My latest desktop computer arrived in late 2007, at which point I transitioned all of my music off of my laptop. 2 iPods, 2 iPhones, and an iPad later, that computer is still my main repository of music, with iTunes updating its stats every time I listen to something.
Having already gone through cassette tapes and CDs, it is now time to look at digital music with the Top 100 songs that I’ve listened to as of 6/2/2013, according to iTunes. Today we look at the 23 songs tied for #96 with 15 overall plays.
#96: Aerosmith – Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
This 1987 hit from Aerosmith also appeared on Volume 2 of my mix tapes, and has been listened to twice since then.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 7/25/2012
#96: The Beatles – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Recorded for the White Album in 1968, the song didn’t chart in the US until 1976.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 4/27/2013
#96: The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
From 1964, the song is the title track to both the album and the movie.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 4/27/2013
#96: Bloodhound Gang – Bad Touch
Ranked at No. 49 on the list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever released in 2010 by AOL Radio.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 3/19/2013
#96: The Cast Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer – The Parking Ticket
Writer and producer Marti Noxon protests a parking ticket through song from the musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 11/1/2012
#96: Coolio featuring LV – Gangsta’s Paradise
This 1995 hit from Coolio also appeared on Volume 19 of my mix tapes, and has been listened to four times since then.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 5/31/2013
#96: Digital Underground – The Humpty Dance
This 1990 smash climbed all the way to #11 on the pop charts, #7 on the R&B charts, and #1 on the Billboard Rap Singles chart.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 4/27/2013
#96: Dr. Dre – Keep Their Heads Ringin’
This 1995 hit from the Friday soundtrack also appeared on Volume 17 of my mix tapes, and has been listened to three times since then.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 3/13/2013
#96: Dr. Dre – Forgot About Dre
Winner of the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 2001 Grammy Awards.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 10/8/2012
#96: Elvis Presley – An American Trilogy
A medley of three 19th century songs: Dixie, a blackface minstrel song that became the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy since the Civil War; All My Trials, originally a Bahamian lullaby, but closely related to African American spirituals; and The Battle Hymn of the Republic, the marching song of the Union Army during the Civil War.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 5/8/2013
#96: Foo Fighters – Best Of You
This live version was recorded over the course of three shows in late August, 2006 at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 6/11/2012
#96: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – Big Girls Don’t Cry
Spent 5 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1962.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 3/25/2012
#96: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh What A Night!)
This 1975 hit features long time lead singer Frankie Valli in the background while drummer Gerry Polci takes lead.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 3/22/2013
#96: James – Laid
This 1993 hit from James also appeared on Volume 12 of my mix tapes, and has not been listened to at all since then.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 5/17/2011
#96: Less Than Jake – I Think I Love You
This cover of the Partridge Family hit was featured on the Scream 2 soundtrack.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 3/15/2013
#96: Neil Sedaka – Calendar Girl
This 1961 hit for Sedaka peaked at number 4 on the US charts.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 8/22/2012
#96: Snoop Dogg – Gin And Juice
This 1994 hit from Snoop Dogg also appeared on Volume 13 of my mix tapes, and has been listened to once since then.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 1/28/2013
#96: Soul Asylum – Somebody To Shove
This 1992 hit from the Minnesota rockers also appeared on Tape 2 of my mix tapes, and has been listened to once since then.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 5/16/2013
#96: Andrew Gold – Mad About You theme
The theme song from Mad About You, the NBC hit about the Buchman clan.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 11/9/2012
#96: Tegan and Sara – Walking With a Ghost
Released in 2005 as the debut single from the So Jealous album.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 10/7/2011
#96: Tegan and Sara – Speak Slow
A live version of the song from the So Jealous album.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 5/1/2013
#96: Veruca Salt – All Hail Me
The second single released from their debut album.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 5/20/2013
#96: The Wonders – That Thing You Do
The only hit from the Wonders, stars of the 1996 movie of the same name.
iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 2/6/2013

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