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Massive Attack

Massive Attack is a group from the UK, active since 1987.

Group GB since 1987 trip hop electronic downtempo

TOTAL PLAYS

2,909

SONGS PLAYED

205

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-14 10:11 · 6 Music — "Karmacoma (Live Recording)"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · 6 Music — "Protection (feat. Tracey Thorn)"

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

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

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,821 63%

Radio 2 669 23%

Radio 1 366 13%

1Xtra 53 2%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 01:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Unfinished Sympathy 822 2026-05-22

2 Teardrop 500 2026-05-12

3 Safe From Harm 258 2026-05-04

4 Karmacoma 205 2026-05-22

5 Protection (feat. Tracey Thorn) 116 2026-05-26

6 Protection 81 2023-03-16

7 Unfinished Sympathy (remix) 72 2016-12-05

8 Sly 66 2023-11-30

9 Girl I Love You 54 2011-08-27

10 Paradise Circus 53 2026-05-11

11 Hymn of the Big Wheel 33 2024-08-22

12 Be Thankful for What You've Got 29 2026-05-24

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-26 10:33 Protection (feat. Tracey Thorn) 6 Music

2026-05-24 22:31 Be Thankful for What You've Got Radio 2

2026-05-22 16:55 Unfinished Sympathy 6 Music

2026-05-22 01:40 Karmacoma 6 Music

2026-05-18 01:18 Splitting the Atom 6 Music

2026-05-17 14:24 Splitting the Atom 6 Music

2026-05-12 12:33 Teardrop 6 Music

2026-05-12 02:04 Unfinished Sympathy Radio 2

2026-05-11 09:50 Paradise Circus 6 Music

2026-05-09 21:46 Unfinished Sympathy Radio 2

2026-05-09 04:35 Teardrop Radio 2

2026-05-08 23:52 Teardrop 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

205 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

A Prayer for England —

1 2020-05-30 ▶

Angel —

29 2026-04-05 ▶

Angel (Angel Dust) (Mad Professor Remix) —

1 2019-02-23 ▶

Angel (Blur Remix) —

1 2024-11-29 ▶

Angel (feat. Horace Andy) —

4 2025-01-05 ▶

Angel (Mad Professor Remix) —

2 2019-03-12 ▶

Angel (remix) —

3 2016-01-30 ▶

Angel (Royal Albert Hall, London 1998) —

1 2024-11-26 ▶

Angel - Royal Albert Hall 1998 —

4 2016-02-23 ▶

Any Love —

1 2019-03-10 ▶

Any Love (feat. Daddy G & Carlton) —

2 2016-02-13 ▶

Any Love feat. Daddy Gee and Carlton —

1 2015-04-23 ▶

Atlas Air —

1 2010-02-01 ▶

Atlas Air (Goldsworthy Remix) —

1 2010-11-07 ▶

Atlas Air (Jneiro Jarel's Lavender Jungle Remix) —

1 2010-11-05 ▶

Atta' Boy —

2 2025-01-08 ▶

Babel —

1 2010-02-01 ▶

Be Thankful for What You Got —

2 2016-02-06 ▶

Be Thankful for What You've Got —

29 2026-05-24 ▶

Be Thankful For What You've Got (feat. Tony Bryan) —

