I’m loving coming up with the less obvious use of songs: Goodbye Horses - Clerks 2 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - One of the best episodes of Ted Lasso Somewhere Over the Rainbow - You’ve Got Mail (Today’s programming makes me so very happy.) #tbtxpn

Harry Connick Jr into Eminem…. I freaking LOVE WXPN. #tbtxpn

Hey @wxpnfm.bsky.social… Just wanted to take a moment to send Kathy O’Connell love, sparkles, joy, and all things wonderful. Our world is a such a better place with your influence in it! 💗

Honestly, Atlantic City belongs to The Band with this version #My1 #SorryBruce #Xpncountdown

@rahrahraina.bsky.social is most impressive! #xpncountdown

Anyone else hear this song and instantly think of the movie Center Stage? #HigherGround #xpncountdown

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS!!! #Xpncountdown

I believe I learned this song from Shrek….and I was 24 when that movie came out. #NotAshamed #xpncountdown

Guessing about half my list showed up on the “one vote wonders” list. #ProudToBeWeird #xpncountdown

I love that Faith No More is in the countdown for both Easy and War Pigs. #xpncountdown

So apparently some people don’t automatically skip this track on the Singles soundtrack… #sorry #xpncountdown

Cannot believe this guy is now playing with the Avett Brothers… #XPNCountdown #MikePatton #WarPigs

This is definitely one I completely forgot about for my list… “Every Person, Every Single pair of hands…” #chills #somebodytolove #xpncountdown

So have there been any other songs on the list where the cover artist gives props to the original? Or am I imaging Whitney saying “Chaka Kahn” at the end of Every Woman? #XPNCountdown

Waiting for the Sexual Chocolate version of Greatest Love of All…. #xpncountdown

Ben Folds’ “Tiny Dancer” was one of my most difficult cuts… (He’s on my list for Dear Theodosia and I wouldn’t allow artist dups.) GREAT COVER 🤓 #xpnCountdown

ACE! We all know yours was the best solo album of the 4… #XPNCountdown

I will willingly take the humbling of how little music I actually know in exchange for the education the #XPNCountdown provides.

🎶One of these things is not like the other…🎶 #xpncountdown

More Mariah Carey today on @wxpnfm.bsky.social than in the entire year… #90skidsAreToBlame #XPNcountdown

Greetings from the real Mr. Bojangles’ hometown! #XPNcountdown #RicmondVA

The 70’s certainly produced some interesting music videos #XPNCountdown

One of my strong #11’s much to my Zeppelin-loving husband’s dismay #seaoflove #XPNcountdown

Today’s stay in the car before going into the grocery store pause brought to you by @wxpnfm.bsky.social and #TBTXPN.

Loving this music on @wxpnfm.bsky.social from 15 years ago… (calculating based on what feels right…do NOT check my math) #1995 #TBTXPN

If you got to hear the awesome intro Bob on @wxpnfm.bsky.social gave for his vinyl choice of his HS marching band, then I’m guessing like me the warm fuzzies will last with you all day. 🥰🥰🥰

Ah, Joni on @wxpnfm.bsky.social. Must watch Love Actually and get mad at Alan Rickman. (Then leave myself a chance to watch Harry Potter finale to feel sadder, but better.)

As dark of a song as it is, I LOOOOVE Stagger Lee by Lloyd Price. Thanks for today’s First Song First lesson @kristenkurtis.bsky.social! (I never knew!)

I made myself a playlist of my 10 (and a whole bunch of elevensies). Can’t resist a souvenier…I also had to teach some friends what some of the songs were. 🥰 #xpncountdown

Now that it’s all over, how many of you would change your top 10 if there was a do-over? #xpncountdown

I love @wxpnfm.bsky.social so very much and love having this way of communicating my snark, joy, and all the emotions with not only the folks in the studio but like (and not like) music fans. I hope this “bulletin board” keeps going for future XPN events after the #XPNCountdown has gone to bed.

I don’t think Adele’s done yet…. But 💩….I forgot about Skyfall until right now. #xpnCountdown

Album Cover painted by Scott Avett #xpncountdown

Has someone at the station made sure all copies of Thunder Road are locked up, so Dan Reed can’t punk us when we get to the number one? #xpncountdown

This song should receive an award for best placement in a movie at the end of “Guardians of the Galaxy, 3” #xpnCountdown

Avett Brothers are my number 1 but my song hasn’t been played yet. Hoping for a Rejects miracle. (But so happy to hear some @joekwon80.bsky.social magic on the 53 spot.) #XPNcountdown

@wxpnfm.bsky.social if it’s not already a pre-programmed thing, I’d like to make a request… Can we hear the “okay computer play something from the 21st century” featuring this, which is without a doubt, the best sentence ever. #xpncountdown 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

I love the chaotic transitions so much on the countdown. It’s like my brain most days. #xpncountdown

1-2-3-4 Monsters walking across the floor. #IYKYK #xpncountdown

Anyone else change the lyrics to “The Mother” to fit their kids’ names? #xpncountdown

I really do hope there are Tilt-a-Whirls in heaven. #IMissJohnPrine #XpnCountdown

3 of 10 of my choices made it so far…. Still feeling like this about my other 7. (Even though deep down, I know I’m a bit of a music weirdo and should be proud.) #xpncountdown

If you haven’t listened to the Brandi Carlile’s audiobook “Broken Horses” this is your sign to do that. (Includes musical interludes; different than reading.) #xpncountdown

I am so happy to hear another Foo, my vote played a while ago… But I don’t think I’ll ever hear “Times Like These” and not think how much I wished someone would have hugged Dave Grohl during the performance of this song at the London Taylor Hawkins tribute. 💔 #xpncountdown

Avett Brothers end most concerts with “No Hard Feelings” and I go home with tear-stained cheeks and a renewed positivity in my soul. #xpncountdown

1) Countdown ends tomorrow 2) No Foo tour in 2025 I am glad Goodbye Mr. Blue has already been played because I would not be okay with a third dose of sadness in such a short time. #xpncountdown

Goodbye Mr. Blue was one of my many #11 songs. Heartbreaking but so very beautiful. And isn’t that life in a nutshell? #xpncountdown

I think there’s great potential for an @wxpnfm.bsky.social fundraiser…. I would pay some good money to go to a Wicked Sing-A-Long with @kristenkurtis.bsky.social. 💚🩷

Every time I hear “I Remember Everything” by John Prine, I’m convinced someone took about half the air out of the room. 💔 You’ll always be missed John. #XPNCountdown

I am glad I was driving so I could sing like crazy to my #6, I Believe In a Thing Called Love but sad I couldn’t message about my joy. #xpncountdown (Thanks for being joyful about it @kallao.bsky.social; I couldn’t handle shade on The Darkness.)