Let's Play a Game!

From Songs in your music library, hit shuffle and share the first 5 that come up. No cheating!

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) June 1, 2018

I saw that on Twitter, and here was my result:

1) Right To Be Wrong - Joss Stone
2) Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
3) Autumn - Paolo Nutini
4) Night and Day - Al B. Sure
5) I Could Die for You - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Interesting list. I didn't even know I had Walk Like an Egyptian on my iPod!

I decided to keep on going to #10:

6) Let It Be - The Beatles
7) I'll Be There - The Jackson 5
8) Hello - Lionel Richie (feat. Jennifer Nettles)
9) Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves - David parry, London Philharmonic Chorus and London Philharmonic Orchestra
10) You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette

As you can see, my list is all over the place. I'm kind of proud of my eclectic list!

My Top 25 on iTunes - September 2017

I just revisited my Top 25 Most Played list on my iPod recently.  I created a Spotify list of those songs.  Some of the list isn't surprising to me at all because a lot of these are my favorite songs, but some of the songs are quite surprising.

Here are the Top 25--note that there are only 24 songs on it.  That's because "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson is on their twice, from two different albums.



The biggest surprise is Trent Harmon's "Falling" -- he was a contestant on Amercian Idol and this was his final song and I love it, but I haven't listened to it in a long time.  I clearly listened a LOT when I first downloaded it.  Another surprise is Madonna's "Keep It Together," because again, although I love the song, I didn't think I listened to it that frequently.  Most of the other songs are on a playlist I created called "Makes Me Happy" which I do listen to all the time--it includes "Mercy," "Love on Top," "Outstanding," "Love Never Felt So Good," and others.

I don't remember the last time I reset the count, but the range of "listens" on this list is from 137 times ("Drink You Away") to 285 times ("Can't Feel My Face").  "Love on Top" is second at 241.  That surprises me too, because based on how I listen to music, I would expect "Love on Top" to be #1.  I often listen to that song 3-4 times in a row when I hear it.

I'm going to reset the count on my iPod now and see how it looks after six months, just out of curiosity.  (I'm going to have to put this on my calendar, because otherwise I'll forget!)