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We're on the second to last day of the spring drive - hope you're ready to dance and donate!!\nhttp://kexp.org/donate\n--\nBernie Worrell was one of the earliest users of the Minimoog monophonic synth which you hear prominently featured on this track. Besides the repeating wordless vocal motif, the bassline is probably the most easily identifiable element of the tune. https://bit.ly/3kjS9jX", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628071, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628071/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T10:01:18-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711206.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-99512dd6-99fe-44f5-aaa5-38b79c8b0e47/mbid-99512dd6-99fe-44f5-aaa5-38b79c8b0e47-11928667218_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711206.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-99512dd6-99fe-44f5-aaa5-38b79c8b0e47/mbid-99512dd6-99fe-44f5-aaa5-38b79c8b0e47-11928667218_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Notorious", "track_id": "0d1feb27-46ad-4899-baec-57d0f5a4cb13", "recording_id": "e5eb3826-bca2-48f0-b2b8-ff1dc9b9392e", "artist": "Duran Duran", "artist_ids": [ "1a1cd7f3-e5df-4eca-bae2-2757c9e656b5" ], "album": "Notorious", "release_id": "99512dd6-99fe-44f5-aaa5-38b79c8b0e47", "release_group_id": "c59da6f6-779e-35ff-8828-7149f7bff411", "labels": [ "EMI" ], "label_ids": [ "c029628b-6633-439e-bcee-ed02e8a338f7" ], "release_date": "1986-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://kexp.org/donate/\n--\nOn this day in 1986, Duran Duran released 'Notorious.'\n\nThe music video is a classic. \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z0e1Wm64M\n\nDonnie Darko, anyone? \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=jacBGC7JxKo", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628069, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628069/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T09:50:08-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3628068, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628068/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T09:46:53-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721906.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c1a5382f-9a25-4747-84f1-d01fe6b959c1/mbid-c1a5382f-9a25-4747-84f1-d01fe6b959c1-26887556732_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721906.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-c1a5382f-9a25-4747-84f1-d01fe6b959c1/mbid-c1a5382f-9a25-4747-84f1-d01fe6b959c1-26887556732_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Always Something There to Remind Me", "track_id": "009ae805-5e3b-3630-ad6f-1ccc1faf910b", "recording_id": "0e9aecc8-49d5-4efc-95fc-a6365bd6d00a", "artist": "Naked Eyes", "artist_ids": [ "d5d477bc-97c5-410c-983b-ff541580566f" ], "album": "Burning Bridges", "release_id": "c1a5382f-9a25-4747-84f1-d01fe6b959c1", "release_group_id": "abac5c22-0720-3f7f-953b-12111c9604af", "labels": [ "EMI" ], "label_ids": [ "c029628b-6633-439e-bcee-ed02e8a338f7" ], "release_date": "1983-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "KEXP is always there to remind YOU that community MATTERS. Show your support today:\nhttps://kexp.org/donate/\n--\nHere's the official music video for Naked Eyes' version of this Burt Bacharach tune.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVrELhxOFnM", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628067, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628067/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T09:43:50-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/1d9261fd-5133-4ce0-98fc-cceea6eb38a4/12264197000-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/1d9261fd-5133-4ce0-98fc-cceea6eb38a4/12264197000-250.jpg", "song": "The Look of Love", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "991257e8-8bf2-4059-8cb9-0da6d5bdc598", "artist": "ABC", "artist_ids": [ "87199477-b0df-4ead-84ee-9b54b4abfc3d" ], "album": "The Look of Love", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "98a2de43-9352-41da-9e80-94ef26050e6c", "labels": [ "Mercury Records" ], "label_ids": [ "995428e7-81b6-41dd-bd38-5a7a0ece8ad6" ], "release_date": "1982-05-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://kexp.org/donate/\n\n ABC, led by the charismatic Martin Fry, was formed in Sheffield in the 1980’s . Wanting to fuse the world of disco funk with their own unique new romantic, post punk vision, ABC’s debut ‘The Lexicon Of Love’ went to #1 and sold over a million records", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628065, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628065/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T09:35:02-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3628064, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628064/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T09:32:23-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711307.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b588d412-dea0-442b-94bb-322d502e3841/mbid-b588d412-dea0-442b-94bb-322d502e3841-21593467504_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711307.