Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3657464/?format=api
{ "id": 3657464, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3657464/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-05-21T01:42:39-07:00", "show": 66772, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66772/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/bea082e9-f79d-31d6-8497-f280defb6775/5678958512-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/bea082e9-f79d-31d6-8497-f280defb6775/5678958512-250.jpg", "song": "The Rockafeller Skank", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "4e5f16e7-330e-4459-aa30-71a7aabac392", "artist": "Fatboy Slim", "artist_ids": [ "34c63966-445c-4613-afe1-4f0e1e53ae9a" ], "album": "You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "435fe38e-404c-3887-8300-cc94420a121c", "labels": [ "Astralwerks" ], "label_ids": [ "60f3af98-d6ca-4995-a9b5-b93924e2405f" ], "release_date": "1998-10-12", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The \"Rockafeller\" in the title comes from the distorted vocal that repeats something like \"Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-rockafella-rockafella.\"\n\nThis may or may not be a Jay-Z sample, possibly from his 1997 song \"Who You Wit,\" where at the beginning he says, \"Roc-A-Fella, y'all,\" a reference to his record label, Roc-A-Fella Records. \n--\nFatboy Slim (Norman Cook) had to forfeit 100% of the royalties for \"The Rockafeller Skank\" due to extensive sampling. Dive deep, deep, deep into this song and its many samples.: https://www.musicology.blog/a-funk-soul-brother-the-undying-appeal-of-fatboy-slims-the-rockafeller-skank/ http://fatboyslim.net/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }