXXO (Jay-Z Remix) (feat. Jay-Z) —

1 2012-11-05 ▶

Y.A.L.A —

2 2018-07-28 ▶

Y.A.L.A (Glastonbury 2014) —

1 2014-06-27 ▶

Y.A.L.A (MikeQ Bootleg) —

1 2013-11-20 ▶

Y.A.L.A. —

2 2018-08-04 ▶

Yala (Bro Safari & Valentino Khan Remix) —

12 2017-01-07 ▶

Yala (Falcons Remix) —

4 2014-05-18 ▶