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b588d412-dea0-442b-94bb-322d502e3841/mbid-b588d412-dea0-442b-94bb-322d502e3841-21593467504_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Send Me an Angel", "track_id": "4b43173a-adb4-4ab4-9c16-339f35b6d333", "recording_id": "e0cf7924-0f40-4510-89e8-dccc21302149", "artist": "Real Life", "artist_ids": [ "dd90dbb1-296a-4675-84ae-4e1c613ca69d" ], "album": "Heart Land", "release_id": "b588d412-dea0-442b-94bb-322d502e3841", "release_group_id": "79ec0a90-98bd-33b9-aba2-fa3cc828e41f", "labels": [ "Intercord" ], "label_ids": [ "7b75279e-b137-4f63-abcc-2e7b643de298" ], "release_date": "1983-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://kexp.org/donate/\n\nAustralian new wave band Real Life achieved international success with this single from their 1983 debut album, \"Heart Land.\" The song peaked in the US at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. \n\nCheck out the classic video...right now:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zjduETQLw", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628063, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628063/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T09:28:40-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711003.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-df07423a-2566-315f-bc4f-640c754bdd09/mbid-df07423a-2566-315f-bc4f-640c754bdd09-14856406127_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711003.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-df07423a-2566-315f-bc4f-640c754bdd09/mbid-df07423a-2566-315f-bc4f-640c754bdd09-14856406127_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Drive", "track_id": "3fcf51b2-acc6-3cd2-9cf9-32ad999e0811", "recording_id": "1bd3e09a-beba-4d76-bb92-2d9c4a21d70c", "artist": "The Cars", "artist_ids": [ "092b603f-eb4c-4958-b10e-02420de5885b" ], "album": "Heartbeat City", "release_id": "df07423a-2566-315f-bc4f-640c754bdd09", "release_group_id": "d8e2c87d-767c-3a9c-87eb-b344d1228021", "labels": [ "Elektra" ], "label_ids": [ "873f9f75-af68-4872-98e2-431058e4c9a9" ], "release_date": "1984-07-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://kexp.org/donate/\nD.A.R.E. to donate $15/month to KEEP KIDS ON RADIO!\n--\n \"Hearbreak City,\" The Cars' fifth album, was produced by Mutt Lange. “It took a long time to make that record, because that’s just how Mutt likes to work,” Elliott Easton says. “He was trying to get the technical perfection, but he was also trying to make it sound like you picked up the guitar and ripped it off in one take. He was going for the perfect take technically, but also to have spontaneity. They’re such contradictory things, so difficult to achieve, that it just takes time.” https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-cars-band-history-interview-2006", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628062, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628062/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T09:25:18-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/8451d447-cda3-3b38-91aa-25c8c3bde2ad/1527383777-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/8451d447-cda3-3b38-91aa-25c8c3bde2ad/1527383777-250.jpg", "song": "Like a Virgin", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "9436c9cc-c96d-4296-aa63-1fcea5e91fa3", "artist": "Madonna", "artist_ids": [ "79239441-bfd5-4981-a70c-55c3f15c1287" ], "album": "Like a Virgin", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "b6dce9d9-5dec-3a88-856b-1f9b7c241957", "labels": [ "Sire Records" ], "label_ids": [ "be0fec81-5c18-4494-8bbf-0d81dec006bf" ], "release_date": "1984-11-05", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://kexp.org/donate/\n\nMadonna selected Nile Rogers to produce \"Like A Virgin\" for his previous work on David Bowie's \"Let's Dance\". The title song became Madonna's first #1 in the Billboard Hot 100, and has sold over six million copies worldwide.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628061, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628061/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T09:17:20-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3628060, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628060/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T09:12:27-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/976e626c-a749-4961-8bd2-021d9b37a25f/11151841064-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/976e626c-a749-4961-8bd2-021d9b37a25f/11151841064-250.jpg", "song": "Don’t You Want Me", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "1bd1cc85-f73f-4fbf-8fb4-55e20f50e72d", "artist": "The Human League", "artist_ids": [ "7adaabfb-acfb-47bc-8c7c-59471c2f0db8" ], "album": "Don’t You Want Me", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "3daa5e36-793e-3af7-8a07-bc244a0a6157", "labels": [ "Virgin" ], "label_ids": [ "49b58bdb-3d74-40c6-956a-4c4b46115c9c" ], "release_date": "1981-11-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://kexp.org/donate/\n\nThe lyrics were inspired after the Human League lead singer Philip Oakey read a photo-story in a teen-girl's magazine. Though the song had been conceived and recorded in the studio as a male solo, Oakey was inspired by the 1976 film A Star Is Born and decided to turn the song into a conflicting duet with one of the band's two teenage female vocalists.