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Use Somebody Spotify streams & play count

Kings of LeonOnly By The Night20083:50

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Spotify streams

1,380,596,999

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

Last day
+696,458
since 1 Nov 2026
Popularity
85 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score
Charting today
2 markets

History

Play count history

2 readings from 1 Nov 2026 to 2 Nov 2026: +696,458 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: +696,458 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
1,380,596,999+696,458
1,379,900,541First reading

Spotify Charts

On the charts today

2 positions across 2 markets, from each market's latest chart in the store. Streams are the chart's own count for its day.

ChartRankStreams that day
New Zealand Top 200#3913,154
Australia Top 200#8459,444

Track details

Released
Track number
4
Duration
3:50
Explicit
No
Tempo
137 BPM
Language
English

Genres

  • Modern Rock
  • Pop Rock
  • Alternative Rock
  • Rock
  • Indie Rock
  • Soft Rock
  • Garage Rock
  • Rock and Roll
  • Indie
  • Garage

Moods

  • Nostalgia
  • Angst

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

Credits

Main Artist
Kings of Leon
Producer
Jacquire King, Angelo Petraglia
Composer
Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill
Lyricist
Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill

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For developers

Get Use Somebody's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=5VGlqQANWDKJFl0MBG3sg2&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 Use Somebody have on Spotify?

Use Somebody by Kings of Leon had 1,380,596,999 streams on Spotify as of 2 Nov 2026 (UTC), 696,458 more than at the reading a day earlier. The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was Use Somebody released?

23 Sep 2008, on the album Only By The Night.

Who wrote and produced Use Somebody?

Producers: Jacquire King and Angelo Petraglia. Composers: Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill and Matthew Followill. Lyricists: Caleb Followill, Nathan Followill, Jared Followill and Matthew Followill.

What genre is Use Somebody?

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

What is the tempo of Use Somebody?

137 BPM, from the API's track insights.