{"id":22340,"date":"2025-01-20T02:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T08:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=22340"},"modified":"2025-01-13T17:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T23:16:55","slug":"itunes-top-200-183-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/itunes-top-200-183-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200: #183 Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Music.\u00a0 It is a powerful thing that brings people together, creates memories, and evokes emotions.\u00a0 It is the universal language that speaks to the soul.\u00a0 It forms the soundtrack of our lives.<\/p>\n

It has now been five years since we last counted down the Top 200 songs in my iTunes library, featuring he songs I have listened to the most since 2007.\u00a0 It is time to do so again, seeing which older songs still resonate and if any newer ones have joined the fray.\u00a0 So, without further ado, here are my most listened to songs, based on number of plays as of January 1, 2025.<\/p>\n

We continue this week with the next batch of songs tied for 183rd place with 36 plays apiece since my stats began in late 2007.<\/p>\n

#183: Nirvana \u2013 About a Girl<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 36 plays, most recently on 12\/7\/2023
\nPrevious ranking: NR<\/p>\n

Written about Kurt Cobain’s then girlfriend, this live acoustic version was recorded in November of 1993 and was released as a single in October of 1994, the band’s first single after Cobain’s death.<\/p>\n

#183: The McCoys \u2013 Hang on Sloopy<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 36 plays, most recently on 6\/25\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: NR<\/p>\n

After falling off the chart five years ago, the official rock song of Ohio returns, adding 19 plays over the last nine years.<\/p>\n

#183: Mazzy Star \u2013 Into Dust<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 36 plays, most recently on 2\/9\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: NR<\/p>\n

Featured on the group’s second studio album and charting twice in the UK despite never being released as a single, the track has picked up 16 plays over these last nine years.<\/p>\n

#183: Mark Snow \u2013 X-Files Theme<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 36 plays, most recently on 5\/24\/2023
\nPrevious ranking: #125<\/a><\/p>\n

My current ringtone, the theme from the 90s FOX hit became just the second instrumental to hit #1 on the French pop charts.<\/p>\n

#183: Lustra \u2013 Scotty Doesn’t Know<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 36 plays, most recently on 12\/13\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: #170<\/a><\/p>\n

Written for the 2004 film Eurotrip<\/em>, the track picked up six additional plays over these past five years.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>#183: George Carlin\u2013 Guys Named Todd<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 36 plays, most recently on 3\/8\/2023
\nPrevious ranking: NR<\/p>\n

#183: George Carlin \u2013 Hands-Free Telephone Headsets<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 36 plays, most recently on 10\/2\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: NR<\/p>\n

These two entries come from Carlin’s 17th comedy album, featuring material from his 12th HBO standup special, recorded just a little more than two months after the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>#183: Garbage \u2013 Blood for Poppies<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 36 plays, most recently on 6\/26\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: NR<\/p>\n

The lead single from the band’s fifth studio album, the song was originally intended for Shirley Manson’s abandoned solo effort but was reworked once the band got back together following their 2005 break.<\/p>\n

#183: Foo Fighters \u2013 Best of You<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 36 plays, most recently on 6\/5\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: #125<\/a><\/p>\n

This live, acoustic version, recorded over the course of three shows in late August of 2006 at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, dropped 58 places after scoring just four new plays over the past five years.<\/p>\n

#183: Eminem \u2013 The Real Slim Shady<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 36 plays, most recently on 7\/3\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: NR<\/p>\n

The lead single from the rapper’s third studio album, the intro and the chorus borrow the once familiar catchphrase of the old panel show To Tell the Truth<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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