The Black Seeds

Data updated on 2025-08-09 18:54:51 UTC

While firmly based in the island grooves that inspired the birth of the band over two decades ago, The Black Seeds' sound casts a wide net, layering funk, soul, Afrobeat, and other eclectic elements over their dub/reggae foundations. It's "contemporary groove music with influences from soul and funk and reggae rhythms" explains guitarist/vocalist Barnaby Weir.

Described by Clash Magazine as "one of the best live reggae acts on the planet," The Black Seeds legendary eight-piece live show infuses raw energy and good vibes wherever they go, fueling multi-platinum sales and a growing worldwide following. With countless sold out tours behind them and performances at many of the world’s leading festivals, The Black Seeds live show delivers a soul party on time, every time.

Genres

: nz reggae dub reggae

Total plays

140.0 million

Updated on 2025-08-09

Date	Total plays
2025-08-09	140,041,719
2025-08-01	139,797,950
2025-07-24	139,557,114
2025-07-16	139,304,307
2025-07-08	139,057,494
2025-06-30	138,809,954
2025-06-22	138,557,650
2025-06-14	138,302,775
2025-06-06	138,063,855
2025-05-29	137,812,395
2025-05-21	137,551,400
2025-05-13	137,280,924
2025-04-26	136,692,693
2025-04-16	136,350,798
2025-04-09	136,111,056
2025-03-31	135,808,265
2025-03-23	135,528,570
2025-03-14	135,201,590
2025-03-05	134,865,412
2025-02-25	134,577,655
2025-02-15	134,223,614
2025-02-07	133,921,431
2025-01-27	133,530,096
2025-01-19	133,228,895
2025-01-10	132,877,783
2025-01-02	132,596,836
2024-12-24	133,848,152
2024-12-16	133,510,576
2024-12-07	133,211,692
2024-07-03	126,817,003
2024-06-02	127,424,727
2024-05-19	124,655,147
2024-05-02	123,969,191
2024-04-16	123,305,290
2024-04-02	122,719,417
2024-03-18	122,081,713
2024-03-03	121,474,171
2024-02-18	120,843,885
2023-12-03	117,229,164
2023-10-24	115,498,689
2023-10-06	114,767,903
2023-09-20	114,135,868
2023-08-30	123,563,897
2023-08-26	121,899,930
2023-08-22	112,318,440

