Between 1989, my sophomore year of high school, and 1995, my fourth year of college, I put together a nearly 20 volume collection of mix tapes, containing my favorite songs that I had gathered either from the radio, a cassette tape, or (eventually) CD. Three years ago, we looked back at all 20 volumes and which of my “favorite” songs I still listened to. Today, we revisit those mix tapes and see how things have changed in the last 3 years.

Volume 14 takes us into the early summer of 1994, following the end of my sophomore year of college.  The song selection continues to be  mostly alternative, with a little G-funk added for flavor.

Side A

Stone Temple Pilots – Big Empty

This entry from The Crow soundtrack picked up a paltry 2 additional listens and hasn’t been heard in well over 2 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 3 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 5 plays, most recently on 3/23/2013

Aerosmith – Crazy

A healthy 7 play increase for the final installment of the Alicia Silverstone video trilogy, now with extra Liv Tyler.

2012 iTunes stats: 11 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 18 plays, most recently on 12/18/2014

Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun

The big hit for Soundgarden more than doubled its number of plays over the past 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 2 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 5 plays, most recently on 8/29/2014

Green Day – Longview

The “debut” that pushed Green Day into the mainstream more than doubled its number of listens over the last 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 3 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 7 plays, most recently on 6/4/2015

Hole – Miss World

The introduction of Courtney Love to a mainstream audience picked up 5 additional listens over the past 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 9 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 14 plays, most recently on 12/15/2014

Pearl Jam – Dissident

The latest from Pearl Jam has not been heard once in over 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 8 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 8 plays, most recently on 3/19/2012

Sarah McLachlan – Possession

The first hit for Sarah McLachlan quadrupled its paltry total over the past 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 1 play

2015 iTunes stats: 4 plays, most recently on 11/20/2014

Side B

Tori Amos – Cornflake Girl

The follow up from Under The Pink picked up 6 new listens over the past 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 10 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 16 plays, most recently on 6/9/2015

Sonic Youth – Bull In The Heather

The Sonic Youth hit has only been listened to once in the last 3 years, and that was well over a year and a half ago.

2012 iTunes stats: 7 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 8 plays, most recently on 10/14/2013

Offspring – Come Out And Play

The smash that exposed the Offspring to a mainstream audience picked up an impressive 7 additional listens over the past 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 11 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 18 plays, most recently on 4/26/2015

Toad The Wet Sprocket – Fall Down

The return of Toad the Wet Sprocket more than doubled its number of listens in the past 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 5 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 12 plays, most recently on 6/14/2015

Stone Temple Pilots – Vasoline

An additional 2 listens for the first hit from STP’s second album, as we near the one year anniversary of its last listen.

2012 iTunes stats: 9 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 11 plays, most recently on 7/29/2014

Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories – Stay

The smash hit from the Reality Bites soundtrack gets a healthy additional 4 plays over the last 3 years, despite not having been heard in over a year.

2012 iTunes stats: 1 play

2015 iTunes stats: 5 plays, most recently on 4/8/2014

The Pretenders – Night In My Veins

The Pretenders returned to the charts with this hit that picked up 3 additional listens in the past 3 years, though none within the last year.

2012 iTunes stats: 4 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 7 plays, most recently on 6/17/2014

Warren G – Regulate

A healthy 5-listen increase for this debut hit from Dr. Dre’s step-brother, despite not having been heard in a year and a half.

2012 iTunes stats: 14 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 19 plays, most recently on 12/16/2013

Coolio – Fantastic Voyage

The debut for Coolio, which has not aged well, added only 2 additional listens over the past 3 years.

2012 iTunes stats: 6 plays

2015 iTunes stats: 8 plays, most recently on 3/28/2015