Clearing play counts; turning play count off

Is there a way to turn the play count off in iTunes and on the Shuffle iPod? Also is there a way to clear their respective play counts? please no smart counting. I'm not a fan of play counts. I want random!

You can not turn it off but you can certainly hide it in iTunes. When you right click on the headers in iTunes you get a list of all the possible headers you can turn on or off. So one solution is to simply turn off that column in iTunes so you no longer have to see it.
To clear out play counts, Select All on your library, right click and pick "Reset Play Count".
Cheers,
Patrick

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