Counting Down my iTunes Play Count (VANITY) -- Day #26

Day #26 of the Top 50 songs on my iTunes playlist -- ranked in reverse order by play frequency from #50 to #1 and presented here on a series of FR threads. I've been posting them here on a new thread that compiles the growing list one day at a time over the course of several months. I only post them on weekdays and may miss a day or two here and there, so this will probably be done by early November.

And to show my gratitude to the FR management for giving us all a forum to post vanity threads like this, I'll be making contributions for both the 3rd and 4th quarter fundraisers. I would encourage everyone on these threads to do the same! :-)

List to Date:

#50T -- "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel
#50T -- "Fly Over States" by Jason Aldean
#49 -- "Sara" by Fleetwood Mac
#48 -- Bagpipe Medley by the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (2009 World Pipe Band Championships)
#47 -- "How I'll Always Be" by Tim McGraw
#46 -- "Midnight On The Interstate" by Trampled By Turtles
#45 -- "Your Love" by The Outfield
#44 -- "Ventura Highway" by America
#43 -- "Like A Rock" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
#42 -- "The World I Know" by Collective Soul
#41 -- "Dance the Night Away" by Van Halen
#40 -- "The Gael" from The Last of the Mohicans
#39 -- "Stand Or Fall" by The Fixx
#38 -- "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits
#37 -- "Midnight Rider" by The Allman Brothers Band
#36 -- "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Procul Harum
#35 -- "Gathering Crowds" from This Week in Baseball
#34 -- "Copperhead Road" by Steve Earle
#33 -- "Suddenly Last Summer" by The Motels
#32 -- "Time Stand Still" by Rush
#31 -- "Nothing Left To Lose" by Mat Kearney
#30 -- "In a Big Country" by Big Country
#29 -- "New York City Serenade" by Bruce Springsteen
#28 -- "Who'll Stop the Rain?" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
#27 -- "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" by John Mellencamp
#26 -- "It's All I Can Do" by The Cars

Pinging to those from the previous threads. I think of this as a 1980s classic, but it was actually released on the Candy-O album in 1979, in very late December 1979.

I'm pretty sure this is also the first song that also shows up on another Freeper's "Top 50" list (SamAdams76).

"And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere."

Let me know if you'd like to be added or removed from the ping list!

Looks like I have some more catching up to do . . .

33 The Girls Next Door - Pat Metheny Group
32 Mistress Moonshine - Climax Blues Band
31 Alley Cat - Bent Fabric
30 Sunshine - The Archies
29 Keep On Lovin’ Me - The Whispers
28 Get Here - Oleta Adams
27 Hypnotized - Fleetwood Mac
26 Elizabeth - David Pack

Yes, as you stated, "It's All I Can Do" ranked on my Top 50 as well. As another poster states, you can't go wrong with the first two Cars albums but I'm a fan of them all, including the much maligned "Door To Door" as well as "Panorama".

My #26 song is also in the New Wave vein, and has a connection with cars as well! "Are Friends Electric?" by Gary Numan and the Tubeway Army. This came out a year before his big American hit "Cars" but this was playing on Boston rock stations in the fall of 1979. I think it's a much better effort than "Cars".

Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric (1979)

My list so far...

#50 - Jack's Mannequin - The Lights And Buzz (2005)
#49 - The Cars - It's All I Can Do (1979)
#48 - Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo (1971)
#47 - Zach Bryan - Oklahoma Smokeshow (2022)
#46 - Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (1970)
#45 - Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (1989)
#44 - Night - Hot Summer Nights (1979)
#43 - Rocky Burnette - Tired Of Toein' The Line (1980)
#42 - Emmylou Harris - Pancho And Lefty (1976)
#41 - Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me (1985)
#40 - Tom Petty - Refugee (1979)
#39 - Coldplay - Clocks (2002)
#38 - The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies (1991)
#37 - Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down (1970)
#36 - Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (1978)
#35 - Chris de Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling (1975)
#34 - The Doors - Riders On A Storm (1971)
#33 - Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You (1981)
#32 - Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning (1973)
#31 - Opus - Live Is Life (1985)
#30 - Elton John - Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (1973)
#29 - Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat (1976)
#28 - America - Sister Golden Hair (1975)
#27 - The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (1981)
#26 - Gary Numan & The Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric (1979)

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