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Toots & The Maytals

Toots & The Maytals is a group from JM, active since 1963.

Group JM since 1963 reggae ska rocksteady

TOTAL PLAYS

1,559

SONGS PLAYED

120

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2009-02-04 05:36 · Radio 2 — "54-46 Was My Number"

LAST PLAYED

3 weeks ago · Radio 2 — "Pressure Drop"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2009 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,189 76%

Radio 2 287 18%

1Xtra 47 3%

Radio 1 36 2%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 11:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Pressure Drop 312 2026-08-18

2 54-46 Was My Number 200 2026-07-28

3 Reggae Got Soul 182 2026-08-18

4 Monkey Man 147 2026-08-04

5 Funky Kingston 101 2026-08-17

6 Time Tough 62 2026-03-02

7 54-46 That's My Number 61 2025-12-27

8 Got To Be Tough 52 2021-12-26

9 Warning Warning 49 2021-01-31

10 54 46 That's My Number 41 2014-05-21

11 Take Me Home, Country Roads 17 2026-05-18

12 Broadway Jungle 17 2025-08-25

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-08-18 22:52 Pressure Drop Radio 2

2026-08-18 07:17 Reggae Got Soul 6 Music

2026-08-17 05:09 Funky Kingston 6 Music

2026-08-04 04:45 Monkey Man 6 Music

2026-07-28 21:31 54-46 Was My Number Radio 2

2026-07-27 01:00 I Shall Be Free 6 Music

2026-07-26 14:03 I Shall Be Free 6 Music

2026-05-20 12:06 Reggae Got Soul 6 Music

2026-05-19 22:18 Pressure Drop Radio 2

2026-05-18 22:14 Take Me Home, Country Roads Radio 2

2026-05-10 15:14 Pressure Drop Radio 2

2026-05-07 16:51 Pressure Drop 6 Music

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

120 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

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(Take Me Home) Country Roads —

