Comments on: Songs Titles containing the numbers 1 - 100

Songs Titles containing the numbers 1 - 100

kenaman — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:32:41 -0800

Songs titles containing the numbers 1 to 100.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:48:24 -0800

98.6 - By Standard By Keith, actually. Rocket 88 - Aerosmith Jackie Brenston. God, if you're gonna put this stuff on the Web, do a little research.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:49:13 -0800

I recently spoke to the writer/performer of 96 tears, ? (erroneously referred to on that list as "mark"). He's never gotten any royalties, and is trying to block a re-release of the song. He was very, um, animated.

By: handee

handee — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:53:39 -0800

I did "song titles containing the numbers between one and 10" as a pub quiz question once - some of the contestants were fairly sharp, and we let them have "2, 4, 6, 8 Motorway" for 2, 4, 6 and 8. Maybe we were a little generous.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:53:39 -0800

I recently spoke to the writer/performer of 96 tears, ? Dude! I hope you showed ? the repect he is due as garage rock royalty. Also, I knew a girl in high school who's dad was briefly a drummer in the Mysterians.

By: jasminetea

jasminetea — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:58:22 -0800

The accuracy of the list looks pretty sloppy - it looks like a work experience kid copied the list off a sheet of paper that was transcribed by Mr Burns' monkeys from four year olds' text message contributions. Aargh! And it's 2+2=5 for Radiohead, not +5...

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:58:26 -0800

God, if you're gonna put this stuff on the Web, do a little research. So your saying "Hound Dog" wasn't written by Elvis Presley? (insert winking emoticon here)

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:00:51 -0800

Did anyone else go to this page expecting something a little more comprehensive? Such as, say, more than one song per numeral? It's a cute exercise, don't get me wrong, but it would be even cuter to see the distribution across all of these numbers.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:05:08 -0800

Charles and Eddie. Heh.

By: kenaman

kenaman — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:10:10 -0800

God, if you're gonna put this stuff on the Web, do a little research. I'd better come clean. I knew the list was had errors and posted it to give the sharpest amongst you the chance to achieve self-validation by minutiae. There are 12 errors in all can you spot them?

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:16:21 -0800

God, if you're gonna put this stuff on the Web, do a little research. That was directed at the site that published the list, not you, kenaman. The idea's a fun one, just poorly executed.

By: 327.ca

327.ca — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:19:20 -0800

to give the sharpest amongst you the chance to achieve self-validation by minutiae. Hah! Very good. MetaFilter: Self-validation by minutiae

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:20:44 -0800

I keep meaning to do a similar list with years mentioned in songs (not necessarily in the title): Nineteen hundred eighty five, PM & wings 1979, smashing pumpkins 1974, ryan adams 1972 josh rouse "Night Moves," bob seger (1962) As soyjoy suggests, I thought it would be interesting to come up with the year most heralded in pop music lyrics.

By: BigPicnic

BigPicnic — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:22:15 -0800

Well, I think the title to #5 ought to be "2 + 2 = 5" not "2 + 2 + 5". Which may seem picky, but it sort of defeats the purpose because, if it really were the "2 + 2 + 5", is should probably be filed as a "9" not a "5".

By: kenaman

kenaman — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:22:20 -0800

johnmc - I understand. Sorry for the sarcasm. Honest.

By: 327.ca

327.ca — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:23:49 -0800

As soyjoy suggests, I thought it would be interesting to come up with the year most heralded in pop music lyrics. Or how about the largest number cited in pop music lyrics? (And I don't mean something like a telephone number.)

By: kenko

kenko — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:28:16 -0800

A guy who posts to rec.music.progressive did a series of radio shows in which the songs all contained the number 1, then 2, and so on. Eventually he had to do more than one number per show, but he got pretty high without skipping any.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:28:59 -0800

ss4, You forgot 1984, david bowie 1983 (If A Merman I Shoul Turn To Be), jimi hendrix The Battle Of New Orleans, Johnny Horton (In 1814, we took a little trip..) Oh What A Night, frankie valli (1963) Born To Lose, Social Distortion (1962) Well, I think the title to #5 ought to be "2 + 2 = 5" not "2 + 2 + 5". Why not simply use Bob Seger's "2+2=?" which is a great song and probably the first specifically anti-Vietnam (as opposed to generic anti-war) rock song, although "Cry For Freedom" by the Starfires and "Black Monk Time" by The Monks are the first to actually use the word "Vietnam" in the title. There were several R&B & country songs (both pro and anti-war) that mentioned the word, though. How's that for self-validation by minutiae ;)

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:31:40 -0800

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do . . . on preview: 327.ca, I start the bidding with Forty Thousand Headmen, by Traffic.

