OUR STORY SO FAR: On Sunday, we presented a countdown of the 56 all-time most-played tracks from our This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio compilation CDs (playlist here, podcast here). Yesterday, we showed you the complete ranking for all of the 146 tracks that have appeared on our compilations; that was the master list from which we programmed this week's show.
Today, we offer an alternate version of the countdown. The actual show reflected overall airplay of each song, regardless of resource: for example, the on-air # 3 ranking for Eytan Mirsky's "This Year's Gonna Be Our Year" included spins from its original appearance on Eytan's Year Of The Mouse album as well as its appearance on This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 5. We felt this approach provided the most accurate reflection of each track's playlist preeminence.
This alternate version only considers plays that were credited on our playlists to one or another of the TIRnRR compilations. It doesn't count spins from Year Of The Mouse, bumping our official # 3 all the way down to # 103. It doesn't count spins from Mannix's Come To California, or from the Flashcubes' Bright Lights or Flashcubes Forever or Flashcubes On Fire, or from Meet The Catholic Girls, or from singles by Justine and the Unclean or Kelley Ryan or Kid Gulliver, and so on. This list is purely a reflection of TIRnRR compilation spins.
Oh, and speaking of those TIRnRR compilations: GET 'EM ALL!!!
***And NOW AVAILABLE! This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 5!***
Thanks once again to the mighty Fritz Van Leaven for coming up with this countdown and making it so. The sharp-eyed among you will note that today's list is ten songs shorter than yesterday's list; the discrepancy is due to the fact that seven of our compilation tracks have only appeared on our playlists as spins credited to other sources, never as tracks credited to our comps. I'm surprised to note that three more tracks have never appeared on the show at all; we'll be remedying that PDQ.
THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Compilation Tracks (ranked by overall airplay from the comps)
