As we mentioned the other day, Sunday night's edition of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl included our 70,000th spin. The intrepid Fritz Van Leaven informed us ahead of time that whatever we played as the 44th song on our April 20th show would be the track that hit that milestone. Dana picked Big Star's "September Gurls," an apt choice since that's also our all-time # 1 most-played track over the course of...well, over the course of a whole lot of shows since our debut on December 27, 1998.
After the show, Fritz sent us a list of the milestone spins to date, as well as an updated list of our most-played tracks. Thanks yet again, Fritz! We'll share that information here today, as we continue our road to 100,000 spins.
TIRnRR MILESTONES
10,000th Spin: The Damned, "Wait For The Blackout" [11/17/2002]
20,000th Spin: The Swingin' Blue Jeans, "Keep Me Warm (Til The Sun Shines)" [8/27/2006]
30,000th Spin: The Model Rockets, "A Notice To Everyone (The Cops Are Pissed)" [11/21/2010]
40,000th Spin: The Chartbusters, "She's The One" [9/21/2014]
50,000th Spin: The Modern Lovers, "Roadrunner" [6/17/2018]
60,000th Spin: The Kennedys, "Half Of Us" [1/16/2022]
70,000th Spin: Big Star, "September Gurls" [4/20/2025]
TIRnRR's ALL-TIME MOST-PLAYED TRACKS
1. BIG STAR: September Gurls
2. THE STALLIONS: Why
3. THE RAMONES: Blitzkrieg Bop
4. THE RAMONES: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
5. MANNIX: Highway Lines
6. THE FLASHING ASTONISHERS: Period Exclamatory
7. EYTAN MIRSKY: This Year's Gonna Be Our Year
8. THE LA'S: There She Goes
9. SUGAR: If I Can't Change Your Mind
10. THE KINKS: You Really Got Me
11. THE BEATLES: Revolution
12. THE FLASHCUBES: No Promise
13. COTTON MATHER: My Before And After
14. THE TEARJERKERS: Syracuse Summer
15. HELLO HELEN: Fall's Far Away
16. TODD RUNDGREN: Couldn't I Just Tell You
17. THE ONLY ONES: Another Girl, Another Planet
18. SEX CLARK FIVE: Fool I Was
19. CHUCK BERRY: Promised Land
20. GREGG YETI AND THE BEST LIGHTS: My Narcoleptic Sara
21. SWEET: Fox On The Run
22. THE CRICKLE: Place In My Heart
23. SCREEN TEST: Sound Of The Radio
24. THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Wouldn't You Like It?
25. ANNY CELSI: Empty Hangers
26. NICK LOWE: Cruel To Be Kind
27. THE POPTRARTS: I Won't Let You Let Me Go
28. THE GANTS: I Wonder
29. THE SEX PISTOLS: God Save The Queen
30. THE SPONGETONES: (My Girl) Maryanne
One of the tracks on our all-time list will be moving up a notch on our next show on April 27th, and that track was selected for next week's Greatest Record Ever Made! slot before we saw the updated stats. As always: Stay tuned! We need to build more stats for Fritz to tabulate.
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