5 2025-08-24 ▶

Be Thankful For What You´ve Got —

2 2014-05-22 ▶

Be Thankful For What You’ve Got —

1 2016-02-14 ▶

Be Thankfull —

1 2014-08-05 ▶

Better Things —

7 2024-07-01 ▶

Black Melt —

1 2017-09-29 ▶

Black Milk —

7 2024-09-15 ▶

Blue Lines —

10 2024-08-17 ▶

Bulletproof Love —

1 2009-10-04 ▶

Bumper Ball Dub —

2 2013-10-19 ▶

Bumper Ball Dub (Karmacoma) (feat. Tricky) —

2 2025-03-04 ▶

Butterfly Caught —

1 2018-04-21 ▶

Butterfly Caught (Paul Daley Remix) —

1 2012-10-06 ▶

Come Near Me - feat. Ghostpoet —

1 2016-08-22 ▶

Confused Images —

2 2016-01-24 ▶

Daydreaming —

14 2025-11-15 ▶

Daydreaming - Royal Albert Hall 1998 —

4 2024-11-26 ▶

Dead Editors (feat. Roots Manuva) —

2 2016-02-10 ▶

Dear Friend (feat. James Massia) —

1 2018-04-21 ▶

Dear Friend (feat. James Massiah) —

4 2021-08-18 ▶

Dissolved Girl —

4 2024-07-29 ▶

Euro Child (Radio 1 Session, 21 Feb 1996) —

1 2015-07-03 ▶

Euro Child - BBC Session 01/02/1996 —

1 2008-08-26 ▶

Euro Child - BBC Session 21/02/1996 —

1 2011-07-08 ▶

Euro Child - BBC Session 21/02/1996 EDIT —

1 2016-09-04 ▶

Euro Child 1996 —

1 2009-11-05 ▶

Eurochild —

1 2017-05-02 ▶

Eurochild (Radio 1 Session, 21 Feb 1996) —

3 2024-11-26 ▶

Eurochild (Radio 1's The Evening Session, Feb 1996) —

1 2021-12-06 ▶

Exchange —

3 2018-05-27 ▶

Fake the Aroma —

2 2025-10-30 ▶

Fatalism (Ryuchi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi Remix) (feat. Guy Garvey) —

1 2025-03-04 ▶

Fatalism (Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi Remix) (Feat. Guy Garvey) —

1 2024-11-29 ▶

Five Man Army —

9 2021-05-05 ▶

Flat Of The Blade —

1 2010-02-01 ▶

Girl I Love You —

54 2011-08-27 ▶

Group Four —

2 2018-04-21 ▶

Group Four (Mad Professor Remix) —

1 2024-11-26 ▶

Heat Miser —

2 2024-12-01 ▶

Heat Miser 1996 —

2 2024-11-26 ▶

Hymn of the Big Wheel —

33 2024-08-22 ▶

Hymn Of The Big Wheel 1996 —

1 2019-08-19 ▶

Hymn Of The Big Wheel bed —

1 2016-02-14 ▶

Hynm Of The Big Wheel 1996 —

3 2024-11-26 ▶

I Against I —

3 2017-10-06 ▶

I Against I (feat. Mos Def) —

19 2023-10-14 ▶

I Against I (feat. Yasiin Bey) —

8 2026-05-06 ▶

I Against I (Pagan Edit) (feat. Mos Def) —

2 2022-03-03 ▶

ID —

1 2024-08-17 ▶

Inertia Creeps —

7 2022-03-23 ▶

Inertia Creeps (feat. Tricky) —

17 2025-12-09 ▶

Inertia Creeps (Manic Street Preachers Mix) —

2 2025-03-04 ▶

Inertia creeps (Manics mix) —

2 2025-10-10 ▶

Inertia Creeps (State of Bengal mix) —

1 2024-11-26 ▶

Karma Coma - Royal Albert Hall 1998 —

2 2007-05-18 ▶

Karmacoma —

205 2026-05-22 ▶

Karmacoma (Radio 1 Session, 21 Feb 1996) —

4 2022-07-05 ▶

Karmacoma 1996 —

2 2009-11-05 ▶

Karmacoma (Alternative UNKLE Situation Remix) [Unreleased] - Headphones Def Mix —

