Spotify streams
800,800,722
Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 4 Nov 2026, 17:20 UTC.
- Last day
- +810,068
- since 3 Nov 2026
- Popularity
- 86 / 100
- Spotify's 0–100 score
- Charting today
- 3 markets
History
Play count history
4 readings from 1 Nov 2026 to 4 Nov 2026: +2,565,535 plays over 3 days. Each bar is the difference between two readings a day apart; a gap is a day without such a pair.
| Day (UTC) | Lifetime plays | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 800,800,722 | +810,068 | |
| 799,990,654 | +773,012 | |
| 799,217,642 | +982,455 | |
| 798,235,187 | First reading |
Spotify Charts
On the charts today
3 positions across 3 markets, from each market's latest chart in the store. Streams are the chart's own count for its day.
| Chart | Rank | Streams that day |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland Top 200 | #130 | 8,084 |
| Germany Top 200 | #153 | 65,665 |
| Belgium Top 200 | #157 | 11,464 |
Track details
- Album
- The Age of Consent
- Released
- Track number
- 6
- Duration
- 5:02
- Explicit
- No
- ISRC
- GBAAP0200005
- Tempo
- 134.5 BPM
- Language
- English
Genres
- Synthpop
- New Wave
- Disco
- Pop Rock
- Electropop
- Synthwave
- Dance Pop
- Dance
- Pop
Moods
- Classy
- Energetic
- Nostalgia
Tempo, language, genres, moods and credits are the API's track insights, strongest first, read .
Credits
- Main Artist
- Bronski Beat
- Composer
- Bronski Beat, Jimmy Somerville, Larry Steinbachek, Lawrence Cole, Steve Bronski, Steven Bronski
- Writer
- Jimmy Somerville, Larry Steinbachek
More by Bronski Beat
Bronski Beat's other tracks this site keeps a page for, most played first. Bronski Beat's artist page
For developers
Get Smalltown Boy's play count from the API
One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=5vmRQ3zELMLUQPo2FLQ76x&include=playcount. Read its reference.
For many tracks, GET /tracks takes up to 50 ids in one call.
Get your own key
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.
| curl -X GET \ |
| "https://spotify-proxy.checkleaked.cc/spotify-data/tracks?ids=5vmRQ3zELMLUQPo2FLQ76x&include=playcount" \ |
| -H "x-rapidapi-key: $SPOTIFY_API_KEY" |
Frequently asked questions
How many streams does Smalltown Boy have on Spotify?
Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat had 800,800,722 streams on Spotify as of 4 Nov 2026 (UTC), 810,068 more than at the reading a day earlier. The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.
When was Smalltown Boy released?
15 Oct 1984, on the album The Age of Consent.
Who wrote and produced Smalltown Boy?
Composers: Bronski Beat, Jimmy Somerville, Larry Steinbachek, Lawrence Cole, Steve Bronski and Steven Bronski. Writers: Jimmy Somerville and Larry Steinbachek.
What genre is Smalltown Boy?
The API's track insights tag it Synthpop, New Wave and Disco, strongest first.
What is the tempo of Smalltown Boy?
134.5 BPM, from the API's track insights.