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Matumbi

Matumbi is a group from the UK, active from 1971.

Group GB 1971–1982 classic pop and rock reggae
TOTAL PLAYS
96
SONGS PLAYED
22
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2008-04-09 05:28 · 6 Music — "Chain Gang"
LAST PLAYED
3 months ago · 6 Music — "Empire Road"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2026
20 15 10 5 0
'08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 65 68%
Radio 2 21 22%
1Xtra 10 10%
Radio 1 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 After Tonight 20 2025-03-30
2 Point Of View 18 2024-12-05
3 Music In The Air - BBC Session 28/02/1978 10 2017-02-22
4 Music In The Air (Radio 1 Session, 28 Feb 1978) 6 2022-06-22
5 Chatty Chatty - BBC Session 28/02/1978 5 2017-02-22
6 Rock - BBC Session 28/02/1978 5 2015-01-20
7 Rock (Radio 1 Session, 28 Feb 1978) 4 2020-12-30
8 Chatty Chatty (Radio 1 Session, 28 Feb 1978) 3 2022-06-22
9 The Man in Me 3 2022-06-05
10 That Reggae Stuff 3 2020-02-02
11 Rock 3 2011-02-03
12 Empire Road 2 2026-05-22
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-22 09:55 Empire Road 6 Music
2025-12-25 22:18 frenz 6 Music
2025-08-25 11:17 Empire Road 6 Music
2025-03-30 04:21 After Tonight 1Xtra
2025-03-23 14:21 After Tonight 1Xtra
2025-01-26 17:45 Fire Dub 6 Music
2024-12-05 23:16 Point Of View Radio 2
2024-11-18 20:19 Dub Planet 6 Music
2024-07-30 22:27 Point Of View Radio 2
2023-11-02 22:41 Point Of View Radio 2
2023-04-02 22:08 After Tonight 6 Music
2023-02-12 13:49 After Tonight 1Xtra
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

22 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
After Tonight — 20 ▶
Chain Gang — 1 ▶
Chatty Chatty — 2 ▶
Chatty Chatty (Radio 1 Session, 28 Feb 1978) — 3 ▶
Chatty Chatty - BBC Session 28/02/1978 — 5 ▶
Dub Planet — 1 ▶
Empire Road — 2 ▶
Fire Dub — 1 ▶
frenz — 2 ▶
Guide Us — 1 ▶
I Can't Get Enough Of That Reggae Stuff — 1 ▶
Man In Me — 2 ▶
Music in the Air — 2 ▶
Music In The Air (Radio 1 Session, 28 Feb 1978) — 6 ▶
Music In The Air - BBC Session 28/02/1978 — 10 ▶
Point Of View — 18 ▶
Pretender — 1 ▶
Rock — 3 ▶
Rock (Radio 1 Session, 28 Feb 1978) — 4 ▶
Rock - BBC Session 28/02/1978 — 5 ▶
That Reggae Stuff — 3 ▶
The Man in Me — 3 ▶