I don’t often do these sorts of Internet meme things, but this one’s just a tiny bit interesting. Open iTunes to answer the following:
Total number of tracks: 3435
Sort by song title:
- First Song: Boards Of Canada – ’84 Pontiac Dream
- Last Song: Clint Mansell – πr2
Sort by time:
- Shortest Song: Unknown Numbers Station – Voice Sample Irdial (shortest proper song is Track 6 off DJ Shadow’s “Endtroducing…..”)
- Longest Song: Various Arstechnica DJs – Arsmix 2005 Project (longest proper song is Kincajou (Duck! Asteroid) by Banco de Gaia)
Sort by album:
- First Song: Gipsy Kings – Hotel California from the album ¡Volare! – The Very Best Of The Gipsy Kings
- Last Song: Deep Dish – Yoshiesque
Top 10 Most Played Songs:
- Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (37)
- Pearl Jam – Rearviewmirror (37)
- No Doubt – Don’t Speak (36)
- Radiohead – Everything In Its Right Place (36)
- The Tragically Hip – New Orleans Is Sinking (35)
- Orbital – Halcyon + On + On (33)
- Blind Melon – No Rain (31)
- Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend (31)
- Moby – Bodyrock (31)
- Faith No More – Epic (30)
First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle:
- Unknown Numbers Station – Oblique Irdial
- The KLF – Church Of The KLF
- Andrea Parker – Clutching At Straws
- The Tragically Hip – Coconut Cream
- The Tragically Hip – Smalltown Bringdown
Search for:
“sex”, how many songs come up?: 5
“love”, how many songs come up?: 83
“you”, how many songs come up?: 141
“death”, how many songs come up?: 7
“hate”, how many songs come up?: 0
“wish” how many songs come up?: 4
Popularity: 5% [?]
#1 by Geof F. Morris on January 13th, 2006
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Thank God this isn’t one of those viral things that compels people to do it. ;)
#2 by Brad on January 13th, 2006
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No, you’re not compelled to do it, but it would be nice. :-)
#3 by Chad on January 13th, 2006
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First off, some comments. I’m surprised at how consistent my top ten list is. I think it’s because I almost exclusively listen to whole albums at a time, rather than random shuffles. I’m especially surprised at how Jack Johnson’s “In Between Dreams” and Trashcan Sinatras “Weightlifting” surged to the top, given that I’ve only had them in iTunes for 9 months and and 11 months respectively.
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Total tracks: 5064
Songs by title,
first: Buena Vista Social Club – ?Y Tú Qué Has Hecho?
last: Clint Mansell – πr2
Shortest song: Kid Koala – Strat Hear
Longest: Paolo Mojo – Excession Summer 2005 Promo
By album, first: Metallica – Blackened from ….And Justice For All
last: Cherry Poppin’ Daddies – Master and Slave from Zoot Suit Riot
Top ten most played:
1) Jack Johnson – Banana Pancakes (68)
2) Jack Johnson – Never Know (66)
3) Trashcan Sinatras – Got Carried Away (62)
4) Trashcan Sinatras – All The Dark Horses (59)
5) Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity (58)
6) Jack Johnson – Better Together (57)
7) Trashcan Sinatras – Trouble Sleeping (57)
8) dj BC and the Beastles – Tripper Trouble (55)
9) Trashcan Sinatras – What Women do to Men (55)
10) Trashcan Sinatras – Freetime (54)
First five songs on party shuffle:
1) David Bowie – Heroes
2) Alphaville – Sounds Like a Melody
3) Kid Koala – Bjork Scratch
4) L7 – Stuck Here Again
5) Tom Jones – Burning Down the House
“sex”: 23
“love”: 149
“you”: 438
“death”: 31
“hate”: 28
“wish”: 11
#4 by Chad on January 13th, 2006
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OH! which suggests another statistic:
First song added: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, etc: You’re Nobody Til Somebody Loves You (18/04/2002 6:00pm)
Last song added: No Luck Club: (What Is) Pop Music (10/01/2006 4:34pm).
#5 by Alice on January 13th, 2006
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Total Tracks 668
First Song: #1 Crush by Garbage
Last Song: Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Shortest Song: 5 Gay Men – Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Longest Song: Machette – Moby
Album:First (What’s the Story Morning Glory)- Oasis, Wonderwall
Last: Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Shake Your Lovemaker
Top 10 Most Played
1. Take Me Away – Avril Lavigne (29)
2. Trip Like I Do – Crystal Method (27)
3. One Night Stand – Enrique Iglesias (27)
4. Old Black Rum (live) – Great Big Sea (24
5. The Last Saskatchewan Pirate – Captain Tractor (22)
6. Rant & Roar – Great Big Sea (22)
7. Frozen – Tegan and Sarah (22)
8. Hey Ya! – Andre 3000 (21)
9. Romeo – Basement Jaxx (21)
10.Accidentlly in Love – Counting Crows (21)
11. Cherry Twist – Crystal Method (21)
12. Wave over Wave – Great Big Sea (21)
Party Shuffle
1. Wendy Clear – Blink 182
2. Big Me – Foo Fighters
3. Wild Thing – Tone Loc
4. So Jealous – Tegan and Sara
5. Nobody Does it Better – Sex Mob
Sex (4)
Love (23)
You (76)
Death (0)
Hate (5) (4 are because of the word “whatever” being in the title or album name
Wish (0)
#6 by Geof F. Morris on January 13th, 2006
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Thanks for the guilt trip, Brad.
#7 by Geof F. Morris on January 16th, 2006
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Happy now, Brad? ;)