Top Ten Meme

[galena417]

Ok, I've created my own meme... or, at least, I'm doing a list that I'm sure someone has done as a meme, but I haven't seen it, so here it is.

What are the top 10 most-played songs on your iPod/iTunes/mp3 player?  Why do they get played so often?

10.  3AM by Matchbox Twenty

• Not the first song I liked by them (that would be Push) but my favourite song by MB20.  When I hear it, it's stuck in my head until something replaces it.  Was very glad that Rob sang a version of it at his concert last year (gee...actually, when I think about it, that's where I was this time last year ... at the Rob Thomas concert in Hamilton.)  I'm actually surprised it's not higher on the play list, to be quite honest.

9.   Rock & Roll Pt 2 by Gary Glitter

• This one is just fun... reminds me of clubbing, and hockey games, and it's great driving music.

8.   Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry

• At school, 5 minutes before the first period bell, we play "walking music".  One of the French teachers is responsible for picking.  Several years ago, this song was the choice one morning, and I have this image of one of my colleagues dancing along to it as she made her way to class.  It's fun, and I love to dance to it, and when it's on the radio, I always sing along.

7.   I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2

• This one actually surprised me.  Don't get me wrong...I love U2, and I like this song, but somehow I thought Pride would have been higher up than this one.  Or Mysterious Ways or Vertigo.  I think because this one is on my slow & mellow playlist it gets played more often than some of the others.

6.   When The Heartache Ends by Rob Thomas

• This explanation is like the one for #7, above.  Not my favourite song off Rob's solo album (that would have to be I am an Illusion or Lonely No More) but it's on the slow & mellow playlist - which is good to mark to, or nap to when I'm somewhere other than home & need to try & get some sleep.

5.   Groovin' by the Rascals

• This one is definitely on the slow & mellow playlist, and I just like it.  Reminds me of lazy summer days.

4.   A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum

•  Definitely on the slow & mellow list...a great song to just kick back & relax to.
  

3.   Red Red Wine by UB40

• This one reminds me of high school.  Not that I was drinking red wine then (nor much of it now, since it gives me headaches) but I have distinct memories of dancing to this at school dances.
  

2.   Sister Golden Hair by America

•  I was blonde, once upon a time.  When I had hair.  And didn't really play around with the colour (much).  This song makes me think of road trips...something we did more when I was younger, before my grandparents moved to Ontario from Montreal.
  

1.   Black Water by the Doobie Brothers

•  This one is fun - and I'm sure it's on more than one playlist.  I sing along, I dance to it, and I crank it up when it's on the radio (which doesn't happen often, unless I've hooked up the iPod to it!)

So, what's your list?  I'm tagging
audi7 because I know she's procrastinating reading / marking essays, and anyone else who'd like to share their list.