Social media links

Monthly listeners

261,494

Followers

132,798

Top Cities

Auckland

36,845 listeners
Christchurch

14,723 listeners
Brisbane

10,071 listeners
Hamilton

10,894 listeners
Wellington

8,985 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
So True	26,734,661	3:55	2004-01-01
Cool Me Down	19,844,815	4:60	2006-01-01
One By One	12,846,379	3:53	2006-01-01
Dust and Dirt	11,052,175	4:44	2012-04-16
Fire	5,178,397	4:57	2004-01-01
Turn It Around	5,006,393	4:33	2004-01-01
Coming Back Home	3,931,753	5:53	2001-01-01
The Answer	3,050,972	3:49	2006-01-01
Let's Get Down	1,979,522	3:30	2004-01-01
Everybody Knows	1,917,061	5:06	2017-09-08
Sometimes Enough	1,832,570	4:46	2006-01-01
Roll Up (with The Black Seeds)	1,592,440	3:22	2024-10-18
Better Days	1,557,455	5:00	2017-09-08
Good People - Get Together	1,512,926	4:27	2006-01-01
Pippy Pip	1,372,310	3:42	2012-04-16
Heavy Mono E	1,303,957	5:22	2006-01-01
Wide Open	1,252,606	5:28	2012-04-16
Let the Sunshine Through	1,089,165	3:37	2021-10-13
Love Me Now	1,031,021	3:58	2012-04-16
Come to Me	925,342	4:41	2004-10-03
Black Sunrise	889,221	4:41	2001-01-01
On the Sun	864,945	7:09	2004-01-01
Keep on Pushing - 50Hz Remix	826,585	5:35	2002-09-10
Sort It Out	786,286	3:36	2004-01-01
Frostbite	784,657	4:59	2012-04-16
Bring You Up	772,780	5:57	2004-01-01
Loose Cartilage	754,667	4:15	2012-04-16
Love Is a Radiation	739,486	4:01	2004-10-03
Take Your Chances	733,922	4:43	2004-10-03
Got a Girl	697,680	3:39	2006-01-01
Raised with Love	695,269	3:59	2020-11-27
Freakin'	676,829	5:56	2017-09-08
Shazzy Dub	631,915	5:29	2004-01-01
Tuk Tuk	613,042	4:47	2004-01-01
Out of Light	600,833	4:02	2012-04-16
The Bend	559,740	4:55	2012-04-16
Dance Dance	542,129	4:18	2001-01-01
Get Up Stand Up	541,947	3:35	2016-11-04
Koia Ko Koe	541,054	3:53	2023-09-08
Settle Down	540,021	4:22	2012-04-16
Gabriel's Strut Dub	519,735	3:03	2012-04-16
Black Sunrise - House of Shem Remix	510,227	5:49	2002-09-10
Give and Take	502,566	4:14	2006-01-01
Moving On	490,685	4:05	2017-09-08
Cool Me Dub	486,583	4:54	2006-01-01
Don't Turn Around	459,084	4:21	2012-04-16
Keep On Pushing: Workshop Re-Dub	457,136	4:46	2001-01-01
You Get Me	452,738	4:56	2004-01-01
Love for Property	428,045	6:11	2006-01-01
Make a Move - Downtown Brown Remix	407,076	4:58	2010-01-01
Way the World	406,997	5:17	2006-01-01
Back To You	397,152	4:52	2017-09-08
Rusted Story	392,200	4:11	2012-04-16
The Prince	384,051	3:27	2006-01-01
Game Over	380,139	3:42	2022-05-04
Hey Son	378,380	3:32	2001-01-01
Cracks in Our Crown	373,266	3:43	2012-04-16
One Step At a Time	364,936	5:19	2004-10-03
Love & Fire	360,872	3:21	2022-06-17
Senegal Champions of Africa	358,739	5:29	2004-01-01
Sometimes Dub	349,722	4:51	2006-01-01
The Weaver	333,092	3:28	2017-09-08
Ride On	330,704	5:33	2017-09-08
Strugglers Dub - Original	315,972	3:55	2011-03-14
Better Days	315,968	3:27	2017-05-19
What We Need	311,082	4:53	2001-01-01
Sit There	310,221	3:13	2001-01-01
Afrophone	295,128	3:09	2004-10-03
The Prince - Live at Waihi Beach Hotel, Waihi, 2007	287,760	5:59	2009-01-01
You Wait - Twinset Remake	282,864	4:24	2002-09-10
Almost Home (Coming Back Home) - Jet Jaguar Remix	279,026	3:35	2002-09-10
Fabric	279,000	4:57	2017-09-08
Lightning Strikes	269,064	4:57	2017-09-08
Make a Move	258,651	5:23	2004-10-03
It's So Real	257,663	3:58	2022-03-16
Toon-a-Loon	255,393	3:16	2012-11-16
Send a Message	254,432	6:19	2004-10-03
Year of the Pig	222,922	3:40	2010-01-01
Lost In The Bush	219,113	4:37	2017-09-08
One Step At a Time - Jstar Remix	212,390	4:49	2010-01-01
Bulletproof	210,381	4:27	2004-10-03
You Get Me - Live at Heavy, The Parthenon, Wellington, 2003	201,335	6:44	2009-01-01
Strugglers	195,321	3:56	2004-10-03
Slingshot	194,787	5:30	2004-10-03
Wake Up	189,002	3:53	2017-09-08
So True - Live at the Wellington Town Hall, Wellington, 2008	186,876	5:59	2009-01-01
Beleza	183,042	4:33	2017-09-08
Fire - Live at Homegrown, Wellington, 2009	177,339	7:44	2009-01-01
Hypnotized Again	173,874	4:40	2019-07-05
Cool Me Down - Live at Indigo, Wellington, 2005	162,715	6:02	2009-01-01
Little Atoms	160,989	4:51	2001-01-01
