Happy Birthday iTunes: Five years ago iTunes went from just playing our music, to becoming the largest wallet vacuum on the internet. Apple has sold over 4 billion songs in the last five years. The Mac|Life editors share their first iTunes purchase:
Senior Editor Susie Ochs: We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder featuring The Jackson Five
Managing Editor Jan Hughes: The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
Online Editor Roberto Baldwin - They Might Be Giants - Flood
Art Director Robin Dick - Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Share your first iTunes purchase in the comments below.
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dwr50
April 29, 2008 at 8:02am
With all of the money I've saved buying my music from Amazon, I was able to buy an Shuffle to play the songs. All those dimes really add up, and the songs have no DRM !
Soooo on the edge
April 28, 2008 at 10:45pm
Your so on the edge and that makes me so on the edge to be on your site because your so on the edge and that must make all of us so on the edge so how on the edge is it to be so on the edge, huh?
Teslacoil121
April 28, 2008 at 7:55pm
My first iTunes purchase was Outkast's "Hey Ya"
Purchase date was 4/16/04
Anonymous
April 28, 2008 at 7:42pm
Green Day's cover of "I Fought the Law" :)
I bought it partly b/c it was the song Apple used for their fist iTunes promotions. And I'm an old school Green Day fan.
Anonymous
April 28, 2008 at 7:23pm
I was 12 when I bought Bowling for Soup's "1985." LOL
Anonymous
April 28, 2008 at 7:05pm
my first itunes purchase was Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega and Perez Prado
CJ Covell
April 28, 2008 at 6:09pm
buffett live tuesdays thursdays, saturdays
Anonymous
April 28, 2008 at 5:23pm
Crowbar - When Planets Collide. Grindingly intense!
iTunes Fan
April 28, 2008 at 4:26pm
"I Need Your Love" by Boston. I'd been looking for that song on the "free" sites and could never find it. This song turned me legit. Way to go iTunes. Thanks for keeping me out of jail.
Anonymous
April 28, 2008 at 2:15pm
They Might Be Giants ROCK!
JakeZilla
April 28, 2008 at 12:24pm
My first iTunes purchase was the Beach Boys Pet Sounds. Happy birthday iTunes!
Randy
April 28, 2008 at 11:43am
Happy Bday iTunes. Here's to five more! First purchase? Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
Anonymous
April 28, 2008 at 11:50am
haha i remember being in Florida the year that song came out. no matter what station you were on, that song played at least 10 times during the day.
