how can I get a play count for songs on my iPhone Music app?

Thanks for reaching out tomttucker,

It sounds like you are looking for a way to view your play count for songs you've listened to in Apple Music. We can help.

While there isn't a feature to review the play count of each song, there is the Apple Music Replay feature, which does offer play counts of your top played music of the previous year. You can visit this article to check out more about How to get your Apple Music Replay.

If your interest is more to have the ability to view the play count of any song in real-time, and not just at year's end, you can also submit Feedback - Apple Music.

Hope that helps.

Take care.