The Year in Music

It's the time of year when I run out of material, which explains yesterday's list of libraries where you can find my book. I know, pretty lame.

I do have a few things on which I'm working, but I'm mostly concentrating my energies these days on my annual winter depression. This year's is going pretty well, and we're projecting that I should enter the bottommost level of despair during the first week of February.

So, here's another list, this one of the hundred most-played songs that were downloaded during 2005.


Song Title:    Artist:    Play Count:    Date Added:

I Do Love You (Single)    Billy Stewart    168    1/17/05 11:20 AM

Blues Run the Game    Jackson C. Frank    166    2/6/05 9:40 PM

Tears All Over    A Girl Called Eddy    124    5/15/05 1:43 PM

Hope There's Someone    Antony & The Johnsons    115    12/29/05 6:31 PM

Tugboat    Galaxie 500    115    1/17/05 11:52 AM

Heartbeats    José González    114    12/4/05 6:10 PM

Shout to the Top    The Style Council    108    6/28/05 10:09 PM

Passionate Kisses    Lucinda Williams    107    2/4/05 9:01 PM

Hey There Lonely Girl    Eddie Holman    99    1/17/05 11:20 AM

As You Turn to Go    The 6ths & Momus    94    9/4/05 5:56 PM

I Can't Make Me    Butterfly Boucher    93    1/23/05 12:54 PM

I Confess    The English Beat    87    3/6/05 2:19 PM

Isn't It a Pity    Galaxie 500    81    1/17/05 11:52 AM

I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do    Dee Dee Warwick    80    5/1/05 4:46 PM

Flowers    Galaxie 500    78    1/17/05 11:52 AM

If I Were a Carpenter    Tim Hardin    76    2/6/05 9:40 PM

Don't Leave Me This Way    Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes    71    4/10/05 5:01 PM

Dry the Rain    The Beta Band    65    9/4/05 5:56 PM

Casimir Pulaski Day    Sufjan Stevens    65    8/1/05 7:14 PM

Show and Tell    Al Wilson    64    10/8/05 6:17 PM

Before We Begin    Broadcast    64    5/1/05 4:46 PM

Let Go    Frou Frou    64    10/16/05 3:41 PM

Before Today    Everything But the Girl    62    2/11/05 8:12 PM

Devil's Broom    Joseph Arthur    62    6/7/05 11:02 PM

Save Me    Aimee Mann    60    6/7/05 8:46 PM

Say Hello    Deep Dish    60    9/25/05 4:27 PM

Tea and Sympathy    Janis Ian    60    4/10/05 5:01 PM

Come Undone    Duran Duran    58    1/16/05 9:14 PM

Cherry Chapstick    Yo La Tengo    55    2/5/05 9:38 PM

1 Thing    Amerie with Nujabes    52    6/28/05 12:20 PM

Light    Talvin Singh    48    11/6/05 6:56 PM

So. Central Rain    R.E.M.    46    1/16/05 9:14 PM

I Can See Clearly Now    Johnny Nash    45    2/7/05 2:44 PM

Fuck and Run    Liz Phair    44    11/20/05 3:46 PM

In the Deep    Bird York    42    10/1/05 3:15 PM

Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair    Burl Ives    41    7/27/05 10:17 PM

Make Love Fuck War    Moby & Public Enemy    41    6/29/05 1:53 AM

Till I Gain Control Again    Emmylou Harris    39    6/5/05 4:01 PM

You Get What You Give    New Radicals    39    4/17/05 2:19 PM

Baggage    Eva Cassidy    36    7/23/05 11:57 PM

Get Free    The Vines    36    8/9/05 8:17 PM

Black Is Black    Jimmy Ruffin    35    5/1/05 4:46 PM

Summer In Paris    DJ Cam    34    8/9/05 8:17 PM

You Make Me Feel Brand New    The Stylistics    31    10/8/05 6:17 PM

Song to the Siren    This Mortal Coil    31    10/8/05 6:17 PM

Always On My Mind    Willie Nelson    31    1/5/05 9:39 PM

Don't Wanna Know About Evil    Beth Orton & William Orbit    30    9/4/05 5:56 PM

