What are your iTunes Top 25 most played songs?

Again, not really representative, because I delete albums from iTunes when I buy them on CD, so there have been things at the top of thise that have since disappeared.

hurrah!

1 Jaqueline - Frand Ferdinand
2 Tell Her Tonight - Frand Ferdinand
3 Take Me Out - Frand Ferdinand
4 The Dark of the Matinée - Frand Ferdinand
5 Auf Achse - Frand Ferdinand
6 Cheating On You - Frand Ferdinand
7 This Fire - Frand Ferdinand
8 Darts Of Pleasure - Frand Ferdinand
9 Michael - Frand Ferdinand
10 Come On Home - Frand Ferdinand
11 Can't Keep A Good Man Down - The Immortals
12 Bouncin' Back - Mystikal
13 Superthug - Noreaga
14 Got Your Money - ODB, R.I.P.
15 I Hear The Love Chimes - Syl Johnson
16 Trouble, Heartaches & Sadness - Ann Peebles
17 Let's Straighten It Out - O.V. Wright
18 You Ought To Be With Me - Al Green
19 Big Dance - Ward 21
20 Blood Stain - Ward 21
21 Everything She Wants - Wham!
22 City Girl - Kevin Shields
23 Silian Kaas - Gramsespektrum
24 New Jersey Deep - Black Science Orchestra
25 Vokuro - Björk

you'll know if she has anyway because she'll have opened every single application she can find and somehow have them all doing massively processor-intensive stuff, even though she was just checking her e-mail.

if you're really lucky, she'll have melted two of the keys with a cigarette end (no, honestly, this happened).

1 Pavement - Trigger Cut/Wounded Kite
2 The Beatles - For No One
3 Pavement - No Life Singed Her
4 Beck - Sexx laws
5 Pavement - Summer Babe (Winter Version)
6 Pavement - In the Mouth of a Desert
7 Beck - Pressure Zone
8 Pavement - Zurich Is Stained
9 Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
10 Pavement - Conduit for Sale
11 Turbonegro - Self-destructo Bust
12 Blackalicious - 4000 Miles
13 Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
14 Blackalicious - Green light
15 Pavement - Chesley's Little Wrists
16 Sonny Sharrock - Who Does She Hope to Be?
17 Blackalicious - Chemical Calisthenics
18 Blackailcious - It's Goin' Down
19 Blackalicious - Make You Feel That Way
20 Blackalicious - Sky Is Falling
21 Pavement - Loretta's Scars
22 Pavement - Perfume-V
23 Pavement - Fame Throwa
24 Pavement - Jackals, False Grails
25 Pavement - Our Singer

WKRP End Theme
Smells Like Booty --- freelance hellraiser
The Christian Life --- The Byrds
WKRP in Cincinnati Theme
Lovely Day --- Bill Withers
Love Is All Around --- Sonny Curtis
Party Time Atmosphere --- Cal Dring
By the Time I Get to Arizona (Whipped) --- Evolution Control Committee
Shakin' Sugar (Alone) --- Wilco
Editions of You --- Roxy Music
Magazine --- Wilco
Not for the season --- Wilco
She Brings the Rain --- Can
Bush Speech (Corrected) --- Evolution Control Committee
Daybreak --- Nilsson Son of Dracula
Super Mario Closer --- Nine Inch Nintendo
Jackie Blue --- Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Lets Go Down To The Town Oasis --- Papas Fritas
I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You --- The Alan Parsons Project
Freebird --- Cat Power
Feels So Good --- Chuck Mangione
Rebel Without a Pause (Whipped) --- Evolution Control Committee PM
Whole Lotta Royalty Payments --- Evolution Control Committee
You Were Wrong --- Loose Fur
Poodle Nighties --- Paul Harvey

I'm convinced that gremlins are logging onto this computer while I'm asleep at night and playing television theme songs all night long. There's no way that I've listened to that damn Super Mario Closer thing so much.

That Papas Fritas song tastes just like a gin and tonic, though, and has the same effect on me.

I like the Taxi and Hill Street Blues themes best.

(How many times has Pleasant Pains listened to "Smells Like Booty"?)

