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GET /v2/plays/3639814/?format=api
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{
    "id": 3639814,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3639814/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-09T08:52:29-07:00",
    "show": 66406,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66406/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn710708.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-eda9c977-7cb5-435c-a856-97ad8e0e92b0/mbid-eda9c977-7cb5-435c-a856-97ad8e0e92b0-2634725748_thumb500.jpg",
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    "song": "When I Hear Music",
    "track_id": "846363cc-833b-3759-99ad-8459f33ea321",
    "recording_id": "2ce9c61c-b07d-4653-99b9-d58008d173db",
    "artist": "Debbie Deb",
    "artist_ids": [
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    ],
    "album": "Street Jams: Electric Funk, Part 2",
    "release_id": "eda9c977-7cb5-435c-a856-97ad8e0e92b0",
    "release_group_id": "e9dbd202-3e6d-3199-af16-e3496f4210f4",
    "labels": [
        "Rhino"
    ],
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    ],
    "release_date": "1992-02-18",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "This song has been sampled 30 times, including, most recently, by Kendrick Lamar in \"Squabble Up.\" \n--\nDebbie Deb: I grew up in North Miami Beach. It was very unaffected in the early ’80s. Things weren’t built up yet. I wore Playboy bunny necklaces and symbols everywhere – that was the big thing back in 1983. \nRead an oral history from Debbie Deb and producer \"Pretty\" Tony Butler about making this classic: https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/09/key-tracks-debbie-deb-when-i-hear-music",
    "location": 1,
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    "play_type": "trackplay"
}