Rails 3 ActiveRecord: Order by count on association

Using named scopes:

class Song
  has_many :listens
  scope :top5,
    select("songs.id, OTHER_ATTRS_YOU_NEED, count(listens.id) AS listens_count").
    joins(:listens).
    group("songs.id").
    order("listens_count DESC").
    limit(5)

Song.top5 # top 5 most listened songs

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