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628058, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628058/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T09:08:00-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/d3ebfd9e-4e88-40dc-9847-c5fb8465c560/29078259603-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/d3ebfd9e-4e88-40dc-9847-c5fb8465c560/29078259603-250.jpg", "song": "Obsession", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "75dfac6b-b806-4de5-9553-cb9049a6de0b", "artist": "Animotion", "artist_ids": [ "80f0eccf-a8c4-4de7-bdab-1606777e223b" ], "album": "Obsession", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "3f848825-0d16-45e5-af37-9c2a63e84a02", "labels": [ "Mercury Records" ], "label_ids": [ "995428e7-81b6-41dd-bd38-5a7a0ece8ad6" ], "release_date": "1984-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://kexp.org/donate/\n\nIn 1983, co-writer Michael Des Barres, who was recovering from a heroin addiction, wanted to write a song about obsession that would appeal to a broad audience, and he decided to focus on romantic obsession instead of drug addiction. His producer Mike Chapman arranged for him to collaborate with Holly Knight, She would often practice or write riffs on the bass E-string of her guitar, which spawned the bass rhythm of \"Obsession\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628056, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628056/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T09:04:53-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710003.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-45f243b1-7bc7-44a3-b76f-1ef8e5a4d4c8/mbid-45f243b1-7bc7-44a3-b76f-1ef8e5a4d4c8-27636813580_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710003.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-45f243b1-7bc7-44a3-b76f-1ef8e5a4d4c8/mbid-45f243b1-7bc7-44a3-b76f-1ef8e5a4d4c8-27636813580_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Relax", "track_id": "2d85645b-bdaa-4e09-90d5-622b9665b799", "recording_id": "55cde9c5-1730-49b7-a3eb-f245a499eb21", "artist": "Frankie Goes to Hollywood", "artist_ids": [ "c09c8263-40ef-4352-8031-e438b1ce68fc" ], "album": "Welcome to the Pleasuredome", "release_id": "45f243b1-7bc7-44a3-b76f-1ef8e5a4d4c8", "release_group_id": "c734406b-3c8a-3214-98cc-dd553f82f813", "labels": [ "ZTT" ], "label_ids": [ "ed845c80-883e-4569-9d11-2f40117ab840" ], "release_date": "1984-10-29", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Support independent HUMAN-POWERED radio! https://kexp.org/donate/\n--\nOn January 13th in 1984, two days after BBC Radio 1 disc jockey Mike Read said he would not play Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s CLASSIC “Relax” because of the sexual nature of this AMAZING song, BBC Radio banned the single from its shows (although certain prominent night-time BBC shows – including those of Kid Jensen and John Peel – continued to play the record, as they saw fit. As almost always happens, the now-banned \"Relax\" hit the number-one spot on January 24th and stayed their for 5-weeks.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628055, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628055/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T08:56:30-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3628054, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628054/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T08:52:58-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia902807.us.archive.org/17/items/mbid-d695e4a1-7d63-4e7d-a3c1-84007c98c364/mbid-d695e4a1-7d63-4e7d-a3c1-84007c98c364-38886432738_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711203.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-d695e4a1-7d63-4e7d-a3c1-84007c98c364/mbid-d695e4a1-7d63-4e7d-a3c1-84007c98c364-38886432738_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Careless Whisper", "track_id": "592fc4f6-0968-3cac-b3ad-4ed2b59666b5", "recording_id": "56ef9602-e098-44d9-9bd7-8193713bb2ee", "artist": "Wham!", "artist_ids": [ "d570bb31-b9ca-45a4-a2d9-11b186d9c159" ], "album": "Make It Big", "release_id": "d695e4a1-7d63-4e7d-a3c1-84007c98c364", "release_group_id": "0e319e00-ac06-34ed-b4fa-f6d206d4a4e6", "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55" ], "release_date": "1984-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://kexp.org/donate/\n\nGeorge Michael claimed that he got more compliments on his writing of the sax solo at the beginning of the song than on anything else he had ever written. The saxophone part was played by Steve Gregory, a session player based in London. As verified by Chris Porter, who was the engineer on the session, 10 different sax players tried to do the solo before Gregory came up with the sound Michael was looking for.\n\nOne of the challenges was getting so many notes in one breath. This was accomplished when Porter slowed down the tape when he recorded Gregory's solo. When he played the tape back at normal speed, Michael approved it. The result is one of the most famous sax solos in popular music.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628052, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628052/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T08:48:32-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/89b11523-a634-47f6-956b-26bde0fc5901/15166658511-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/89b11523-a634-47f6-956b-26bde0fc5901/15166658511-250.jpg", "song": "Head Over Heels", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "aedd04c0-dc20-42a8-a86d-b15952380bdb", "artist": "Tears for Fears", "artist_ids": [ "7c7f9c94-dee8-4903-892b-6cf44652e2de" ], "album": "Head Over Heels", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "00623aeb-a9f1-400f-863b-f7631dcdc3f7", "labels": [ "Mercury Records" ], "label_ids": [ "995428e7-81b6-41dd-bd38-5a7a0ece8ad6" ], "release_date": "1985-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://kexp.org/donate/\n\n\"Something happens and I'm head over heels\nAh, don't take my heart, don't break my heart\nDon't, don't, don't throw it away\"\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsHiG-43Fzg", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628050, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628050/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T08:45:25-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710808.