Last year, I made a list of the songs which I've most listened to the entire 2011. Right now, I just want to continue the "tradition" of making this list. I'm not sure if it would make any sense for any of you, but here it is - TOP 25 MOST PLAYED 2012. Play counts are as of January 3, 2013.
- On Top of the World (Imagine Dragons) at 709; date added - October 10th
- I Won't Give Up (Jason Mraz) at 668; date added - January 13th
- Written in the Stars (Tinie Tempah) at 419; date added - August 4th
- Lights (Ellie Goulding) at 301; date added - August 5th
- Get Out (Casey Abrams) at 267; date added - July 11th
- What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction) at 226; date added - April 6th
- #1Nite (Cobra Starship) at 210; date added - August 5th
- All the Man that I Need (Hollie Cavanagh) at 177; date added - March 12th
- Hall of Fame (The Script) at 170; date added - August 25th
- America's Most Wanted (Akon) at 130; date added - August 5th
- One More Night (Maroon 5) at 109; date added - July 10th
- Hard to Handle (Phillip Phillips) at 108; date added - March 19th
- Stronger (Kelly Clarkson) at 107; date added - March 14th
- Vienna (Elise Testone) at 103; date added - March 25th
- Simple Life (Casey Abrams) at 100; date added - July 11th
- You Make Me Feel (Cobra Starship) at 99; date added - August 5th
- Home (Phillip Phillips) at 94; date added - May 25th
- Six Degrees of Separation (The Script) at 89; date added - September 3rd
- Starships (Nicki Minaj) at 87; date added - April 6th
- Hit the Road Jack (Casey Abrams) at 87; date added - July 11th
- Trespassing (Adam Lambert) at 87; date added - August 21st
- Son of a Preacher Man (Hollie Cavanagh) at 82; date added - April 22nd
- Turn the Beat Around (Jessica Sanchez) at 81; date added - March 19th
- Laser Light (Jessie J) at 83; date added - August 5th
- I Want It All (Elise Testone) at 75; date added - May 5th
There are five songs that also reached the 70th mark play count namely Paradise (Coldplay), Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen), and Here's to Us (Glee Cast) all at 74; Lucky Strike (Maroon 5) at 72, and Every Teardrop is a Waterfall (Coldplay) at 70.
Russ Landau's Ancient Voices for Survivor also made high play counts though I did not include them on the Top 25. Some of those variations of Ancient Voices are One World (284), Micronesia (209), Redemption Island's Tribal Council (189), Heroes vs Villains (176), Palau (152), China (124), All-Stars (121), Tocantins' Cold Open (120), and Fiji (108).
Aside from the top played songs of 2011, it is also worth noting that the following songs I added in the last quarter of 2011 were my favorites come 2012 (except for I'll be There for You by The Rembrandts which I added August 29th of 2011 and cracked the third place of my overall most played songs at 595).
- Good Life (One Republic) at 200; date added - October 11th
- Yound, Wild, and Free (Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg) at 130; date added - October 25th
- Rumor Has It / Someone Like You (Glee Cast) at 134; date added - November 13th
- ABC (Glee Cast) at 101; date added - December 7th
- Unloveable (Mild) at 129; date added - December 31st
So there you have it. We'll see what 2013 would bring us. Meanwhile, as a closing remarks, here's my overall 40 Most Played Songs as of January 3, 2013.
- On Top of the World (Imagine Dragons) at 709 - MOST PLAYED 2012
- I Won't Give Up (Jason Mraz) at 668 - Second Most Played 2012
- I'll be There for You (The Rembrandts) at 595
- Anyway You Want It / Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' (Glee Cast) at 492
- Written in the Stars (Tinie Tempah) at 419 - 3rd Most Played 2012
- Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars) at 366
- Valerie (Naya Rivera) at 365
- To Make You Feel My Love (Kris Allen) at 358 - MOST PLAYED 2011
- Grace Kelly (Mika) at 344
- Lights (Ellie Goulding) at 301 - 4th Most Played 2012
- Forget You (Gwyneth Paltrow) at 290
- Make You Feel My Love (Adele) at 289 - Second Most Played 2011
- Loser Like Me (Glee Cast) at 285 - 4th Most Played 2011
- I Would Do Anything for You (Foster the People) at 284 - 16th Most Played 2011
- Commander (David Guetta) at 277
- Get Out (Casey Abrams) at 267 - 5th Most Played 2012
- Club Can't Handle Me (Flo Rida) at 252
- Don't Rain on My Parade (Lea Michele) at 249
- Moving Backwards (Ben Rector) at 248
- Soulmate (Natasha Bedingfield) at 247 - 8th Most Played 2011
- Don't Stop Believin' (Glee Cast) at 244
- Drown (Carolina Liar) at 239 - 6th Most Played 2011
- Born This Way (Lady Gaga) at 235 - 5th Most Played 2011
- You and I (Haley Reinhart) at 233 - 12th Most Played 2011
- You Can't Always Get What You Want (Glee Cast) at 233
- Change of Seasons (Swee Thing) at 231
- With a Little Help from My Friends (Casey Abrams) at 229 - 11th Most Played 2011
- I'll be There for You (James Durbin) at 228 - 17th Most Played 2011
- What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction) at 226 - 6th Most Played 2012
- Ordinary People (John Legend) at 224
- Faithfully (Glee Cast) at 223
- 21 Guns (American Idiot) at 222
- White Dress (Ben Rector) at 221
- I Heard It through the Grapevine (Casey Abrams) at 217 - 20th Most Played 2011
- Bennie and the Jets (Haley Reinhart) at 212 - 10th Most Played 2011
- Terrified (Katharine McPhee and Zachary Levi) at 212 - 7th Most Played 2011
- Give Up the Funk (Glee Cast) at 212
- Take Me or Leave Me (Lea Michele and Amber Riley) at 211 - 9th Most Played 2011
- #1Nite (Cobra Starship) at 210 - 7th Most Played 2012
- River Deep, Mountain High (Naya Rivera and Amber Riley) at 209
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