1. HELLO HELEN: Fall's Far Away
2. THE FLASHING ASTONISHERS: Period Exclamatory
3. THE TEARJERKERS: Syracuse Summer
4. THE COWSILLS: She Said To Me
5. THE FLASHCUBES: Carl (You Da Man)
6. SCREEN TEST: Sound Of The Radio
7. MANNIX: Highway Lines
8. THE SLAPBACKS: Make Something Happen
9. CIRCE LINK AND CHRISTIAN NESMITH: I'm On Your Side
10. MR. ENCRYPTO: The Last Time
11. STEVE STOECKEL AND HIS THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO ALL-STARS: I Could Be Good For You
12. THE LOLAS: Sticker
13. POPDUDES: Desperation Time
14. JOHNNY POPSTAR LUV EXPLOSION: Oh Renee
15. TIRnRR ALL-STARS: Waterloo Sunset
16. DANA AND CARL (WITH DAVE MURRAY): The Ballad Of Jah Clampett
17. THE HIT SQUAD: Best Of Me
18. IRENE PEÑA: Must've Been Good
19. LISA MYCHOLS: Cactus Boy
20. MAD MONSTER PARTY: Can't Stop Loving You
21. THE B.A.R.: Katie's Shoes
22. SEX CLARK FIVE: She's The End/Great Sheiks
23. BEAUTY SCENE OUTLAWS: Carl Cafarelli
24. THE BLONDES: Suzi Quatro
25. THE FIRE APES: Hey Kate
26. ASTROPUPPEES: Ride The Cowboy
27. CHRIS VON SNEIDERN: Lonely Tonight
28. DM3: 1 x 2 x Devastated
29. THE FINKERS: Last Thing On My Mind
30. POP CO-OP: You Don't Love Me Anymore
31. RAY PAUL: I Need Your Love Tonight
32. RONNIE DARK: Sarah
33. GREGG YETI & THE BEST LIGHTS: My Narcoleptic Sara
34. LUGLESS BOOTH: I Blame His Brother
35. THE SMITHEREENS: Got Me A Girl
36. ANNY CELSI: Empty Hangers
37. EYTAN MIRSKY: I'm Losing You
38. JOHN WICKS AND THE RECORDS: Edges Of A Dream
39. THE RULERS: I Want My Ramones Records Back
40. TIM ANTHONY: Maryellen
41. THE GRIP WEEDS: Strange Bird
42. THE CATHOLIC GIRLS: Should Have Been Mine
43. THE KENNEDYS: And Your Bird Can Sing
44. MR. ENCRYPTO AND THE CYPHERS: Home On The Radio
45. PAUL COLLINS' BEAT: She Doesn't Want To Hang Around With You
46. POP IS ART: Baby He Loves You
47. THE RICHARDS: Five Personalities
48. VEGAS WITH RANDOLPH FEATURING LANNIE FLOWERS: The Weekend's Coming
49. THE DIPSOMANIACS: Syd Barrett
50. THE FLASHCUBES: No Promise
51. THE JELLYBRICKS: She Can't
52. KELLEY RYAN: The Church Of Laundry
53. THE RUBINOOS: Nowheresville
54. THE SHAMBLES: Warm This Winter
55. CHRIS RICHARDS: It Doesn't Sound Like You
56. THE CLICK BEETLES: If Not Now Then When?
57. EYTAN MIRSKY: Help Me Get Over You
58. MAURA AND THE BRIGHT LIGHTS: Maybe Someday
59. STEPHEN LAWRENSON: Sun Is On Its Way
60. AMY RIGBY: Tom Petty Karaoke
61. HAWAII MUD BOMBERS: Office Crush
62. IRENE PEÑA: Own Sweet Time
63. LISA MYCHOLS: Almost Didn't Happen
64. LO AND THE MAGNETICS: Sooner Or Later
65. MICHAEL CARPENTRER: I've Been Loving You
66. POPDUDES: She Is Funny (In That Way)
67. SOUNDS LIKE DIGGING: Every Day
68. BALLZY TOMORROW: Out There
69. CHRIS VON SNEIDERN: Insomniac Summer
70. IN DEED: Peace & Quiet
71. THE LEGAL MATTERS: Don't Look Back
72. MICHAEL OLIVER AND THE SACRED BAND FEATURING DAVE MERRITT: You Won't Do
73. THE OOHS: Mr. Cliche
74. PERILOUS: Rock & Roll Kiss
75. POPDUDES: High
76. RAQUEL'S BOYS: Tiffany's Dimension
77. RONNIE DARL: '70s Van
78. THE SPONGETONES: Anyway Town
79. UNCLE GREEN: I Don't Wanna Know About It
80. 1.4.5.: Your Own World
81. DEADLIGHTS: Pretend To Pretend
82. FLORAPOP: Who Can Really Know?
83. GARY FRENAY: Blue Topaz
84. KURT BAKER: Emma Stone
85. LANNIE FLOWERS: Everything A Man Could Want
86. P. HUX: Better Than Good
87. PHIL ANGOTTI AND THE IDEA: The Only Reason
88. POP CO-OP: Extra Beat In My Heart
89. TALL POPPY SYNDROME: Come Some Christmas Eve (Or Halloween)
90. BLOTTO: We Wanna See The Monkees
91. THE BOTTLE KIDS: Let Me In On This Action
92. THE CLICK BEETLES: Shut The TV Down
93. THE CONNECTION: Little Miss Go-Go
94. GARY FRENAY: Just Like Me
95. GARY PIG GOLD AND SHANE FAUBERT: Gotta Get In Touch
96. THE GRIP WEEDS: Out Of Today
97. IRENE PEÑA: In This Room
98. SEX CLARK FIVE: Plastic All Over The World
99. STEPFORD KNIVES: Her Reputation
100. CLOUD ELEVEN: Tokyo Aquarium
101. THE CONDORS: Don't Want A Girl Who's Been With Jack
102. ED JAMES: Shiver And Shake
103. EYTAN MIRSKY: This Year's Gonna Be Our Year
104. LAURIE BIAGINI: Hey Mr. DJ
105. THE SHAMUS TWINS: Beyond You
106. THE SUN SAWED IN 1/2: She Offers Her Heart
107. THE TWEAKERS: Super Secret Mystery Track
108. THE CHARMS: Talk Is Cheap
109. CHRIS VON SNEIDERN: Goodnight Sailor
110. EYTAN MIRSKY: Flakes
111. HOOVER AND MARTINEZ: What The Heart Wants
112. JUSTINE AND THE UNCLEAN: Vengeance
113. KID GULLIVER: Forget About Him
114. LISA MYCHOLS: Make Believe
115. THE VILLAS: Someone To Hold On To
116. THE ANDERSON COUNCIL: Are You Receiving Me?
117. CAROLYNE MAS: In The Rain
118. GRETCHEN'S WHEEL: Plans
119. JAMIE HOOVER AND BILL LLOYD: Screen Time
120. JEREMY: What God Wants
121. JIM BASNIGHT: Look Inside
122. POP CO-OP: Ten Times Today
123. THE ROOKS: Sometimes
124. STEVE STOECKEL: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio
125. STEVENSON AND COMPANY: Talking Down To Me
126. ARIELLE EDEN: Sagittarius
127. THE ARMOIRES: Responsible (Reuptake)
128. THE FLASHCUBES: A Face In The Crowd
129. THE GRIP WEEDS: Infinite Soul
130. THE JANGLE BAND: So Long
131. THE LEMON CLOCKS: Brand New Day
132. MAURA AND THE BRIGHT LIGHTS: Perfect Girl
133. MICHAEL SLAWTER: Any Other Way
134. PACIFIC SOUL LTD.: We Go High
135. RICHARD BARONE: 123...Infinity
136. VEGAS WITH RANDOLPH: She's An Intellectual
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