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Like a Dog Chasing Cars Spotify streams & play count

Hans Zimmer, James Newton HowardThe Dark Knight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)20085:02

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Spotify streams

35,109,578

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 9 Nov 2026, 14:13 UTC.

Popularity
55 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score

History

Play count history

One reading so far: 35,109,578 plays on 9 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
35,109,578First reading

Track details

Released
Track number
8
Duration
5:02
Explicit
No
Tempo
103 BPM
Language
ZXX

Genres

  • Soundtrack
  • Orchestral

Moods

  • Epic
  • Dark
  • Motivation

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

Credits

Conductor
Bruce Fowler, Gavin Greenaway, Matt Dunkley
Orchestra
Kevin Kaska
Arranger
Henry Jackman

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For developers

Get Like a Dog Chasing Cars's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=3j9WvPrVhZuH8AmTeVakfR&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 Like a Dog Chasing Cars have on Spotify?

Like a Dog Chasing Cars by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard had 35,109,578 streams on Spotify as of 9 Nov 2026 (UTC). The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was Like a Dog Chasing Cars released?

14 Jul 2008, on the album The Dark Knight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

Who wrote and produced Like a Dog Chasing Cars?

Producers: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. Composers: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. Conductors: Bruce Fowler, Gavin Greenaway and Matt Dunkley. Orchestra: Kevin Kaska. Arranger: Henry Jackman.

What genre is Like a Dog Chasing Cars?

The API's track insights tag it Soundtrack and Orchestral, strongest first.

What is the tempo of Like a Dog Chasing Cars?

103 BPM, from the API's track insights.