I wish I wasn't so late to the Last.FM parade. It's fascinating seeing listening trends and histories from the previous days/weeks/months/etc. Here are my 30 Most Played Songs of 2018!
#30. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
Much like The Beatles, it's almost impossible to believe that CCR only released albums from 1968-1972. Even crazier to think that two of their best songs revolve around rain. I suppose it's a local thing. Hah.
#29. The Benjamin Gate - How Long
True story - all 29 of those plays happened from November 12th on. "How Long" was always a good, but not great BenGate song for me until Pastor Simon's death. Since then it's been binge-city, including a day-high of 10 plays on 11/12.
#28. Plumb - God-Shaped Hole
This is a strange one, because I never really loved this song back when Plumb was a big deal. I heard it on RadioU's Throwback Channel when it first started and it's been on repeat ever since then. I was grateful to learn that Plumb is still making music and inspiring people these days.
#27. Bloc Party - I Still Remember
Sometimes, I try to listen to Bloc Party. I just can't figure out how to do it. I don't care for the music, the lyrics, the accents, any of it. But "I Still Remember" crushes me every time. I might as well be driving down the street just yelling "I Still Remember!!!" over and over again.
#26. Audioslave - Like A Stone
Never let there be any doubt what Audioslave's best song is. This song still gets heavy play on rock stations, and it's hard to skip it once you hear that opening riff. Hell, can Tom Morello's solo be topped? I listen to a ton of Chris Cornell music, but this is usually the top dog most years.
#25. Plushgun - Sarah's Locker
My de facto sad/suicide song. Simple as that. It was my top played song last year, despite the small sample size (I only started using Last.FM last September).
#24. Fashion Week - Tell Me Something
#12 on the Top 20 this year, this song found new life near the end of the season. Hearing it live I knew it was going to be a jam. I sometimes wish FW was more prolific, but it's nice to have a handy small amount of jams because it allows me to appreciate them more.
#23. The Night Game - The Outfield
#10 on the Top 20. This song was only released in September. I'm hoping for big things from The Outfield.
#22. Jukebox The Ghost - Everybody's Lonely
#7 on the Top 20. This song got a lot of actual radio play, which unfortunately isn't accounted for on here. Needless to say, these days I might listen to 3-5 songs on the radio each day, whereas I average about 50 Spotify spins.
#21. Mr Mister - Kyrie
"Kyrie" is a song I already enjoyed but it jumped up the chart this summer as it became the rallying cry to get me through the 2 months my boss was on maternity leave.
#20. Andrew WK - Music Is Worth Living For
#5 on the Top 20. Such a great jam. I never thought AWK would be back, considering his history.
#19. mind.in.a.box - Attack
#9 on the Top 20. Proof that the Top 20 is much more than just spins. By comparison I spent a lot of time singing "Music Is Worth Living For" and dancing around my apartment than I did with "Attack", inspite of the latter having 1 stream more.
#18. Curse of Cassandra - Re-Bind
#4 on the Top 20. I'm actually surprised this one didn't end up higher on the list. We'll see where CoC ends up on our the Top Artist list.
#17. The Birthday Massacre - All Of Nothing
The highest hold-over from last year's countdown. This song is an absolute juggernaut and I'm pretty sure it'll keep on rolling into 2019. For reference, last year's #1 finished at #85, 2 at #63, 3 at #95 and 5 at #116.
#16. Mesh - The Fixer
Mesh is one of 2 bands with two songs in the Top 30. That was a lot of numbers all in a row. "The Fixer" picked up a lot of steam over the summer, as I was playing the role of a fixer in a lot of things in my life.
#15. De/Vision - Your Hands On My Skin
Sometimes you just get caught completely off guard by a song. De/Vision was a "okay, I kind of like them" band before this one caught fire for me.
#14. The Birthday Massacre - One
Where "All Of Nothing" was the big hit last year, "One" superseded it and rocked hard in 2018. As you can see, both got equal play throughout the year, just at different times and for different moods.
#13. So Long, Stargazer - Walk Away
One of the top plays from 2017 that kept going strong due to seeing the band a few times in 2018 and continuing to fall more in love with them each time.
#12. Turnspit - Walk Away
#6 on the Top 20. It's difficult to imagine a time when I wasn't jamming Turnspit, considering how much they blew up for me this year. What will the future hold?
#11. Alphaville - Forever Young
Another automatic sad song play. "so many adventures given up today, so many songs we forgot to play". Such a jam.
#10. Vesperteen - Medicine
#3 on the Top 20, top ranked and top played Ohio song. It wasn't expected but I'm certainly not disappointed. The difference is that I don't "love love" Vesperteen like I do other local acts, I just like him. A lot. Lol
#9. Rush - Limelight
Does this song ever die? No, and it never will. Rush is an all-time of a band, and this is a song that I hear in my head almost every day. Where each song was a gradual increase before, "Limelight" has 10 more plays than "Forever Young", a huge jump.
#8. Wolfsheim - Blind
It's surprising how many situations in my life that "Blind" touches on. This is the first song that averaged at least 1 play per week for me. It's a song that I don't really play on repeat a lot - it just comes up a lot.
#7. VNV Nation - The Farthest Star
The best VNV song on the best VNV album. They just released a new record and it's pretty damn good so I think you might see some of those songs in the 2019 list.
#6. Mesh - The Last One Standing
I'm honestly shocked this song didn't make the top 5. Perhaps it's because I was listening to a more varied group of Mesh songs this year and not just playing this one every single day and banging my fists into the steering wheel.
#5. Necessary Response - Forever
Another one that doesn't really get played on repeat, just comes up more often and is never skipped. None of the top 10 songs are much of a surprise to me, but I would've had this one lower and the last two higher.
#4. Florence + The Machine - Sky Full Of Song
#3. The War On Drugs - Pain
There's our Top 20 #1 and #2, respectively. It was a bitter battle all year between Florence and The War On Drugs, and only 1 stream seperated the two of them. I can only hope the top songs are that well balanced next year, but it isn't usually the case.
#2. Solitary Experiments - Epiphany
"Epiphany" had 8 streams more than "Pain", another huge jump near the top. It's an intriguing song in that it's equal parts depressing and uplifting. "Try to get the balance right!" was another rallying cry for the year.
#1. Solar Fake - Until It's Over
There wasn't much of a question which would be #1 most played for me this year. Amazingly, I had never heard this song before February 1st, when I decided to give a deeper listen to "Another Manic Episode", the record of which it is on. Thank goodness for that! There was no looking back from there.
Interesting list. Like I said, no big surprises for me since, duh, I listen to these songs all the time. Lol. For what it's worth, I had 19,622 individual streams on Last.FM this year, and the top song accounted for 75 of them, or .38% of them. I listened to 8096 individual songs, which would average out to 2.42 streams per song. 3085 of those 8096 (38%) had at least 2 streams, while the other 5015 had just one. Talk about reaching out and trying to find new/different music.
Fascinating stats! More soon!
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