By: boymilo

boymilo — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:32:16 -0800

Error: #15 - The title of the song by Depeche Mode is simply "Little 15" not "Strange Little 15"

By: poppo

poppo — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:33:26 -0800

how about In The Year 2525 If we're just talking titles, it's got 2525 If we're talking about the lyrics too, it goes up to a billion

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:34:35 -0800

(Warning: iTunes link) I guess these guys missed the list by a mere .75.

By: poppo

poppo — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:37:24 -0800

and for the other tt of years in titles, Summer of 69

By: scottq

scottq — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:42:35 -0800

I start the bidding with Forty Thousand Headmen, by Traffic. I'll raise you 100,000 Fireflies by the Magnetic Fields. Who's got a song with "million" in the title? Going once, going twice...

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:46:38 -0800

"A Million Miles Away" Plimsouls.

By: BigPicnic

BigPicnic — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:47:38 -0800

327.ca - Stevie Wonder's "Heaven is ten zillion light years away."

By: Balisong

Balisong — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:51:05 -0800

Too bad they aren't posted with the mp3's attached..

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:00:58 -0800

One in A Million by GNR. Also contains a double shot of anti-immigrant and homophobic sentiment. What about 2000 Light Years From Home by the Stones, which is a great song to boot.

By: goatdog

goatdog — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:07:54 -0800

"Lovedust" by Luna talks about "a million, a billion, a trillion stars."

By: mindless progress

mindless progress — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:10:34 -0800

As far as songs with years mentioned, there's always "3030" from the Deltron 3030 album.

By: jozxyqk

jozxyqk — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:14:26 -0800

How come no Rush nerd has mentioned 2112 yet?

By: Succa

Succa — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:15:37 -0800

93. 93 Til Infinity - Zero 7 Whoa, whoa, whoa...who is this Zero 7 person? 93 Til Infinity is by the Souls!

By: BigPicnic

BigPicnic — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:23:53 -0800

Oh crap, I guess Succa's comment also, by defintion, wins the "highest number" contest. ...and lowest, for that matter.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:25:52 -0800

1000 Umbrellas is the only numbered XTC song I can think of today. Dylan liked numbers a lot. They got Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, but let's not forget 4th Time Around, and Obviously 5 believers & Bob Dylan's 115th Dream.

By: scratch

scratch — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:27:05 -0800

...it's 1969 ok...war across the USA.... ...1977, and we are going mad .... ...no elvis, beatles or the rolling stones, in 1977...

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:27:41 -0800

I swear I was in the middle of editing that, and it spontaneously submitted while I was deleting that second-to-last "and". WTF?

By: biffa

biffa — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:30:55 -0800

SSF: also 1959 : Sisters of Mercy Disco 2000 : Pulp 1984 : Eurythmics 1999 : Prince (Methinks you haven't been giving that much thought to this idea.) 1992 The Love Album : Carter USM (slightly cheating, but there is a track called 1993 on there). 1492 Counting Crows

By: ramix

ramix — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:33:15 -0800

96 degrees (in the shade) - Steel Pulse

By: kenaman

kenaman — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:41:56 -0800

Another list that goes beyond 1000

By: dougunderscorenelso

dougunderscorenelso — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:57:29 -0800

327.ca, Sunny Day Real Estate had a song called "One hundred million," and Xiu Xiu mentions "A million billion threats" on their most recent album, but I'm not sure that's a real number.

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:00:34 -0800

Methinks you haven't been giving that much thought to this idea. heh.

By: stifford

stifford — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:12:08 -0800

Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper

By: Johnny Assay

Johnny Assay — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:12:25 -0800

Isn't the Gorillaz song called "5/4", not "54"?

By: nebulawindphone

nebulawindphone — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:19:53 -0800

Yes it is, Johnny Assay. And the slash is important — the song's in 5/4 time. Well spotted.

By: stifford

stifford — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:23:19 -0800

you can replace that Gorillaz song with "54-46, That's My Number" by Toots and the Maytals.

