whenever i look at my itunes 25 for the last couple of months i'm always surprised

about some of the songs that i've obviously listened to a lot without really noticing

let's see your top 25 too and tell us what your surprises were

01. Prince - RnR Affair [37]

02. Frank Ocean - Pilot Jones [31]

03. Frank Ocean - Swim Good [27]

04. Prince - Lust U Always [26]

05. Smashing Pumpkins - Blissed and Gone [23]

06. Madhouse - Fourteen [22]

07. Atoms For Peace - Default [19]

08. John Grant - Queen of Denmark [18]

09. Prince - Tamborine [16]

10. Beck - Bonfire Blonds [15]

11. Prince - Fuchsia Light #2 [13]

12. Prince - The Max [13]

13. Gorillaz - Phoner To Arizona [10]

14. Lianne LaHavas - Lost & Found [9]

15. Pet Shop Boys - Your Funny Uncle [9]

16. Prince - Magnificent [8]

17. Radiohead - Codex [7]

18. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Lighthouses [7]

19. Emile Sande - Read All About It [7]

20. Sheila E - Koo Koo: Remix [6]

21. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush [5]

22. Madonna - Erotica:William Orbit 12" [5]

23. Smashing Pumpkins - Heavy Metal Machine:Machina II Version [5]

24. Portishead - Machinegun [5]

25. Anais Mitchell - Young Man In America [5]

so, i guess the main surprise was that i've listened to prince's rnr affair almost 40 times

in the last few days. wow.

but i was also surprised by the absence of some song that i play to death recently until

i realised they are weird format files that i play in my vcl mediaplayer. i'm gonna have

to convert everything to one format soon, just for easy use.

1. Tori Amos - Star Whisperer [36]

2. Guns N Roses - Catcher In The Rye [33]

3. Michael Jackson - Al Capone [32]

4. Michael Jackson - Song Groove (Abortion Papers) [31]

5. Guns N Roses - Shacklers Revenge [31]

6. Bumblefoot - Dash [29]

7. Tori Amos - Shattering Sea [28]

8. Guns N Roses - Madagascar [28]

9. Michael Jackson - Price Of Fame [24]

10. Motley Crue - Primal Scream [23]

11. Guns N Roses - Better [22]

12. Tori Amos - Battle of Trees [21]

13. Aerosmith - Crash [19]

14. Slash - You're A Lie [19]

15. Bumblefoot - Real [19]

16. Sixx:AM - Live Forever [18]

17. Foo Fighters - Walk [17]

18. Bumblefoot - Abnormal [17]

19. Aerosmith - Angel [16]

20. Tori Amos - Nautical Twilight [15]

21. Bumblefoot - Piranha [15]

22. Michael Jackson - I'm So Blue [14]

23. Motley Crue - Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) [14]

24. Neil Young - Peaceful Valley Boulevard [13]

25. Bumblefoot - Glad To Be Here [13]

What period does iTunes calculate this from?

My iTunes crashed recently which erased all of my previous play counts. This is my top 25 since then:

1. Charli XCX - Heartbeats and Earthquakes - The Mixtape [9]

2. The Good Natured - Your Body Is a Machine [6]

3. The Good Natured - Skeleton [6]

4. The Good Natured - Wolves [6]

5. The Good Natured - Be My Animal [6]

6. The Good Natured - Prisoner [6]

7. The Good Natured - The Hourglass [6]

8. The Good Natured - Skeleton (NFIFTYFIVE Remix) [6]

9. Annie - Greatest Hit (Edit) [5]

10. Annie - I Will Get On [5]

11. Annie - I Will Always Remember You (with Fredrik Saroea) [5]

12. Annie - Chewing Gum (Radio Edit) [5]

13. Annie - Kiss Me [5]

14. Annie - Me Plus One [5]

15. Annie - Heartbeat [5]

16. Annie - Happy Without You [5]

17. Annie - Always Too Late [5]

18. Annie - The Wedding (Original Version) [5]

19. Annie - Crush (Richard X Original Version) [5]

20. Annie - Loco [5]

21. Annie - I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me [5]

22. Annie - Danny, Danny [5]

23. Annie - Follow Me (with Ercola) (Radio Edit) [5]

24. Annie - Two of Hearts [5]

25. Annie - Anthonio [5]

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26. Annie - Ferret Summer [5]