1 2019-02-02 ▶

Karmacoma (Bumper Ball dub) —

1 2024-01-26 ▶

Karmacoma (Live Recording) —

2 2005-06-18 ▶

Karmacoma (Portishead Experience) —

1 2020-04-03 ▶

Karmacoma (Radio 1 Session, 21 Feb 1996) —

1 2015-07-03 ▶

karmacoma (remix) —

2 2016-01-30 ▶

Karmacoma - BBC Session 01/02/1996 —

1 2006-12-17 ▶

Karmacoma - BBC Session 21/02/1996 —

2 2011-08-25 ▶

Karmacoma - Live At Glastonbury Festival 2008 —

1 2017-01-10 ▶

Karmacoma - Royal Albert Hall 1998 —

2 2016-02-23 ▶

Karmacoma 1996 —

2 2021-04-08 ▶

Lately —

5 2022-06-25 ▶

Lately (2012 Mix/Master) —

3 2024-03-28 ▶

Lately (Mark Pritchard Remix) —

2 2022-02-10 ▶

Live With Me —

24 2019-02-05 ▶

Live With Me (feat. Terry Callier) —

19 2024-12-20 ▶

Live With Me (Stripped Back) (feat. Terry Callier) —

3 2025-03-04 ▶

Man Next Door —

4 2023-04-16 ▶

Man Next Door (Feat. Horace Andy) —

1 2022-06-12 ▶

Man Next Door - Royal Albert Hall 1998 —

2 2024-11-26 ▶

Mezzanine —

1 2020-01-06 ▶

Mezzanine - Live At Glastonbury Festival 2008 —

1 2017-01-10 ▶

Mezzanine - Royal Albert Hall 1998 —

4 2024-11-26 ▶

One Love —

7 2025-02-19 ▶

One Love (Radio 1 Session, 21 Feb 1996) —

4 2022-07-05 ▶

One Love - BBC Session 01/02/1996 —

1 2008-04-20 ▶

One Love - BBC Session 21/02/1996 —

3 2012-11-25 ▶

Paradise Circus —

53 2026-05-11 ▶

Paradise Circus (Breakage remix) —

1 2010-03-20 ▶

Paradise Circus (Breakage's Tight Rope Remix) —

3 2012-06-16 ▶

Paradise Circus (Burial Mix) —

1 2023-08-24 ▶

Paradise Circus (Burial Remix) —

1 2024-12-09 ▶

Paradise Circus (feat. Hope Sandoval) —

10 2024-07-24 ▶

Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix) —

1 2022-12-16 ▶

Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix) (Tripolism Edit) —

1 2025-06-20 ▶

Paradise Circus <Review Show Edit> —

1 2010-01-12 ▶

Paradise Circus feat. Hope Sandoval (Gui Boratto Remix) —

1 2012-11-25 ▶

Polaroid Girl —

1 2023-03-12 ▶

Polaroid Girl (Danny The Dog) —

4 2013-12-26 ▶

Pray for Rain —

3 2024-08-11 ▶

Pray For Rain —

2 2010-02-02 ▶

Pray For Rain (feat. Tunde Adebimpe) —

1 2024-11-29 ▶

Protection —

81 2023-03-16 ▶

Protection (Album Version) —

1 2017-05-28 ▶

Protection (Brian Eno Mix) —

1 2013-08-04 ▶

Protection (Eno Mix) (feat. Tracey Thorn) —

2 2024-01-01 ▶

Protection (feat. Tracey Thorn) —

116 2026-05-26 ▶

Protection (feat. Tracey Thorn) (feat. Tracey Thorn) —

1 2015-10-29 ▶

Protection (The Eno Mix) —

3 2025-07-21 ▶

Protection (The Eno Mix) (feat. Tracey Thorn) —

1 2018-08-23 ▶

Psyche —

3 2020-05-30 ▶

Psyche (feat. Martina Topley‐Bird) —

1 2025-03-04 ▶

Psyche (Fever Ray Remix) (feat. Martina Topley‐Bird) —

1 2024-11-29 ▶

Radiation Ruling The Nation (Mad Professor mix) —

3 2025-07-19 ▶

Redlight (Clark Remix) —

2 2025-03-04 ▶

Right Way to Hold a Spoon —

1 2025-03-04 ▶

Rising Son —

1 2009-11-24 ▶

Rising Sun - Royal Albert Hall 1998 —

4 2024-11-26 ▶

Risingson —

13 2025-10-22 ▶

Risingson (Mad Proff Setting Sun Dub Two) —

1 2021-09-08 ▶

Risingson (Underworld Remix) —

2 2020-03-27 ▶

Ritual Spirit (feat. Azekel) —

4 2016-04-07 ▶

Rush Minute —

1 2010-02-01 ▶

Safe From Harm —

258 2026-05-04 ▶

Safe From Harm (Just A Dub) —

4 2025-07-26 ▶

Safe From Harm (Just A Dub) (feat. Shara Nelson) —

1 2024-11-29 ▶

Safe From Harm (S&B Edit) —

1 2013-09-13 ▶

Safe From Harm 1996 —

4 2024-11-26 ▶

Saturday Come Slow —

10 2024-07-01 ▶

