iYear - 2005

Of the 3751 songs on the iPod, these are the 20 most played. There is a distinct hint of bias here.

1. Part of the Queue - Oasis - 22 plays
2. Where's The Beef? - Advert - 21
3. Lyla - Oasis - 20
4. Dalek Squeak - Dr Who - 19
5. Mind The Gap - London Underground - 19
6. The Hindu Times - Oasis - 16
7. My Happy Ending - Avril Lavigne - 14
8. They - Jem - 14
9. 206 Manchester's Radio - Advert - 13
10. Sven Sven Sven (Glorious Munich) - Bell & Spurling - 13
11. Nuns, nuns. Reverse, reverse! - Father Ted - 12
12. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles - 11
13. Hey Baby, Uh Ahh! (2002 World Cup) - DJ Ötzi - 11
14. Don't Get Any Better - Geri Halliwell - 10
15. Wonderwall - Oasis - 10
16. Chiyo's Cooking Song - Azumanga Daioh - 10
17. Catch Us If You Can - Dave Clark Five - 10
18. Maybe - Emma Bunton - 10
19. I like cake - Father Ted - 10
20. BBC Schools Diamond - Advert - 10

Of the top 20, 14 were from the UK, 8 were under 30 seconds long and to compound this, of the top 100 only 42 of them are actual songs. The reason for this is that adverts and promos are shorter so don't tend to get switched off as often. Also, the iPod only counts something as being played once it's reached the end; it records nothing if you change tracks half way through. In theory it would be possible to use up an entire battery and never record a single played item.