Here’s something else I haven’t done in a while: gone through my iPod to figure out and report back on what I’m listening to these days. It hasn’t been reset in a while, so here are the top songs.

1. Sam Roberts, Them Kids – I caught myself dancing to this at the movie theater one night. True story. It’s fun and infectious, and it’s hard to stand/sit still while listening to it.

2. Snow Patrol, Run. Which is odd, because I haven’t listened to it recently. However, I listened to it at least 77 times since July, so apparently I listened to it a lot at some point.

3. The New Pornographer, Use It. I find it difficult to resist the urge to sing along with any New Pornographer’s song, or bop along happily. Unless I’m in public. Except if I’m in my car with the windows rolled up, and then it’s fair game.

4. OK Go, Here It Goes Again. I predict that synchronized treadmill dancing will be an official Olympic event in 2020. A great song to listen to while walking to work on a grey, rainy morning.

5. Fatboy Slim, Jin Go Lo Ba. Two things about this song. First, this does not sound like a Fatboy Slim song. The first time I heard it I thought it was the Chemical Brothers, and to me, it sounds more like one of their songs, or even The Orb or The Crystal method. Second, I thought it would be higher on the list. There were many days where I’d have this song on constant repeat on my way to and from work. Also, I want to take up running or rave dancing when I listen to this song.

6. MGMT, Electric Feel. I listened to this song 44 times in a row on the bus to Toronto once. (I might have been asleep a few of those times, thought.) (Ditto my other favourite of theirs, Time to Pretend.)

7. King Cobb Steelie, Luckily I Keep My Feathers Numbered For Just Such An Emergency. Ah, my misspent youth listening to 102.1 in Toronto, which played this song often at one point. Best bass line ever. Catchy, and it’s hard to not be cheerful after listening to it.

8. Jason Forrest, War Photographer. I would have never heard of this song if it hadn’t been for Randal, who posted the video on his blog. And now I’m posting it here, because your life won’t be complete until you’ve seen a true Viking Battle of The Bands.

9. Gwen Stefani, Wind it Up (Original Neptunes Mix). I blame So You Think You Can Dance for getting this song wedged in my brain.