# Your iTunes play count **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699 "2008-09-15T14:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/1 "2008-09-15T14:27:53Z")
What are the top 10 on your iTunes play count list? It’s a marriage of preference and randomness. Mine are… 1. Atlas – Battles 2. Restorative Beer – Fiery Furnaces 3. Act Of The Apostle – Belle & Sebastian 4. My Little Corner Of The World – Yo La Tengo 5. My Egyptian Grammar – Fiery Furnaces 6. Scream And Run Away (Form the Bad Beginning) – The Gothic Archies 7. Ashes To Ashes – David Bowie 8. Bike Ride To The Moon – The Dukes Of Stratosphere 9. Here Comes The Summer – Fiery Furnaces 10. Movies In My Head – The 6ths ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/2 "2008-09-15T14:43:02Z")
1. Keep The Car Running - The Arcade Fire 2. Good Life - Kanye West 3. O Valencia! - The Decemberists 4. Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady 5. All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem 6. Intervention - The Arcade Fire 7. Whites Only Party - The Dears 8. Ageless Beauty - Stars 9. All My Friends - Broken Social Scene 10. Let The Cool Goddess Rust - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah I really wish I could’ve saved my play counts when I wiped my computer when I came home from university. It’s not a bad list but everything is a little too “new”. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/3 "2008-09-15T14:49:30Z")
Both my husband and son also have iPods, so they have added to the play counts. 1.) This Is How I Disappear - My Chemical Romance 2.) Stricken - Disturbed 3.) Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions 4.) Helicopter - Bloc Party 5.) Crushcrushcrush - Paramore 6.) Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne 7.) Hells Bells - AC/DC 8.) Life Is Beautiful - Sixx: A.M. 9.) Throguh The Fire And Flames - Dragonforce 10.) Can’t Be Saved - Senses Fail ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/4 "2008-09-15T14:57:36Z")
[ol] [li]_Uptown Again_ - **The Afghan Whigs** [/li][li]_A Whole Child Ago_- **Biffy Clyro** [/li][li]_Thalassocracy_ - **Frank Black** [/li][li]_Crazy_ - **The Afghan Whigs** [/li][li]_I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor_ - **The Arctic Monkeys** [/li][li]_Stain of Mind_ - **Slayer** [/li][li]_Buzzards and Dreadful Crows_ - **Guided by Voices** [/li][li]_Chips Ahoy!_ - **The Hold Steady** [/li][li]_Sorry to Keep You Waiting_ - **The Methadones** [/li][li]_Drones_- **Rise Against** [/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/5 "2008-09-15T19:07:31Z")
Rock and Roll Band- **Boston** Peace of Mind- **Boston** Mary Jane’s Last Dance- **Tom Petty** Summer of 69- **Bryan Adams** Wheel in the Sky- **Journey** More Than A Feelin’- **Boston** Mr Jones- **Counting Crows** The End- **The Beatles** Won’t Get Fooled Again- **The Who** Over There- **Chris Gerolmo** Play counts range from 54 to 45. All rock songs. Pretty good representation of my musical tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/6 "2008-09-15T21:18:59Z")
Something, by The Beatles Tangled Up In Blue, by Bob Dylan You Can’t Always Get What You Want, by The Rolling Stones Ruby Tuesday, by The Rolling Stones Brain Damage, by Pink Floyd If You See Her, Say Hello, by Bob Dylan Norwegian Wood, by The Beatles The Letter, by The Box Tops Andy’s Chest, by Lou Reed Everlong, by Foo Fighters Not a bad sample, since I’ve had this computer for less than a year. My iPod play count list looks pretty different - there Dear Prudence is the most-played Beatles song, and The Clash and The White Stripes are represented pretty heavily. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/7 "2008-09-15T21:23:50Z")
**Jello** , I like your tastes in music. You have a good bunch of songs on your iPod it seems. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/8 "2008-09-15T22:09:34Z")
The computer that had all my music died but I was able to copy most of what I had to my newer one. Lost my play counts in the process; [here’s my top 10 from back in May.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9759546&postcount=19) ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/9 "2008-09-15T22:27:26Z")
