{"id":9645,"date":"2016-05-30T09:22:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T15:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=9645"},"modified":"2016-01-17T14:36:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T20:36:20","slug":"itunes-top-200-21-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/itunes-top-200-21-30\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200: #21 \u2013 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"itunes_image\"3 years ago, we first counted down the then Top 100 songs in my iTunes library. Since that time, I\u2019ve 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

We continue today with the\u00a010 songs that comprise #s 21-30, with plays throughout the 30s, four of which come from the same band and another three are television show theme songs.<\/p>\n

#30:\u00a0Foo Fighters\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Everlong<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 31 plays, most recently on 10\/23\/2015
\nPrevious ranking: #36<\/a><\/p>\n

A live version of the band’s biggest hit, from their Skin and Bones<\/em> album.<\/p>\n

#29:\u00a0Garbage \u2013\u00a0Bad Boyfriend<\/em>
\niTunes stats:\u00a032 plays, most recently on 10\/17\/2015
\nPrevious ranking: #27<\/a><\/p>\n

The first track from the band\u2019s fourth album features Dave Grohl, of Foo Fighters and Nirvana fame, on drums.<\/p>\n

#27:\u00a0Dr. John\u00a0\u2013\u00a0My Opinionation<\/em>
\niTunes stats:\u00a033 plays, most recently on 11\/7\/2015
\nPrevious ranking: #32<\/a><\/p>\n

The theme song to Blossom<\/em>, the 90s pantheon to weird teenage girls being themselves.<\/p>\n

#27:\u00a0Katy Perry\u00a0\u2013\u00a0I Kissed A Girl<\/em>
\niTunes stats:\u00a033 plays, most recently on 10\/27\/2015
\nPrevious ranking: #24<\/a><\/p>\n

A small drop for the song ranked #66 for the decade of the 2000s by Billboard magazine..<\/p>\n

\"FooFighters\"#25:\u00a0Foo Fighters\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Everlong<\/em>
\niTunes stats:\u00a035 plays, most recently on 10\/30\/2015
\nPrevious ranking: #23<\/a><\/p>\n

The second version of the song to make the countdown this week, this one being a live version from the band’s concert in London’s Hyde Park.<\/p>\n

#25: The Crystal Method\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bones Theme<\/em>
\niTunes stats:\u00a035 plays, most recently on 12\/18\/2015
\nPrevious ranking: #21<\/a><\/p>\n

A slight ranking drop for the theme song from the long running FOX show.<\/p>\n

#24:\u00a0The Dandy Warhols\u00a0\u2013\u00a0We Used To Be Friends<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 11\/10\/2015
\nPrevious ranking: #39<\/a><\/p>\n

The theme song from the\u00a0still-relevant\u00a0<\/span>Veronica Mars<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>also doubles as one of my ring tones.<\/p>\n

#22:\u00a0Foo Fighters\u00a0\u2013\u00a0All My Life<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 38 plays, most recently on 9\/24\/2015
\nPrevious ranking: #30<\/a><\/p>\n

A nice jump in the rankings for the live version of the song from the Live in Hyde Park<\/em> bootleg.<\/p>\n

#22:\u00a0Barenaked Ladies\u00a0\u2013\u00a0If I Had $1,000,000
\niTunes stats:\u00a038 plays, most recently on 8\/18\/2015
\nPrevious ranking: #24<\/a><\/p>\n

This live version of the song was recorded at Chicago’s own Metro theatre.<\/p>\n

#21:\u00a0Foo Fighters\u00a0\u2013\u00a0My Hero<\/em>
\niTunes stats:\u00a039 plays, most recently on 9\/10\/2015
\nPrevious ranking: #21<\/a><\/p>\n

The highest ranking tune from the Foo Fighters is this live version from their previously mentioned concert in London\u2019s Hyde Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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