Month: January 2014

Here is the list of my 30 most played songs of 2013, according to iTunes play data. You can see that “Axis” was my most played song, including a total of 91 plays across all versions and remixes.  The placement of Pet Shop Boys, Men without Hats, Franz Ferdinand, and Ixtahuele shouldn’t be a surprise since I blogged about all of them.

I listened to a total of 1836 songs at least once. That’s the largest total since I started tracking this statistic, and is quite a bit higher than past years 2009 (1431), 2010 (1539), 2011 (1337), and 2012 (1479).

Song Name	Artist	Plays
Axis (Video Version)	Pet Shop Boys	45
Vocal	Pet Shop Boys	40
Antarctica	Men Without Hats	39
Inside a Dream	Pet Shop Boys	38
Axis	Pet Shop Boys	33
Thursday (featuring Example)	Pet Shop Boys	29
Heaven	Depeche Mode	28
Right Action	Franz Ferdinand	26
The Last to Die	Pet Shop Boys	26
Flourescent	Pet Shop Boys	24
Love Illumination	Franz Ferdinand	23
Never Let Me Go (Aeroplane Remix)	The Human League	23
Bolshy	Pet Shop Boys	23
Lights (Single Version)	Ellie Goulding	21
I Like	Men Without Hats	20
The Great Ones Remember	Men Without Hats	19
I Got the Message	Men Without Hats	19
Leaving	Pet Shop Boys	16
Secret To The End	Depeche Mode	15
Stone Gods of Bimini	Ixtahuele	15
The Safety Dance (Video Version)	Men Without Hats	15
Welcome To My World	Depeche Mode	14
Angel	Depeche Mode	14
Stand On the Horizon	Franz Ferdinand	14
Memory of the Future	Pet Shop Boys	14
Evil Eye (Todd Terje Extended Mix)	Franz Ferdinand	13
Fresh Strawberries	Franz Ferdinand	13
Black Sand	Ixtahuele	13
Living In China	Men Without Hats	13
Ban the Game (Full Version)	Men Without Hats	13

This is obviously very skewed to the Synthesizer music that came via the new albums from Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode, and my concert attendance where Men without Hats played.  I resolve to listen to more rock music in 2014, but some of that’s dependent on what new music gets released.