1 2009-02-27 ▶

54 - 56 —

1 2012-07-07 ▶

54 46 (Phibes Remix) —

5 2021-01-08 ▶

54 46 (That'S My Number) —

1 2016-09-01 ▶

54 46 That's My Number —

41 2014-05-21 ▶

54 46 That'S My Number (Ch) —

1 2011-07-01 ▶

54 66 —

1 2016-08-25 ▶

54 66 (Toddla T Dub) —

3 2016-06-10 ▶

54 66 (Toddla T Dub) —

1 2013-08-23 ▶

54 66 (Toddla T Nottnghill Carnival Dub) —

3 2016-09-02 ▶

54-46 (Was My Number) —

1 2014-08-25 ▶

54-46 (Was My Number) - Original —

1 2023-11-14 ▶

54-46 That's My Number —

61 2025-12-27 ▶

54-46 That's My Number (Extra Bar + Clip) —

1 2017-11-19 ▶

54-46 That's My number + Clip —

1 2012-04-22 ▶

54-46 Was My Number —

200 2026-07-28 ▶

54-46 Was My Number (Phibes Remix) —

5 2022-10-10 ▶

54-46 Was My Number (Toddla T dub) —

3 2016-09-05 ▶

54-46 Was My Number (Toddla T Dub) SILENT TAKE —

1 2018-10-18 ▶

54-56 Was My Number —

1 2013-08-26 ▶

A Song Call Marley —

8 2024-12-11 ▶

African Doctor —

2 2025-06-26 ▶

Alidina —

1 2016-03-30 ▶

Bam Bam —

12 2024-12-11 ▶

Bla Bla Bla —

1 2018-07-02 ▶

Broadway Jungle —

17 2025-08-25 ▶

Broadway Jungle (aka Dog War) —

1 2024-12-03 ▶

Celia —

3 2021-02-20 ▶

Christmas Feeling Ska —

5 2025-12-24 ▶

Christmas Feelings —

1 2025-12-09 ▶

Country Road —

8 2025-06-01 ▶

Daddy (Janice Long, 19th August 1987) —

1 2014-05-22 ▶

Daddy - BBC Session 19/08/1987 —

4 2013-01-05 ▶

Daddy's Home —

1 2020-09-13 ▶

Do The Reggay —

13 2024-12-11 ▶

Do THe Reggay (6 Music Session, 8 Aug 2012) —

2 2020-09-13 ▶

Do The Reggay - 6 Music Session 08/08/2012 —

1 2012-08-08 ▶

Drop Off Head —

2 2020-12-04 ▶

Fever —

2 2015-10-10 ▶

Funky Kingston —

101 2026-08-17 ▶

Funky Kingston (6 Music Session, 8 Aug 2012) —

1 2017-07-19 ▶

Funky Kingston (Feat. Bootsy Collins & The Roots) —

2 2021-05-22 ▶

Funky Kingston (RocknRolla Soundsystem Edit) —

6 2021-12-18 ▶

Get up stand up (Live) —

1 2020-09-27 ▶

Give Peace a Chance —

1 2010-06-16 ▶

Got To Be Tough —

52 2021-12-26 ▶

Happy Christmas —

3 2019-12-21 ▶

Happy Christmas (The Christmas Song) —

3 2016-12-14 ▶

Hard Road (Janice Long, 19th August 1987) —

1 2014-05-21 ▶

Hard Road - BBC Session 19/08/1987 —

6 2017-07-16 ▶

Hard To Handle —

2 2020-09-26 ▶

Having A Party —

1 2020-08-31 ▶

Hold On —

1 2017-08-05 ▶

I Shall Be Free —

2 2026-07-27 ▶

I'll Never Grow Old —

1 2024-08-13 ▶

I'll Never Grow Old (Vocal) —

1 2017-03-13 ▶

In The Dark —

4 2020-12-30 ▶

It Must Be True Love —

5 2017-09-23 ▶

It Was Written Down —

1 2024-04-22 ▶

It's You —

2 2023-10-24 ▶

Johnny Cool Man —

3 2025-05-03 ▶

Johnny Coolman —

14 2024-12-11 ▶

Joy & Jean —

1 2020-11-18 ▶

Just Brutal —

3 2020-12-04 ▶

Let Down —

2 2020-09-13 ▶

Let's Jump —

6 2022-11-28 ▶

Louie Louie —

13 2025-08-24 ▶

Louie, Louie —

4 2025-08-04 ▶

Louis, Louis —

1 2016-04-28 ▶

Loving Spirit —

1 2018-09-06 ▶

Man Of The World —

3 2019-07-06 ▶

Monkey (Man) (Glastonbury 2010) —

1 2024-06-28 ▶

Monkey Life (Mighty Crown Dub) —

2 2023-02-19 ▶

Monkey Man —

147 2026-08-04 ▶

Monkey Man (6 Music Session, 8 Aug 2012) —

1 2017-07-19 ▶

Monkey Man (Live at Glastonbury 2010) —

1 2022-06-23 ▶

Monkey Man - 6 Music Session 08/08/2012 —

1 2012-08-11 ▶

Monkey Man - Glastonbury 2010 —

1 2010-12-21 ▶

Never Get Weary/Country Roads/Monkey Man —

1 2015-02-09 ▶

Never Grow Old —

1 2023-08-08 ▶

Never Grow Old (feat. Terry Hall, U-Roy & The Skatalites) —

1 2020-09-13 ▶

Never Grow Old (feat. Terry Hall, U‐Roy & The Skatalites) —

2 2024-01-09 ▶

Night And Day —

13 2024-12-11 ▶

One Look —

1 2019-03-24 ▶

Papa Dee Mama Dear —

1 2009-09-03 ▶

Peeping Tom —

1 2011-11-20 ▶

Pomps And Pride —

1 2019-11-22 ▶

Pressure Drop —

312 2026-08-18 ▶

Pressure Drop (Ska Version) —

1 2017-06-23 ▶

Pressure Drop (Toddla T Dub) —

3 2017-08-11 ▶

Pressure Drop (Toddla T Dubplate) —

2 2020-09-25 ▶

Pressure Drop (unplugged) —

3 2025-11-01 ▶

Rasta Man —

1 2024-09-01 ▶

Redemption Song (album Version) —

2 2025-05-25 ▶

Reggae Got Soul —

182 2026-08-18 ▶

She's My Scorcher —

2 2018-07-16 ▶

Sit Right Down —

1 2009-05-14 ▶

Six And Seven Books Of Moses —

5 2024-09-03 ▶

Spend The Weekend —

1 2014-01-04 ▶

Stand Accused —

5 2021-10-24 ▶

Struggle —

1 2014-09-29 ▶

Sun Moon and Star —

4 2019-10-27 ▶

Sweet & Dandy —

1 2018-05-19 ▶

Sweet And Dandy —

16 2024-03-26 ▶

Take Me Home Country Roads —

13 2025-08-04 ▶

Take Me Home, Country Roads —

17 2026-05-18 ▶

Teacher Teacher —

1 2021-01-04 ▶

Tell Me the Reason —

1 2010-07-25 ▶

The Whole World Turning (Janice Long, 19th August 1987) —

1 2014-05-19 ▶

The Whole World Turning - BBC Session 19/08/1987 —

4 2013-01-05 ▶

There is a Reason —

11 2022-09-18 ▶

Three Little Birds (feat. Ziggy Marley) —

1 2020-12-10 ▶

Time Tough —

62 2026-03-02 ▶

Walking On The Moon —

1 2014-10-19 ▶

Warning Warning —

49 2021-01-31 ▶

Water Melon —

1 2015-04-22 ▶

We Shall Overcome —

1 2020-09-13 ▶

When I Laugh —

5 2025-03-21 ▶

You Know Who I Am - BBC Session 19/08/1987 —

6 2020-08-15 ▶

Your Love Ain't Fair —

1 2012-05-21 ▶