Music Geek: My Listening Habits

I've been a music geek for a long time, and with the addition of an iPod and iTunes in 2005, I've gone overboard. One of my favorite features in iTunes is the play count. So here is an analysis of my Top 100 Most Played Songs from the past 18 months (current iTunes count: 1714 songs).

Top 10 Most Played Songs (play count)
1. God Be Merciful To Me - Jars of Clay (41)
2. Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty (38)
3. Desire - U2 (35)
4. Pride - U2
5. Get Me Ready - Lost Dogs (33)
6. Invitacion Fountain - The Violet Burning
7. Our Love Is Loud - David Crowder (32)
8. It's Love - King's X
9. Oh Lord My God - Neal Morse
10. Vertigo - U2

Top Ten Artists/Bands* (songs /total play count)
1. U2 (10/295)
2. Lost Dogs (7/168)
3. Daniel Amos (7/163)
4. The Violet Burning (5/138)
5. The Seventy Sevens (5/135)
6. The Choir (5/123)
7. Jars of Clay (4/120)
8. David Crowder (4/115)
9. Switchfoot (3/84)
10. Chris Tomlin (3/79)
*Top 10 artists/bands represent 53% of Top 100

Top Ten Albums (songs/total play count)
1. Redemption Songs - Jars of Clay (4/120)
2. MTV New Wave Hits (4/102)
3. The Lost Cabin and the Mystery Trees - Lost Dogs (4/100)
4. Passion: Our Love Is Loud (3/89)
5. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2 (3/84)
6. A Collision - David Crowder Band (3/83)
7. This Is The Moment - The Violet Burning (3/75)
8. Napoleon Dynamite Soundtrack (3/73)
9. Oh How the Mighty Have Fallen - The Choir (3/69)
10. Faith and Devotions of a Satellite Heart - The Violet Burning (2/63)
**Top 10 albums represent 32% of Top 100

By Decade (songs)
1950s (1)***
1960s (1)***
1970s (2)
1980s (27)
1990s (28)
2000s (41)
***Johnny Cash

Top Five Years (songs/total play count)
1. 2005 (11/299)
2. 1992 (7/168)
3. 2003 (6/164)
4. 1990 (6/164)
5. 2002 (6/160)

and finally here's my
Top Ten Most Played Songs of 2006 (play count)
1. Get Me Ready - Lost Dogs (33)
2. Lutheran Hymn - Greg Adkins (23)
3. That's Where Jesus Is - Lost Dogs
4. Control - Mute Math
5. Devil's Elbow - Lost Dogs (22)
6. The Lost Cabin & The Mystery Trees - Lost Dogs
7. Pray Where You Are - Greg Adkins (21)
8. Typical - Mute Math
9. Broken Like Brooklyn - Lost Dogs (20)
10. Only One Bum In Corona Del Mar - Lost Dogs