Top Ten Most Requested Cover Songs of 2010

LimeLight, the online mechanical licensing clearance service, sent over their list of the most requested songs for mechanical licenses in 2010. This is worldwide. It's an interesting glimpse into the songs that performers consider to be important verses those that fans hear on the radio. The company did note that holiday titles are excluded from this list. Take a look:

1. Summertime  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)
2. Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg)
3. My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
4. What A Wonderful World (Bob Thiele, GeorgeDavid Weiss)
5. Autumn Leaves (Jaques Prevert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma)
6. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
7. Moon River (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
8. Misty (Errol Garner, Johnny Burke)
9. I Wish You Love (Charles Trenet)
10. Imagine (John Lennon)