Music. It is a powerful thing that brings people together, creates memories, and evokes emotions. It is the universal language that speaks to the soul. It forms the soundtrack of our lives.
It has now been five years since we last counted down the Top 200 songs in my iTunes library, featuring he songs I have listened to the most since 2007. It is time to do so again, seeing which older songs still resonate and if any newer ones have joined the fray. So, without further ado, here are my most listened to songs, based on number of plays as of January 1, 2025.
We continue this week with the next batch of songs tied for 158th place with 37 plays apiece since my stats began in late 2007.
#158: Green Day – Basket Case
iTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 9/28/2024
Previous ranking: #144
The third single from the band’s major label debut, it spent five weeks atop Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart and earned the group one of their four Grammy nominations in 1995.
#158: Green Day – American Idiot
iTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 9/19/2023
Previous ranking: NR
The band’s first hit to chart on the Hot 100, it has picked up 20 new plays over the past nine years.
#158: George Carlin – People Who Wear Visors
iTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 6/4/2024
Previous ranking: NR
A strong debut for this comedy bit from Carlin’s twelfth HBO special.
#158: Garfunkel and Oates – Pregnant Women are Smug
iTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 12/1/2024
Previous ranking: #170
Seven new listens for the comedic tune from Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci.
#158: Foo Fighters – My Hero
iTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 8/18/2024
Previous ranking: NR
Released in January of 1998 as the third single from the band’s second album, it reached #6 on the Alternative Songs chart.
#158: Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out
iTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 6/27/2024
Previous ranking: #170
Nominated for the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, the song has put in seven listens since the start of 2020.
#158: DJ Danger Mouse – 99 Problems
iTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 7/31/2024
Previous ranking: #170
Seven new plays over the past five years helped push up this mash-up of Jay Z’s 99 Problems and The Beatles Helter Skelter.
#158: The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
iTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 10/21/2024
Previous ranking: NR
Written by Pete Seger in 1959, the song became a hit in late 1965 when it was covered by The Byrds.
#158: The Beatles – I Saw Her Standing There
iTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 5/6/2023
Previous ranking: #144
Ranked the 139th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone, the song added six new plays over the past five years.
#158: The Beatles – Hello Goodbye
iTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 6/25/2024
Previous ranking: NR
Picking up 32 listens since I upgraded to the iPhone 5S in 2013, this non-album single was the group’s first release following the death of manager Brian Epstein.