[mfdaniels]

Agree! In fact, I'd argue that a v2 of this project, where I look at the features of songs with high longevity (e.g., No Diggity) were driven by samples/covers/Glee/etc.

[bkjelden]

Yea, it'd even be interesting to compare a song's play count over time to it being featured in popular movie soundtracks, etc.