{"id":15578,"date":"2020-02-17T07:18:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T13:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=15578"},"modified":"2020-01-11T18:00:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T00:00:44","slug":"itunes-top-200-125-144","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/itunes-top-200-125-144\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200: #125 – 144"},"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 have completed the first quarter of the countdown and, today, we finish up the final batch of songs tied for 144th place with 31 listens and move on to the first group tied for 125th since my stats began in late 2007.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>#144: The Cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Dawn’s Lament<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 31 plays, most recently on 11\/9\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n

Michelle Trachtenberg’s entry to the Buffy musical episode makes a strong debut.<\/p>\n

#144: Biz Markie – Just A Friend<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 31 plays, most recently on 11\/14\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n

An impressive debut for the song ranked #81 on VH1s list of Greatest One Hit Wonders and which appears on Volume 2<\/a> of my mix tapes.<\/p>\n

#144: Bill Haley & His Comets – Shake, Rattle and Roll<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 31 plays, most recently on 10\/25\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n

Featured in Clue: The Movie<\/em>, it is considered the first giant rock and roll hit after, along with Joe Turner’s version of the song, selling over 1 million copies.<\/p>\n

#144: The Beatles – I Saw Her Standing There<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 31 plays, most recently on 7\/28\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: #118<\/a><\/p>\n

A big drop for the B-side to the group\u2019s first American single, it spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #14.<\/p>\n

#144: The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 31 plays, most recently on 8\/22\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: #96<\/a><\/p>\n

A bigger drop for the title track to both the album and the movie.<\/p>\n

#144: The Beatles – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da<\/em>
\n<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 31 plays, most recently on 11\/4\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: #118<\/a><\/p>\n

Recorded for the White album in 1968, the song didn\u2019t chart in the US until 1976.<\/p>\n

#144: The Ataris – The Boys Of Summer<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 31 plays, most recently on 10\/25\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n

The band’s biggest hit, peaking at No. 2 on the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0Modern Rock chart.<\/p>\n

#125: Warren G – Regulate<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 32 plays, most recently on 10\/15\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: #79<\/a><\/p>\n

A small decline for this\u00a0debut hit from\u00a0Dr. Dre\u2019s step-brother, which also appeared on\u00a0Volume 14<\/a>\u00a0of my mix tapes.<\/p>\n

#125: Warrant – Cherry Pie<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 32 plays, most recently on 10\/15\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: #141<\/a><\/p>\n

The first single from the band\u2019s second album has become synonymous with strippers, at least on the Adam Carolla Show.<\/p>\n

#125: Van Halen – Panama<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 32 plays, most recently on 11\/4\/2019
\nPrevious ranking: #141<\/a><\/p>\n

The third single from the band\u2019s seminal album\u00a01984, it reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/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":[5491,96,566,3859,746,945,106,668,93,2888,1358,3477,328,8684,1267,179,3040,1344,477],"class_list":["post-15578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-adam-carolla-show","tag-beatles","tag-big-joe-turner","tag-bill-haley-his-comets","tag-billboard","tag-biz-markie","tag-buffy","tag-clue","tag-dr-dre","tag-ipad","tag-iphone","tag-ipod","tag-itunes","tag-michelle-trachtenberg","tag-the-ataris","tag-van-halen","tag-vh1","tag-warrant","tag-warren-g"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15578","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=15578"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15669,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15578\/revisions\/15669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}