Build Your Joni Mitchell Playlist Before Tonight's Tribute Show at BlackRock

When you're dealing with an artist as prolific as Joni Mitchell, how does one put together a setlist for a tribute show? Area folk artists will make the attempt tonight at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown. Grace Griffith with Zan McLeod, Marcy Marxer and Tina Chancey, Sol & Funk Root, Cary Creed, and The Kennedys are on the bill.

We don't envy the person in charge of figuring out what they're going to play --- having to pick from hundreds of songs. But, if you want to build your own playlist of Joni Mitchell essentials, we offer help. Here is a round up of Mitchell's most popular songs on the web.

Most popular on iTunes:

1. "Both Sides Now" (remastered)
2. "River, Blue"
3. "Big Yellow Taxi"
4. "Big Yellow Taxi" (Remastered)
5. "A Case of You"
6. "Help Me"
7. "California"
8. "All I Want"
9. "Both Sides Now, Clouds"
10. "Got ’Til it’s Gone, Number Ones"

Most listened to tracks on last.fm (prior six months):

1. "A Case of You"
2. "California"
3. "River"
4. "Both Sides Now"
5. "All I Want"
6. "Carey"
7. "Big Yellow Taxi"
8. "Blue"
9. "Little Green"
10. "My Old Man"

Bestselling on Amazon.com:

1. "Both Sides Now"
2. "Help Me"
3. "The Circle Game"
4. "Big Yellow Taxi" (original a capella with guitar)
5. "Big Yellow Taxi" (remastered LP version)
6. "A Case of You"
7. "Both Sides Now" (LP version)
8.  "River"
9.  "Free Man in Paris"
10. "Chelsea Morning" (LP version)

Top-ranked songs (lyrically), according to fan site, Joni.Mitchell.com:

1. "Refuge Of The Roads"
2. "The Sire Of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song)"
3. "Hejira"
4. "Blue"
5. "Woman Of Heart And Mind"
6. "A Case Of You"
7. "Song For Sharon"
8. "Both Sides Now"
9. "Woodstock"
10. "Amelia"