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Obongjayar

Obongjayar is a person from London, active since 1989.

Person London since 1989 alternative afrobeat r&b
TOTAL PLAYS
830
SONGS PLAYED
71
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2016-10-20 19:48 · 1Xtra — "Creeping"
LAST PLAYED
5 days ago · 6 Music — "Just Cool"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2016 — 2026
200 150 100 50 0
'16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 432 52%
Radio 1 293 35%
1Xtra 88 11%
Radio 2 17 2%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 19:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 10K 94 2025-09-10
2 Frens 71 2022-07-10
3 Who Let Him In 69 2025-11-26
4 Tinko Tinko (Don't Play Me for a Fool) 66 2023-04-01
5 Never Change 61 2024-03-17
6 Just My Luck 52 2025-02-20
7 Message In A Hammer 48 2024-03-27
8 Just Cool 38 2026-05-15
9 Try 33 2022-05-01
10 I Wish It Was Me 29 2025-11-13
11 Creeping 24 2019-03-17
12 Give Me More 19 2026-01-22
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-15 19:27 Just Cool 6 Music
2026-04-30 18:16 Lipdance Radio 2
2026-03-22 03:21 Not In Surrender (The Blessed Madonna Remix) Radio 1
2026-03-15 03:13 Not In Surrender (The Blessed Madonna Remix) Radio 1
2026-03-13 21:50 Not In Surrender (The Blessed Madonna Remix) Radio 1
2026-03-06 21:44 Not In Surrender (The Blessed Madonna Remix) Radio 1
2026-01-22 19:52 Give Me More Radio 2
2026-01-20 22:33 Lipdance Radio 1
2026-01-06 22:32 Lipdance Radio 1
2025-12-29 18:56 Give Me More Radio 1
2025-12-17 23:49 Moon Eyes Radio 1
2025-12-16 19:56 Lipdance Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

71 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
10K — 94 ▶
Adjacent Heart — 9 ▶
Born In this Body — 3 ▶
Born In this Body (Instrumental) — 1 ▶
Carry Come Carry Go — 6 ▶
Creeping — 24 ▶
Dreaming in Transit — 3 ▶
Dreaming In Transit (1xtra session, 05 July 2022) — 1 ▶
Dreaming In Transit (6 Music Festival 2022) — 3 ▶
Endless — 16 ▶
Endless (6 Music Festival 2022) — 1 ▶
Frens — 71 ▶
Frozen (R1 Session, 06 FEB 2025) — 1 ▶
Give Me More — 19 ▶
God's Own Children — 9 ▶
Gods Own Children — 3 ▶
Gravity (feat. James Massiah) — 4 ▶
Holy Mountain — 8 ▶
Home — 1 ▶
I Wish It Was Me — 29 ▶
I Wish It Was Me (Louke Man Remix) — 1 ▶
I Wish It Was Me (Radio 1 Session, 19 May 2022) — 2 ▶
Instant Animal — 1 ▶
Jellyfish — 12 ▶
Just Cool — 38 ▶
Just Cool (Instrumental) — 2 ▶
Just My Luck — 52 ▶
Just My Luck (R1 Session, 06 FEB 2025) — 1 ▶
Lipdance — 13 ▶
Live Track #1 (6 Music Session 10th January 2019) — 2 ▶
Live Track #2 (6 Music Session 10th January 2019) — 1 ▶
Message In A Hammer — 48 ▶
Message in a Hammer (6Music Festival 1, April 2022) — 1 ▶
Message In A Hammer (Radio 1 Session, 1 March 2022) — 1 ▶
Message In A Hammer (Radio 1 Session, 25 May 2022) — 1 ▶
Message In Hammer — 1 ▶
Message In Hammer (6 Music Festival 2022) — 1 ▶
Moon Eyes — 3 ▶
Never Change — 61 ▶
Never Change (6 Music Festival 2022) — 1 ▶
Never Change (6 Music Session, 10th Jan 2019) — 2 ▶
Never Change / The Smoke (Radio 1 Session, 1 March 2022) — 1 ▶
New Man — 2 ▶
Not In Surrender — 15 ▶
Not In Surrender (R1 Session, 06 FEB 2025) — 1 ▶
Not In Surrender (The Blessed Madonna Remix) — 4 ▶
Peace in Your Heart — 3 ▶
Peace In Your Heart (Chillest Clean) — 1 ▶
Prayer — 1 ▶
Soldier Ant (6 Music Festival 2022) — 1 ▶
Soldier Ant/Message In A Hammer (6 Music Festival 2022) — 1 ▶
Still Sun — 17 ▶
Still Sun (6 Music Festival 2022) — 1 ▶
Sugar — 2 ▶
Sugar (Glastonbury 2023) — 4 ▶
Sugar (Sally C Remix) — 1 ▶
Sugar (Vigro Deep Remix) — 1 ▶
Sugar (Virgo Deep Remix) — 9 ▶
Sweet Danger — 19 ▶
Talk Olympics (feat. Little Simz) — 1 ▶
Tinko Tinko (Don't Play Me for a Fool) — 66 ▶
Tinko Tinko (Don't Play Me For A Fool) (Radio 1 Session, 25 May 2022) — 1 ▶
Try — 33 ▶
Try (6 Music Festival 2022) — 4 ▶
Try (Radio 1 Session, 1 March 2022) — 1 ▶
Wait For It — 1 ▶
Who Let Him In — 69 ▶
Who Let Him In (Instrumental) — 1 ▶
Wind Sailor — 8 ▶
Wrong For It (1xtra session, 05 July 2022) — 1 ▶
Wrong for It (feat. Nubya Garcia) — 9 ▶