Fun With iTunes

Open iTunes/iPod or Windows Media Player to answer the following. Go to your library. Answer, no matter how embarrassing.

How Many Songs: 6614

Sort By Song Title:
First Song: ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
Last Song: Zoot Suit – The Who

Sort By Time:
Shortest Song: Back – Janet Jackson
Longest Song: The Sinking of the Titanic – Gavin Bryars

Top Five Most Played Songs:
1. (tie) Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Amy Grant
(tie) I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Amy Grant
(tie) Coventry Carol – Paul McCandless
(tie) Northumbrian Lullabye – Malcom Dalglish
(tie) Bring Me Back A Song – Windham Hill
(tie) Hopeful – Windham Hill
2. (tie) Christmas Hymn – Amy Grant
(tie) Heirlooms – Amy Grant
(tie) Breath of Heaven (Mary’s Song) – Amy Grant
(tie) O’Come All Ye Faithful – Amy Grant
(tie) Winter Wonderland – Amy Grant
(tie) The Night Before Christmas – Amy Grant
(tie) Emmanuel, God With Us – Amy Grant
(tie) Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring [Instrumental] – Amy Grant
(tie) Sleepers, Awake [Cantata #140 Wachet Auf] – Andy Narell
(tie) Gaudens in domino – Anonymous 4
(tie) Flute Sonata in Em, 3rd Movement – Barbara Higbie
(tie) Hopeful – Michael Manring
(tie) Snow Is Lightly Falling – Nightnoise
(tie) Earth Abides – Philip Aaberg
(tie) In the Bleak Midwiner – Pierce Pettis
(tie) Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring – Windham Hill
(tie) New England Morning – Windham Hill
(tie) High Plains (Christmas On The High-Line) – Windham Hill
(tie) Nollaig – Billy Oskay & Michael O. Domhnail

First Song That Comes Up On Shuffle:

Domino: Pt. 1 – In the Glow of the Night/Pt. 2 – The Last Domino – Genesis

“sex” how many songs come up: 15
“death” how many songs come up: 3
“love” how many songs come up: 417
“you” how many songs come up: 737

Comments

2 responses to “Fun With iTunes”

  1. rjsock Avatar
    rjsock

    Following your lead here what came up on my IPOD:

    How Many Songs: 11,471
    Sort by Song Title:
    First Song: (A)Rock n Roll Crazies/(B)Cuban Bluegrass by Stephen Stills. Although it is my first song, I really don’t count the (A) so it should be ABACAB by Genesis.
    Last Song: 10538 Overture by ELO

    Sort by Time:
    Shortest Song: Miracle Cure – The Who
    Longest Song: KarnEvil #9 – ELP
    Top Five Most Played Songs:
    1)Any Old Time will do by Roy Wood
    2)Boats to Build Jimmy Buffett
    2)Coastal Confessions – Jimmy Buffett
    3)Jane – BNL
    4)Something you said by The Bangles
    5)Old Days – Chicago
    “sex” how many songs come up: 6
    “death” how many songs come up: 8
    “love” how many songs come up: 842
    “you” how many songs come up: 1708

  2. rjwalto Avatar

    interesting that 10538 appears at the end of your list – I believe that in the list of artists, 10,000 Maniacs appears at the beginning of the list… obviously from the time I had taken my sample I was listening to Holiday music – I’d be curious to see what kind of results I would see now…