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GET /v2/plays/3616845/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3616845,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3616845/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-02-13T05:05:33-08:00",
    "show": 65919,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65919/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://ia800208.us.archive.org/25/items/mbid-ac1c339c-7e07-4f5a-b222-46cd607c174a/mbid-ac1c339c-7e07-4f5a-b222-46cd607c174a-6114671193_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia800208.us.archive.org/25/items/mbid-ac1c339c-7e07-4f5a-b222-46cd607c174a/mbid-ac1c339c-7e07-4f5a-b222-46cd607c174a-6114671193_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Something He Can Feel",
    "track_id": "a91bbfcd-cd5c-3b21-b18b-f7fe00e4980e",
    "recording_id": "6d6f5102-c80e-46e6-b440-1c75e6a94e13",
    "artist": "Aretha Franklin",
    "artist_ids": [
        "2f9ecbed-27be-40e6-abca-6de49d50299e"
    ],
    "album": "Sparkle",
    "release_id": "ac1c339c-7e07-4f5a-b222-46cd607c174a",
    "release_group_id": "d47dff9f-79f1-3c6f-8f10-f8e07b6a9ca5",
    "labels": [
        "Atlantic"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "50c384a2-0b44-401b-b893-8181173339c7"
    ],
    "release_date": "1976-05-27",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Written and produced by Curtis Mayfield for the 1976 movie, \"Sparkle\". In the film, Irene Cara sang the song, a love ballad in a Chicago-/Philly-soul style. The song went on to become a number-one hit on the Billboard's R&B singles chart in the United States twice with two separate recordings: a 1976 version by Aretha Franklin from the film's soundtrack, and a 1992 cover by girl group En Vogue.",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}