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The Burn Spotify streams & play count

StarshipLove Among The Cannibals19894:26

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Spotify streams

2,125,177

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 4 Nov 2026, 03:21 UTC.

Popularity
44 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score

History

Play count history

One reading so far: 2,125,177 plays on 4 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
2,125,177First reading

Track details

Released
Track number
1
Duration
4:26
Explicit
No
Tempo
120.9 BPM
Language
English

Genres

  • AOR
  • Rock and Roll
  • Pop Rock
  • Rock
  • Classic Rock
  • Soft Rock
  • Synthpop
  • Hard Rock

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

Credits

Main Artist
Starship
Producer
Mike Shipley
Writer
Bernie Taupin, Martin Page

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For developers

Get The Burn's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=0kcGOJN60nTsquBAmlEfsQ&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 The Burn have on Spotify?

The Burn by Starship had 2,125,177 streams on Spotify as of 4 Nov 2026 (UTC). The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was The Burn released?

15 Aug 1989, on the album Love Among The Cannibals.

Who wrote and produced The Burn?

Producer: Mike Shipley. Writers: Bernie Taupin and Martin Page.

What genre is The Burn?

The API's track insights tag it AOR, Rock and Roll and Pop Rock, strongest first.

What is the tempo of The Burn?

120.9 BPM, from the API's track insights.