MP3 player with times played counter

Hey, I was wondering if anyone could help me. I'm building an MP3 player in Flash for a client. The MP3 player is the easy part. However, each track needs to have a counter that tracks how many times its been played. Now this will probably require some external language as the times played counter needs to hold that information even once the user closes out of the window. That's why i can't jut use a variable in Flash. If anyone could tell me how its done or point to a place that will show me how to do it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.