27. Annie - My Love Is Better [5]

28. Annie - Songs Remind Me of You [5]

29. Annie - Alien Summer (with Toxic Avenger) [5]

30. Annie - Crazy for You (with Designer Drugs) [5]

I always listen to albums in their entirety. I never use shuffle or play individual tracks from albums by themselves. So the above tracks are the albums:

Charli XCX - Heartbeats and Earthquakes - The Mixtape

The Good Natured - Skeleton EP

Annie - Anniethology (homemade comp)

Saint Etienne's Words and Music by Saint Etienne album also has a play count of five, but since the top 25 smart playlist lists the songs in order by artist, those tracks (as well as the last five from Anniethology) didn't make the top 25.

The Charli XCX mixtape being the most played was a bit of a surprise. I went to her gig recently and must have really liked it to play her mixtape more than anything else.

I don't have itunes yet on this pc, here is my last.fm top 25 from the past 3 months

1		2gether – The Hardest Part Of Break...our Stuff)			9
2		Spice Girls – Stop			8
3		Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life			7
4		Spice Girls – Wannabe - Radio Edit			7
5		Steps – Tragedy			6
6		Spice Girls – Denying			5
7		Spice Girls – Never Give Up on the Good Times			5
8		Jennifer Hudson – And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going			5
9		Spice Girls – Say You'll Be There - Single Mix			5
10		All Saints – I Know Where It's At - Original Mix			5
11		Madonna – Girl Gone Wild			5
12		ABBA – Dancing Queen			4
13		Samantha Mumba – Gotta Tell You			4
14		Spice Girls – Saturday Night Divas			4
15		Spice Girls – Too Much			4
16		Melanie C – I Turn to You			4
17		Bette Midler – I'm Beautiful			4
18		Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight			3
19		Girls Aloud – Sound of the Underground			3
20		Spice Girls – Viva Forever			3
21		Teena Marie – Lovergirl			3
22		All Saints – Heaven			3
23		Melanie C – Never Be the Same Again			3
24		ABBA – S.O.S.			3
25		ABBA – Money, Money, Money			3

HamsterHuey said:

What period does iTunes calculate this from?

i have absolutely no idea. but from the looks of it it's from the last few months.

sexton said:

I always listen to albums in their entirety. I never use shuffle or play individual tracks from albums by themselves. So the above tracks are the albums:

that is a very commendable (is that a word?) thing to do. i always tell myself that i will do it that way,

but then i just start skipping between albums and artists and before i know it i've listened to seventy

different songs from my entire collection.

but it's best to listen to whole albums, to get the whole experience and feel a little bit more like you'd

feel back in the day of lp or cassette tapes.

Oh, I read Top 250.

Sorry.

IstenSzek said:

sexton said:

I always listen to albums in their entirety. I never use shuffle or play individual tracks from albums by themselves. So the above tracks are the albums:

that is a very commendable (is that a word?) thing to do. i always tell myself that i will do it that way,

but then i just start skipping between albums and artists and before i know it i've listened to seventy

different songs from my entire collection.

but it's best to listen to whole albums, to get the whole experience and feel a little bit more like you'd

feel back in the day of lp or cassette tapes.

if there are specific songs by different artists that I do like hearing more often, I'll make a compilation album of them and listen to the songs that way--like these:

http://prince.org/msg/8/332431

http://prince.org/msg/8/326780

http://prince.org/msg/8/351928

HamsterHuey said:

Oh, I read Top 250.

Sorry.

No play counts? I think those are almost as interesting as the song selections.

HamsterHuey said:

Oh, I read Top 250.

Sorry.

i'll come back to this thread in future to pick n search some of those songs you mention.

sexton said:

HamsterHuey said:

Oh, I read Top 250.

Sorry.

No play counts? I think those are almost as interesting as the song selections.

