Track · Data as of
How Will I Know Spotify streams & play count
Spotify streams
165,676,005
Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 6 Nov 2026, 10:20 UTC.
- Last day
- +24,655
- since 5 Nov 2026
- Popularity
- 62 / 100
- Spotify's 0–100 score
History
Play count history
3 readings from 4 Nov 2026 to 6 Nov 2026: +50,000 plays over 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 165,676,005 | +24,655 | |
| 165,651,350 | +25,345 | |
| 165,626,005 | First reading |
Track details
- Single
- How Will I Know
- Released
- Track number
- 1
- Duration
- 3:33
- Explicit
- No
- ISRC
- USRC12102374
- Tempo
- 119 BPM
- Language
- English
Genres
- Dance Pop
- Dance
- Pop
- EDM
- Electropop
- Electronica
- Club
- Electronic
Moods
- Upbeat
- Energetic
- Pump Up
- Happy
Tempo, language, genres, moods and credits are the API's track insights, strongest first, read .
Credits
- Main Artist
- Whitney Houston, Clean Bandit
- Producer
- Jack Patterson, Narada Michael Walden
- Composer
- George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam, Narada Michael Walden
- Lyricist
- George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam, Narada Michael Walden
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For developers
Get How Will I Know's play count from the API
One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=79wbJeLkXOlJh4AzaWCWfL&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=79wbJeLkXOlJh4AzaWCWfL&include=playcount" \ |
| -H "x-rapidapi-key: $SPOTIFY_API_KEY" |
Frequently asked questions
How many streams does How Will I Know have on Spotify?
How Will I Know by Whitney Houston and Clean Bandit had 165,676,005 streams on Spotify as of 6 Nov 2026 (UTC), 24,655 more than at the reading a day earlier. The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.
When was How Will I Know released?
24 Sep 2021, on the single How Will I Know.
Who wrote and produced How Will I Know?
Producers: Jack Patterson and Narada Michael Walden. Composers: George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam and Narada Michael Walden. Lyricists: George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam and Narada Michael Walden.
What genre is How Will I Know?
The API's track insights tag it Dance Pop, Dance and Pop, strongest first.
What is the tempo of How Will I Know?
119 BPM, from the API's track insights.