# What's your favorite song, based on play count? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462 "2011-07-27T03:50:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BDBoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@BDBoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BDBoop)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462/41 "2011-07-28T05:21:43Z")
I’m Yours, Jason Mraz. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462/42 "2011-07-28T05:37:39Z")
“Have a Nice Day” by Bon Jovi. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462/43 "2011-07-28T14:51:55Z")
Top 5, in order: Gigantic -\* Pixies\* Saltarello - _Dead can Dance_ Silent Day - _Shelleyan Orphan_ Strawberry Wine - _My Bloody Valentine_ Ceremony - _New Order_ ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462/44 "2011-07-28T15:44:21Z")
[In the Drugs by Low](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P8p0Z3wKUs) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462/45 "2011-07-28T18:23:31Z")
I have no way of checking, but I’d guess it’s something by Kesha–maybe “Tik Tok,” maybe “Blow.” (At least if I limit it to the last year or so.) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462/46 "2011-07-29T04:57:41Z")
Not what I would have guessed at all: 1. Today - Jefferson Airplane 2. Listening House - Lazarus 3. Fat Man - Jethro Tull 4. Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell 5. Home - Karla Bonoff ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462/47 "2011-07-29T05:34:36Z")
Lorelei (Live) - Styx I don’t need no doctor (Live) - Humble Pie ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462/48 "2011-07-29T18:47:21Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I have no way of checking, but I’d guess it’s something by Kesha–maybe “Tik Tok,” maybe “Blow.” (At least if I limit it to the last year or so.) I finally figured out how to do it. Number one (all-time) is “Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley. “Tik Tok” is #6, and “Blow” is about 20th. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462/49 "2011-07-29T19:03:36Z")
Apparently “Cherub Rock” by the Smashing Pumpkins with 63 plays. “Clash City Rockers” is a close second at 61. These are heavily influenced by the plays on my iPhone’s playlist for my runs, and the songs are all of a 85-90 cadence. My most played non-playlist song is “See No Evil” by Television. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462/50 "2011-07-30T15:53:02Z")
If we count songs on my workout playlist which get an unfair edge, #1 is “Dance, Dance” by Fall Out Boy. If we exclude those it’s “The First Shot” by The Underwater. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462/51 "2011-07-30T22:46:45Z")
It’s not a song. My most frequently played “piece” is the radio call of the final play of the 2002 Super Bowl. Gil Santos and Gino Cappalletti set the stage, then rejoice when Adam Viniateri kicks it through the uprights as the Patriots defeat the defending champion Rams. The reason it is most played is because it is in every playlist–Jesus Christ Superstar, Lady Gaga, Frank Sinatra, Ben Folds–the Super Bowl call always makes an apppearance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-based-on-play-count/590462.md?page=2)