After my tape deck crapped out in 1997, I was stuck listening to either the radio or full albums in whatever order the artist intended.  That all changed in 2001, when the new-fangled MP3 technology got combined with my new CD burner.

March of 2002 brought about new albums from Weezer and Alanis Morissette and new singles from Britney Spears, Pink, and No Doubt.

Cheap Trick – That 70s Song

The theme song from That 70s Show shows up halfway through the show’s run.

iTunes stats: 11 plays, most recently on 10/12/2011

Possum Dixon – Watch That Girl Destroy Me

The first of two straight appearances for this song, which is certainly a good time but not necessarily good enough for such a continuous play.

iTunes stats: 5 plays, most recently on 11/1/2010

Frank Black – Headache

The ex-Pixies singer had his one solo hit with this tune.

iTunes stats: 7 plays, most recently on 4/4/2012

Garbage – Breaking Up The Girl

The latest somewhat hit for the band based in Madison, WI.

iTunes stats: 12 plays, most recently on 10/19/2012

No Doubt – Hella Good

The Orange County rockers return with their second hit off of Rock Steady.

iTunes stats: 8 plays, most recently on 8/21/2012

Zaeger & Evans – In The Year 2525

This 60s hit was an ode to futuristic science gone mad.

iTunes stats: 5 plays, most recently on 11/6/2012

Weezer – Dope Nose

Weezer returns with their second album in as many years.

iTunes stats: 20 plays, most recently on 7/16/2012

The Calling – Wherever You Will Go

The only hit from The Calling was featured on Smallville and Cold Case and in the film Coyote Ugly.

iTunes stats: 3 plays, most recently on 8/12/2011

Sonic Youth – Bull In The Heather

This song was named after the winner of the 1993 Florida Derby.

iTunes stats: 7 plays, most recently on 5/19/2012

James – Laid

The early 90s hit got a second life in the late 90s and early 2000s thanks to the American Pie films.

iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 5/17/2011

Alice In Chains – Rooster

One month after I burned this CD, Layne Staley was found dead of a drug overdose.

iTunes stats: 5 plays, most recently on 8/22/2012

Better Than Ezra – Good

The one hit from the mid-90s one hit wonder.

iTunes stats: 4 plays, most recently on 6/4/2012

Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood

An animated band consisting of the lead singer of Blur and the creator of Tank Girl.

iTunes stats: 1 play, on 5/11/2012

Oasis – Live Forever

The first US hit for Oasis that came out before they became one of the biggest bands in the world.

iTunes stats: 10 plays, most recently on 7/30/2012

Alanis Morissette – Hands Clean

This song is reportedly about an affair Alanis had with a man when she was 14.

iTunes stats: 1 play, on 8/15/2011

Heather Nova – We Can Work It Out

This Beatles cover was from the film I Am Sam.

iTunes stats: Never played

Freelance Hellraiser – A Stroke Of Genie-us

A mashup of Hard To Explain by The Strokes and Genie In A Bottle by Christina Aguilera.

iTunes stats: 2 plays, most recently on 6/23/2009

Shakira – Whatever, Whenever

The first US hit for the Colombian songstress.

iTunes stats: 3 plays, most recently on 7/30/2012

Pink – Don’t Let Me Get Me

The second hit from Pink’s second album and her attempt to break free from the marketing pigeon hole she was placed in.

iTunes stats: 3 plays, most recently on 2/7/2011

Britney Spears – I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

Britney’s ode to growing up, prior to her mental breakdown.

iTunes stats: 1 play, on 7/12/2012