The Joy of Shuffle 2009 Edition

Happy New Year! I hope everyone is having a kick ass 2009 so far. I wouldn't call mine kick ass, but it's been noteworthy that's for sure.

It's been awhile since we played iPod shuffle. I now have 4736 songs on the old girl, and she's still kickin', although I have to admit a new iPod Touch would be nice. (Hint, hint, to my husband, who never reads my blog anyway.) That's ok, I'll buy my own :)

This edition is going to showcase the top 10 most-played songs on my iPod. Which is just hilarious because most of the songs rank this high because of my children and their need to play songs over, and over, and over. Here they are, let me have it.

1. Somebody's Watching Me ~ Rockwell
A few years ago I made a Halloween play list on our iPod and iTunes recommended this song. My girls fell in love with it and Jayden could sing this before she could sing her ABC's. It was so cute she would sing "I always feel like somebodeeeees watching meeeeeeee!" The play count stands at 70. Thirty more than the track at #2.

2. Bomshel Stop ~ Bomshel
It is funny to hear your daughter sing "Hey ya'll seriously, the barn really is on fire!" They loved this song, but now, not so much. You'd think it would drop in rank soon, geesh!

3. What Hurts the Most ~ Rascal Flatts
This song is equally loved by all the girls in our house. Of course it started with me, and once the little ones realized I would play it for them in the car, over and over, it became their favorite too. Ryann is SO serious when she sings this song "What huuuuuurts the most, was being soooooo close and having so much to say and watching you walk away."

4. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas ~ Gayla Peevey
Just kill me now. Many years ago I purchased his lovely Christmas song on iTunes at the request of my offspring. But in our house, it's not just a Christmas song, it's an all year song, and it sucks!!!!

5. Shake a Tail Feather ~ The Cheetah Girls
God Bless Chicken Little, because that fine film is the reason my girls love this song. And this song is the fifth reason that none of my favorite songs rank any higher. Damn kids.

6. Glitter in the Air ~ Pink
FINALLY!!!!! I love Pink, and her newest album Funhouse with all it's angst-ridden, pissed off lyrics, and some more touching ones have gotten me through a multitude of processes these last few months. This song is phenomenal to me. One of my favorite lines is "Have you ever looked fear in the face and said I just don´t care?" Yes, I have, and then I went and quit my job.

7. Crystal Ball ~ Pink
Wow, look at that. Another Pink song from Funhouse. From start to finish this is my song. The opening just haunts me "Drinking wine and thinking bliss, is on the other side of this. I just need a compass and a willing accomplice. All my doubts that fill my head are skidding up and down again. Up and down and round again, down and up and round again." God, I love this whole album. But it came out at the perfect time for me, and the ranking of these two songs prove how much I love it.

8. Far Away ~ Nickelback
My little guilty pleasure :)

9. How to Save a Life ~ The Fray
Damn Grey's Anatomy. The second season previews for my then favorite TV show were cut to this track by The Fray and I loved it instantly. Oddly, even though it played constantly on TV and the radio I have never tired of it. "Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend. Somewhere along in the bitterness. And I would have stayed up with you all night. Had I known how to save a life." The lyrics are odd to me and don't really apply to anything, but I love it.

10. Celebration ~ Kool & the Gang
OK, my time on this list has come to an end. This one goes to the girls and their Daddy. He introduced the munchkins to this while dancing in the living room and they love it still. "Celebration times, come on" at least that's how they sing it in this house.