# 5 most played songs on your iPod? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727 "2009-06-14T13:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/21 "2009-06-15T02:04:38Z")
[ol] [li]Kings of Leon - _Sex on Fire_[/li][li]Mastodon - _The Wolf is Loose_[/li][li]The Afghan Whigs - _Uptown Again_[/li][li]Arctic Monkeys - _I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor_[/li][li]The Methadones - _Sorry to Keep You Waiting_[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/22 "2009-06-15T02:59:54Z")
Speeding Motorcycle - Yo La Tengo Everything Goes to Hell - Tom Waits Chocolate Jesus - Tom Waits Singapore - Tom Waits Jockey Full of Bourbon - Tom Waits I really like Tom Waits. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmundex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Sigmundex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmundex)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/23 "2009-06-15T04:25:00Z")
Okay, I’ll open up my playlists with trepidation, unsure of what it will say, I’ve had this ipod a long time… 1. ELO - “Hold on Tight” 2. Front 242 - “Together” 3. Jimi Hendrix - “Are You Experienced?” 4. The Plimsouls - “I Melt With You” 5. Blue Oyster Cult - “Don’t Fear the Reaper” Okay, that wasn’t too embarrassing. All songs I love. Whew. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/24 "2009-06-15T04:28:29Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I really like Tom Waits. My #1 artist according to last.fm ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/25 "2009-06-15T04:38:44Z")
Into the Ocean–Blue October Time Bomb–Rancid Roll To Me–Del Amitri Talk of the Town–The Pretenders Change Your Mind–Sister Hazel ---
**Author:** ![Anduinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Anduinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduinel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/26 "2009-06-15T05:30:36Z")
“Dunce” - Voltaire “Ghost of the Gang” - Indigo Girls “We Built a Monster” - Thea Gilmore “The Sheep In The Boots” - The Tossers “Come On Get Higher” - Matt Nathanson ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/27 "2009-06-15T08:25:16Z")
Lights out: Santogold Mr. Rock and Roll: Amy Mcdonald Let my love open the door Sondre Lerche Breath me Sia 1234: Feist ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/28 "2009-06-15T15:45:54Z")
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles Henrietta – The Fratellis 1816, the Year Without a Summer – Rasputina You Dress up for Armageddon – The Hives The Monitor – Bishop Allen I really like songs about history! Look at that! ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/29 "2009-06-15T16:48:01Z")
A couple of ties, so extra songs…and extra video goodness where applicable. [Hardly Tell-Tina Schlieske](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5QWX2v1p0E) (33) Keen Impressionable Fool-Drew Pilgram (32) [Look at Miss Ohio-Gillian Welch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwbcGkuDMzM) (30) [The Young Idealists-Lloyd Cole](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dpCEPkBWkI)(30) [Sky Full of Clover-Beth Hart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th0a_STQtJM)(28) [David-Nellie McKay](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2462352490936181723&ei=yHc2SuSCKI26rQLrvIiHBQ&q=david+nellie+mckay&hl=en) (28) [Dear Chicago-Ryan Adams](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvy3tozSzQI) (28) Little Greenie-Gary Jules (28) Isaac Bashevis Singer-The Owls (28) [Your Beauty Must Be Rubbing Off-Hawksley Workman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atGIgybv3SE) (28) ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/30 "2009-06-15T18:38:06Z")
Since my top 3 currently are videos (the Dr. Horrible Blogs), i’ll give you my top 5 Songs which take up spots 4-8. 1. Buddy Holly -Not Fade Away (7) 2. Buddy Holly -Oh Boy! (6) 3. GZA - Living in the World Today (6) 4. Jeff Beck - Stratus (Live) (6) 5. Queens of the Stone Age - Go with the Flow (Live) (6) 6. The Roots feat. Dice Raw - The Lesson Pt. 3 (6) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/31 "2009-06-16T01:57:14Z")
