1.Ride - Vapour Trail: 40 plays
2.Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer: 35
3.Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Forest Fire: 35
4.Human League - Human: 33
5.Hole - Malibu: 32
6.Toad The Wet Sprocket - Walk On The Ocean: 32
7.Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken: 30
8.Prefab Sprout - Cars And Girls: 30
9.Prefab Sprout - Scarlet Nights: 30
10.Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World: 30
11.Toad The Wet Sprocket - Windmills: 30
12.The Who - Baba O'Riley: 30
13.Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland: 28
14.Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart: 28
15.Smashing Pumpkins - 1979: 28
16.Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot: 28
17.Sublime - What I Got: 28
18.Baby Bird - You're Gorgeous: 27
19.Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run: 27
20.Jimmy Eat World - The Middle: 27
21.Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit: 27
22.Phillip Oakley/Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams: 27
23.Supergrass - Alright: 27
24.Bodeans - Closer To Free: 26
25.Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen: 26
26.The Hooters - And We Danced: 26
27.Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody: 26
28.R.E.M. - Man On The Moon: 26
29.Semisonic - Singing In My Sleep: 26
30.Stevie Wonder - Superstition: 26
31.The Walker Brothers - The Electrician: 26
32.XTC - King For A Day: 26
2010 final play counts
29 plays:
This Charming Man, The Smiths
22 plays:
Waterloo Sunset, the Kinks
21 plays:
Eleanor Rigby, The Beatles
Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns N' Roses
20 plays:
Strawberry Fields Forever, The Beatles
19 Plays:
Hotel California, Eagles
Hound Dog, Elvis Presley
18 Plays:
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, James Brown
17 Plays:
All Along the watchtower, Jimi Hendrix
Sunday Bloody Sunday, U2
16 plays:
Walk This Way, Aerosmith
School's Out, Alice Cooper
Mr.Tambourine Man, Bob Dylan
Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan
Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
I Want You Back, Jackson 5
(Sitin' on) The Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding
Baba O'Riley, The Who
15 plays:
Rocket Man, Elton John
Long Tall Sally, Little Richard
Gimme Shelter, The Rolling Stones
Free Fallin, Tom Petty
In honor of our current 00s countdown I wanted to revisit this thread to list our most played songs of each year. There are some bugs with my iPhone syncing up that have skewed some of my play counts, probably permanently. But for the most part it's intact.
1) 22 PLAYS
WHITE STRIPES - THE SAME BOY YOU'VE ALWAYS KNOWN
STROKES - ALONE, TOGETHER
2) 19 PLAYS
STROKES - SOMA
3) 18 PLAYS
THE BETA BAND - HUMAN BEING
THE SHINS - NEW SLANG
WHITE STRIPES - DEAD LEAVES AND THE DIRTY GROUND
4) 17 PLAYS
DISMEMBERMENT PLAN - SENTIMENTAL MAN
THE SHINS - KNOW YOUR ONION!
Most played of the last three months; this is definitely influenced from the 2000-2002 polls taking place during this time, as well as my increasing interest in hip-hop.
1. PJ Harvey 109
2. Roxy Music 107
3. Ghostface Killah 86
4. The Roots 84
5. The Kinks 83
6. The Microphones 80
7. Flaming Lips 78
8. TV on the Radio 76
9. Queens of the Stone Age 71
10. Swans 69
11. Fugazi 68
12. Stereolab 66
12. Boards of Canada 66
12. The Pharcyde 66
15. Wire 65