It's a doctored list, actually. I took off most the Prince plays, as they are not representive to my normal shuffling.

I also took out the plays of a pianist whom's work I love so madly, it taints the list. (grin)

What is left are the plays not from any doctored playlist.

Don't you have me on Last.fm?

IstenSzek said:

HamsterHuey said:

Oh, I read Top 250.

Sorry.

i'll come back to this thread in future to pick n search some of those songs you mention.

Go for the album of my number one. I play them a lot.

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HamsterHuey said:

Don't you have me on Last.fm?

I'm not social like that. I have a flickr account and that's it. But thank you for sending the actual play counts!

HamsterHuey said:

IstenSzek said:

i'll come back to this thread in future to pick n search some of those songs you mention.

Go for the album of my number one. I play them a lot.

ok, i'll check them out

and, fcuz i don't have lastfm you know me. it took me 5 years to finally get onto facebook.

i can only handle one new account site every couple of years.

unless it's porn, in which case i have unlimited tolerance for added accounts

IstenSzek said:

HamsterHuey said:

Go for the album of my number one. I play them a lot.

ok, i'll check them out

and, fcuz i don't have lastfm you know me. it took me 5 years to finally get onto facebook.

i can only handle one new account site every couple of years.

unless it's porn, in which case i have unlimited tolerance for added accounts

Music porn!

Oh, wait.

HamsterHuey said:

IstenSzek said:

ok, i'll check them out

and, fcuz i don't have lastfm you know me. it took me 5 years to finally get onto facebook.

i can only handle one new account site every couple of years.

unless it's porn, in which case i have unlimited tolerance for added accounts

Music porn!

Oh, wait.

I have that in my iTunes:

Beat at Cinecittà Vol. 1-3 - A sensual homage to the most raunchy, erotic film music from the vaults of Italian 60s & 70’s cinema

sexton said:

Beat at Cinecittà Vol. 1-3 - A sensual homage to the most raunchy, erotic film music from the vaults of Italian 60s & 70’s cinema

Isn't it supposed to be 'beat off Cinecittà?

HamsterHuey said:

sexton said:

Beat at Cinecittà Vol. 1-3 - A sensual homage to the most raunchy, erotic film music from the vaults of Italian 60s & 70’s cinema

Isn't it supposed to be 'beat off Cinecittà?

Translated into English, it is.

sexton said:

HamsterHuey said:

Isn't it supposed to be 'beat off Cinecittà?

Translated into English, it is.

Marry me.

1. Mind Reader - Mystic Merlin (34)

2. Game Of Life - Billy Paul (33)

3. Save The Overtime(For Me) - Gladys Knight & The Pips (29)

4. The Beautiful Ones - Prince (28)

5. Once You Get Started - Rufus (28)

6. Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke (27)

7. Thinking About You - Whitney Houston (25)

8. Rock The Boat - Aaliyah (24)

9. Jump To It - Aretha Franklin (24)

10. Psychoticbumpschool - Bootsy Collins (21)

11. First I Look At The Purse - The Contours (20)

12. (I'm Going By) The Stars In Your Eyes - The Dramatics (20)

13. Sunshine - Earth,Wind &Fire (18)

14. One For The Money - Horace Brown (15)

15. Stay - Jodeci (15)

16. My Guy - Mary Wells (12)

17. You're Not My Girl - Ryan Leslie (10)

18. Get Up Everybody - Salt-N-Pepa (10)

19. You Can't Run From My Love - Stephanie Mills (10)

20. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations (9)

21. I Get Around - Tupac (9)

22. Steelo - 702 (6)

23. Teenage Love Affair - Alicia Keys (5)

24. Good Good - Ashanti (4)

25. Get Up And Do Something - Ashford & Simpson (4)

[Edited 9/27/12 20:46pm]

Abdul said:

4. The Beautiful Ones - Prince (28)

28 times! that's a lot of screaming

HamsterHuey said:

sexton said:

Translated into English, it is.

Marry me.

IstenSzek said:

Abdul said:

4. The Beautiful Ones - Prince (28)

28 times! that's a lot of screaming

LOL, Sure is!