1. Stefani, Gwen ~ What You Waiting For (Jacques LuCont remix)
2. Dennis, Cathy ~ All Night Long
3. Bedingfield, Natasha ~ These Words
4. Go Home Productions ~ Shannon Stone
5. the Knife ~ Heartbeats
6. Corona ~ Rhythm of the Night
7. East Side Beat ~ Ride Like the Wind (Factory Edit)
8. Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz ~ Play No Games (ft. Trick Daddy, Fat Joe & Oobie)
9. Girls Aloud (the Show)
10. the Replacements ~ Answering Machine
11. Tati ~ Migrante
12. Clipse ~ Grindin'
13. Lyttle, Kevin ~ Turn Me On
14. Ms. Jade ~ Ching Ching flymix (ft. Timbaland & Nelly Furtado)
15. Omni Trio ~ Soul of Darkness
16. Robin S ~ Show Me Love
17. Scritti Politti ~ Absolute (version)
18. Sean Paul ~ Dem A Fraud
19. Smif-N-Wessun ~ Sound Bwoy Buriell
20. Sugababes ~ Hole in the Head
21. Wreckx n Effect ~ Rump Shaker
22. 50 Cent vs. NIN ~ Closer In Da Club
23. ABC ~ Iesha (7" version)
24. The B-52s ~ Give Me Back My Man
25. Braxe, Alan & Fred Falke ~ Rubicon (160kbps from radio)

Blue Orchid - White Stripes
The Onliest - Fiest
Demole Meu Barraco - Tati
Why Go - Faithless with Estelle
La Sirena - Feist
Just a Ride - Jem
Killer Tofu - The Beets
Where Th' Motherfucking Cheese At? - Ween
Down and Out - Cam'ron and Kanye West
Harlem Streets - Cam'ron
Ninipa - Olive Mtukudzi

pretty much accurate, though the Prefects show up because I was working on the CD and comparing versions of songs constantly. Seems weighted towards the early days of iTunes usage, when those were among the only things. Now that I have 15,000 songs I don't remember listening to the second Colin Blunstone album so much. I guess I did at some point. I guess this shows that despite the incredibly large and eclectic collection of music I listen to, I often return to the same faves.

24-38 tied at 10 plays each.

this feels, happily, pretty representative for once.

"Junglist Bandolero (Pinchers Vocal)" Jacky Murda & RCola
"All Day Long (Vocal)" Ruff Squad Vs Roll Deep
"Don't Wanna Run Up Inna Dat" Jah Murda Feat Bass Nacho
"Ca Va P.T." Pee Froiss
"Underground" Ruff Squad
"Exodus" Daara-J
"Woman Come Gi We It Feat Lionman (Pum Pum)" Jah Murda
"Junglist Outlaw (Terry Ganzie Vocal Version)" Jah Murda
"When Im Ere" Roll Deep
"Hey Ladies" T.O.K.
"Release (Victor Paul Remix)" 45 Thieves
"Zibi Zibi Zaba" Abass
"Baye" Brother B
"Borom Bi" Daara-J
"Naba Djalow" Dumba Kultur
"Xat Xol" FU EFX
"Wicked Babylon" Jacky Murda & RCola Feat The Original Tuffest
"Up In The Place" Jacky Murda & RCola Feat Zanadu
"Peco's Teng (General Pecos Vocal)" Jah Murda
"Ceux-la Saignent" La Censure
"Boss Playa" M.A.M.
"Xoyma (Wolof Version)" Positive Black Soul
"Gran'frere" Prezi
"Nous-memes, nous memes" Raaboon
"Soldaaru Mbeb" Rapadio

