Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3571707/?format=api
{ "id": 3571707, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571707/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T06:14:34-07:00", "show": 64971, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64971/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/1588148b-4114-4464-b9b2-8d135b486a1e/35671126254-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/1588148b-4114-4464-b9b2-8d135b486a1e/35671126254-250.jpg", "song": "Tears of a Clown", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "a6d4a027-36b3-49be-8ae2-3cf3820a2e52", "artist": "The Beat", "artist_ids": [ "9727e632-c228-47f8-a7ae-398df94f00c7" ], "album": "Tears of a Clown / Ranking Full Stop", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "8b994e0b-24c7-4777-a38d-48d8fef95b76", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1979-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"The Tears of a Clown\" is a song written by Hank Cosby, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder and originally recorded by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for the Tamla Records label subsidiary of Motown (Thank you, Detroit!). \n\nIn 1979, British ska/new wave band The Beat released a cover of the song as their debut single. See the original here: Check out their live performance on Top Of The Pops, 1979 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1OVYFNUZT8", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }