Once July rolls around, everyone with something to say publishes their Best Of and Worst Of lists for the year - so far. Here at The Hideaway, we're just gonna check my last.fm page and see what my most scrobbled songs were from January 1, 2016, through June 30, 2016. Exactly eighty songs were played five times or more during that period, making for a quick and easy countdown. For the record, only two songs from 2016 have made the cut and the average year of Hideaway Top 80 of 2016 - SO FAR is 1985 which is a bit misleading. The median year is 1979 which is much more like it. You may recall that we have counted down my 100 Favorite Songs each from 1973, 1976, 1979 and 1982 so far this year so the majority of my listening has been from those four years for research. Anything for you, dear viewers.
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# | artist — title | year | |
80 | Austin Lucas feat. Cory Branan — Call the Doctor | 2016 | |
79 | The Jones Girls — You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else | 1979 | |
78 | Hall & Oates — Wait For Me | 1979 | |
77 | Genesis feat. Splitbreed — Unstoppable (Original Mix) | 2014 | |
76 | War — The Cisco Kid | 1972 | |
75 | Thin Lizzy — The Boys Are Back in Town | 1976 | |
74 | Rainbow — Since You Been Gone | 1979 | |
73 | Wings — Silly Love Songs | 1976 | |
72 | Cheap Trick — She's Tight | 1982 | |
71 | Bay City Rollers — Rock and Roll Love Letter | 1976 |
70 | Bad Company — Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy | 1979 | |
69 | Dr. John — Right Place Wrong Time | 1973 | |
68 | X Ambassadors — Renegades | 2015 | |
67 | Elvis Costello & The Attractions — Pump It Up | 1978 | |
66 | M — Pop Muzik | 1979 | |
65 | Starbuck — Moonlight Feels Right | 1976 | |
64 | Journey — Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' | 1979 | |
63 | Paul Simon — Loves Me Like a Rock | 1973 | |
62 | The Psychedelic Furs — Love My Way | 1982 | |
61 | Dazz Band — Let It Whip | 1982 |
60 | Divine — Lately | 1998 | |
59 | ZZ Top — La Grange | 1973 | |
58 | Ramones — I Wanna Live | 1987 | |
57 | The Rolling Stones — Hang Fire | 1982 | |
56 | The Knack — Good Girls Don't | 1979 | |
55 | Gerry Rafferty — Get It Right Next Time | 1979 | |
54 | Kraftwerk — Geiger Counter | 1976 | |
53 | Billy Squier — Everybody Wants You | 1982 | |
52 | The Babys — Every Time I Think Of You | 1979 | |
51 | Stevie Nicks — Edge of Seventeen | 1982 |
50 | Sniff 'n' the Tears — Driver's Seat | 1979 | |
49 | Michael Jackson — Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough | 1979 | |
48 | Kenny Loggins with Steve Perry — Don't Fight It | 1982 | |
47 | INXS — Don't Change | 1982 | |
46 | G.Q. — Disco Nights (Rock Freak) | 1979 | |
45 | Foreigner — Dirty White Boy | 1978 | |
44 | Thin Lizzy — Cowboy Song | 1976 | |
43 | Little Mix — Black Magic | 2015 | |
42 | Patti Smith — Because the Night | 1978 | |
41 | Rough Trade — All Touch | 1981 |
40 | The Four Tops — Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) | 1973 | |
39 | The Kinks — You Really Got Me | 1964 | |
38 | Raydio — You Can't Change That | 1979 | |
37 | Moving Pictures — What About Me? | 1982 | |
36 | Empire of the Sun — We Are the People | 2008 | |
35 | ZZ Top — Tube Snake Boogie | 1981 | |
34 | Steve Miller Band — The Joker | 1973 | |
33 | Brothers Osborne — Stay A Little Longer | 2015 | |
32 | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats — S.O.B. | 2015 | |
31 | Maxine Nightingale — Right Back Where We Started From | 1976 |
30 | Fleetwood Mac — Rhiannon | 1976 | |
29 | Styx — Renegade | 1979 | |
28 | Kraftwerk — Radioactivity | 1976 | |
27 | Eddie Money — Maybe I'm a Fool | 1979 | |