Sly —

66 2023-11-30 ▶

Sly [underdog mix] —

1 2018-08-19 ▶

Small Time Shot Away —

1 2014-06-06 ▶

Special Cases —

26 2024-11-26 ▶

Splitting the Atom —

27 2026-05-18 ▶

Splitting The Atom —

17 2010-05-07 ▶

Spying Glass —

1 2007-01-26 ▶

Spying Glass (2) 1996 —

1 2005-06-29 ▶

Spying Glass (feat. Horace Andy) —

4 2023-07-02 ▶

Take It There (feat. Tricky) —

3 2016-02-04 ▶

Teardrop —

500 2026-05-12 ▶

Teardrop (Bart Claessen's & Tom Fall Bootleg, Above & Beyond Tweak) —

1 2011-12-24 ▶

Teardrop (eXcess Remix) —

1 2020-08-31 ▶

Teardrop (Inhalt Der Nacht) —

1 2018-01-13 ▶

Teardrop (live at Abbey Road) —

1 2007-07-10 ▶

Teardrop (LP version) —

2 2019-08-17 ▶

Teardrop (Lulu Rouge Bootleg + Minilogue Remix) —

1 2018-09-29 ▶

Teardrop (Mad Professor Dub) —

1 2014-06-28 ▶

Teardrop (Mad Professor Mazaruni Dub) —

3 2018-12-02 ▶

Teardrop (Mad Professor Mazaruni Vocal Mix) —

2 2025-03-30 ▶

Teardrop (Mad Professor Mazaruni Vocal) (feat. Elizabeth Fraser) —

1 2023-03-13 ▶

Teardrop (Mad Professor Remix - Instrumental) —

3 2022-01-08 ▶

Teardrop (Mazarani Dub One) —

1 2024-11-26 ▶

Teardrop (Mazaruni Dub One) —

1 2018-12-16 ▶

Teardrop (Mees Salomé s Filth On Acid Remix) —

2 2024-08-26 ▶

Teardrop (Mees Salomé's Filth on Acid Remix) —

3 2025-09-05 ▶

Teardrop (Toto Chiavetta & Depart Remix) —

1 2024-09-15 ▶

Teardrop (TUFO remix) —

1 2014-06-24 ▶

Teardrop - Live At Glastonbury 2008 —

2 2017-01-10 ▶

Teardrop - Mazaruni Dub One —

1 2019-01-11 ▶

Teardrop - Royal Albert Hall 1998 —

3 2011-05-23 ▶

Teardrops —

2 2014-04-17 ▶

Teradrop (Bart Claessen & Tom Fall Bootleg) —

1 2012-02-11 ▶

The Spoils —

2 2016-08-27 ▶

The Spoils (Feat. Hope Sandoval) —

5 2022-10-13 ▶

Three —

2 2021-11-11 ▶

Three (Dom T's House of Fortune mix) —

1 2007-07-20 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy —

822 2026-05-22 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy - Royal Albert Hall 1998 —

4 2008-03-05 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy (Bladerunner Remix) —

1 2024-09-19 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy (Bootleg Edit) —

1 2016-07-23 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy (Glasto 08) —

1 2008-06-30 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy (Instrumental) —

1 2018-10-19 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy (Kamouflage Loves Fred Remix) —

1 2012-03-03 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy (Paul Oakenfold Mix) —

20 2025-06-17 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy (Paul Oakenfold mix) —

3 2011-03-01 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy (Perfecto Mix) —

3 2025-04-20 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy (remix) —

72 2016-12-05 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy (Roni Size Re-work) —

1 2014-08-15 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy 1996 —

3 2021-04-08 ▶

Unfinished Sympathy [R1DA Classic Anthem] —

1 2018-12-22 ▶

Unfinished Symphony (Edit) —

2 2024-08-21 ▶

Unfinished Symphony (Kamoflage Loves Fred Remix) —

3 2015-04-20 ▶

Weather Storm —

4 2023-02-07 ▶

What Your Soul Sings —

1 2020-05-16 ▶

What Your Soul Sings (EP Remix) (feat. Sinéad O’Connor) —

1 2024-11-29 ▶

Wire (Leaping Dub) —

4 2024-11-26 ▶

Wire (Mad Professor Dub) —

1 2019-01-11 ▶

Wire (Mad Professor's Leaping Dub Remix) —

1 2019-02-03 ▶