diff --git a/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini b/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini
index 8a01f08d25..5ef8fe38b0 100644
--- a/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini
+++ b/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini
@@ -2738,6 +2738,7 @@ ShowRandom=1
 Use3D=0
 Wheel3DRadius=200 # Possibly safe defaults?
 CirclePercent=0.5
+MostPlayedSongsToShow=30
 SortMenuNames=GROUP:TITLE:BPM:PLAYERS' BEST:TOP GRADE:ARTIST:EASY METER:MEDIUM METER:HARD METER
 SortMenuActions=sort,GROUP:sort,TITLE:sort,BPM:sort,PLAYERS BEST:sort,TOP GRADE:sort,ARTIST:sort,EASY METER:sort,MEDIUM METER:sort,HARD METER
 ModeMenuNames=GROUP
diff --git a/stepmania/src/MusicWheel.cpp b/stepmania/src/MusicWheel.cpp
index de45f82db3..dedde8ec7d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/MusicWheel.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/MusicWheel.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ CachedThemeMetricF CIRCLE_PERCENT	("MusicWheel","CirclePercent");
 CachedThemeMetricB	USE_3D			("MusicWheel","Use3D");
 CachedThemeMetricI  NUM_WHEEL_ITEMS_METRIC	("MusicWheel","NumWheelItems");
 #define NUM_WHEEL_ITEMS				min( MAX_WHEEL_ITEMS, (int) NUM_WHEEL_ITEMS_METRIC )
+#define MOST_PLAYED_SONGS_TO_SHOW	THEME->GetMetricI("MusicWheel","MostPlayedSongsToShow")
 #define SORT_MENU_NAMES				THEME->GetMetric ("MusicWheel","SortMenuNames")
 #define SORT_MENU_ACTIONS			THEME->GetMetric ("MusicWheel","SortMenuActions")
 #define MODE_MENU_NAMES				THEME->GetMetric ("MusicWheel","ModeMenuNames")
@@ -474,7 +475,8 @@ void MusicWheel::BuildWheelItemDatas( vector<WheelItemData> &arrayWheelItemDatas
 
 			const vector<Song*> arrayAllSongs = SONGMAN->GetBestSongs();
 
-			for ( i=0; arraySongs.size() < 30 && i < arrayAllSongs.size(); i++ )
+			const unsigned SongsToShow = MOST_PLAYED_SONGS_TO_SHOW;
+			for ( i=0; arraySongs.size() < SongsToShow && i < arrayAllSongs.size(); i++ )
 			{
 				// weed out songs that require more songs than are available
 				Song *pSong = arrayAllSongs[i];