I'm In The Mood For Ska - Lord Tanamo
Flight - A Certain Ratio
The Town Halo A.C. Newman
Nefertiti France Gall
Deus É O Amor Gal Costa
Babylonian Tower Minimal Compact
The Garden Mirah
City lights Petula Clark
What Difference Does It Make? The Smiths
Sheep-Crook And Black Dog Steeleye Span
Shack Up A Certain Ratio
007, A Phantasy Bond Theme Barry Adamson
Slave Girl Chaino
Calice Chico Buarque
Thank You Mr. GB The Honeymoon Killers
Rodeo In Joliet The Jesus Lizard
Crabbuckit k-os
Take It Easy My Brother Charlie Kahimi Karie
Jesus Walks Kanye West
C-H-I-C-K-E-N Mississippi John Hurt
Devil got my woman Skip James
Everybody Needs Love Slim Smith
It Kills Stephen Malkmus
No Regrets Alan Dunn
I Insist Barbara Manning and the Go Luckys!
Breathing Bongos Chaino
Shab El Baroud Cheba Zahouania
Brand new day Dizzee Rascal
The Magic Garden Dusty Springfield
La Fille D'un Garçon France Gall
A Muey A Muey Kandisha, Aisha
Through The Wire Kanye West
Oklahoma U.S.A. The Kinks
Creve Salope Metal Urbain
Quem E Nara Leao Nara Leao
Been Smoking Too Long Nick Drake
If you haven't any hay get on down the road Skip James
Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths The Queen Is Dead
Bali Hai - Some Easy Listening Orchestra I Ripped from vinyl
Clang Boom Steam Tom Waits
Beatbox Cha Cha Ursula 1000
Bruiseology The Waitresses
Musiqawi Silt Wallias Band
Synopsis One: In The Ghetto 24-Carat Black
Because Of Money The 3rd Generation Band
Blown Away A Certain Ratio
The Battle For Straight Time A. C. Newman
A Love From Outer Space A.R. Kane
Mamma Mia Abba
Casanova 70 Air
La Vie En Rose Alan Dunn
King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown Augustus Pablo
Enter The Heretic Badawi
Ho-Ho The Birthday Party
Kathy's Kisses The Birthday Party
Who's In The Tomb? Black Uhuru
Blanche Neige Brigitte Fontaine
Eles Caetano Veloso
Lagoinha Carlinhos Brown
Oomingmak Cocteau Twins
Sittin Here Dizzee Rascal
Love Theme From Guns For San Sebastian - Ennio Morricone
Prole Art Threat The Fall
La Petite France Gall
Kije's Ouija The Free Design
Snoopy Versus The Red Baron The Hot Shots
Almost Medieval Human League
Watch me Jean Grae
Seasick The Jesus Lizard
A Place Called Africa Junior Byles
Dirty Water k-os
Let Us Get Rid Of The Bomb K.U.K.L
Jygach Ooz Komuz Kambarkan Folk Ensemble (Kyrgyzstan)Storskrytarstevet Knut Skodvin
Stay Chisel Feat. Nas Large Professor
Winged Rumour Look Blue Go Purple
Sunshowers M.I.A.
Sidetegnash Negn Mahmoud Ahmed
What if we do? Mia Doi Todd
San Vicente Milton Nascimento
Audio Mass Mixmaster Mike
I move around Nancy Sinatra
Straight To You Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Tupelo Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Northern Sky Nick Drake
Sunday Nick Drake
A Woman Like You Pentangle
Coffy Baby Roy Ayers
Skank Bloc Bologna Scritti Politti
The "Sweetest Girl" Scritti Politti
Could Well Be In The Streets
Drop Me Off In Harlem Sun Ra
Kom That's Why
The Glass Bead Game Thievery Corporation
Cherry Blossom Girl Air
Chez Les Aborigenes Aksak Maboul

Only about ten of these would I count as "favorites".

1. Nas - NY State Of Mind
2. Angels Of Light - Lena's Song
3. Crime Mob - Knuck If You Buck
4. The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
5. Bob Drake - The Flopper
6. Nas - Life's A Bitch
7. Nas - The World Is Yours
8. Wolf Eyes - Stabbed In The Face
9. The Beatles - Her Majesty
10. Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
11. Bob Drake - Puppy
12. Boredoms - Super Going
13. Fennesz - Rivers Of Sand
14. Wolf Eyes - Village Oblivia
15. Animal Collective - Winter's Love
16. Big L - Put It On
17. Boards Of Canada - Ready Let's Go
18. The Stooges - Search And Destroy
19. Mike Jones - Still Tippin
20. Angels Of Light - The Kid Is Already Breaking
21. Bob Drake - They Told Him Not To Plow That Certain Field
22. Bob Drake - Another Abandoned Farmhouse
23. Dizzee Rascal - Stand Up Tall
24. Ghostface Killah - Nutmeg
25. Keith Fullerton Whitman - Track3a (2waynice)

Once again, weird and not what I expected and sort of unrepresentative of my tastes.

A preponderance of short tracks, The Tony Hancock's are 10 second or so clips. I don't listen to itunes much and tend to skip to the next track before the song finishes and registers to the played count.

uh, been a weird couple months. also, the list would be very different had i not gotten a new comp at the end of october 06.

UH. I'm really not sure what to make of this. Nobody reads this thread anyway, right?

these are mostly songs i "auditioned" for mix CD's last year, which would explain their inclusion...

1. "Rev. Al Gets The Feeling," Al Green
2. "Tragic Story," Southerners
3. "You Ain't Going Nowhere," Byrds
4. "These Windows," Village Sound
5. "We Got A Thing Going On," Ben E. King & Dee Dee Sharp
6. "Trying To Reach My Goal," Roy Head
7. "The Last Mile Of The Way," Soul Stirrers
8. "What About Us," Coasters
9. "Tossin' & Turnin'," Bobby Lewis
10. "Wait A Minute," Coasters
11. "We Can't Make It No More," Don Covay
12. "What's Made Milwaukee Famous," Jerry Lee Lewis
13. "When You're Hot, You're Hot," Jerry Reed
14. "Things Won't Be The Same," Mill Evans
15. "Walk Upon The Water," Move
16. "Walking After Midnight," Patsy Cline
17. "Treat Her Right," Roy Head
18. "The Weight," the Band
19. "Touch Me," Big Al Downing
20. "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself," Chuck Jackson
21. "Along Came Jones," Coasters
22. "To The Other Woman," Doris Duke
23. "The Things I Used To Do," Guitar Slim
24. "What Is Truth," Johnny Cash
25. "The Tracks Of My Tears," Johnny Rivers

Track one is the beginning of the CD reissue version of Al Green's "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (from the GREEN IS BLUES elpee). It's basically Al babbling in the studio - something like "WE GOT THE FEELING!" - when somebody sez, "shut up, Al Green!" A short snippet of "I.W.T.H.Y.H." follows. I forget where I got this from, exactly - I downloaded it from a Yousendit file. I may have gotten it from ILM, I forget.

