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Helena Beat Spotify streams & play count

Foster The PeopleTorches20114:36

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Spotify streams

217,520,478

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 6 Nov 2026, 12:23 UTC.

Popularity
68 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score

History

Play count history

One reading so far: 217,520,478 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
217,520,478First reading

Track details

Album
Torches
Released
Track number
1
Duration
4:36
Explicit
No
Tempo
127 BPM
Language
English

Genres

  • Indie
  • Indie Pop
  • Indie Rock
  • Alternative Rock
  • Pop Rock
  • Alternative Pop
  • Electropop
  • Modern Rock
  • Synthpop

Moods

  • Upbeat
  • Happy

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

Credits

Producer
Greg Kurstin
Composer
Mark Foster
Lyricist
Mark Foster

For developers

Get Helena Beat's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=4VbDJMkAX3dWNBdn3KH6Wx&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 Helena Beat have on Spotify?

Helena Beat by Foster The People had 217,520,478 streams on Spotify as of 6 Nov 2026 (UTC). The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was Helena Beat released?

23 May 2011, on the album Torches.

Who wrote and produced Helena Beat?

Producer: Greg Kurstin. Composer: Mark Foster. Lyricist: Mark Foster.

What genre is Helena Beat?

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

What is the tempo of Helena Beat?

127 BPM, from the API's track insights.