{"id":15603,"date":"2020-05-18T07:30:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=15603"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:45:50","slug":"itunes-top-200-21-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/itunes-top-200-21-29\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200: #21 &#8211; 29"},"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=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image.jpg 268w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/>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<p>Today, we breach the 50 listens plateau, according to my iTunes stats dating back to late 2007.<\/p>\n<p>#29: The Lonely Island &#8211; <em>Lazy Sunday (ft. Chris Parnell)<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 47 plays, most recently on 10\/16\/2019<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/itunes-top-200-11-20\/\">#20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A bit of a drop down the charts for the original <em>SNL<\/em> digital short that put the Lonely Island on the pop culture map and defined the phrase \u201cviral video\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>#29: Chance The Rapper &#8211; <em>Step Up Part 1<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 47 plays, most recently on 1\/24\/2019<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>An auspicious debut for this portion of the hype video the rapper created for the White Sox used during the 2016 season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FooFighters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8656\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FooFighters-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>#28: Foo Fighters &#8211; <em>All My Life<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 49 plays, most recently on 9\/25\/2019<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/itunes-top-200-21-30\/\">#22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A slight decrease for the live version of the song from the\u00a0<em>Live in Hyde Park<\/em>\u00a0bootleg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adameaton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11415\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adameaton-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>#27: Montell Jordan &#8211; <em>This Is How We Do It<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 50 plays, most recently on 1\/24\/2019<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>A strong debut for the main walk up song for former White Sox outfielder Adam Eaton.<\/p>\n<p>#23: Van Halen &#8211; <em>Jump<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 52 plays, most recently on 8\/11\/2019<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/itunes-top-200-96-118\/\">#96<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A tremendous jump (see what I did there?) for the song that, for years, was used as the Chicago Cubs took the field at their home games.<\/p>\n<p>#23: Tag Team &#8211; <em>Whoomp! There It Is<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\niTunes stats: 52 plays, most recently on 10\/26\/2019<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: Unranked<\/p>\n<p>The highest ranking song from my mix tape collection (<a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/another-mix-tape-monday-volume-10\/\">Volume 10<\/a>) thanks to its use at Wrigley Field when the Cubs hit a home run.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/garbage_boston.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13967\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/garbage_boston-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>#23: Garbage &#8211; <em>Bad Boyfriend<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 52 plays, most recently on 11\/4\/2019<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/itunes-top-200-21-30\/\">#29<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inching up the charts is this first track from the band\u2019s fourth album features Dave Grohl, of Foo Fighters and Nirvana fame, on drums.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bnl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13964\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/bnl-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>#23: Barenaked Ladies &#8211; <em>If I Had $1,000,000<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 52 plays, most recently on 11\/25\/2019<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/itunes-top-200-21-30\/\">#22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This live version of the song was recorded at Chicago\u2019s own Metro theatre.<\/p>\n<p>#22: The Cast Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer &#8211; <em>The Mustard<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 54 plays, most recently on 11\/9\/2019<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/itunes-top-200-11-20\/\">#19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A short ditty from the musical episode of\u00a0Buffy the Vampire Slayer\u00a0about the joys of dry cleaning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/vmars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3559\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/vmars-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/vmars-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/vmars-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>#21: The Dandy Warhols &#8211; <em>We Used To Be Friends<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 94 plays, most recently on 10\/25\/2019<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/itunes-top-200-11-20\/\">#24<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A slight increase for this <em>Veronica Mars<\/em> theme, which also doubles as one of my ring tones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Today, [&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":[2473,187,106,7147,2962,120,198,991,89,183,3573,2888,1358,3477,328,88,681,7148,437,688,550,179,2960,49,595],"class_list":["post-15603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-adam-eaton","tag-barenaked-ladies","tag-buffy","tag-chance-the-rapper","tag-chris-parnell","tag-cubs","tag-dandy-warhols","tag-dave-grohl","tag-foo-fighters","tag-garbage","tag-hyde-park","tag-ipad","tag-iphone","tag-ipod","tag-itunes","tag-lonely-island","tag-metro","tag-montell-jordan","tag-nirvana","tag-snl","tag-tag-team","tag-van-halen","tag-veronica-mars","tag-white-sox","tag-wrigley-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15603","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=15603"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15664,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15603\/revisions\/15664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}