{"id":9628,"date":"2016-03-28T09:09:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T15:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=9628"},"modified":"2016-03-12T09:54:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T15:54:02","slug":"itunes-top-200-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/itunes-top-200-96\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200: #96"},"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 first 100 songs of the countdown with the next\u00a0grouping of songs tied for 96th place with\u00a020 plays apiece since late 2007.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Pearl Jam\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Go<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a020 plays, most recently on 8\/20\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>The song got a boost after being used by Paul Konerko as his at bat music during his final season.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0The Offspring\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Come Out And Play<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a020 plays, most recently on 7\/8\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>The breakthrough single for the punk band also appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/mix-tape-monday-revisited-volume-14\/\">Volume 14<\/a> of my mix tapes.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Mazzy Star\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Into Dust<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a020 plays, most recently on 11\/7\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>Despite never being released as a single, the song has charted two different times in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Kermit &#8211;\u00a0<em>Rainbow Connection<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 20 plays, most recently on 11\/19\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>The signature song for the main muppet from the first <em>Muppet Movie<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Garfunkel &amp; Oates\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Google<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 20 plays, most recently on 5\/24\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>The comedy duo&#8217;s tune on dating realities in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Garfunkel &amp; Oates\u00a0&#8211; <em>Handjob, Blandjob, I Don&#8217;t Understand Job<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more-->iTunes stats: 20 plays, most recently on 11\/4\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>The comedy duo&#8217;s tune about never learning how to use their hands for foreplay during high school.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Foo Fighters\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Breakout<br \/>\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 20 plays, most recently on 12\/17\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>Originally released on the band&#8217;s third studio album, the song also appeared on the soundtrack to the Jim Carrey film <em>Me, Myself &amp; Irene<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Dr. Dre\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>Nuthin&#8217; But A &#8220;G&#8221; Thang<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 20 plays, most recently on 8\/26\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>The first single from Dr. Dre&#8217;s solo debut, the song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was named the hip-hop song of the decade by <em>XXL<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Digital Underground\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>The Humpty Dance<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 20 plays, most recently on 7\/18\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/itunes-top-100-96-118\/\">#96<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This 1990 smash\u00a0climbed all the way to #11 on the pop charts, #7 on the R&amp;B charts, and #1 on the Billboard Rap Singles chart.<\/p>\n<p>#96:\u00a0Cheap Trick\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>That &#8217;70s Song<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 20 plays, most recently on 12\/13\/2015<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>The theme song from the\u00a0FOX comedy about young Eric Foreman and his group of friends in 1970s Wisconsin.<\/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":[746,279,723,93,89,806,3008,328,2233,203,6570,1108,531,127,176,4561,6571],"class_list":["post-9628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-billboard","tag-cheap-trick","tag-digital-underground","tag-dr-dre","tag-foo-fighters","tag-fox","tag-garfunkel-and-oates","tag-itunes","tag-jim-carrey","tag-mazzy-star","tag-me-myself-irene","tag-muppets","tag-offspring","tag-paul-konerko","tag-pearl-jam","tag-the-muppet-movie","tag-xxl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9628","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=9628"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10018,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9628\/revisions\/10018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}