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GET /v2/plays/3638326/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
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{
    "id": 3638326,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638326/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-05T20:19:20-07:00",
    "show": 66376,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66376/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/f5484382-e1ce-421e-b1a9-f7327d94db1f/20709170514-500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/f5484382-e1ce-421e-b1a9-f7327d94db1f/20709170514-250.jpg",
    "song": "The Grunt",
    "track_id": null,
    "recording_id": "42b8bd4d-5dbe-4d73-ae30-c8dc0f035a0a",
    "artist": "The J.B.’s",
    "artist_ids": [
        "cb6a2948-7b9b-4a15-8c71-2b79cc76408e"
    ],
    "album": "Food for Thought",
    "release_id": null,
    "release_group_id": "2ec80ef6-5460-37ff-8745-e9bb942fa84a",
    "labels": [
        "People"
    ],
    "label_ids": [],
    "release_date": "1972-06-01",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "\"The Grunt\" is a funk instrumental originally recorded in 1970 by James Brown's band The J.B.'s, and included on the album Food for Thought. \nIt was released as a two-part single on King. It was one of only two instrumental singles recorded by the original J.B.'s lineup with Bootsy and Catfish Collins.\n\nSampled 268 times by artists like Salt-N-Pepa, Vanessa Williams, Soul II Soul, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, and more.",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}