# Who wins your iTunes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880 "2008-06-23T04:01:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/21 "2008-06-23T12:31:31Z")
Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits: 181 Eric Clapton: 119 Paul Simon: 103 Bruce Springsteen: 93 Tom Petty: 74 Weird Al Yankovic: 65 Warren Zevon: 50 Melissa Etheridge: 46 Lyle Lovett: 43 ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/22 "2008-06-23T12:49:48Z")
My leader is Tom Waits at 366 songs, I just typed various artists’ names into the search pane and read the total at the bottom of the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/23 "2008-06-23T13:43:11Z")
Classical music tends to be overrepresented since for one thing, movements of works are counted as “songs”, but the song leaders for me (not in precise order) are: Bach Vivaldi Tom Petty The Who Genesis Led Zeppelin NRBQ Mozart Blue Oyster Cult Haydn The Dickies Beethoven ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/24 "2008-06-23T14:40:27Z")
Is it wrong that some people’s Top 3 lists are making me want to do some behind the scenes burning deals? Well, I mean, in the eyes of people _other_ than the RIAA, that is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/25 "2008-06-23T14:50:43Z")
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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/26 "2008-06-23T15:57:02Z")
The Simpsons 133 (from their various soundtrack albums) Vince Guaraldi Trio 36 Celine Dion 29 (this is my mother’s, not mine) ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/27 "2008-06-23T19:16:45Z")
Well, I don’t “iTunes” but in my mp3 player, I think Mozart wins… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/28 "2008-06-23T19:39:10Z")
Capercaillie - 122 Springsteen - 117 Jefferson Airplane - 80 Jimmy Buffett - 73 Sarah McLaughlin - 65 Grateful Dead - 64 ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/29 "2008-06-23T19:55:47Z")
Barenaked Ladies wins, at about 160. The White Stripes are second at about 80. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/30 "2008-06-23T20:24:16Z")
[QUOTE=ultrafilter] Napalm Death 69 [/QUOTE] So that’s about 15-20 minutes elapsed? 😉 Mine: Cocteau Twins 192 Stereolab 134 Amon Tobin 116 Husker Du 106 Aphex Twin 104 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/31 "2008-06-23T20:24:21Z")
Top 10, by number of songs: 1. Oingo Boingo (471 - a bunch ripped from live bootlegs and the like) 2. Alice Cooper (260) 3. The Who (223) 4. Ramones (199) 5. Puffy Ami Yumi (196) 6. Polysics (145) 7. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic (128) 8. (tie) the brilliant green (113) 9. (tie) Blur (113) 10. (tie) Shonen Knife (99) 11. (tie) Morning Musume (99) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/32 "2008-06-23T20:27:17Z")
Eels - 240 Wilco - 120 They Might Be Giants - 96 Barenaked Ladies - 91 Gogol Bordello - 77 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/33 "2008-06-23T20:43:02Z")
Let’s see… I have just over 15,000 songs in my non-iTunes library. Using MediaMonkey to parse the library statistics: 314 - Chicago 207 - ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic 201 - John Lee Hooker 168 - Ray Charles 159 - Johnny Cash 128 - Big Joe Turner 123 - The Yardbirds 119 - Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/34 "2008-06-23T20:51:12Z")
I’m reasonably sure the top 3 are correct. Four and Five are total guesses (I’m at work and I’m sifting through my iPod. 1. U2 - 437 songs 2. John Williams - 304 songs 3. Jon Brion - 180 songs 4. Hans Zimmer - 105 (there are more I’m pretty sure) 5. Collective Soul - 61 songs My problem is that I have piles of classical stuff by the usual suspects but they are all played by different orchestras, musicians, etc and I can’t really be bothered to sift through it all. I doubt i crack the top 4 though. I also have about half of my CD collection that I haven’t imported yet. I suspect Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, Madonna (what of it), and a few others that are slipping my mind would all fall somewhere in between Hans Zimmer and Jon Brion. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/35 "2008-06-23T22:34:22Z")
I’m really amazed at some of these results - I thought I had a huge percentage of Prince’s albums, and here there is a guy with almost double my playlist. I thought I had almost every U2 album, and another guy has five times my playlist! I’ve definitely got some holes to plug. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/36 "2008-06-23T23:47:15Z")
Top composer: Mozart 730 Top artist: Ella Fitzgerald 547 ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/37 "2008-06-23T23:55:13Z")
GorillaMan, you nerd, I like your list. Stockhausen and Desprez. And Roland. . . how does someone in Virginia become a big Daddies fan? The fact that they ended up known outside of 150 miles of Eugene, Oregon, is a trip, still. My top 10 (I think): Tom Waits–176 (wow) Laurie Anderson/ REM–ties at 132 Kraftwerk–112 (not counting cover albums, which I casually collect) Sonic Youth–110 David Bowie–104 Gary Numan–92 Pixies–90 Elliot Smith–79 Bauhaus–78 Nick Cave–77 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/38 "2008-06-24T00:01:36Z")
Total: 2583 tracks. Spike Jones with various bands: 121 Bill Cosby: 69 The Beatles: 63 Ella Fizgerald, solo and with others: 60 Mannheim Steamroller: 59 Bing Crosby, solo and with others: 48 The Moody Blues: 44 The Royal Guardsmen: 40 The Irish Rovers: 39 Canadian Brass, by themselves and with others: 39 The Mamas & The Papas: 37 Harry Connick, Jr.: 31 Mutt Poston with Clarence Jackson: 31 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/39 "2008-06-24T00:04:06Z")
The Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/40 "2008-06-24T00:27:46Z")
6,026 tracks. **Depeche Mode** 434 **Erasure** 350 **Nine Inch Nails** 261 **Mesh** 188 **The Echoing Green** 173 **Death Cab for Cutie** 161 **Anything Box** 160 **The Cure** 152 **VNV Nation** 139 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880.md?page=3)