Joanna Newsom - Emily
Annie - Chewing Gum (My son looovvees this song and makes me play it all the time)
Joanna Newsom - Monkey & Bear
Joanna Newsom - Sawdust & Diamonds
Hot Chip - Colours (DFA remix)
Joanna Newsom - Cosmia
Alain Goraguer - Ten Es Assome
The Knife - Silent Shout
Alain Goraguer - Generique
Hans-Joachim Roedelius - Sonnegeflecht
Captain Beefheart - Space-Age Couple
Alain Goraguer - Ten et Tiwa
Feist - Mushaboom (The Mungo Jerry of the 21st Century!!!!)
Ariel Pink - Cable Access Follies
Alain Goraguer - Course de Ten
The Knife - Marble House
The Fall - How I Wrote Elastic Man
The Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage (Animation 5)
Can - Transcendental Express
Sigur Ros - Med Blodnasir
The Focus Group - Underwater Pries
Alain Goraguer - Mira et Ten
Bo Hansson - Homeward Bound & The Scouring of the Shire
Hot Chip - Boys From School
Kate Bush - King of the Mountain

This list is a little misleading because all the songs from The Fall to the end of the list were tied with about 30 other tracks with 4 plays a piece. I just picked the first ones that showed up on the list.

In Yer Face - 808 State
E-Vapor 8 by Altern 8
Ain't No Other Man Aguilera, Christina
Gravity's Rainbow (Van She Remix) - Klaxons
Knock 'Em Out - Lily Allen
totp70s (sample of the Top of the Pops theme)
Song 2 on Accordion - Martin White
Kelly - Van She
Juliet - Avalon (Thin White Duke Radio Edit)
Bargain Hunters - DJ Yoda
We Are Your Friends (Radio Edit) - Justice Vs Simian
Ela só pensa em beijar - MC Leozinho
Something For The Girl With Everything - Sparks
Episode 1. Guest: The Cuban Brothers and Barry Peters - Sunday Best/Rob da Bank
Eric Cartman in the 25th century
Crazy (Heatwave remix & DJ Z-Trip boot) - Gnarls Barkley
Control Myself - LL Cool J
Since U Been Gone (Rex the Dog Mix) -Kelly Clarkson vs Depeche Mode
Altern 8 - Active 8 (Come With Me) (Holocaust Mix)
When You Wasn't Famous - Bromheads Jacket
The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme - Colourbox
Money - Girls Aloud
Scared Of Girls - Komatrohn
LDN - Lily Allen
Rent - Liza Minnelli

basically, not hugely reflective of my favourite artists and what have you, but nonetheless an indication of some songs i grew infatuated with at some point.

Brittle - Monos - 6
Prime Time Of Your Life (Para One remix) - Daft Punk - 5
I'm a Man - Macho - 5
Deviant Behaviour (Instrumental Mix) - Mike Dearborn - 5
Keep Me Hangin On (Original Extended) - Sinema - 5
Welt In Scherben III B1 - Welt in Scherben - 5
The Ace of Spades - 2 AM/FM - 4

As for the reason it's not all up-to-date and flashy-shiny, well, there are two reasons. Firstly, my initiation into modern music happened in the 90's, and I'm bound to retain a lot from then, and secondly, I've favoured buying music from the recent past over that of the present, because a) it's easier in retrospect to judge what's classic than in the heat of the moment, b) I can always buy stuff that comes out now, but you gotta grab the older shit before it disappears a) out of my consciousness and b) off the shelves, and c) (this c) refers to the original a)-b) sequence) I reckon we're going through a bit of a lull at the moment, a lull which has coincided with the lack of any release by Radiohead or Blur. Just joking, kids. But seriously, 2006 was a pretty shit year!

Plus, the songs up there are just bona fide classics regardless of generation. What a silly point to make, meltingglaciers!

