{"id":22389,"date":"2025-02-17T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=22389"},"modified":"2025-06-01T16:00:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T22:00:53","slug":"itunes-top-200-158-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/itunes-top-200-158-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200: #158 Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>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 158th place with 37 plays apiece since my stats began in late 2007.<\/p>\n

#158: Green Day \u2013 Basket Case<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 9\/28\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: #144<\/a><\/p>\n

The third single from the band\u2019s major label debut, it spent five weeks atop Billboard’s<\/em> Modern Rock Tracks chart and earned the group one of their four Grammy nominations in 1995.<\/p>\n

#158: Green Day \u2013 American Idiot<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 9\/19\/2023
\nPrevious ranking: NR<\/p>\n

The band’s first hit to chart on the Hot 100, it has picked up 20 new plays over the past nine years.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>#158: George Carlin \u2013 People Who Wear Visors<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 6\/4\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: NR<\/p>\n

A strong debut for this comedy bit from Carlin’s twelfth HBO special.<\/p>\n

#158: Garfunkel and Oates \u2013 Pregnant Women are Smug<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 12\/1\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: #170<\/a><\/p>\n

Seven new listens for the comedic tune from Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>#158: Foo Fighters \u2013 My Hero<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 8\/18\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: NR<\/p>\n

Released in January of 1998 as the third single from the band’s second album, it reached #6 on the Alternative Songs chart.<\/p>\n

#158: Florence + The Machine \u2013 Shake It Out<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 6\/27\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: #170<\/a><\/p>\n

Nominated for the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance, the song has put in seven listens since the start of 2020.<\/p>\n

#158: DJ Danger Mouse \u2013 99 Problems<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 7\/31\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: #170<\/a><\/p>\n

Seven new plays over the past five years helped push up this mash-up of Jay Z\u2019s 99 Problems<\/em>\u00a0and The Beatles\u00a0Helter Skelter<\/em>.<\/p>\n

#158: The Byrds \u2013 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 10\/21\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: NR<\/p>\n

Written by Pete Seger in 1959, the song became a hit in late 1965 when it was covered by The Byrds.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>#158: The Beatles \u2013 I Saw Her Standing There<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 5\/6\/2023
\nPrevious ranking: #144<\/a><\/p>\n

Ranked the 139th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone<\/em>, the song added six new plays over the past five years.<\/p>\n

#158: The Beatles \u2013 Hello Goodbye<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 37 plays, most recently on 6\/25\/2024
\nPrevious ranking: NR<\/p>\n

Picking up 32 listens since I upgraded to the iPhone 5S in 2013, this non-album single was the group’s first release following the death of manager Brian Epstein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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