Desert Island Songs

Starting at the end of 2008, I began "scrobbing" the tracks I play at home and work with LastFM. The major intent of this was to have a software independent means of tracking my favorite songs. I use the "Loved" button on my playlists for the stuff I play that I like the best. Unlike most people I listen to albums, so I listen to stuff I "like" but not necessarily "love" as a result.

This list is inspired by BBC Radio DJ John Peel, who had a box of 45 RPM singles that he kept separate from the 100,000 pieces of vinyl and CDs in his collection. Thanks to the digital age however I can make my collection known and I can add to it more easily. I keep a separate folder with these tracks copied into it as well so I can easily burn a couple discs or download it to my phone. I also have a list of Desert Island Albums with my favorite albums.

There are 6840 songs currently listed. This list is not updated very often, because I'm spending more time finding new music now. If you want to see the songs I'm thinking of adding, check out the Desert Island Songs, Potential Additions page. If you have any questions/comments/suggestions you can always contact me.

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Twenty Most Recent Songs

Number of Songs by Year

The following chart uses a rough approximation of what year a song was out (usually the year it was on the charts the most) or the year it came out on an album if it didn't chart.

Year Number of Songs
1938 1
1941 1
1948 1
1953 1
1954 3
1955 7
1956 19
1957 24
1958 30
1959 28
1960 27
1961 26
1962 31
1963 47
1964 79
1965 112
1966 148
1967 179
1968 126
1969 140
1970 148
1971 132
1972 127
1973 121
1974 111
1975 112
1976 130
1977 140
1978 204
1979 223
1980 273
1981 254
1982 318
1983 348
1984 334
1985 314
1986 336
1987 263
1988 265
1989 193
1990 168
1991 128
1992 123
1993 113
1994 138
1995 159
1996 103
1997 82
1998 52
1999 68
2000 54
2001 36
2002 29
2003 26
2004 19
2005 31
2006 18
2007 14
2008 20
2009 10
2010 12
2011 18
2012 12
2013 22
2014 9