The Hot 20

As promised, 3 months after the debut chart, these are the most played songs on my I-Pod.

Current Previous Title Artist Spins
1 1 Hung Up Madonna 164 (+3)
2 16 My Only Wish This Year Britney 109 (+67)
3 2 A Public Affair Jessica 103 (+5)
4 10 Jump Madonna 84 (+27)
5 3 Sorry Madonna 83 (+2)
6 - Irreplaceable Beyonce 80 NA
7 15 Get Right (Remix&Original) Jennifer 78 - 52&26 (+34)
8 7 We Belong Together Mariah 74 (+11)
9 4 Just Want You To Know BSB 72 (+4)
10 5 One ft. U2 Mary J Blige 69 (+3)
11 6 Get Together Madonna 65 (+2)
12 8 SOS (Rescue Me) Rhianna 64 (+3)
12 14 Since U Been Gone Kelly 64 – 49&15 (+16)
(Original&Remix)
14 12 Fall To Pieces Avril 63 (+13)
14 - Nothing In This World Paris 63 NA
16 9 Hips Don’t Lie Shakira 62 (+2)
17 - L.O.V.E (Remix&Original) Ashlee 59 – 33&26 NA
17 - Outrageous Britney 59 – 53&6 NA
(Original&Remix)
19 - Extraordinary Liz Phair 57 NA
19 - Leave Me Alone(I’m Lonely) Pink 57 NA

Phew! I have to add a caveat. I didn't include remixes (or orginal versions, in the case of Get Right and L.O.V.E) the last time, which explains why certain songs (Get Right, Since U Been Gone and L.O.V.E) seem to have had such large increases, when in actual fact I'm just adding on the additional spins from the remixes/originals - you can see the breakdown after the total number of spins.

The 6 songs that have fallen out are Don't Forget About Us (54,+3); ASHLEE'S Invisible (53,+4); Behind These Hazel Eyes (43,+1); Madonna's Bad Girl (41,+3); and Lindsay's Over (37,+ZERO) and Something I Never Had (37,+ZERO). Poor Lohan.

What an interesting list we have. Madonna dominates the top 5, with Hung Up still the far and ahead undisputed number 1 song despite getting only 3 spins in the past 3 months. Jump jumps(bad pun I know) into the top 5 because it was released as a single with that kooky video that made me fall in love with the song all over again. Sick of Get Together and Sorry. And A Public Affair.

Britney Britney Britney. Always on my mind. Causing me great anxiety and worry with your behaviour and antics. If I do make any resolution this year, it really should be to stop caring so much about you, because it's just a drain on me emotionally. Sigh. But I still love you, after all these years, and you have a penchant for making excellent pop tunes, such as My Only Wish This Year, which has the biggest spin increase because of the Christmas season, and leaps all the way to #2. I won't be touching this song for a while, but just you wait till Oct 07. Outrageous makes its way into the top 20. I do admit to giving it a little push (ie conciously listening to it so as to ensure a top 20 placing), but every extra spin(and its not like there were THAT many) just convinces me that I love this song all the more.

While B girl's Christmas ditty shows the biggest spin increase, that title technically goes to another B girl, Beyonce with Irreplaceable. I originally indicated a +80, because this one wasn't even on my I-Pod when I compiled the previous list, but then realised that would mean having to unfairly indicate exaggerated increases in other songs that already had a certain number of spins before the past 3 months but only just made it to the top 20 now. Does that make sense? For example, Paris' Nothing In This World would be +63, when in fact the actual number of spins in the past 3 months was far less than that. What can I say, this song was more or less dead to me until I saw La Hilton herself in the States and started playing it again. Perfect, breezy, catchier than an STD pop tune. Would have been a hit if sung by someone else.

Anyway, I KNEW Irreplaceable would be a huge hit the moment I heard it. I liked it immediately. And I just knew. Less than 2 months later, it was(and still is) #1 on the Hot 100.

Get Right benefits mainly because I added the original version, which I failed to do the previous time. Probably would have fallen positions-wise if I had included both versions in the previous chart. Still love them horns!

We Belong Together holds steady. I don't think I can ever get sick of this song, unlike say Since U Been Gone, which is always nice to hear in clubs but isn't something I would want to hear on my headphones now. I'm sick of Kelly Clarkson. Fall To Pieces and Extraordinary benefit from me having fallen in love over the past 3 months. Haha. Nice to Have Pink rounding up the list - I'm Not Dead is an excellent album, the best I heard of 2006(I didn't listen to many albums admittedly), and although the US may not appreciate her, the rest of the world does. Ashlee replaces herself in the top 20.

Anyway, if you're wondering why I would bother putting so much effort into this, its more for my own pleasure than anything else. I'm quite sure most of you don't really give a shit about my trashy taste in music, and I don't blame you. Haha. Anyway I've written enough for tonight.