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MONDAY MUSIC: My Top 10 Songs for 2008
I thought it would be fun to take a look at my Top 10 most-listened to songs in 2008.
My Top 10 for 2008 was compiled based on a Smart Playlist that I created in iTunes:
I decided to limit the Top 10 only to songs that I’ve rated between 3 and 5 stars. My rating system is that if I can stand a song but don’t ever really want to listen to it, I give it 2 stars. If it’s a song that I never want to listen to but don’t want to delete (for various reasons), I give it 1 star. So 3-5 stars means only songs that I actually want to listen to. I also limited it to my “Music” playlist, which excludes podcasts, audio books, and anything related to Disney. Not that there isn’t plenty of great Disney music… I just don’t want to hear it mixed in with Nirvana and Tom Petty.
When available, each song below is accompanied by a link to buy it on iTunes and/or Amazon, an embedded 30-second sample (using Quicktime), and a link to the music video. I also wrote few sentences about each. While the songs are numbered, they’re all within 2 play counts of each other, so the numbers don’t really mean anything.
With all that out of the way, here we go:
My Top 10 Most-Listened-To Songs in 2008
1. “#1 Crush” by Garbage from Romeo + Juliet
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Garbage is one of my favorite bands (or at least they were until their pop-induced third album came out), but I’m surprised that out of all of their songs, this song from a movie soundtrack made it onto my most-played list.
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From Orlando Attractions Magazine:
Since we have no way of knowing which of our magazine stories were the most popular in 2008 (although we could probably guess), here is a list of our top 10 blog entries for 2008 and our top 10 most viewed videos on YouTube of all time. Keep in mind that some of our stories and videos weren’t online as long as the others, so they’ve had less time to get views.
Top 10 Blog Entries
Most of these were exclusive stories, so that’s the reason they were most popular. Number one made it to the top because it was linked to from the popular site boingboing.net.10. Video: Animal Kingdom Celebrates 10th Anniversary
9. G-EAR-ing up for Toy Story Mania’s Launch
8. Walt Disney World unveils new vision for Downtown Disney
7. Busch Gardens Howl-O-Scream 9 2008 Review, Pictures, and Video
6. ICEBAR Orlando Officially Opens – Video, Pictures
5. Huge Crowd Gives Heartfelt Send-off to Adventurer’s Club
4. Halloween Horror Nights 18 2008 Review, Pictures, Video and Tips
3. Disney 2009 Celebration Concept Art, Disney Fairies Arrive in Orlando
2. Concept Art For Downtown Disney
1. Virtual Walt Disney World Launches on Google EarthTop 10 YouTube videos
It seems YouTube viewers are particularly interested in Halloween. Most of these were shot and edited by us, but three of them (10, 9 and 3) were provided to us by Universal and Busch Gardens.10. Bucs Cheerleaders visit Howl-O-Scream 2008 – 33,964 views
9. Halloween Horror Nights 18 Preview Trailer – 62,162 views
8. Cinderella Castle Lighting Ceremony Holiday Wish – 66,800 views
7. Halloween Horror Nights 18 Scare Zones – 75,716 views
6. Disaster! Grand Opening at Universal Studios with The Rock – 82,955 views
5. Halloween Horror Nights 18 2008 Opening Night with Bloody Mary – 83,218 views
4. Haunted Mansion Re-Haunting Reopening – 99,417 views
3. Halloween Horror Nights 2008 Bloody Mary – 132,609 views
2. Halloween Horror Nights 17 Opening Night – 169,471 views
1. Aquatica Water Park Opening Day – - 308,520 views
Looks like Halloween Horror Nights continues to be a hugely popular topic on YouTube, though the opening of SeaWorld’s Aquatica topped the list.
No surprise that the most popular blog post became the most popular courtesy of BoingBoing. (Thanks, Cory!)
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