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-5b35c9a8-09df-4111-bb4a-d2785e1880fb/mbid-5b35c9a8-09df-4111-bb4a-d2785e1880fb-14215214675_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710808.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-5b35c9a8-09df-4111-bb4a-d2785e1880fb/mbid-5b35c9a8-09df-4111-bb4a-d2785e1880fb-14215214675_thumb250.jpg", "song": "The Promise", "track_id": "0a94b91c-0233-307f-8c91-8144e10caa30", "recording_id": "d9f96478-a818-4382-a777-b455877f30dc", "artist": "When in Rome", "artist_ids": [ "d3dcef08-31d2-45b4-8e12-e4c7ac0d26c8" ], "album": "When in Rome", "release_id": "5b35c9a8-09df-4111-bb4a-d2785e1880fb", "release_group_id": "28fa29fe-56a0-3dbe-9073-2f8a9c1ebf8a", "labels": [ "Virgin Records America, Inc." ], "label_ids": [ "1644d8bc-b558-447f-82eb-5d6829988156" ], "release_date": "1988-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://kexp.org/donate/\n\nWhen In Rome started out as a British new wave trio consisting of vocalists Clive Farrington and Andrew Mann, and keyboardist Michael Floreale. Farrington and Mann had been members of a locally popular band called Beau Leisure when they decided to strike out on their own. This song was from their debut LP in 1988 and was an instant hit, reaching #11 on the Billboard Top 100. However, it turned out to be their only major hit. Farrington and Mann went on to other things, but they continued to stay in touch and write together. This song was used in the 2004 hit movie Napoleon Dynamite at the end scene when Napoleon asks, \"Do you wanna play me?\" and also in the credit sequence. https://tinyurl.com/4dhwftta", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628049, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628049/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T08:36:05-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3628048, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628048/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T08:33:12-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/e87f6077-6085-3fb4-97bb-284ca3de6e51/1239286902-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/e87f6077-6085-3fb4-97bb-284ca3de6e51/1239286902-250.jpg", "song": "Let’s Dance", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "c7ffdbaf-cda4-41a6-a175-b289f3e8596a", "artist": "David Bowie", "artist_ids": [ "5441c29d-3602-4898-b1a1-b77fa23b8e50" ], "album": "Let’s Dance", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "75c2bddf-1799-3eda-b6b3-a0cf5189d8ed", "labels": [ "EMI America" ], "label_ids": [ "4881ac0f-1a15-4dd9-8b64-1c39a68edd33" ], "release_date": "1983-03-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Keep radio--and your dance parties--HUMAN-POWERED by donating today: https://kexp.org/donate/\n--\nThe song stands out from lead guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan's usual blues-rock territory. Producer Nile Rodgers said that he wishes there was cellphones back when they recorded \"Let's Dance\" so he \"could have captured the look on Stevie's face when he first heard the track.\" Rodgers added: \"He knew it was so important that the first thing he played was one single note - a Bb - to stay out of the way of the groove. He then ripped as he got more comfortable with the band and everyone in the room. We became lifelong friends and I produced The Vaughan Brothers and gave the eulogy at his funeral.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3628046, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628046/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-12T08:27:56-07:00", "show": 66159, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66159/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711201.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b20f9816-4c80-4966-8eaa-144b24a3e4bf/mbid-b20f9816-4c80-4966-8eaa-144b24a3e4bf-15325225142_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711201.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b20f9816-4c80-4966-8eaa-144b24a3e4bf/mbid-b20f9816-4c80-4966-8eaa-144b24a3e4bf-15325225142_thumb250.jpg", "song": "In Your Eyes", "track_id": "56a1b452-e859-3a50-b48f-bed4fe2d00b6", "recording_id": "19f2f0e9-0f3b-4847-a8cf-fcf156cd6e94", "artist": "Peter Gabriel", "artist_ids": [ "8e66ea2b-b57b-47d9-8df0-df4630aeb8e5" ], "album": "Say Anything", "release_id": "b20f9816-4c80-4966-8eaa-144b24a3e4bf", "release_group_id": "a2ca8032-c88c-3ad9-90c2-4dd3f29fd93e", "labels": [ "WTG Records" ], "label_ids": [ "ca73c671-267a-472f-87cd-34302075b0a0" ], "release_date": "1989-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "https://kexp.org/donate/\n\nWatch this extraordinary live performance of this song, featuring the late, great Congolese musician Papa Wemba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evN6DIGPIJM", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" } ] }
