Spotify streams
392,017,545
Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 6 Nov 2026, 06:20 UTC.
- Last day
- +186,915
- since 5 Nov 2026
- Popularity
- 76 / 100
- Spotify's 0–100 score
History
Play count history
4 readings from 3 Nov 2026 to 6 Nov 2026: +484,843 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 392,017,545 | +186,915 | |
| 391,830,630 | +151,586 | |
| 391,679,044 | +146,342 | |
| 391,532,702 | First reading |
Track details
- Album
- Purple Rain
- Released
- Track number
- 6
- Duration
- 5:54
- Explicit
- No
- ISRC
- USWB10001877
- Tempo
- 126.5 BPM
- Language
- English
Genres
- Funk Rock
- Funk
- Classic Rock
- Pop Rock
- Soul Funk
- Rock and Roll
- Rock
- New Wave
Tempo, language, genres, moods and credits are the API's track insights, strongest first, read .
Credits
More by Prince
Prince's other tracks this site keeps a page for, most played first. Prince's artist page
For developers
Get When Doves Cry's play count from the API
One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=6sby78fghipoXHQLeeZFFH&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=6sby78fghipoXHQLeeZFFH&include=playcount" \ |
| -H "x-rapidapi-key: $SPOTIFY_API_KEY" |
Frequently asked questions
How many streams does When Doves Cry have on Spotify?
When Doves Cry by Prince had 392,017,545 streams on Spotify as of 6 Nov 2026 (UTC), 186,915 more than at the reading a day earlier. The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.
When was When Doves Cry released?
25 Jun 1984, on the album Purple Rain.
Who wrote and produced When Doves Cry?
Producer: Prince. Arranger: Prince. Writer: Prince.
What genre is When Doves Cry?
The API's track insights tag it Funk Rock, Funk and Classic Rock, strongest first.
What is the tempo of When Doves Cry?
126.5 BPM, from the API's track insights.