By: surfdad2

surfdad2 — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:46:56 -0800

So what's stopping songs from 100 - 200? Oh yeah......that has to be worth a treatise, why do we only sing about numbers below 100?

By: 327.ca

327.ca — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:49:13 -0800

Well, before I was so rudely interrupted (power outage), I was going to suggest "In the Year 2525" by Zager and Evans, which mentions 3535 in the fade. But, hell, a zillion beats that... ;-)

By: 327.ca

327.ca — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:50:44 -0800

I was going to suggest "In the Year 2525" by Zager and Evans, which mentions 3535 in the fade. Whoops, they actually got up to 9595. Still not a zillion though.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:00:06 -0800

25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago 90125 by Yes and ... 1974 by Amy Grant Now that it has been mentioned, we need never speak of it again.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:01:36 -0800

WikiPedia has a more comprehensive list of songs with numbers in the title.

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:12:32 -0800

more wikipedia fun: List of bands with names consisting entirely of integers List of theme songs which don't mention their show in the lyrics and List of theme songs which mention their show in the lyrics List of song titles phrased as questions

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:25:26 -0800

SSF, I actually had that same idea, but I thought of 1999 as one of the songs! (*sticks tongue out childishly*) No, really, the idea occurred to me because there's a song on the radio now by some teenybopper band about a girl embarrassed by her mom being into everything from 1985 (anybody? anybody?). It's basically a retread of XTC's "She's So Square," with the lines "Have you seen her hair? / It's a style from heaven / But she's nowhere / She thinks this is 1967!" (song came out in 1977). There's also Too Much Joy's "1964." Hey, would "After the Gold Rush" count? ("Look at mother nature on the run in the 1970s")

By: rocket88

rocket88 — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:29:09 -0800

I'm just proud to have made the list.

By: mike3k

mike3k — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:58:01 -0800

At least it included #41, probably the best 'number song'.

By: emf

emf — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:21:20 -0800

Four million, three thousand, two hundred Twenty-one tear-ears from now-ow-ow-ow

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:01:01 -0800

I wish somebody' have a hit song about pi.

By: jozxyqk

jozxyqk — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:20:20 -0800

onetwothree fooooour five, sixseveneight niiiiiine ten... ELEVEN TWELVE!

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:24:38 -0800

More years, not necessarily in the title: Dream Academy, "Life in a Northern Town" (1963) Bryan Adams, "Summer of '69" (really, no one mentioned this yet??) Everclear, "AM Radio" (1970, 1972, 1975, 1977)

By: kenaman

kenaman — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:08:11 -0800

alumshubby - Oh, number Pi Oh, number Pi Your digits are unending, Oh, number Pi Oh, number Pi No pattern are you sending.........

By: artifarce

artifarce — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:40:46 -0800

Square One (mathematics tv show from the 90s) had a sketch of someone singing something that went like "One night...two hearts were...three something something...one, two, three, forever...the mathematics of love." Even now I remember the tune, but when I was a child I didn't get how cliched the numerical phrases were.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:05:47 -0800

Black Lab had a song: Ten Million Years.

By: ibidem

ibidem — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:12:09 -0800

I was actually sad that the list didn't include The Nails' "88 Lines About 44 Women;" it seemed a perfect fit. Oh well.

By: hippugeek

hippugeek — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:13:47 -0800

Paging The Mathemeticians. (No "25 or 6 to 4"?)

By: ticopelp

ticopelp — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:59:53 -0800

Junk.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:21:59 -0800

R.E.M., "1,000,000" Barenaked Ladies, "If I Had $1000000"

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:16:01 -0800

"Summer of '69" (really, no one mentioned this yet??) Uh, no, not really. Also, back on the non-year numbers, let's not forget XTC's "Millions."

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:34:39 -0800

I wish somebody' have a hit song about pi. One huge hit had the famous lyric "Bye, bye, Miss American Pi."

By: kimota

kimota — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:02:16 -0800

artifarce, Here you go (warning: really low-res Real Audio Format). My favorite part is when the producer starts dancing at the end--it's practically the Carlton! I loved Square One TV, and I used to have a big ol' crush on Kate Monday!

By: kindall

kindall — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:45:27 -0800

Dave Matthews Band's "Typical Situation" has lyrics that count down from ten, which is kinda fun.