Here’s this week’s list of my top 10 most played songs on iTunes. This is less of a measure of how much I like the songs than it is a measure of compulsively listening to one track repeatedly in a single setting.

It accurately chronicles my June 16, 2005, obsession with Nina Simone songs and my August 13-15, 2005, compulsion to hear Queen songs.

1. Waiting on the Far Side Banks of Jordan….. The Carter Family

2. The Human Touch….. Nina Simone

3. Ne Me Quitte Pas….. Nina Simone

4. Don’t Stop Me Now….. Queen

5. One of These Days….. Emmylou Harris

6. The Desperate Ones….. Nina Simone

7. I Think It’s Going to Rain Today….. Nina Simone

8. Mr. Bojangles….. Nina Simone

9. Fat-Bottomed Girls….. Queen

10. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy….. Queen