2006 Alone, Jealous And Stoned 6:46 The Secret Machines Ten Silver Drops 55
2001 Won't Get To Heaven (The State I'm In) 10:33 Spiritualized Let It Come Down 55
1992 Daddy's Speeding 5:21 Suede Dog Man Star 54
2002 I Am Trying To Break Your Heart 6:58 Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 50
2005 Everybody Wants 6:55 The Electric Soft Parade The Human Body EP 42
1998 Free Mars 5:58 Lusk Free Mars 41
2005 Zoom! 6:53 Super Furry Animals Love Kraft 41
1998 Cancer 9:31 Mansun Six 40
2000 Accelerator 3:41 Primal Scream Xtrmntr 40
1992 She's A Superstar 5:04 The Verve This Is Music (The Singles 92-98) 40
2002 Poor Places 5:18 Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 40
1985 What In The World??... 5:01 The Dukes Of Stratosphear Chips From The Chocolate Fireball 39
1980 ...And The Fighting Takes Over 3:54 The Teardrop Explodes Wilder 39
1980 The Great Dominions 4:34 The Teardrop Explodes Wilder 39
1999 Aire & Calder 6:36 Ultrasound Everything Picture (Disc 2) 39
2003 Ribcage 6:27 Elbow Cast Of Thousands 38
1982 Land Of Fear 5:10 Julian Cope Fried 38
2005 The Lost You 4:43 Hood Best Of Cold House & Outside Closer 37
1991 Frittering 8:48 Mercury Rev Yerself Is Steam 37
2003 The American Adventure 6:59 The Electric Soft Parade The American Adventure 36
1995 Blue skied an’ clear 6:54 Slowdive Pygmalion 36
1999 It's Not Too Beautiful 8:29 The Beta Band The Beta Band 35
2002 Nietzche 5:40 The Dandy Warhols Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia 34
2005 Don't Want Me Anymore 6:44 Foetus Love 34
1999 Pink Cigarette 4:56 Mr. Bungle California 34

A little distorted by putting iTunes on full-auto shuffle for Last.fm to scrobble away (I don't think I know Notwist's "Gloomy Planets"), but not off base:

1, Only Life of Fun – Moving Targets
2, Fumble – Moving Targets
3, Let's Be Moderne – Sunday Painters
4, Good Lies – The Notwist
5, Fun To Be Happy – Wake Ooloo
6, Holland, 1945 – Neutral Milk Hotel
7, Gloomy Planets – The Notwist
8, Angela – Y Trwynau Coch
9, Leaving The Light On – Blank Dogs
10, Flesh – Sunday Painters
11, Car Crash – Sunday Painters
12, Another Pretty Face – Another Pretty Face
13, The Devil, You & Me – The Notwist
14, Boneless – The Notwist
15, Venus (Bathed in Misogyny) – Sunday Painters
16, Pot o' Gold – Yo
17, Dead Cop – Area 51
18, King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. One – Neutral Milk Hotel
19, Inmate in Images – Nocturnal Projections
20, That's Us/Wild Combination – Russell, Arthur
21, Planets – Blank Dogs
22, Harlan County – Ford, Jim
23, (A) Political Song – Michael Psycho
24, Hands on Us – The Notwist
25, Paths of Glory – Sunday Painters

1. Jurgen Paape, "So Weit Wie Noch Nie"
2. Annie, "Heartbeat"
3. Jon Brion, "Phone Call"
4. Sonic Youth, "Incinerate"
5. Kelley Polar, "Here in the Night"
6. Britney Spears, "Toxic"
7. Justin Timberlake, "Rock Your Body"
8. Robyn, "Be Mine!"
9. Death Cab for Cutie, "Title and Registration"
10. Final Fantasy, "This Lamb Sells Condos"
11. Kelley Polar, "My Beauty in the Moon"
12. Lindsay Lohan, "First"
13. Sam Prekop, "Dot Eye"
14. Joni Mitchell, "Help Me"
15. Sam Prekop, "Something"
16. Amerie, "Take Control"
17. Broken Social Scene, "7/4 Shoreline"
18. Hot Chip, "Boy from School"
19. Out Hud, "How Long"
20. The Whitest Boy Alive, "Burning"
21. Junior Boys, "Birthday"
22. Gwen Stefani, "Hollaback Girl"
23. Kelly Clarkson, "Since U Been Gone"
24. The MFA, "The Difference It Makes (Superpitcher Mix)"
25. Grizzly Bear, "Colorado"

my top 25 is so repetitive and homogenous that i don't wanna type up the whole thing, because i don't listen to a lot of stuff over and over and what i do is usually a certain kind of high energy pop/rock. so my top 25 is 5 Ted Leo songs, 5 Say Anything songs, 5 Steely Dan songs, 2 Sloan songs, 2 Spymob songs, and 1 each by Ruth Ruth, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Karmella's Game, Peter Gabriel and Massive Attack (last two mainly being on account of my wife playing them a lot).

