Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3571898/?format=api
{ "id": 3571898, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3571898/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-10-30T16:50:05-07:00", "show": 64977, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64977/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801404.us.archive.org/1/items/mbid-9216419f-1363-3470-a47e-fa3fc0ba895c/mbid-9216419f-1363-3470-a47e-fa3fc0ba895c-31872866062_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601404.us.archive.org/1/items/mbid-9216419f-1363-3470-a47e-fa3fc0ba895c/mbid-9216419f-1363-3470-a47e-fa3fc0ba895c-31872866062_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Batdance", "track_id": "49e4552e-980a-38a6-8184-b6b1a90d0f8d", "recording_id": "f6913af5-9b27-41a5-abe4-c2598017403d", "artist": "Prince", "artist_ids": [ "070d193a-845c-479f-980e-bef15710653e" ], "album": "Batman: Motion Picture Soundtrack", "release_id": "9216419f-1363-3470-a47e-fa3fc0ba895c", "release_group_id": "37cf183c-6edd-30c0-a935-46983c447657", "labels": [ "Warner Bros. Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c595c289-47ce-4fba-b999-b87503e8cb71" ], "release_date": "1989-06-16", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "“Batdance,” Prince’s fourth #1 single, isn’t a dance, and it’s only barely a song. \n\n“Batdance” is a stitched-together six-minute monstrosity, full of Batman dialogue samples and clips from Prince tracks that Batman director Tim Burton had rejected. It’s virtually impossible to judge “Batdance” as a standalone piece of music because “Batdance” was never intended as a standalone piece of music. Instead, it’s a marketing tool. But it’s Prince’s version of a marketing tool, so it’s a weird marketing tool. \n\nRead all about it here: https://www.stereogum.com/2156012/the-number-ones-princes-batdance/columns/the-number-ones/\n--\nYou can watch Prince doing the \"Batdance\" here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulOLYnOthIw", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }