# What are 'Your Top Ten Songs'.. as dictated from your computer. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2010, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-ten-songs-as-dictated-from-your-computer/528843 "2010-02-13T08:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-ten-songs-as-dictated-from-your-computer/528843/21 "2010-02-14T01:56:04Z")
1. Eisley - “Plenty of Paper” 2. Rachel Unthank & the Winterset - “Fareweel Regality” 3. The Decemberists - “Summersong” 4. Girlyman - “Young James Dean” 5. Laura Marling - “Cross Your Fingers” 6. Bellowhead - “Frog’s Legs & Dragon’s Teeth” 7. The Decemberists - “Record Year for Rainfall” 8. The Decemberists - “Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect” 9. Eisley - “Marsh King’s Daughter” 10. Tomas Jensen & les Faux-Monnayeurs - “Un seul a la fois” This is just since June 2007, when iTunes screwed up and I lost all my play counts. I remember the top one before that was “Tutelary Genius” by Universal Hall Pass. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-ten-songs-as-dictated-from-your-computer/528843/22 "2010-02-14T02:00:30Z")
This would be a lot more meaningful if I could get the figures from my iPod rather than from my computer. Most of these results seem really random; I have no idea where the play counts come from. I don’t even remember this Albion Band track. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra Whisky Train - Procol Harum Police on My Back - The Clash Pretty Words - Elvis Costello & the Attractions Saint Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast - Frank Zappa Longships - The Stranglers Sister Disco - The Who House in the Country - Albion Band Tear Off Your Own Head (It’s a Doll Revolution) - The Bangles Misery - The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-ten-songs-as-dictated-from-your-computer/528843/23 "2010-02-14T02:09:48Z")
Okay - this is on the desktop computer, in WMP. All songs that are rated 12/12 in my own rating system, breaking ties with the most frequently played, in order: [ol] [li]The Power, Amy Grant[/li][li]Baby Girl, Sugarland[/li][li]A Home, The Dixie Chicks[/li][li]My Father’s Eyes, Eric Clapton[/li][li]White Flag, Dido[/li][li]Sarah, Sherrie Austin[/li][li]One, Faith Hill[/li][li]My Happy Ending, Avril Lavigne[/li][li]Wound Up, Leann Rimes[/li][li]See the Sun, Dido[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-ten-songs-as-dictated-from-your-computer/528843/24 "2010-02-14T02:32:24Z")
last.fm from the last 7 days. Galaxie 500 – It’s Getting Late Reinhard Goebel, Robert Hill – Bach: Violin Sonata #1 In B Minor Moby – Bring Back My Happiness Dead Can Dance – Rakim Humanoid – Stakker Humanoid The Jesus and Mary Chain – Sidewalking Ladytron – Cease2xist György Ligeti – Études pour piano: XI. En suspens Jaap Ter Linden, Henk Bouman, Musica Antiqua Köln – Sonata BWV 1027 Love – Your Mind And We Belong Together The Velvet Underground – New Age The Fall – No Xmas for John Quays Massive Attack – Group Four (Mad Professor Mix) Nightmares on Wax – I Am You The White Stripes – Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground Richie Hawtin – Formenverwandler / Friday Night With B. Reynolds/Chemistry / Octagon / A Factory Dub/ Stereolab – Captain Easychord The Byrds – Mind Gardens The Cure – The Walk Force Mass Motion vs. Dylan Rhymes – Hold Back I really need to get my tags sorted out ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-ten-songs-as-dictated-from-your-computer/528843/25 "2010-02-14T02:34:18Z")
1. PJ Harvey: You Said Something 2. Led Zeppelin: Kashmir 3. Grateful Dead: Friend of the Devil 4. Tegan and Sara: Arrow 5. Pink Floyd: Us & Them 6. Eric Clapton: No Alibis 7. AC/DC: Jailbreak 8. Mazzy Star: Five String Serenade 9. Santigold: L.E.S. Artistes 10. On Fire: Van Halen This gets me through the morning gym AND work. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-ten-songs-as-dictated-from-your-computer/528843/26 "2010-02-14T02:39:34Z")
1. Tom Waits - Alice 2. Tom Waits - Everything You Can Think 3. The Shins - Australia 4. Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren (from The Monkees TV show) 5. Tim Buckley - Troubadour (live) 6. Evgeny Kissin - Sonata Op. 27 No. 2: Sonata Op. 27 No. 2/Presto agitato 7. Evgeny Kissin - Sonata Op. 27 No. 2: Sonata Op. 27 No. 2/Allegretto 8. Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy 9. Tom Waits - I’ll Shoot the Moon 10. REM - (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-ten-songs-as-dictated-from-your-computer/528843/27 "2010-02-14T05:03:29Z")
Ten (well, 11) most played: 1. Fallout Boy “Dance, Dance” 2. The Underwater “First Shot” 3. Bombay Bicycle Club “Evening/Morning” 4. Finger Eleven “Falling On” & “Paralyzer” 5. Bloc Party “The Prayer” 6. Your Black Star “The Slient Me” 7. International Pen Pal “The Hatchet” 8. Paper Models “Coming Back To Me” 9. Make Believe “Say What You Mean” 10. Black Lab “She Loves Me” However, 1, 4, 5 & 9 are on my favorite workout playlist, so that’s why they’ve been played so often. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-ten-songs-as-dictated-from-your-computer/528843.md?page=1)