{"id":22393,"date":"2025-06-09T06:39:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T12:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=22393"},"modified":"2025-04-20T05:38:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T11:38:46","slug":"itunes-top-200-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/itunes-top-200-10\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200: #10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4029\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image.jpg 268w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a>Music.\u00a0 It is a powerful thing that brings people together, creates memories, and evokes emotions.\u00a0 It is the universal language that speaks to the soul.\u00a0 It forms the soundtrack of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0 It is time to do so again, seeing which older songs still resonate and if any newer ones have joined the fray.\u00a0 So, without further ado, here are my most listened to songs, based on number of plays as of January 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we enter the top ten, where we will go more in depth into each song.\u00a0 The tenth most listened to song in my library, with 137 plays since my stats began in late 2007, was featured on many of my White Sox playlists, celebrating their World Series Championship in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>#10: Queen \u2013 <em>We Are The Champions<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 137 plays, most recently on 9\/15\/2024<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/itunes-top-200-6-10\/\">#9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/queen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22394\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/queen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/queen.jpg 724w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/queen-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><em>We Are the Champions<\/em> was released in 1977, coming from the group&#8217;s sixth studio album <em>News of the World<\/em>.\u00a0 Written with audience participation in mind and usually played back-to-back with its B-side, <em>We Will Rock You<\/em>, it peaked at #4 on the <em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100 in the late 70s.\u00a0 In 2005, it was voted as the world&#8217;s favorite song in a poll by Sony Ericsson.<\/p>\n<p>Also in 2005, It made its way back into my world thanks to the White Sox winning their first World Series championship in 88 years.\u00a0 For the next decade, the song was included in my victory playlist, bringing up the end following a collection of highlights from that championship season.\u00a0 I hope to include it once again someday, but the fellows on the South Side do not seem to be as keen on making that happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music.\u00a0 It is a powerful thing that brings people together, creates memories, and evokes emotions.\u00a0 It is the universal language that speaks to the soul.\u00a0 It forms the soundtrack of our lives. 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