Chris Doelle’s 2020 Top Songs

2020 Top Songs

For more than a decade, I have been reporting the songs that I’ve played the most over the year.  This is NOT a list of the most popular songs in the world, in America or even in my town.  These are the tracks that I played the most in 2020.

There are tracked by last.fm (a site I discovered back in 2005) that keeps track of the songs you play on iPod, computer, iPad, iTunes and streaming sites like Pandora and Spotify etc.  It is simple to connect the service to the other services and then you never have to deal with it again – other than to look at all the glorious data (yes, I’m a nerd.)

Here are Chris Doelle’s 2020 Top Songs:

1. 1. Doobie Brothers – Black Water (39 plays)
   2. Hootie & the Blowfish – Hold My Hand (27plays)
   3. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Down on the Corner (23 pays)
   4. Thomas Rhett – Die a Happy Man (22 plays)
   5. Wilson Pickett – In the Midnight Hour (22 plays)
   6. Andy Grammar – Honey, I’m Good (21 plays)
   7. The Verve Pipe – Freshman (21 plays)
   8. Easton Corbin – Baby Be My Love Song (20 plays)
   9. Maroon 5 – Payphone (19 plays)
   10. Maroon 5 – What Lovers Do (feat SZA) (19 plays)
   11. The Temptations – My Girl (19 plays)
   12. Journey – Any Way You Want It (18 plays)
   13. Maroon 5 – Sugar (18 plays)
   14. The Animals – House of the Riding Sun (18 plays)
   15. Billy Joel – Travelin’ Prayer (17 plays)
   16. George Strait – Amarillo by Morning (17 plays)
   17. Rodney Atkins – Take a Back Road (17 plays)
   18. The Allman Brothers Band – Midnight Rider (17 plays)
   19. The Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger (17 plays)
   20. War – Cisco Kid (17 plays)
   21. Steve Miller Band – The Joker (16 plays)

Interesting facts from 2020

• COVID didn’t appear to change much about my listening habits
• For the second year in a row, Maroon 5 had 3 songs in the Top 20 – only one of the 3 was the same song – Payphone
• Last year it took 16 plays to reach the Top 20, this year it took 17
• Just 4 tracks were in last year’s Top 20.
• The country music trend dropped quite a bit – the number of country songs in top 20: 2014 (2), 2015 (2), 2016 (9), 2017 (9), 2018 (8), 2019 (13), 2020 (4)
• The total different songs played for the year was 2,627 – down a bit from 2.668 last year.
• 2019 Top Songs
• 2018 Top Songs
• 2017 Top Songs
• 2016 Top Songs
• 2015 Top Songs
• 2014 Top Songs
• 2013 Top Songs
• 2012 Top Songs
• 2011 Top Songs
• 2010 Top Songs

by Chris Doelle