Everything changes, Staind Let’s do it(let’s fall in love), Joan Jett and Paul Westerberg Girl all the bad guys want, Bowling for soup Fat bottom girls, Queen Ant music, Adam Ant Hot rod lincolin, All Hate me, Blue october Punk rock girl, Dead Milkmen Breathless, X Iron fist, Motorhead ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/10 "2008-09-15T23:29:04Z")
> [@feppytweed](#): > > **Jello** , I like your tastes in music. You have a good bunch of songs on your iPod it seems. Thanks. There are several of yours I dig, as well. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/11 "2008-09-15T23:53:30Z")
Coldplay - Fix You U2 - Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (The Temple Bar Mix) U2 - Running to Stand Still / Dirty Old Town (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec '89) Coldplay - The Scientist U2 - I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (Live at Point Depot, Dublin, 31 Dec '89) David Usher - The Music U2 - With or Without You Live - Lightning Crashes U2 - One Chantal Kreviazuk - All I Can Do Play count ranges from 631 to 580. I suspect the new Coldplay album will move it’s way up the charts eventually but it may take a little while. In case anyone’s wondering, I have U2 playlist that gets altered every now an again. Those five generally find their way onto the list with the numbers 2 and 3 on there every time. I suppose this is pretty representative. I listen to a ton of movie soundtracks but I have so many of them that it’s tough for any one to find their way onto the list. The same goes for classical music. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/12 "2008-09-16T00:05:40Z")
Taking The Farm - The War On Drugs On The Water - The Walkmen Arms Like Boulders - The War On Drugs Gamma Ray - Beck Oscar The Grouch - The Cool Kids For Agent 13 - The Besnard Lakes One Two - The Cool Kids Politics - Frog Eyes Old Man October - The Childballads MIA ft Gorilla Zoe and Santogold - Get It Up The new War on Drugs and Walkmen albums have been fighting The Cool Kids for play time. Frog Eyes refuses to give up a couple spots… ---
**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:** [September 16, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/13 "2008-09-16T00:15:55Z")
Dance With Me Tonight - The Wonders Pancho & Lefty - Emmylou Harris My Back Pages - Bob Dylan with Freaking Everybody Baby Don’t You Break My Heart Slow - Vonda Shepard Tarkio Road - Brewer & Shipley All Night Long - Jefferson Starship Through the Fire and Flames - Dragonforce Fanfare For The Common Man - ELP My Love Will Not Let You Down(Live) - Bruce Springsteen Like A Hurricane - Neil Young ---
**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:** [September 16, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/14 "2008-09-16T01:32:50Z")
Interesting - I’ve never ranked them by play count before. Okay, here’s mine: Anna Stesia - Prince (92) And God Created Woman - Prince (86) Da Bang - Prince (72) Damn U - Prince (69) The Dance - Prince (66) Get Loose - Prince (64) Chelsea Rodgers- Prince (62) Back to the Matter - Bedouin Soundclash (61) Don’t Play Me - Prince (61) The Greatest Romance Ever Sold - Prince (59) and a bonus track so it doesn’t look like all I ever listen to is Prince - My Love by Justin Timberlake (57) Hmm. Didn’t think I listened to Prince THAT much! I’ll tell you one thing about Prince - as you can see, I’ve listened to these songs a fair bit, and reading the list, I want to hear them again. Not bad, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/15 "2008-09-16T02:07:00Z")
