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GET /v2/plays/3635619/?format=api
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{
    "id": 3635619,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635619/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-03-30T14:22:44-07:00",
    "show": 66322,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66322/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7bec22a0-eb73-4b79-a619-b253d5c2af87/4527734511-500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7bec22a0-eb73-4b79-a619-b253d5c2af87/4527734511-250.jpg",
    "song": "The Guns of Brixton",
    "track_id": null,
    "recording_id": "6653886f-7d45-40bd-bb6c-51cc5895e022",
    "artist": "The Clash",
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    ],
    "album": "London Calling",
    "release_id": null,
    "release_group_id": "8d73e45e-7ca1-3cb4-ae28-6da76196c17c",
    "labels": [
        "Columbia"
    ],
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    ],
    "release_date": "1979-12-14",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Bassist Paul Simonon wrote this song, his first go at writing for The Clash. Simonon admits that bringing the song to the band was somewhat daunting, given that Joe Strummer and Mick Jones were already celebrated songwriters.\n\n“That’s the thing, with Strummer/Jones how do you compete with that?” he said. “It’s not competing, it’s just trying to have your own voice.”\n\nAs it turned out, the bassist's bandmates were raring him on.\n\n“Mick and Joe were always really encouraging,\" Simonon says. \"In fact, I initially gave the lyrics for Guns Of Brixton to Joe to sing. He just said: No, you’ve got to sing it, they’re your lyrics.”",
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}