In the City - Chromatics
Gronlandic Edit - Of Montreal
In Cold Blood - Scarface
hey ma - Cam'ron
Window Bird - Stars
66 - The Afghan Whigs
Ride Wit Us - The Clipse
The Art Of Storytellin' Part 4 (Feat. Outkast And Marsha Ambrosius) - DJ Drama
Ready For The Floor - Hot Chip
What More Can I Say - Jay-Z
bump bump bump (freestyle) - Jay-Z
in my lifetime (rmx) - Jay-Z
Saturday - Ludacris
It's the beat (the teenagers remix) - Simian Mobile Disco
Slow Jamz Ft Kanye West and Ja - Twista
Gravel Pit - Wu-Tang Clan
No Excuses - Air France
Number One Stunna - Big Tymers
The Second Line - Clinic
Hate It Or Love It (Feat. 50 Cent) (Produced By Cool & Dre) - The Game
Verbal Intercourse - Raekwon
Love - The Twilight Singers
Running Up That Hill - Chromatics
20 Dollar - M.I.A.

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I really want to hear these as playlists. There's a really nice, uncontrived eclecticism to them.

so many excuses to justify the results! relax, folks

man just looking at my most-played is painful because six out of the top ten are from times in my life when I was listening to one song on repeat to try to keep myself from sinking into crushing hopelessness & despair & when I sort by most-played I'm like "oh yeah I remember that day, I wanted to die so bad"

from last.fm; yes these show what a romantic sap I am; could use itunes top 25 but it's pretty much all Taylor Swift

1 Kanye West – Paranoid
2 Feist – Mushaboom (Postal Service Remix)
3 Rihanna – Umbrella (Ft. Jay Z)
4 Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me
5 Battles – Leyendecker
6 R. Kelly – I Believe I Can Fly
7 Taylor Swift – Tim McGraw
8 Roxy Music – More Than This
9 Tennis Hero – Alone (feat. Chelonis R. Jones)
9 Kanye West – Street Lights
9 Afghan Whigs – Miles Iz Ded
12 Cassie – Is It You?
12 Ne-Yo – Because Of You (Remix) ft. Kanye West
12 Miranda Lambert – Famous in a Small Town
12 Nelly Furtado – Say It Right
16 Kanye West – Stronger
16 Sally Shapiro – I'll Be By Your Side
16 Robin Thicke – Shooter (feat. Lil Wayne)
16 Fleetwood Mac – What Makes You Think You're the One
16 Kleerup – With Every Heartbeat (ft. Robyn)
16 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
16 Lloyd – Get It Shawty (Feat. Yung Joc)
23 The Clientele – Here Comes the Phantom

but then tied for 24 there is
24 Midlake – Roscoe
24 Miranda Lambert – Gunpowder & Lead
24 The V-Roys – Testify
24 Billy Bragg – A New England
24 New Order – Regret
24 Taylor Swift – Love Story
24 The Motors – Dancing The Night Away
24 .38 Special – If I'd Been the One

@Turangalila - sorry I meant Children's Corner not quartet. I'm aware that there is a SQ and solo piano version though. Thank you for your suggestions anyway!

then this, David:

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=192502

my top 6 tracks are all of white light/white heat from when i left my ipod playing it on repeat in my bag for a couple days.

I really want to hear these as playlists. There's a really nice, uncontrived eclecticism to them.

I know! I kinda want to put mine together as a mix CD for someone. I probably wouldn't have ever consciously come up with that particular mix, but I think it'd work well.

The song I've played the beginning of the most times is A-Ha's The Sun Always Shines on TV because EVERY FUCKING TIME I place my iPod in my stereo/dock without first selecting a tune it plays the first tune alphabetically. I now hate the opening notes of that song so much.

Yeah, a-ha's "The Swing of Things" starts playing sometimes when I first turn my iPod on. Used to be !!! before an iPod software update pushed all numbers and non-alphabetical characters to the bottom.

1. Lo & Behold – Coulson, Dean, McGuinness & Flint
2. Mississippi – Bob Dylan
3. Whip It – Devo
4. Breaking the Law – Judas Priest
5. Maybe Baby – Buddy Holly
6. Just A Chance – Badfinger
7. Duke Of Earl – Gene Chandler
8. Splish Splash – Bobby Darin
9. I’ll Cry Instead – The Beatles
10. Pink Moon – Nick Drake
11. Hello, Goodbye – The Beatles
12. Forever and Always – Taylor Swift
13. Green Tambourine – The Lemon Pipers
14. Me and the Major – Belle and Sebastian
15. I Live For Buzz – The Swingin’ Neckbreakers
16. My Girl Maryanne – The Spongetones
17. Take Me Down (To Halloo) – The Loud Family
18. Seeing Other People – Belle and Sebastian
19. Shine A Light – Apples In Stereo
20. Some Misunderstanding – Gene Clark
21. Up On Cripple Creek – The Band
22. Summer Days – Bob Dylan
23. Kids – MGMT
24. Suffer For Fashion – Of Montreal
25. The Fixer – Pearl Jam

Yeah, it was !!! for me too but the opening notes of Me and Giuliani weren't half as annoying as a-ha. I need a track with a nondescript intro.

