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It's Been Awhile Spotify streams & play count

StaindBreak the Cycle20014:24Explicit

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Spotify streams

643,241,547

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 5 Nov 2026, 00:20 UTC.

Last day
+649,083
since 4 Nov 2026
Popularity
84 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score
Charting today
3 markets

History

Play count history

4 readings from 1 Nov 2026 to 5 Nov 2026: +2,310,152 plays over 4 days. Each bar is the difference between two readings a day apart; a gap is a day without such a pair.

2 Nov 2026: +584,670 plays3 Nov 2026: no reading4 Nov 2026: +1,076,399 plays since 2 Nov 2026, 2 days5 Nov 2026: +649,083 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
643,241,547+649,083
642,592,464+1,076,399 over 2 days
641,516,065+584,670
640,931,395First reading

Spotify Charts

On the charts today

3 positions across 3 markets, from each market's latest chart in the store. Streams are the chart's own count for its day.

ChartRankStreams that day
United States Top 200#88347,480
Canada Top 200#10151,940
New Zealand Top 200#1298,911

Track details

Released
Track number
4
Duration
4:24
Explicit
Yes
Tempo
116.5 BPM
Language
English

Genres

  • Rock
  • Garage
  • Alternative Rock
  • Nu Metal
  • Modern Rock
  • Alternative Metal
  • Rock and Roll
  • Garage Rock
  • Hard Rock
  • Grunge

Moods

  • Angst
  • Angry

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

Credits

Main Artist
Staind
Producer
Aaron Lewis, Jeff Gilmer, Johnny April, Jon Wysocki, Josh Abraham, Michael Mushok, Terry Date
Composer
Aaron Lewis, John April, Jonathan Wysocki, Michael Mushok
Writer
Aaron Lewis, Johnny April, Jon Wysocki, Mike Mushok

For developers

Get It's Been Awhile's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=25CMmGsl22APKhfuj4Tp7j&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 It's Been Awhile have on Spotify?

It's Been Awhile by Staind had 643,241,547 streams on Spotify as of 5 Nov 2026 (UTC), 649,083 more than at the reading a day earlier. The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was It's Been Awhile released?

20 Aug 2001, on the album Break the Cycle.

Who wrote and produced It's Been Awhile?

Producers: Aaron Lewis, Jeff Gilmer, Johnny April, Jon Wysocki, Josh Abraham, Michael Mushok and Terry Date. Composers: Aaron Lewis, John April, Jonathan Wysocki and Michael Mushok. Writers: Aaron Lewis, Johnny April, Jon Wysocki and Mike Mushok.

What genre is It's Been Awhile?

The API's track insights tag it Rock, Garage and Alternative Rock, strongest first.

What is the tempo of It's Been Awhile?

116.5 BPM, from the API's track insights.