{"id":15572,"date":"2020-01-20T07:15:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T13:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=15572"},"modified":"2020-01-05T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T18:50:09","slug":"itunes-top-200-170-part-the-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/itunes-top-200-170-part-the-third\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200: #170 Part The Third"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"itunes_image\"4 years ago, we last counted down the Top 200 songs in my iTunes library. Since my iTunes stats are still intact, across multiple PCs, iPods, iPads, and iPhones, I figured it was time to take another look at my most listened to songs, based on number of plays as of January 1, 2020.<\/p>\n

We continue today with the next group of ten songs tied for 170th place with 30 plays apiece since my stats began in late 2007.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>#170: Garfunkel and Oates – Pregnant Women Are Smug<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 30 plays, most recently on 10\/14\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: #167<\/a><\/p>\n

Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci add 13 new listens to pretty much keep pace with their previous showing.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>#170: Garbage – Cherry Lips (Live)<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 30 plays, most recently on 11\/9\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n

An impressive debut for this live version of the song, performed at Chicago’s Virgin Megastore and broadcast live on WXRT.<\/p>\n

#170: Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 30 plays, most recently on 12\/30\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n

Nominated for the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance, the song has put in 30 listens since being added to my collection in early 2016 prior to a certain road trip.<\/p>\n

#170: DJ Danger Mouse – 99 Problems<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 30 plays, most recently on 9\/26\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: #118<\/a><\/p>\n

A big drop off for this mash-up of Jay Z’s 99 Problems<\/em> and The Beatles Helter Skelter<\/em>.<\/p>\n

#170: The Cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Overture\/Going Through The Motions<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 30 plays, most recently on 11\/9\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: #118<\/a><\/p>\n

A bit of a drop off for the opening tune, performed by series star Sarah Michelle Gellar, from the musical episode in season 6.<\/p>\n

#170: Blues Brothers – Sweet Home Chicago<\/em>
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iTunes stats: 30 plays, most recently on 9\/29\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n

Getting added to my White Sox victory playlist helped make this classic debut on the chart.<\/p>\n

#170: The Beatles – Eight Days A Week<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 30 plays, most recently on 12\/30\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: #79<\/a><\/p>\n

Although it was a huge hit in America, the group did not think highly of the song and they never performed it live.<\/p>\n

#170: Barry Manilow – American Bandstand (Bandstand Boogie)<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 30 plays, most recently on 6\/15\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: #141<\/a><\/p>\n

A bit of a drop for the theme song to the long-running music program hosted by Dick Clark.<\/p>\n

#170: Backbeat Band – Money<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 30 plays, most recently on 8\/22\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n

Consisting of members of Soul Asylum, The Afghan Whigs, Sonic Youth, Gumball, R.E.M., and Foo Fighters, the fake Beatles provided the soundtrack of Backbeat<\/em>, about the relationship between John Lennon and former Beatle Stu Sutcliffe.<\/p>\n

#170: Aerosmith – Janie’s Got A Gun<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 30 plays, most recently on 11\/19\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n

A strong debut for the second single from\u00a0Pump<\/em>, which made it to #4 on the Billboard charts and won the Grammy in 1990 for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.\u00a0 It also appears on Volume 1<\/a> of my mix tapes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

4 years ago, we last counted down the Top 200 songs in my iTunes library. Since my iTunes stats are still intact, across multiple PCs, iPods, iPads, and iPhones, I figured it was time to take another look at my most listened to songs, based on number of plays as of January 1, 2020. We […]<\/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":[419,5162,8678,934,937,96,746,3864,106,6553,1003,7364,89,183,3008,2896,8677,2888,1358,3477,328,518,1094,4088,1192,4089,828,1230,97,8679,8676,3444,49,6590],"class_list":["post-15572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-aerosmith","tag-american-bandstand","tag-backbeat","tag-backbeat-band","tag-barry-manilow","tag-beatles","tag-billboard","tag-blues-brothers","tag-buffy","tag-dick-clark","tag-dj-danger-mouse","tag-florence-the-machine","tag-foo-fighters","tag-garbage","tag-garfunkel-and-oates","tag-grammys","tag-gumball","tag-ipad","tag-iphone","tag-ipod","tag-itunes","tag-jay-z","tag-john-lennon","tag-kate-micucci","tag-rem","tag-riki-lindhome","tag-sarah-michelle-gellar","tag-sonic-youth","tag-soul-asylum","tag-stu-sutcliffe","tag-the-afghan-whigs","tag-virgin-megastore","tag-white-sox","tag-wxrt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15572"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15648,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15572\/revisions\/15648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}