Most and least popular Top 20s

Call me anal (and here we welcome and immediately say farewell to the accidental visitors from Google) and Hi-Fidelityish, but when I check if links are still alive, I make a note of how many times a file has been downloaded, partly to know what kind of music you, dear reader, have great or little interest in. I suspect that some of the least downloaded songs were overlooked first time around, and some of the most popular leeched (I mean, fucking Hinder!). Or is German right-wing singer Heino really more sought after than Crowded House's finest song delivered in its ultimate interpretation?

Looking at the least downloaded songs (of those posted before August 4):
20. Bongo Maffin - Mari Ye Phepha 62 (South African kwaito group; try it)
18. Kate Walsh - Is This It 61* (Her other song was DLed 193 times. Did they all buy the CD afterwards?)
18. Richard Cheese - She Hates Me 61 (That is actually a really funny take)
17. Johnny Cash - I Hung My Head 59* (It's because it was a Sting song, right?)
16. Edie Brickell - Circle Of Friends 58 (Oh, OK then)
14. Spratch - Two Lives Lost 57 (For an unsigned alt.rock act from South Africa, 57 DLs is very good)
14. Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You 57 (This I really don't mind)
13. Evan Dando - If I Could Talk I'd Tell You (live) 51 (ex-Lemonhead singer cruelly snubbed)
12. Ben Folds - Fred Jones Pt 2 51 (such a great song, so neglected)
1o. Beauty Shop - Paper Hearts For Josie 47 (Dig alt.country? Then get this now)
10. Casette - A.I. 49 (SA band; songs sounds a bit like Death Cab For Cutie)
9. Wet Wet Wet - Temptation (live) 48 (I feel a 'Pissing off the Taste Police' coming on)
8. Beauty Shop - Desperate Cry For Help 47 (OK then, Beauty Shop aren't big 'round here)
7. Dirty Skirts - Set Me Alight 45 (SA act, sound a bit like The Killers)
6. Crowded House - When You Come (live) 43* (Only the best Crowded House song...)
5. A.C. Newman - On The Table 41 (I can only assume that everyone has this already)
3. Kevin Devine - Probably (acoustic) 39 (I don't understand you people; really)
3. Alexi Murdoch - Orange Sky 39* (excellent song, by an artist who's also at #14 in our top 20...)
2. MarcAlex - Quick Quick 38 (SA bubblegum pop from 1989. It's rubbish. Don't download it.)
1. The Antlers - Stairs To The Attic 35 (I'm shocked by this. Great Indie song from a fine album. DL it!)

* Four songs came from the same apparently unpopular post...

Here then the top 20 downloads from this blog. Spot the leeched tracks:
1. Earth, Wind & Fire - Reasons 814 Originally from this post
2. Brandi Carlile - The Story 306 Originally from this post
2. It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home 306 Originally from this post
4. Mat Kearney - All I Need 289 Originally from this post
5. Bill Withers - Lovely Day (Sunshine Mix) 282 Originally from this post
6. The Fray - How To Save A Life 279 Originally from this post
7. Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday 271 Originally from this post
8. Paul Anka - Smells Like Teen Spirit 269 Originally from this post
9. Crowded House - Nobody Wants To 268 Originally from this post
10. Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno 265 Originally from this post
11. Ram Jam - Black Betty 264 Originally from this post
12. Tim Curry - I Do The Rock 263 Originally from this post
13. Prince - Starfish And Coffee 254 Originally from this post
14. Alexi Murdoch - Home 250 Originally from this post
15. Hinder - Lips Of An Angel 244 Originally from this post
16. Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch 235 Originally from this post
17. Ben Folds & Rufus Wainwright - Careless Whispers 232 Originally from this post
18. Donald Fagen - I.G.Y. 230 Originally from this post
19. Mindy Smith - Angel Dove 229 Originally from this post
20. Curtis Mayfield - Do Be Down 227 Originally from this post

On the point of leeching: The main point of MP3 blogging, as I see it, is to share great music with others (and/or to illustrate a post with music), hopefully so that people will discover a new artist or song and buy their CDs. So I don't mind if the music I share is distributed far and wide. However, if somebody wants to use a link from this blog, it would be nice to get a credit and a link on that site (even if the ID3 tags of each file here identifies this blog as the source).