I don't own an MP3 player, but I do have a wetware shuffle in the form of spontaneous earworms. Here are the songs I seem to draw from something other than what I last heard on the radio or a CD on a semi-regular basis. I promise I'll stop when I hit 25:
- Swing on a Star (Bing Crosby)
- Year of '39 (Queen)
- You May Be Right (Billy Joel)
- Dancin' With Myself (Billy Idol)
- Ghost Riders in the Sky (Johnny Cash)
- Greensleeves (traditional/medeival)
- Waltzing Matilda (Australian Bush Ballad)
- Under Pressure (Queen)
- You (The Cold)
- Horse with No Name (America)
- Head Games (Foreigner)
- Blinded Me with Science (Thomas Dolby)
- Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads)
- Safety Dance (Men without Hats)
- In the Mood (Glenn Miller Orchestra)
- We will Rock You/We are the Champions (Queen)
- Mr. Sandman (The Chordettes)
- Iko Iko (The Dixie Cups, among many others)
- Big Chief (Dr. John)
- Secret Agent Man (TV theme)
- Born in the USA (Bruce Springsteen)
- Money For Nothin' (Dire Straits, sharing a slotwith Weird Al's Ballad of Jed Clampett)
- Life is a Highway (Rascal Flatts)
- Alice's Restauraunt (Arlo Guthrie)
- Another One Bites the Dust (Queen)
You may notice that the only repeat act is Queen, with four items. I blame my college carpool buddies; Queen would likely be even better represented in the second 25 songs. At least three of these are purely a product of New Orleans upbringing, and Waltzing Matilda is a tune I originally learned as a "filk", that is, as a science fiction parody, but which has taken hold independent of any words. ("You Bash the Balrog" was the filk title, if you must know).