Do the Shuffle

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I promised Micaela I would do this post because I absolutely loved hers, in which she landed upon one of my all-time favorite songs (feel free to guess what it is in the comments).

When poking around my iTunes library, I was a bit conflicted how to come up with this 25 songs list. Do I just do the shuffle, or do I pull my top 25 most played songs? Since my most played don't really reflect my current music tastes (although there are some really great songs in there), I decided to just do the shuffle.

That determined, here are my 25 "shuffle" songs:

1. Wild Women Do -- Natalie Cole
2. No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems -- Kenny Chesney
3. Brown Eyed Girl -- Van Morrison
4. Old Blue Chair -- Kenny Chesney
5. Laughing Out Loud -- The Wallflowers
6. Heartburn -- Alicia Keys
7. Higher -- Creed
8. I Want to Come Over -- Melissa Ethridge
9. Neon -- John Mayer
10. What I Need To Do -- Kenny Chesney
11. Feelings -- The Offspring
12. I Touch Myself -- The Divinyls
13. Before I Met You -- Usher
14. So Right -- DMB
15. Get This Party Started -- Pink
16. Forever December -- Tabitha's Secret
17. Two Step -- DMB
18. Ticket To Heaven -- 3 Doors Down
19. The General -- Dispatch
20. The Life Of A... (Gangsta) -- N.O.R.E.
21. Someday -- Rob Thomas
22. Better As A Memory -- Kenny Chesney
23. Pig -- DMB
24. Light in Your Eyes -- Sheryl Crow
25. Truth -- Janet Jackson

Wow, I'm really pleased with what came up in that little experiment! As you can see, I have some pretty diverse music tastes, but the constants seem to be Kenny Chesney (love) and DMB (love) -- two acts I'll always see live when given the opportunity. I just might know almost every song by heart. Also falling into that category are Tabitha's Secret, morphed into Matchbox 20, whittled down to Rob Thomas (love).

There's also some songs in this list that really speak to my life and my personality: I Touch Myself is a BFF anthem, as is Get This Party Started. Old Blue Chair and No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems are inspirations for my dream lifestyle. Higher, Neon, Forever December and Two Step bring me back to some low points, while The Life Of A... (Gangsta) might be a highlight.

I really believe that our music choices can say a lot about us. What would we see if we peeked into your iTunes library?