1. Doctor Jones- Aqua 2. Oh Oh Oh Sexy Vampire- Fright Ranger 3. Less Than Three- Becky 4. Roses are Red- Aqua 5. My Oh My- Aqua 6. Lollipop- Aqua 7. Best Friend- Toy-Box 8. The Sailor-Song- Toy-Box 9. Butterfly- Smile.dk 10. Domo Domo Domo- Smile.dk Yes, they are all Danish except two (and all bubblegum dance), why do you ask?😛 Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/16 "2008-09-16T02:10:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Dance With Me Tonight - The Wonders > Pancho & Lefty - Emmylou Harris > My Back Pages - Bob Dylan with Freaking Everybody > Baby Don’t You Break My Heart Slow - Vonda Shepard > Tarkio Road - Brewer & Shipley > All Night Long - Jefferson Starship > **Through the Fire and Flames - Dragonforce** > Fanfare For The Common Man - ELP > My Love Will Not Let You Down(Live) - Bruce Springsteen > Like A Hurricane - Neil Young _Bolding mine_ One of these things is not like the others. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/17 "2008-09-16T02:16:22Z")
1 “I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight” by Richard and Linda Thompson 2 “Dimming of the Day” by Richard and Linda Thompson 3 “Not Too Long Ago” by Nick Lowe 4 “Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe” by Okkervil River 5 “Ladylike” by Storm Large 6 “Dark End of the Street” by James Carr 7 “For Real” by Okkervil River 8 “I Trained Her to Love Me” by Nick Lowe 9 “Book of Love” by Magnetic Fields 10 " She’s a Woman" by Chikezie 11 “Let’s Stay In and Make Love” by Nick Lowe 12 “Los Angeles, I’m Yours” by Decemberists 13 “Fear of the Dark” by Iron Maiden 14 “Out the Back Door” by Jesca Hoop 15 “The Club” by Nick Lowe 16 “One” by Vampire Weekend 17 “Trance Manual” by John Vanderslice 18 “Oops, I Did It Again” by Richard Thompson 19 “Hope For Us All” by Nick Lowe 20 “Just Defy” by Protest the Hero I had to force myself to stop. This is too much fun. Apparently, I listened to Nick Lowe’s 2007 album, "At My Age, " a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/18 "2008-09-16T02:19:35Z")
1. Pearl Jam - Leatherman 2. Count Zero - Radium Eyes 3. Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart 4. Nine Inch Nails - Closer 5. Pearl Jam - In My Tree [my very favorite song in the world] 6. The Polyphonic Spree - Mental Cabaret 7. Limozeen - Brainsister 8. Pearl Jam - Man of the Hour 9. Pearl Jam - Push Me, Pull Me 10. Presidents of the United States of America - Lump Play counts range from 59 to 45, although I’ve heard some of these songs and others that didn’t make the iTunes Top 10 many more times than that. ---
**Author:** ![Convict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Convict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Convict)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/19 "2008-09-16T02:45:25Z")
I was going to start this thread last night…seriously! Not a lot of variety here… 1. Now–Paperback Hero 2. Forget Me Not–Bad English 3. Isn’t It Time–The Babys 4. For You–Paperback Hero 5. Comic Book Hero Girl–Paperback Hero 6. Price of Love–Bad English 7. When I see You Smile–Bad English 8. Numb–Paperback Hero 9. Call Out–Paperback Hero 10. Missing You–John Waite Despite what you see here my library is very diverse. Apparently I just don’t listen to most of it. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699/20 "2008-09-16T02:47:18Z")
From [last.fm](http://www.last.fm/user/psycat_90) Overall - 1. Social Distortion - Story Of My Life 2. Misfits - Last Caress 3. Social Distortion - Highway 101 4. They Might Be Giants - Ana NG 5. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run 6. Social Distortion - Ball and Chain 7. Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night 8. They Might Be Giants - They’ll Need A Crane 9. The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes 10. Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City And the last 6 months - 1. Barbara Lynn - You’ll Lose A Good Thing 2. Regina Spektor - The Call 3. Paul Simon - The Obvious Child 4. Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher 5. Alicia Keys - No One 6. Bad Religion - Sorrow 7. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run 8. Blues Traveler - But Anyway 9. Acid House Kings - This Heart is a Stone 10. Junior Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-itunes-play-count/463699.md?page=2)