{"id":9626,"date":"2016-03-21T09:07:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T15:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=9626"},"modified":"2016-03-12T09:22:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T15:22:01","slug":"itunes-top-200-96-118","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/itunes-top-200-96-118\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200: #96 &#8211; 118"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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=\"itunes_image\" 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\" \/>3 years ago, we first counted down the then Top 100 songs in my iTunes library. Since that time, I&#8217;ve successfully managed to migrate my music collection to a new PC with the stats intact. So, I figured it was time to take another look, expanding out the field to the top 200 songs, based on number of plays as of January 1, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we finish off the\u00a0final grouping of songs tied for 118th place with 19 plays apiece and start the first group of songs tied for 96th place with 20 plays since late 2007.<\/p>\n<p>#118:\u00a0The Beatles\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 19 plays, most recently on 12\/16\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/itunes-top-100-96-118\/\">#96<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recorded for the White Album in 1968, the song didn\u2019t chart in the US until 1976.<\/p>\n<p>#118:\u00a0Afroman &#8211;\u00a0<em>Because I Got High<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 19 plays, most recently on 9\/7\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>A goofy song picked up off the scrap heap by Kevin Smith for inclusion on the <em>Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back<\/em> soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>#118:\u00a0Aerosmith &#8211;\u00a0<em>Crazy<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 19 plays, most recently on 9\/27\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>The third and final entry of the band&#8217;s Alicia Silverstone video trilogy, also featuring a teenage Liv Tyler.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a010,000 Maniacs\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>These Are Days<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a020 plays, most recently on 11\/6\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/itunes-top-100-76-95\/\">#76<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The song hit number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in November 1992.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Young MC\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Bust A Move<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a020 plays, most recently on 11\/23\/2013<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/itunes-top-100-70-75\/\">#70<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0Grammy winning\u00a0hit\u00a0also appeared on<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/mix-tape-monday-volume-1-revisited\/\">Volume 1<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>of my mix tapes.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Van Halen\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Jump<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more-->iTunes stats:\u00a020 plays, most recently on 6\/5\/2014<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/itunes-top-100-70-75\/\">#70<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For years, the song was used as the intro music as the Chicago Cubs took the field at their home games.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Toad The Wet Sprocket\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>All I Want<br \/>\n<\/em>iTunes stats:\u00a020 plays, most recently on 9\/21\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/itunes-top-100-76-95\/\">#76<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first hit from Toad the Wet Sprocket also appeared on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/mix-tape-monday-volume-7-revisited\/\">Volume 7<\/a>\u00a0of my mix tapes.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Tegan and Sara\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>I\u00a0Bet It Stung<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a020 plays, most recently on 10\/2\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>An album track from the duo&#8217;s fourth album.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Andrew Gold\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Mad About You<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a020 plays, most recently on 8\/19\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/itunes-top-100-96-118\/\">#96<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The theme song from<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em>Mad About You<\/em>, the mid-90s NBC hit about the Buchman clan.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Will Smith\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a020 plays, most recently on 4\/5\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/itunes-top-100-76-95\/\">#76<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The theme song from the 1990\u2019s NBC comedy of the same name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 years ago, we first counted down the then Top 100 songs in my iTunes library. Since that time, I&#8217;ve successfully managed to migrate my music collection to a new PC with the stats intact. So, I figured it was time to take another look, expanding out the field to the top 200 songs, based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[916,419,922,2274,3469,96,746,120,1257,2896,328,6569,363,2343,1258,500,101,99,179,1350,646],"class_list":["post-9626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-10000-maniacs","tag-aerosmith","tag-afroman","tag-alicia-silverstone","tag-andrew-gold","tag-beatles","tag-billboard","tag-cubs","tag-fresh-prince-of-bel-air","tag-grammys","tag-itunes","tag-jay-and-silent-bob-strike-back","tag-kevin-smith","tag-liv-tyler","tag-mad-about-you","tag-nbc","tag-tegan-and-sara","tag-toad-the-wet-sprocket","tag-van-halen","tag-will-smith","tag-young-mc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9626"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10016,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9626\/revisions\/10016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}