26 | Haircut 100 — Love Plus One | 1982 | |
25 | Jefferson Starship — Jane | 1979 | |
24 | Cheap Trick — I Want You To Want Me (live) | 1979 | |
23 | Night — Hot Summer Nights | 1979 | |
22 | Nick Gilder — Here Comes the Night | 1978 | |
21 | Quarterflash — Find Another Fool | 1981 |
20 | ABBA — Does Your Mother Know | 1979 | |
19 | 38 Special — Caught Up in You | 1982 | |
18 | Keith Urban — The Fighter | 2016 | |
17 | Hall & Oates — Maneater | 1982 | |
16 | John Newman — Love Me Again | 2013 | |
15 | Wings — Listen To What The Man Said | 1975 | |
14 | John Newman — Come and Get It | 2015 | |
13 | Billy Thorpe — Children Of The Sun | 1979 | |
12 | Cal Smith — The Lord Knows I'm Drinking | 1972 | |
11 | Miranda Lambert — The House That Built Me | 2010 |
10 | AWOLNATION — Sail (Unlimited Gravity Remix) | 2011 | |
9 | Elton John — Mama Can't Buy You Love | 1979 | |
8 | Kim Wilde — Kids in America | 1981 | |
7 | Bigbang — BANG BANG BANG | 2015 | |
6 | The Motors — Airport | 1978 | |
5 | J.D. Souther — You're Only Lonely | 1979 | |
4 | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats — I Need Never Get Old | 2015 | |
3 | Bee Gees — Tragedy | 1979 | |
2 | The Tubes — Prime Time | 1979 | |
1 | Boston — I Had a Good Time | 2002 |
Further examination of the data reveals I have listened to 1358 unique artists, 2449 unique albums, and 3379 unique songs during the first six months of 2016. Admittedly, my music listening was severely curtailed in April, May and even June but I have since gotten back into the groove as it were with more than a little help from my friends Mark, Martin, Adam, Richie and Jeff, as well as my lovely and supportive partner for life, my rock that lets me roll. Regrettably, every single song I listened to on my two recent epic road trips were not scrobbled as I was offline the entire time. That's over 3100 miles and nearly 50 hours of tunes, people - approximately 700 songs!
For the ultra elite super stalkerish curious amongst you, here's the link to my most played albums during the first six months of 2016.
Herc, impressive. A bulk of my first half of 2016 listening would have to be devoted to Prince music (and a good bit of Bowie before that). I have not been listening to a ton of late though - trying to get out more and enjoy some of the summer sun.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about impressive but I enjoy looking at the data and thought maybe someone else would too.
DeleteYou inadvertantly brought up the shortcomings of last.fm's scrobbling app: it doesn't scrobble from CDs or vinyl albums I listen to nor the HD music I enjoy from apps on my IOS devices.
When Bowie passed, I listened to his entire discography, disc by disc, all the way through. I still don't "get" Black Star though and maybe I never will. None of those plays were scrobbled.
When my father in law quickly took a turn for the worse in early April, I began listening at absurdly high volumes to the first four Ramones albums in their paradoxical HD glory via the Onkyo HF Player app as I commuted the 15 minutes to and from his house every day in The Blueberry. I yelled and screamed along but registered no scrobbles.
With the passing of Prince, I completely disconnected from the interent for a few weeks and added his first eight albums in HD to the HF Player library while also enjoying the rest of his discography via ALAC from the same app.
You don't listen to music while outdoors enjoying the Summer? I can't imagine taking my walks without music, grilling without music, swimming without music playing or just chilling under the stars without music but more power to you my man.