Love Me Now - Dub	160,646	4:02	2012-11-16
Strugglers - Flash Harry Dub	152,526	3:57	2010-01-01
Bring the Sun	151,326	3:35	2012-01-01
Come to Me	148,763	4:04	2010-01-01
Slingshot - Truth Remix	146,670	4:48	2010-01-01
Black Swandri (Black Sunrise) [100 Plastic Knives Vs The Video Kid]	144,909	3:53	2010-06-02
Black Swandri (100 Plastic Knives vs. The Video Kid Remix)	144,909	3:53	2002-09-10
Don't Turn Around - DJ Edit	144,463	6:15	2012-11-16
Dust and Dirt - Prince Fatty Dub	140,282	4:08	2012-11-16
Pippy Pip - Dub	136,799	3:31	2012-04-23
The Bubble	135,414	5:13	2004-10-03
The Bend - Dub	133,867	5:02	2012-11-16
Rotten Apple	133,725	5:30	2004-10-03
Make a Move - Dub	122,597	4:43	2004-10-03
The Answer - Live at the Melkweg, Amsterdam, 2007	117,313	3:55	2009-01-01
Little Sunshine - love Is a Radiation' Reality Chant Version	113,134	3:59	2010-01-01
Wide Open - Daddy Vad Remix	108,930	6:48	2012-11-16
The Bubble - Live at the Wellington Town Hall, Wellington, 2008	105,270	7:11	2009-01-01
Send a Message - Acoustic Version	101,193	5:60	2010-01-01
Greatest Expectations Dub	100,225	3:39	2024-10-02
Senegal Champions of Africa - Live at Indigo, Wellington, 2005	96,254	8:52	2009-01-01
Freakin'	95,120	4:07	2017-07-07
Come to Me - International Observer Remix	91,856	4:09	2010-01-01
You Wait	89,303	5:45	2001-01-01
Come to Me - Jstar Remix	85,669	3:50	2010-01-01
In Your Eyes: Fabulous Dub	85,651	3:50	2001-01-01
Rotten Dub - rotten Apple' D-Duff Remix	84,537	3:36	2010-01-01
Take Your Chances - Frost & Wagner Remix	84,185	5:14	2010-01-01
Afrophone - Live at the Powerstation, Auckland, 2008	83,317	5:06	2009-01-01
Make a Move - Radio Riddler Remix	82,986	4:39	2010-01-01
Send a Message - Live at the Astoria, London, 2008	71,406	5:05	2009-01-01
Mariana Trench	68,328	4:34	2019-07-05
Rotten Apple - D-Tox Remix	68,070	4:05	2010-01-01
Love for Property - Live at Homegrown, Wellington, 2009	67,842	4:03	2009-01-01
Coming Back Home - The Nomad's Home Again Remix	67,443	5:29	2002-09-10
Every Part Of Me	65,450	5:41	2019-07-05
Way the World - Live at Caberet Sauvage, Paris, 2008	65,097	5:08	2009-01-01
What We Need - Rhian Sheehan's Selenophobia Mix	63,256	4:59	2002-09-10
Greatest Expectations	51,724	3:39	2022-06-17
Little Atoms - DJ Vee Remix	51,442	3:16	2002-09-10
Hey Son - Flash Harry Remix	48,213	3:51	2002-09-10
Raised with Love Dub	46,924	4:15	2022-06-17
Keep On Pushing - son.sine's In da Mix	46,784	5:29	2002-09-10
Meditation	46,470	3:30	2022-06-17
Your Sunrise - Mute / Hummel Re:mangle	44,248	4:44	2002-09-10
Non Justice	43,389	4:23	2022-06-17
Meditation Dub	39,818	3:34	2024-10-18
What We Need - DLT & Ruane's What You Get Remix	37,433	4:39	2002-09-10
Ariel	37,350	4:07	2019-07-05
Hey Son - Mysterious D & Confucius Remix	37,040	8:26	2002-09-10
Dub & Fire	35,751	3:40	2024-10-18
Back To You	32,847	3:23	2017-08-18
Everybody Knows - Deep Fried Dub Remix	32,713	4:50	2019-07-05
Yo Son - Pylonz Remix	32,461	7:17	2002-09-10
Let The Dub Shine Through	29,989	4:03	2024-10-18
Dub So Real	27,635	4:02	2024-10-18
Dub Justice	24,637	4:12	2024-10-18
Raised With Dub	24,483	4:10	2024-10-18
Rogan Josh - 20th Anniversary Edition	23,773	4:45	2024-10-30
Go Outside in the Rain	20,317	4:59	2007-05-09
Selecta Dub	14,529	5:56	2011-02-25
Fabric - Bolt42 & Mu Remix	14,139	3:28	2019-07-05
Ain't No Sunshine	14,126	5:37	2007-05-09
Black Magic Woman	13,512	4:22	2007-05-09
Bring the Dub	13,235	3:43	2024-10-18
Game Over Optimist Dub	12,824	3:50	2024-10-18
Game Over Dub	11,704	3:51	2022-05-04
Dust and Dirt Sound System Dub - Pre-order Bonus Track	11,679	4:43	2012-04-16
Everybody Knows - Deep Fried Dub's Refried Remix	10,376	4:28	2020-04-03
Settle Dub - Bonus track	10,239	4:20	2012-04-16
Let The Sunshine Through - Instrumental	8,590	3:55	2021-10-13
Do Your Thing	7,722	4:36	2007-05-09
It's So Real - Instrumental	7,694	3:57	2022-03-16
Backstabbers	7,610	3:37	2007-05-09
Bring The Sun - Instrumental	7,147	3:38	2012-01-01
Send A Message - Acoustic Version	6,882	5:44	2007-01-01
Make a Move - Radio Edit	3,144	4:39	2008-01-01
Come To Me Dub	1,032	4:37	2004-12-05