Belle and Sebastian – Expectations
Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
The Magnetic Fields – The Saddest Story Ever Told
Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor full track
Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Animal Collective – My Girls
Van Morrison – Madame George
Belle and Sebastian – Lazy Line Painter Jane
The Clientele – Saturday
Stars – Elevator Love Letter
Saturday Looks Good to Me – Ambulance
Hefner – Painting and Kissing
Camera Obscura – Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken
The Magnetic Fields – The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing
The La's – There She Goes
Elton John – Tiny Dancer
Squeeze – Vanity Fair
Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
Pixies – Velouria
Donovan – Turquoise
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
R. Kelly – R.Kelly-Ignition (Remix)
Jens Lekman – Black Cab
The Boo Radleys – The White Noise Revisited
The Magnetic Fields – The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side

Seems from looking at my playcounts that iTunes is including plays on my Nano as well as on the computer proper. Anybody know whether it works that way? Whether the device playcounts are transferred back to the main library's info?

man just looking at my most-played is painful because six out of the top ten are from times in my life when I was listening to one song on repeat to try to keep myself from sinking into crushing hopelessness & despair & when I sort by most-played I'm like "oh yeah I remember that day, I wanted to die so bad"

― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.)

Show your cards, J0hn...

Seems from looking at my playcounts that iTunes is including plays on my Nano as well as on the computer proper. Anybody know whether it works that way? Whether the device playcounts are transferred back to the main library's info?

Yes.

haven't looked at this for a while!

1. Daler Mehndi - Tunak Tunak Tun (48)
2. Kraftwerk - Neon Lights (46)
3. Rip Slyme - Funkastic (46)
4. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Gradated Gray (46)
5. Denki Groove - Shonen Young (single edit) (45)
6. P-Model - Personal Pulse (45)
7. Soul Coughing - Soundtrack to Mary (45)
8. They Might Be Giants - Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head (45)
9. Datarock - I Used to Dance With My Daddy (44)
10. Devo - Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy (44)
11. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (44)
12. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Cue (44)
13. Devo - Race of Doom (43)
14. Happy Mondays - Step On (43)
15. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul (43)
16. Underworld - Jumbo (43)
17. Underworld - Cowgirl (43)
18. Brian Eno - Everything Merges With the Night (42)
19. Faust - No Harm (42)
20. Neu! - Isi (42)
21. Rip Slyme - Blue Bebop (42)
22. XTC - Mayor of Simpleton (42)
23. Aqua - Doctor Jones (41)
24. Brian Eno - Kurt's Rejoinder (41)
25. Can - Oh Yeah (41)

kinda shocked at some of these. haven't listened to Eno in a good while, and I definitely don't recall blasting "Doctor Jones" so much. but hell yeah, that tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33SjUj4J5BU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I think a glitch in syncing and iTunes Match is inflating a lot of these numbers, but this is a pretty accurate representation of songs I never skip when they come up.

01. Jamiroquai, White Knuckle Ride [Alan Braxe Remix Radio Edit] -- 1982 plays
02. Madvillain, Accordian -- 1928
03. Pascal Rogé, Gaspard De La Nuit: Le Gibet -- 1801
04. Underworld, Juanita : Kiteless : To Dream of Love -- 1715
05. Phil Moore, My New York Sweet -- 1023
06. Ken Nordine, 7 + 1 [Excerpt] -- 929
07. Soul II Soul, Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) -- 929
08. Ginuwine, Pony [Screwed] -- 910
09. Crydajam, If You Give Me The Love I Want -- 857
10. Josh Wink, Hard Hit -- 854
11. Peggy Lee , Is That All There Is? -- 819
12. Universal Robot Band, Barely Breaking Even -- 819
13. Stevie Wonder, Golden Lady -- 800
14. Theo Parrish, Solitary Flight -- 780
15. Janet Jackson, If [Adult 7" Radio] -- 769
16. Flying Lotus, Do the Astral Plane -- 739
17. Linda Clifford, You Are, You Are -- 673
18. Fallout Shelter Presents Dihann Moore, What Do You Want? [Deep Burning Dub] -- 661
19. Eddie Kendricks, Goin' Up In Smoke -- 655
20. Pascal Rogé, Miroirs: La Vallée Des Cloches -- 643
21. SoHo, Hot Music [Jazz Mix] -- 633
22. Secret Ingredients, Chicago Chicago -- 616
23. Michael Gordon, Light is Calling -- 599
24. Stevie Wonder, Summer Soft -- 542
25. Erykah Badu, Love -- 525

new computer with only 26 songs in it!

