Spotify streams
756,477,249
Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 1 Nov 2026, 17:40 UTC.
- Popularity
- 83 / 100
- Spotify's 0–100 score
- Charting today
- 3 markets
History
Play count history
One reading so far: 756,477,249 plays on 1 Nov 2026. A reading is added each day the store refreshes, and the change per day is drawn from the second one on.
| Day (UTC) | Lifetime plays | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 756,477,249 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| United States Top 200 | #63 | 430,383 |
| Canada Top 200 | #91 | 58,887 |
| United Kingdom Top 200 | #166 | 85,859 |
Track details
- Album
- Talking Heads '77
- Released
- Track number
- 10
- Duration
- 4:20
- Explicit
- No
- ISRC
- USWB19900858
- Tempo
- 123.4 BPM
- Language
- English
Genres
- New Wave
- Post-Punk
- Funk Rock
- Rock
- Classic Rock
- Pop Rock
- Rock and Roll
- Roots Rock
- Synthpop
Moods
- Spooky
Tempo, language, genres, moods and credits are the API's track insights, strongest first, read .
Credits
- Main Artist
- Talking Heads
- Producer
- Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Lance Quinn, Tina Weymouth, Tony Bongiovi
- Writer
- Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth
For developers
Get Psycho Killer's play count from the API
One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=7dSCxR4LqkmxoBrq9MzVSD&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=7dSCxR4LqkmxoBrq9MzVSD&include=playcount" \ |
| -H "x-rapidapi-key: $SPOTIFY_API_KEY" |
Frequently asked questions
How many streams does Psycho Killer have on Spotify?
Psycho Killer by Talking Heads had 756,477,249 streams on Spotify as of 1 Nov 2026 (UTC). The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.
When was Psycho Killer released?
16 Sep 1977, on the album Talking Heads '77.
Who wrote and produced Psycho Killer?
Producers: Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Lance Quinn, Tina Weymouth and Tony Bongiovi. Writers: Chris Frantz, David Byrne and Tina Weymouth.
What genre is Psycho Killer?
The API's track insights tag it New Wave, Post-Punk and Funk Rock, strongest first.
What is the tempo of Psycho Killer?
123.4 BPM, from the API's track insights.