A couple of follow up questions - Those of you who are on perma-shuffle: were you surprised to find out what you’d heard more often than anything else? Those of you who listen to songs of your own chosing, were you aware that you were listening to these tracks more often? I also wanted to say, this is an interesting exercise because the play count is a little more honest than ‘What are your favourite tracks…’ - there’s always an undercurrent of ‘Do I want to admit to cool people that I listen to **that**?’ Of course, some of us may be fudging the play count thing, too - I’m certainly a little embarrassed that it took me so many plays to get “Ventura Highway” down in a week, seeing as there are only four chords in the entire thing. (In my defence, I was playing all the guitar parts live instead of overdubbing.) I’d love to see iTunes add some more user-enabled modifications to things like shuffle. For instance, I think it’d be really cool to make it less likely to select a track if its play count is high… For fun, here is my 5 most played if I eliminate the tracks that I am listening to ‘for work’ - Run the Voodoo Down - Cassandra Wilson (11) Time After Time - Cassandra Wilson (10) Echoes of Spain - George Essihos (9) When the Sun Goes Down - Cassandra Wilson (9) Someday my Prince Will Come - Cassandra Wilson (9) (Travelling Miles is a new album to my wife and me…) One last thing - may I please revivify this thread in about six months just to see what has changed? As always, I’m curious. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/32 "2009-06-16T04:34:48Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Those of you who are on perma-shuffle: were you surprised to find out what you’d heard more often than anything else? My #1 song (“Whisky Train”) is one I love so much that I never got the feeling that it was appearing inordinately often. The #2 and #3 songs (“Sister Disco” and “Joke Shop Man”) did both seem conspicuous–“What, _that_ one again?” I wasn’t aware of having had my #5 (“Pretty Words”) pop up particularly often at all. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/33 "2009-06-16T04:39:38Z")
Allow me to preface this (without checking yet) by saying that not only do I listen to the music on random mode, but I have a big playlist and I also listen mostly to podcasts, so even though I’m listening to the iPod for maybe 20 hours a week, and though my last iTunes meltdown was about two years ago, I haven’t cracked double digits on any song on the list. In short, it’s a flat randomisation curve. With that said, the winners appear to be: 1. **Richard Cheese** - Personal Jesus (note - a week ago, this hadn’t cracked the Top 25) 2. **Split Enz** - History Never Repeats 3. **Joe Louis Walker** - You Need Love 4. **Hoodoo Gurus** - The Generation Gap 5. **Darren Hanlon** - Happiness Is Just a Chemical Interestingly, it’s pretty much diametrically opposed to the next 5 musically: 1. **Black Sabbath** - War Pigs 2. **OutKast** - Ghettomusick 3. **Killers by Trade** - Werewolves of London 4. **Stevie Wonder** - Superstition 5. **Shirley Bassey** - Get the Party Started ETA: From time to time I have a look at the top 25 out of curiosity - but often it only needs a couple of plays to shoot something from not on the list to the top five, so I’m not too surprised that a song I’ve heard a couple of times in the last few days is at the top of the list. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/34 "2009-06-16T09:15:00Z")
1. Yes - And You And I 2. Deep Forest - Madazulu 3. X Japan - I.V. 4. Eluveitie - Inis Mona 5. Finntroll - En Mäktig Här ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/35 "2009-06-17T16:33:34Z")
I usually shuffle but: Absolut Unveil - I always start on this one because it’s short and starts with A Welcome to the Family - Michael Suby (from Kyle XY) I Want You To Want Me Underneath Your Clothes - Shakira En El Sur - Michael Erentxun Funeral / Rebuilding Serenity - Serenity / David Newman Inuma Nishif (Montage) - Children of Dune / Brian Tyler Mad World - Gary Jules Minstrel Boy - Joe Strummer No Siento Penas - Juanes ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/36 "2009-06-17T19:28:10Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Run the Voodoo Down - Cassandra Wilson (11) > Time After Time - Cassandra Wilson (10) > Echoes of Spain - George Essihos (9) > When the Sun Goes Down - Cassandra Wilson (9) > Someday my Prince Will Come - Cassandra Wilson (9) > (Travelling Miles is a new album to my wife and me…) Yay, a fellow Cassandra Wilson fan! Her voice is to die for. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/37 "2009-06-17T19:49:44Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > Yay, a fellow Cassandra Wilson fan! Her voice is to die for. [Dance of Joy!] Absolutely! And the thing I’m jonesing over right now is her incredible sense of arrangement - her covers are completely different from the originals, and yet, heartfelt and sincere. Loving having discovered her.[/Dance of Joy!] ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727/38 "2009-06-18T04:29:50Z")
**Jai Ho** - Rahman, Singh, Shah, et al. **Disney’s Party Express** - _Tokyo Disneyland Special Event Soundtrack_ **Midnight Dancer** - Arabesque **El Bimbo** - Paul Mauriat **Soon jong** - Koyote I heard the Arabesque and Koyote tunes for Karaoke practice. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-most-played-songs-on-your-ipod/499727.md?page=1)