You should actually probably avoid reading this one

I enjoy statistics and cataloguing things (which is why I hardly ever get anyhting of value done), and by way of that I found this little feature on my iPod several months ago which tracks the number of times I've listened to a song. Here is that list from September of last year:

1. "Anthems for a Seventeen-Year Old Girl" from You Forgot It In People - Broken Social Scene (92 plays)
2. "Kid A" from Kid A - Radiohead (73 plays)
3. "Bukowski" from Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse (71 plays)
4. "The View" from Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse (64 plays)
5. "Maps" from Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (64 plays)
6. "Tick" from Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (62 plays)
7. "Friend of the Night" from Mr. Beast - Mogwai (59 plays)
8. "The Engine Driver" from Picaresque - The Decemberists (58 plays)
9. "I'll Believe in Anything" from Apologies to the Queen Mary - Wolf Parade (57 plays)
10. "Words So Leisured" from Franz Ferdinand (Bonus Disc) - Franz Ferdinand (56 plays)
11. "Stella Was A Diver and She Was Always Down" from Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol (54 plays)
12. "Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts" from Apologies to the Queen Mary - Wolf Parade (54 plays)
13. "Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)" from Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (53 plays)
14. "Parting Gift" from Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple (50 plays)
15. "The Cold Part" from The Moon & Antarctica - Modest Mouse (50 plays)
16. "Finish Your Collapse and Stay For Breakfast" from Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (49 plays)
17. "Jezebel" from Woman King EP - Iron & Wine (48 plays)
18. "Upward Over the Mountain" from The Creek Drank the Cradle - Iron & Wine (47 plays)
19. "Pink Moon" from Pink Moon - Nick Drake (47 plays)
20. "Twilight" from Pretty in Black - The Raveonettes (45 plays)
21. "7/4 (Shoreline)" from Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (44 plays)
22. "Marching Bands of Manhattan" from Plans - Death Cab for Cutie (44 plays)
23. "A Different City" from The Moon & Antarctica - Modest Mouse (44 plays)
24. "Though I Hear You Calling, I Will Not Answer" from Blue Orchid Single - The White Stripes (44 plays)
25. "New Slang" from Oh, Inverted World - The Shins (43 plays)

And here is the new list, one year later!

1. "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl" from You Forgot It In People - Broken Social Scene (116 plays)
2. "Kid A" from Kid A - Radiohead (86 plays)
3. "Bukowski" from Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse (82 plays)
4. "Pink Moon" from Pink Moon - Nick Drake (75 plays)
5. "Maps" from Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (75 plays)
6. "The View" from Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse (74 plays)
7. "Inside and Out" from Let It Die - Feist (73 plays)
8. "Tick" from Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (72 plays)
9. "Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Beter Day)" from Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (68 plays)
10. "I'll Believe in Anything" from Apologies to the Queen Mary - Wolf Parade (68 plays)
11. "Jezebel" from Woman King EP - Iron & Wine (67 plays)
12. "Friend of the Night" from Mr. Beast - Mogwai (66 plays)
13. "Words So Leisured" from Franz Ferdinand Bonus Disc - Franz Ferdinand (63 plays)
14. "Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts" from Apologies to the Queen Mary - Wolf Parade (63 plays)
15. "7/4 (Shoreline)" from Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (62 plays)
16. "The Engine Driver" from Picaresque - The Decemberists (62 plays)
17. "Finish Your Collapse and Stay for Breakfast" from Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (61 plays)
18. "Marching Bands of Manhattan" from Plans - Death Cab for Cutie (60 plays)
19. "Upward Over the Mountain" from The Creek Drank the Cradle - Iron & Wine (60 plays)
20. "Road" from Pink Moon - Nick Drake (60 plays)
21. "Untitled 1" from ( ) - Sigur Ros (59 plays)
22. "When I Was a Young Girl" from Let It Die - Feist (58 plays)
23. "Stella Was a Diver and She was Always Down" from Turn On the Bright Lights - Interpol (58 plays)
24. "Horn" from Pink Moon - Nick Drake (58 plays)
25. "Parting Gift" from Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple (57 plays)

Wow. It's the same basic core group, but I guess I didn't think I listened to "Finish Your Collapse and Stay for Breakfast" that many times! I can't remember listening to "The Engine Driver" and "Words So Leisured" back in August, but apparently I did.

Gone are "The Cold Part," (#28) "New Slang,"(#26) "Though I Hear You Calling, I Will Not Answer,"(#45) "A Different City,"(#33) and "Twilight"(#38).

New additions are "When I Was a Young Girl," and "Untitled 1."

"Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl" still has a firm grasp on the #1 spot, 30 plays above #2, an increase from 19 plays last year.

So.... that killed about 1/2 an hour...