{"id":3652063,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3652063/?format=json","airdate":"2026-05-08T08:11:54-07:00","show":66659,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66659/?format=json","image_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/ac452175-f734-4bd7-a857-29c31a7d9625/8371724008-500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/ac452175-f734-4bd7-a857-29c31a7d9625/8371724008-250.jpg","song":"Groove Is in the Heart","track_id":null,"recording_id":"9ff8e216-c47e-4645-81e5-a63113e27cff","artist":"Deee‐Lite","artist_ids":["83d401e8-3322-4491-98d3-ec3a567c5047"],"album":"Groove Is in the Heart / What Is Love?","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"bcbb7be1-0bd8-3b9a-9d40-eeab95d6e29d","labels":["Elektra"],"label_ids":["873f9f75-af68-4872-98e2-431058e4c9a9"],"release_date":"1990-01-01","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Hi John! My wife Jess turned 49 today, which calls for something to dance to.  I'm hoping you can play Groove is in the Heart by Deee-Lite.  That would be my succotash wish.\nThank you, Nick in Minnesota\n---\nHappy birthday, Jess< and happy dancing to you both!\n---\nDeee-Lite's ethos was to \"accentuate positivity,\" which they certainly did on this track. Frontwoman Lady Miss Kier, a spiritual predecessor to Lady Gaga, called it \"an alternative to the destruction that all people living on the planet are faced with: the environment, AIDS, social justice. It's important to make some positive music.\"","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}