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The Way I Are Spotify streams & play count

Timbaland, Keri Hilson, D.O.E.Shock Value20072:59

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Spotify streams

1,635,945,042

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 2 Nov 2026, 11:20 UTC.

Last day
+1,120,927
since 1 Nov 2026
Popularity
88 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score
Charting today
13 markets

History

Play count history

2 readings from 1 Nov 2026 to 2 Nov 2026: +1,120,927 plays over 1 day. Each bar is the difference between two readings a day apart; a gap is a day without such a pair.

2 Nov 2026: +1,120,927 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
1,635,945,042+1,120,927
1,634,824,115First reading

Spotify Charts

On the charts today

13 positions across 13 markets, from each market's latest chart in the store. Streams are the chart's own count for its day.

ChartRankStreams that day
Germany Top 200#82108,478
Australia Top 200#11154,823
Austria Top 200#1179,580
Latvia Top 200#1471,636
United States Top 200#148347,044
Switzerland Top 200#1599,270
Canada Top 200#16452,117
Norway Top 200#16411,231
Estonia Top 200#1661,222
Lithuania Top 200#1702,229
New Zealand Top 200#1848,425
Denmark Top 200#18910,614
United Kingdom Top 200#18979,978

Track details

Released
Track number
4
Duration
2:59
Explicit
No
Tempo
114.9 BPM
Language
English

Genres

  • Pop Rap
  • Club
  • Dance Pop
  • Pop
  • Dance
  • Crunk
  • Hip Hop
  • R&B
  • Electropop

Moods

  • Upbeat
  • Energetic
  • Nostalgia
  • Pump Up
  • Fast

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

Credits

Main Artist
Timbaland
Featured Artist
Keri Hilson, D.O.E.
Producer
Timbaland
Composer
Tim Mosley, Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Keri Hilson, Candice Nelson, Balewa Muhammad, J. "D.O.E." Maultsby
Lyricist
Tim Mosley, Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Keri Hilson, Candice Nelson, Balewa Muhammad, J. "D.O.E." Maultsby

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For developers

Get The Way I Are's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=2bLqfJjuC5syrsgDsZfGmn&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 Way I Are have on Spotify?

The Way I Are by Timbaland, Keri Hilson and D.O.E. had 1,635,945,042 streams on Spotify as of 2 Nov 2026 (UTC), 1,120,927 more than at the reading a day earlier. The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was The Way I Are released?

1 Jan 2007, on the album Shock Value.

Who wrote and produced The Way I Are?

Producer: Timbaland. Composers: Tim Mosley, Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Keri Hilson, Candice Nelson, Balewa Muhammad and J. "D.O.E." Maultsby. Lyricists: Tim Mosley, Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Keri Hilson, Candice Nelson, Balewa Muhammad and J. "D.O.E." Maultsby.

What genre is The Way I Are?

The API's track insights tag it Pop Rap, Club and Dance Pop, strongest first.

What is the tempo of The Way I Are?

114.9 BPM, from the API's track insights.