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Sex on Fire Spotify streams & play count

Kings of LeonOnly By The Night20083:23

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Spotify streams

2,336,352,311

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 4 Nov 2026, 11:20 UTC.

Last day
+1,110,836
since 3 Nov 2026
Popularity
88 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score
Charting today
16 markets

History

Play count history

4 readings from 1 Nov 2026 to 4 Nov 2026: +3,260,942 plays over 3 days. Each bar is the difference between two readings a day apart; a gap is a day without such a pair.

2 Nov 2026: +1,184,189 plays3 Nov 2026: +965,917 plays4 Nov 2026: +1,110,836 plays
Play count history: each daily reading of the lifetime count, newest first, and its change from the reading before it.
Day (UTC)Lifetime playsChange
2,336,352,311+1,110,836
2,335,241,475+965,917
2,334,275,558+1,184,189
2,333,091,369First reading

Spotify Charts

On the charts today

16 positions across 16 markets, from each market's latest chart in the store. Streams are the chart's own count for its day.

ChartRankStreams that day
Global Top 200#2001,072,106
New Zealand Top 200#1816,680
Australia Top 200#2289,617
Latvia Top 200#431,970
Austria Top 200#569,599
United Kingdom Top 200#6598,295
Canada Top 200#6656,861
Ireland Top 200#8711,418
Germany Top 200#8978,236
Lithuania Top 200#1012,083
Sweden Top 200#12017,616
Belgium Top 200#13612,127
United States Top 200#138300,106
Norway Top 200#1779,321
Netherlands Top 200#17825,694
Switzerland Top 200#1847,434

Track details

Released
Track number
3
Duration
3:23
Explicit
No
Tempo
153 BPM
Language
English

Genres

  • Modern Rock
  • Rock
  • Pop Rock
  • Alternative Rock
  • Indie Rock
  • Garage Rock
  • Rock and Roll
  • Soft Rock
  • Indie
  • Garage

Moods

  • Happy

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

Credits

Main Artist
Kings of Leon
Producer
Angelo Petraglia, Jacquire King
Composer
Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill
Lyricist
Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill

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For developers

Get Sex on Fire's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=0ntQJM78wzOLVeCUAW7Y45&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 Sex on Fire have on Spotify?

Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon had 2,336,352,311 streams on Spotify as of 4 Nov 2026 (UTC), 1,110,836 more than at the reading a day earlier. The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was Sex on Fire released?

23 Sep 2008, on the album Only By The Night.

Who wrote and produced Sex on Fire?

Producers: Angelo Petraglia and Jacquire King. Composers: Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill and Matthew Followill. Lyricists: Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill and Matthew Followill.

What genre is Sex on Fire?

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

What is the tempo of Sex on Fire?

153 BPM, from the API's track insights.