DR0000_0069.mp3 4:49 TASCAM DR-05 5
DR0000_0069.mp3 19:29 TASCAM DR-05 4
DR0000_0069.mp3 4:49 TASCAM DR-05 4
Slow Life Podcast Series 002 17:30 Mayto 3
DR0000_0069.mp3 4:22 TASCAM DR-05 2
Pluie/Noir Podcast 046 - "Elevator Trip to the Engine Room of Manakoora Island" 1:00:03 James Dean Brown & Christian Schroeder Mixed + Recorded on Radio X / Elektropensturm #24 (Electropical Storm), 01.09.05 Elektropensturm 1
lazy8dwnaffpiano 5:39 1
Voigtmann Boiler Room DJ Set 1:20:01 1
As She Left 6:13 Atom Heart Milagro - EP Electronic
chubby Estimulo 1:01:04 Estimulo
A Generous Dose of Deep 1:48:37 Placid
Morning Mist 5:54 PSYCHOGEM New Balance Electronic
Devastating 8:04 R-Fresh Feel It Dance
#413: Georgia Rambler 58:15 This American Life #413: Georgia Rambler Spoken Word
Rhadoo Live at Sunwaves Festi 1:22:16 val 12 (Romania)
DR0000_0021.mp3 1:30:10 TASCAM DR-05
DR0000_0069.mp3 16:17 TASCAM DR-05
DBglass 5:17
exos_missy 2:00:00
Exospodphon 1:28:55
moogtech2 5:14
rhadoo 5:56
technique mix_20140527 1:00:16
EstimuloShow_2014-06-08_Estimulo_128 - hearthis.at 5:37:17 Other
EstimuloShow_2014-07-20_Mike_Bishop - hearthis.at 5:45:58 Other

1. Я каждый день бухаю - Чика из Перми
2. Moya Religiya - Чика из Перми
3. Rolli - Чика из Перми
4. Brando - Чика из Перми
5. Персона VIP - Dress Code
6. Vuce lopove - Goga Sekulic feat. Jasmin Jusic
7. Ни К Чему - Тина Кароль
8. Il fait tout gris (Reprise) - The Konki Duet
9. Slice me nice - Fancy
10. My Hair Looks Fierce - Amanda Lepore
11. Любити-платити - XS
12. Be my valentine - Svetlana Loboda
13. Zodiak - Monopol
14. W pieciu smakach - Monika Brodka
15. we did this - Armia
16. Zhanna Friske - Zhanna Friske
17. Visez - Activ
18. Nobody Knows - Valentine
19. Он тебя целует - Руки Вверх
20. Хипстер - Чика из Перми
21. Granda - Monika Brodka
22. Black Sheep - Album Version - Valentine
23. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
24. Деревья - Винтаж
25. K.O. - Monika Brodka

Even more vmic than i had imagined.

I think a glitch in syncing and iTunes Match is inflating a lot of these numbers, but this is a pretty accurate representation of songs I never skip when they come up.

...

― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.)

WTF my most played song has 18 plays.

This is my actual ranking on Itunes. It's odd as some of these are not even my favorites by each artist.

Little Dragon - Ritual Union
Voxtrot – The Start of Something
Generationals – Ten-Twenty-Ten
M83 - Midnight City
The Delgados – Coming in From the Cold
Suuns – Up Past The Nursery
Quarks - I Walk
EMA – The Grey Ship
Evinha - Olha Eu Aqui Oh! Oh! Oh!
Jess Mills – Pixelated People
Charli XCX - Nuclear Seasons
Toy - Suspicion
The Cure – The Lovecats
White Denim – Street Joy
Santigold – Disparate Youth
Azealia Banks – 212 (feat. Lazy Jay)
Yuna – Live Your Life
Miguel – Adorn
Sufjan Stevens – Futile Devices (Shigeto Remix)
Bobby Womack – Please Forgive My Heart

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r299/crunchydog_2006/tunes_zps9953504e.jpg

Not sure when that was last reset, maybe four years ago. Also not sure why I have 11 tunes there - thought the thread was for top ten, not twenty-five, but failed on both counts.

1. Billy Corgan - "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Sadlands demo)"
2. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Are You Gonna Look After My Boys?"
3. Fleetwood Mac - "That's All for Everyone"
4. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Baby Comes Around"
5. Grouper - "Moon is Sharp"
6. Grouper - "6" (wtf...weird....)
7. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Politely Declined"
8. The Beatles - "Happiness is a Warm Gun"
9. Steely Dan - "Peg"
10. Grouper - "Vital"
11. John Lennon - "Bring on the Lucie (Freeda People)"
12. Steely Dan - "Babylon Sisters"
13. Grouper - "Cloud in Places"
14. Grouper - "Alien Observer"
15. Grouper - "Living Room"
16. Grouper - "Being Her Shadow"
17. John Lennon - "Imagine"
18. The Beatles - "She Said She Said"
19. Steely Dan - "Glamour Profession (demo)"
20. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Every Night I Die at Miyagis"
21. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
22. Grouper - "Vapor Trails"
23. Grouper - "Cover the Long Way"
24. Nirvana - "Polly (Unplugged)"
25. Grouper - "Difference (Voices)"