I recently came across an iTunes Music Library XML file from an old computer that covered some time frame between 2003 and 2007. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the 785 songs I had listened to in that timeframe and, eventually, incorporate some of those numbers into my current library.
Today, we will look at the top 24 songs, in terms of total listens, from this iTunes library. My initial observations are that all of these songs were either ripped from CDs or bought from the iTunes store. Any MP3s don’t seem to be well represented in this library.
| Close Your Eyes (Buffy/Angel Love Theme) | Christophe Beck | Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album | 10 | 11/23/2006 10:53 AM |
| Sk8er Boi (Live) | Avril Lavigne | Avril Live – Try to Shut Me Up | 9 | 2/28/2006 3:26 PM |
| Why Can’t I? (Live) | Liz Phair | Why Can’t I? (Sessions@AOL) – Single | 7 | 8/5/2004 10:12 PM |
| Living In Sin | Bon Jovi | New Jersey | 7 | 8/28/2005 11:10 AM |
| In These Arms | Bon Jovi | Keep The Faith | 7 | 8/28/2005 12:59 PM |
| Livin’ On A Prayer | Bon Jovi | Cross Road | 7 | 10/2/2005 10:38 AM |
| Keep The Faith | Bon Jovi | Cross Road | 7 | 10/2/2005 10:44 AM |
| Connecticut’s For F*cking | Jesus H Christ and The Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse | Jesus H Christ and The Four Hornsmen Of The Apocalypse | 7 | 11/17/2006 11:45 AM |
| C Is For Cookie | Cookie Monster | Sesame Street Platinum: All-Time Favorites | 7 | 12/8/2006 9:06 PM |
| Basketcase (Live) | Avril Lavigne | Avril Live – Try to Shut Me Up | 6 | 1/25/2004 4:07 PM |
| Supernova | Liz Phair | Live from the Chicago Store – EP | 6 | 10/8/2004 8:15 PM |
| Never Say Goodbye | Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet | 6 | 8/28/2005 12:26 PM |
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Lay Your Hands On Me |
Bon Jovi | Cross Road | 6 | 8/28/2005 1:28 PM |
| Born To Be My Baby | Bon Jovi | VH1 Storytellers | 6 | 8/28/2005 1:52 PM |
| Bad Medicine | Bon Jovi | Cross Road | 6 | 11/24/2005 4:52 PM |
| The Touch | Stan Bush | The Transformers: The Movie | 6 | 6/16/2007 11:05 AM |
| Manic Monday (Acoustic) | The Bangles | Manic Monday (Sessions@AOL) -Single | 6 | 6/30/2007 12:54 PM |
| Jessie | Joshua Kadison | Painted Desert Serenade | 5 | 6/13/2004 7:56 PM |
| The People In Your Neighborhood | Bob and The Anything People | Sesame Street Platinum: All-Time Favorites | 5 | 9/18/2004 6:02 PM |
| Bed Of Roses | Bon Jovi | Cross Road | 5 | 8/28/2005 12:37 PM |
| Thunderstruck | AC/DC | The Razors Edge | 5 | 11/4/2005 7:39 PM |
| Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye | Steam | Billboard’s Top Rock ‘n’ Roll Hits: 1969 | 5 | 11/4/2005 7:40 PM |
| Blaze Of Glory | Bon Jovi | Cross Road | 5 | 1/7/2006 11:50 AM |
| Just a Girl (Acoustic Live – German Radio) | No Doubt | Rock Steady (Deluxe) | 5 | 9/3/2006 1:08 PM |