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This Is How a Heart Breaks Spotify streams & play count

Rob ThomasSomething to Be20053:50

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Spotify streams

24,259,544

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 8 Nov 2026, 10:42 UTC.

Popularity
53 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score

History

Play count history

One reading so far: 24,259,544 plays on 8 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
24,259,544First reading

Track details

Released
Track number
1
Duration
3:50
Explicit
No
Tempo
139.9 BPM
Language
English

Genres

  • Pop Rock
  • Alternative Rock
  • Modern Rock
  • Soft Rock
  • Rock
  • Pop

Moods

  • Nostalgia
  • Upbeat
  • Pump Up
  • Fast
  • Energetic

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

Credits

Main Artist
Rob Thomas
Writer
Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Henrik Jonbak, Pontus Winnberg, Rob Thomas

For developers

Get This Is How a Heart Breaks's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=3Voz5vnFfMu8nrVP6hIYte&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 This Is How a Heart Breaks have on Spotify?

This Is How a Heart Breaks by Rob Thomas had 24,259,544 streams on Spotify as of 8 Nov 2026 (UTC). The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was This Is How a Heart Breaks released?

5 Apr 2005, on the album Something to Be.

Who wrote and produced This Is How a Heart Breaks?

Writers: Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, Henrik Jonbak, Pontus Winnberg and Rob Thomas.

What genre is This Is How a Heart Breaks?

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

What is the tempo of This Is How a Heart Breaks?

139.9 BPM, from the API's track insights.