Since early December:
Blind Willie McTell (The Band) - 28
Hey Bulldog (The Beatles) - 24
Don’t Drift Away (Derek Trucks/Susan Tedeschi) - 20
Bound for Glory (Derek Trucks/Susan Tedeschi) - 19
Woman’s Gotta Have It (Derek Trucks/Susan Tedeschi) - 18
I’m wondering how far back my list goes because I purchased Pompaloose’s Tribute To Famous People and the single If You Think You Need Some Lovin’ which has been on continuous replay for about a month and none of those songs are showing up on my top 25.
Now I DO love all these songs, but does this mean these are my 5 favorites, among all the songs on my iPod? No- it just means they’re the songs I never skip past when I do a random shuffle. There are songs I like better that I skip sometimes because… well, I listen most often while I’m driving, and I won’t play a 12 minute Yes song or an 8 minute Zeppelin song if I know I’ll reach my destination in 5 minutes.
My top 5 list is all songs from one album by the Japanese band Ogre You Asshole, probably because I listen to that album on loop when I sleep on planes, etc. I know it so well it’s practically white noise.
If we only count those songs as one, it’s a little more interesting…
I have no idea what it was about those songs… it’s not a bad summation of my tastes in music, though.
The Last Words Of David Thompson, Randall 13
Violin Concerto in G Minor BWV 1056 Bach, J.S. 12
Zadok the Priest Handel, G.F. 10
Goldberg Variations Nos. 5 and 8 Bach, J.S. 10 (synthesizer)
Stanislavsky Danny Kaye 9
The number of plays tend to get influenced by what I’m trying to learn on the guitar. 
Girl Goodbye - Toto - 42x
Blue Morning, Blue Day - Foreigner - 32x
Livin’ Thing - Electric Light Orchestra - 28x
Back In Black - AC/DC - 24x
Fire On High - Electric Light Orchestra - 23x
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes - 18x
Head Games - Foreigner - 18x
Who Made Who - AC/DC 38x
Golden Slumbers - The Beatles - 33x
Say Goodbye to Hollywood - Billy Joel - 32x
*Think For Yourself - The Beatles - 31x
Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra - 31x
Hymn to the Garnet & Gold - FSU Marching Chiefs - 31x
Asterisk for the 2nd Beatles song because it’s also my ringtone, and I think it moved up the list while I was playing with the settings to get the song set up on the iphone.
My Propeller - Arctic Monkeys
Stack Shot Billy - The Black Keys
Lagos vs. New York - Keziah Jones
Lazy (live) - Deep Purple
Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
Brave Companion of the Road - Nanci Griffith and Bruce Cockburn
Fat Man - Jethro Tull
Piazza, New York Catcher - Belle & Sebastian
Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
Use Me - Bill Withers
Cry To Me - Solomon Burke - 72x
Shameless - Garth Brooks - 65x
Now That We Found Love - Heavy D and the Boys - 65x
(What Am I Doin’) Hangin Round - The Monkees - 64x
Hey Hey What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin - 63x
Does the “plays” data get transferred back into itunes from the ipod?
Mine seems not to have changed much in the last few years, so I suspect the songs were artificially inflated by being first in a randomized playlist or something. But here goes:
From last.fm, as I do not use iTunes…
1 yifei – Mayonaka no Door
2 the brilliant green – FUNNY GIRLFRIEND!!
3 savage genius – Inori no uta
4 Chiaki Ishikawa – Utsukushi Kereba Sore de Ii
5 the brilliant green – Running so high
Okay, I knew I liked Coldplay, but not this much!
In my defense, I like “mood music” while I write, and Coldplay fits my groove in that capacity. Also, I haven’t been able to listen to music as much since I started having babies three years ago, so this doesn’t really reflect my current “likes” very well.
But yes, I like Coldplay. Pbbbtthh!
I think we did this thread last year, but here we go.
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy - Dark On You Now, 31x — I’m willing to bet I’m the only one on earth with that as #1. When my relationship with one of my ex’s was falling apart, I used to listen to that song over and over.
The Killers - Change Your Mind, 25x — the best 80s song ever
Pearl Jam - Severed Hand & Marker in the Sand, 24x – two separate tracks, but they’re back to back on Avocado, and both kick ass.
Pearl Jam - Hail Hail, 19x – another PJ song. You can’t help but dance with joy when you hear it
They Might Be Giants - With the Dark, 18x – one of the craziest TMBG songs ever. I was in awe when I first heard this song, there’s so much going on in it that I notice something new every time.
As I mentioned earlier in the thread, yeup. Syncing does that, I believe.
Let’s Go Mano! - The Donnas (76)
Surfin’ Bird - The Trashmen (60)
Pay To Cum - Bad Brains (52)
Battle Theme from Flash Gordon - Queen (44)
Get A Job - The Silhouettes (40)
Hell (fast version) —The Tiger Lillies (172)
All is Full of Love—Bjork (162)
Robocop Theme (Rock shop) (117)
Jisas Yu Holem Hand Blong Mi—Melanesian Choirs (from The Thin Red Line) (115)
Love Song for a Vampire—Annie Lennox (112)
For the record: yes, I’m a little worried about what this says about my psychological makeup, too. 
1 Sarah Fimm – Virus (62)
2 Dar Williams – Are You Out There (57)
2 Neko Case – The Pharaohs (57)
4 Sarah Fimm – Sets Us Apart (56)
4 Tool – The Pot (56)