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Chasing Cars Spotify streams & play count

Sleeping At LastCovers, Vol. 220164:02

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Spotify streams

172,058,931

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 6 Nov 2026, 12:25 UTC.

Popularity
60 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score

History

Play count history

One reading so far: 172,058,931 plays on 6 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
172,058,931First reading

Track details

Released
Track number
1
Duration
4:02
Explicit
No
Tempo
108.7 BPM
Language
English

Genres

  • Easy Listening
  • Lullaby
  • Emo

Moods

  • Sad
  • Slow
  • Melancholy
  • Emotional
  • Soft
  • Calm
  • Quiet
  • Tranquil
  • Mellow
  • Relaxing

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

Credits

Main Artist
Sleeping At Last
Composer
Tom Simpson, Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonathan Quinn, Paul Wilson
Lyricist
Tom Simpson, Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonathan Quinn, Paul Wilson

For developers

Get Chasing Cars's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=2d7LPtieXdIYzf7yHPooWd&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 Chasing Cars have on Spotify?

Chasing Cars by Sleeping At Last had 172,058,931 streams on Spotify as of 6 Nov 2026 (UTC). The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was Chasing Cars released?

4 Nov 2016, on the album Covers, Vol. 2.

Who wrote and produced Chasing Cars?

Producer: Sleeping At Last. Composers: Tom Simpson, Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonathan Quinn and Paul Wilson. Lyricists: Tom Simpson, Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonathan Quinn and Paul Wilson.

What genre is Chasing Cars?

The API's track insights tag it Easy Listening, Lullaby and Emo, strongest first.

What is the tempo of Chasing Cars?

108.7 BPM, from the API's track insights.