Best Numerical Songs

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Not songs that have numbers in the title, but the number is the title. I suspect much John Cage.

Zero - Lamb One - Metallica Tewe - Autechre (so I cheated) Three - Massive Attack 444 - Autechre

And so on.

― Lee, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

any song off Seiichi Yamamoto's KOA 2.

― http://gygax.pitas.com, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

99 red balloons, summer of 69, 68 guns, 5,4,3,2,1, one in ten, 7 teen (the regents, fabulous), sixteen with a bullet, n n n nineteen (obvious), &c &c

― geoff dickens, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ok so some arent just a number

― geoff dickens, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"1969" by the Stooges "369" by Buzzcocks "No.9" by the Suburbs "Seven" by Prince

― Alex in NYC, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

You knew I'd have a list, right? 808080808 (808 State), 777 (Aquasky), 15.23 (Arcane), 1990 (Arcon 2), Ten Four (Joey Beltram), Thirteen (Big Star, Johnny Cash), 36-22-36 (Bobby Bland), 727 (Box Tops), 1401 (Butthole Surfers), Sixteen (Buzzcocks,Iggy Pop), 1-2-3 (Chimes), Four (Miles Davis), 02 40 (Decoder), One Two (Demoniac), 245 (Eric Dolphy Quintet), Three Thirty Three (Drifters), 15 (Eater), 81 (Terry Edwards), 2:1 (Elastica), 3:78 (Emergency Broadcast Network), 13465 (Alec Empire), 1000% (Fatima Mansions), 20/20 (Future Cut), 24-7/365 (Gang Starr), 022 (Laurent Garnier), 1112 (Genius/GZA), 260 or One(both Ghostface Killah), Infinity (Guru Josh or Heavyweight or Photek - possibly cheating!), 44 (Howlin' Wolf), 4033 (George Jones), 386 (J-Tek), Absolute Zero (Kinetix - again, cheatingish), 911 (Cyndi Lauper), Number Nine (Lionrock), Six (Matrix), 20-75 (Willie Mitchell), Thousand (Moby), Thirty Two (Van Morrison), 151 (Neu!), 14.98 (New Concept), 5-4-3-2-1 (Penguin), 124 (Photek), 634-5789 (Wilson Pickett), 319 or 7 (Prince), 41:19 (Public Enemy), Seventeen (Regents), 100% (Sonic Youth), 1310 or 1730 (Tech Itch), Ninety-Nine And A Half (Trammps), 1,2,3,4 (Ultra-Sonic), 4x10 (Loudon Wainwright III), Nine Below Zero (Muddy Waters), Three (Wedding Present), Fourelevenfortyfour (Pete Wylie), Ninety Two (Xpulsion), Millions (XTC).

― Martin Skidmore, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

5-7-0-5 but theres no reply

― geoff dickens, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Three is the Magic Number" by Bob Dorough (among many?) with its triangles and ve-hicles and 27s and multiplications. As English, please will Americans explain what the devil is yr schoolhouse rock?! See also, Little Twelvetoes by Chavez, song what I also like...

― Graham C, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Pop Group, "3:19"
R.E.M., "1,000,000" and "Oddfellows Local 151"

― M Matos, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

4 (Aphex Twin)

― Andrew, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three great ones from The Kings & Queens of Township Jive: Modern Roots of the Indestructible Beat of Soweto comp: Lulu Masilela's "Six Mabone," Thomas Phale, "Platform 14" and West Nkosi's "Chillis 500" and "Marabi Bell 800"

― M Matos, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

1970 - Stooges
1978 - Do Make Say Think
Seven - Imperial Teen.

― Mr Noodles, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one two three four five six - cornelius!

― Sean, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

One - isnt that three dog night (also Aimee Mann) and also there is a global communication album called 76 14 with the following songs: 4 02, 14 31, 9 25, 9 39, 7 39, 0 54, 8 07, 5 23, 4 14, 12 18.

― Ron, Saturday, 20 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

wasnt the smashing pumpkins song called 1979??

― Ron, Saturday, 20 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

867-5309

― Ron, Saturday, 20 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Wire - the 15th!!! also number-related but possibly cheating in varying degrees: 40 versions, map ref 41n 93w, 12xu, song 1, 106 beats that....

let me put my thinking cap on.

― geeta, Saturday, 20 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

22-20 Skip James 32-20 Robert Johnson

― , Saturday, 20 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

im pretty sure the takako minekawa song is called 1.66666

― Ron, Saturday, 20 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Gary Wilson's "6.4 = Makeout" is pure math in the weirdest way possible.

― Andy, Saturday, 20 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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― Ron, Saturday, 20 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"The Number Song" Shellac

― Gage-o, Saturday, 20 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

2541 - grant hart and nova mob

― dbini, Saturday, 20 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

All very well, but can we count up from Zero to Ten?

― Lee, Saturday, 20 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

appears that zero thru seven are accounted for.

― Ron, Saturday, 20 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Eins zwei drei vier funf sechs sieben acht one two uno due tre quattro ichi ni san shi adin dva tri.

― Damian, Sunday, 21 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

rolling stones - 19th nervous breakdown

― electric sound of jim, Sunday, 21 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

fuck it!!! should read q' properly before answering

paul hardcastle - 19

― electric sound of jim, Sunday, 21 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

this thread needs more hair metal. 18 and life - skid row.

― di, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i think 1, 2 and 3 by soft machine were much better than 1, 2 and 3 by led zeppelin, and if you're into this sort of thing, soft machine 2 has got a,b,c,...z. (and reprised backwards)

i do like 10,9,8,.. by bowie on "..oddity" for it's elegant timing and puffy spacey production and cool lift-off nopise, but i'll reserve 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1... for (tape piece by) franco evangelisti, and midnight oil, both of whom take off /drop bomb respectively

― George Gosset, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Revolution 909-Daft Punk. Everybody Needs a 303-Fatboy Slim.

― Ronan, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

but what about "if 6 were 9" (hendrix), "25 or 6 to 4" (chicago) and "six six sixties" (throbbing thristle)

― George Gosset, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

808 -- Blaque

― Sterling Clover, Monday, 22 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eight years pass...

1-2-3 by Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, and if Space Oddity counts, Major Tom by Peter Schilling.

― JesseJane, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 09:27 (fifteen years ago)

10001110101

Clutch.

I think I got that right.

― Chicago to Philadelphia: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 16:03 (fifteen years ago)

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