Wasteland, Baby! cover art

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Shrike Spotify streams & play count

HozierWasteland, Baby!20194:58

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Spotify streams

284,948,008

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 15 Nov 2026, 04:21 UTC.

Popularity
65 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score

History

Play count history

One reading so far: 284,948,008 plays on 15 Nov 2026. A reading is added each day the store refreshes, and the change per day is drawn from the second one on.

Play count history: each daily reading of the lifetime count, newest first, and its change from the reading before it.
Day (UTC)Lifetime playsChange
284,948,008First reading

Track details

Released
Track number
8
Duration
4:58
Explicit
No
Tempo
153.8 BPM
Language
English

Genres

  • Folk
  • Indie Folk
  • Easy Listening
  • Folk Pop
  • Singer-Songwriter
  • Folk Rock
  • Indie
  • Devotional

Moods

  • Cozy
  • Relaxing
  • Gentle
  • Slow
  • Calm
  • Soft
  • Mellow
  • Quiet
  • Chill
  • Soothing

Tempo, language, genres, moods and credits are the API's track insights, strongest first, read .

Credits

Main Artist
Hozier
Producer
Andrew Hozier-Byrne, Rob Kirwan
Composer
Andrew Hozier-Byrne
Lyricist
Andrew Hozier-Byrne

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Hozier's other tracks this site keeps a page for, most played first. Hozier's artist page

For developers

Get Shrike's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=083PU4XnYAOMAGVruma3vb&include=playcount. Read its reference.

For many tracks, GET /tracks takes up to 50 ids in one call.

No code: Spotify Play Count Scraper on Apify (opens in a new tab) exports play counts for a list of links to CSV or JSON. How play counts work.

Frequently asked questions

How many streams does Shrike have on Spotify?

Shrike by Hozier had 284,948,008 streams on Spotify as of 15 Nov 2026 (UTC). The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was Shrike released?

1 Mar 2019, on the album Wasteland, Baby!.

Who wrote and produced Shrike?

Producers: Andrew Hozier-Byrne and Rob Kirwan. Composer: Andrew Hozier-Byrne. Lyricist: Andrew Hozier-Byrne.

What genre is Shrike?

The API's track insights tag it Folk, Indie Folk and Easy Listening, strongest first.

What is the tempo of Shrike?

153.8 BPM, from the API's track insights.