Breathe    Telepopmusik    30    8/9/05 8:17 PM

Man in the Box    Alice In Chains    29    6/28/05 1:00 AM

Turn My Way    New Order    29    10/1/05 4:15 PM

Black is Black    Rugantino Band    28    7/5/05 7:26 PM

Shelter from the Storm    Bob Dylan    27    2/6/05 9:40 PM

Lips Like Sugar    Echo & The Bunnymen    26    6/22/05 12:27 AM

Inside and Out    Feist    26    6/28/05 10:09 PM

More Than This    Roxy Music    26    7/27/05 10:17 PM

Got Your Money    Ol' Dirty Bastard & Kelis    25    6/28/05 10:09 PM

Space Lullaby    Black Bombay    24    11/6/05 7:12 PM

Love Brought Me Back    DJ Rogers    24    5/8/05 12:23 AM

It Should Have Been You    Gwen Guthrie    24    5/20/05 5:28 PM

Maybe Tomorrow    Stereophonics    24    10/1/05 3:15 PM

The Time We Lost Our Way    Thievery Corporation & Loulou    24    9/25/05 4:27 PM

Make It with You    The Whispers    24    6/7/05 11:02 PM

C'Mere    Interpol    23    9/25/05 4:27 PM

If I Ever Feel Better    Phoenix    23    8/9/05 8:17 PM

Black Is Black    Pomelo    23    7/5/05 7:26 PM

Feel Like Makin' Love    D'Angelo    22    7/5/05 7:26 PM

A Lack of Color    Death Cab For Cutie    22    10/8/05 6:17 PM

Lowdown    Boz Scaggs    21    5/20/05 5:28 PM

Forever Young    Bob Dylan    20    6/19/05 8:52 PM

Everybody's Talkin'    Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes    20    5/22/05 3:06 PM

Too Young    Phoenix    20    10/16/05 3:35 PM

Heartbeat (Tahiti Lab Remix)    Tahiti 80    20    8/9/05 8:17 PM

Song to the Siren    Tim Buckley    20    10/8/05 6:17 PM

Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair    The Twilight Singers    20    12/10/05 7:08 PM

Eminence Front    The Who    20    5/8/05 12:23 AM

As Tears Go By    All Tomorrow's Party    19    10/8/05 6:17 PM

Strong Culture    Asian Dub Foundation    19    11/6/05 6:56 PM

Tugboat    British Sea Power    19    8/9/05 8:17 PM

Lotus Mix    Electric Lotus    19    11/6/05 6:56 PM

Needle in the Hay    Elliott Smith    19    10/8/05 6:17 PM

Gymnopédie No. 1     Erik Satie    19    11/23/05 6:07 PM

Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me    Gladys Knight & The Pips    19    10/8/05 6:17 PM

Last Tango In Paris    Gotan Project    19    8/9/05 8:17 PM

Hello It's Me    The Isley Brothers    19    5/22/05 3:06 PM

Solitary Man    Johnny Cash    19    7/6/05 12:54 PM

Such Great Heights    The Postal Service    19    9/24/05 2:57 PM

I Belong to You    The Rance Allen Group    19    5/8/05 12:23 AM

It's Too Late    Billy Paul    18    5/22/05 3:06 PM

Back in the Day    Erykah Badu    18    9/3/05 2:43 PM

Blues Run the Game    John Renbourn    18    10/8/05 6:17 PM

There She Goes    The La's    18    3/27/05 4:08 PM

Blue Monday    New Order    18    2/7/05 2:44 PM

Bizarre Love Triangle    New Order    18    4/10/05 5:01 PM

Here's Where the Story Ends    The Sundays    18    6/5/05 4:01 PM

Lovergirl    Teena Marie    18    5/15/05 1:43 PM

Better Things    Dar Williams    17    6/19/05 8:52 PM

Times Like These    Foo Fighters    17    6/5/05 4:01 PM

Don't Walk Away    Jade    17    2/11/05 8:12 PM

One In a Million You    Larry Graham    17    4/10/05 5:01 PM

Aéroplanes    Serge Gainsbourg    17    8/9/05 8:17 PM