A Playlist From The iPod Of A Middle Schooler In 2013
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A Playlist From The iPod Of A Middle Schooler In 2013

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Erin Gates
Jul 02, 2020
University of Georgia
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A Playlist From The iPod Of A Middle Schooler In 2013

My taste in music has always been all over the place, dipping into wildly different genres and spanning from about eight decades. For the past few years I've had a Spotify account, which has given me the luxury of having song or artist recommendations and having a limitless library of music at the touch of my finger tips. Back in 2013, however, I did not have a music streaming account nor did I care to discover new or unheard songs. I was completely content with my taste in music stemming from the covers that my brothers band played every weekend, pop radio stations, my obsession with One Direction, viral Vine songs, and Dad's rock n' roll barbecue playlist. Here are 25 of the songs that were on my iPod in 2013.

1. "Some Nights" - fun.

2. "Holy Grail" - JAY-Z, Justin Timberlake

3. "Royals" - Lorde

4. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" - The Beatles

5. "Gas Pedal" - Sage The Gemini, Iamsu!

6. "Dirty Little Secret" - The All-American Rejects

7. "Bellas Finals: Price Tag/Don't You (Forget About Me)/Give Me Everything/Just The Way You Are/Party in the U.S.A/Turn The Beat Around) - The Barden Bellas

8. "Treasure" - Bruno Mars

9. "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" - One Direction

10. "Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz)" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Wanz

11. "Wannabe" - Spice Girls

12. "Electric Feel" - MGMT

13. "I Knew You Were Trouble" - Taylor Swift

14. "Classic" - MKTO

15. "Another One Bites The Dust" - Queen

16. "Battle Scars" - Lupe Fiasco, Guy Sebastian

17. "Little Things" - One Direction

18. "Pompeii" - Bastille

19. "Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers" - Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers

20. "The Way" - Ariana Grande, Mac Miller

21. "When I Was Your Man" - Bruno Mars

22. "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons

23. "Lip Gloss" - Lil Mama

24. "The Monster" - Eminem, Rihanna

25. "Best Song Ever" - One Direction


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