Name a song that mentions a specific year in its lyrics (please read OP)

[cjepson]

1883. "Well I found myself in Griffin, in 1883" - Buffalo Skinners by Woody Guthrie

(Note: This is a traditional song and various versions use other years, including 1873 and 1833)

[cjepson]

1956. "I remember you in Hemlock Road in 1956" - Memo from Turner by Mick Jagger

1962. "This song comes from 1962" - Border Radio by the Blasters

1963. "It sounds like 1963 but now it sounds like heaven" - Windfall by Son Volt

1965. "Weren't you at the Coke convention back in 1965" - Memo from Turner by Mick Jagger

[Bob Ducca]

1949: "In nineteen and fifty-nine we took a little hike" - The Battle of Kookamonga by Homer & Jethro

[Accidental Martyr]

Originally Posted by cjepson

1963. "It sounds like 1963 but now it sounds like heaven" - Windfall by Son Volt

Ah, I should have thought of that one. Great song.

[davidw]

1993. "Yeah, this is how we chill from 93 'til" - '93 Til Infinity by Souls of Mischief

[MadTheSwine]

1945. They disembarked in 45- Southampton Dock by Pink Floyd.

[cjepson]

1918. "We taught them a lesson in 1918 and they've hardly bothered us since then" -- MLF Lullaby by Tom Lehrer

[Spoke]

1949 James Dean in that Mercury '49 - "Cadillac Ranch" - Bruce Springsteen

1969 I got a '69 Chevy with a 396 - "Racing in the Street" - Bruce Springsteen

[Little Nemo]

1964: All alone at the '64 World's Fair/Eighty dolls yelling "Small girl after all" - "Ana Ng" They Might Be Giants

[Labdad]

1963 I was born in '63/Got a little job at the factory "The Factory" Warren Zevon

[Spoke]

1900 You know the year of 1900, children, many years ago - "Wasn't That a Mighty Storm?" - Nanci Griffith (and many others)

[Labdad]

1966 She got the 396, she got the four on the floor / And those stickers in the window ain't just for show / My sweet little '66 "Sweet Little '66" Steve Earle

[Accidental Martyr]

1941-George A. was at the movies in December '41. "The Sands of Iwo Jima" by Drive-By Truckers.

[Thudlow Boink]

2032. "2032 Housewives shock in blue" What in the World??... by Dukes of Stratosphear
2033. "2033 Cannabis in tea" What in the World??... by Dukes of Stratosphear
2034. "2034 Women fight the wars" What in the World??... by Dukes of Stratosphear
2035. "2035 The whole world's one beehive" What in the World??... by Dukes of Stratosphear
(complete lyrics here)

[MovieMogul]

1776 - In 1776, there were Fireworks, too - "Fireworks" (Schoolhouse Rock/Grady Tate)
1787 - In 1787, I'm told, our Founding Fathers did agree - "Preamble" (Schoolhouse Rock/Lynn Aherns)
1803 - In 1803, the Louisiana Territory was sold to us - "Elbow Room" (Schoolhouse Rock/Sue Manchester)
1920 - Since 1920, sisters unite! - "Sufferin' Til Suffrage" (Schoolhouse Rock/Essra Mohawk)

[Jack Batty]

1979 - "He was named, after the hurricane; blew through in '79, and he did just about the same." - Crimson Moon by Blackberry Smoke

[VOW]

ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLL, Schoolhouse Rock?????


~VOW

[The Other Waldo Pepper]

1944. "Viktor was born in the spring of '44." - Leningrad, by Billy Joel.
1949. "I was born in '49, a Cold War kid in McCarthy time." - Leningrad, by Billy Joel.

[Spoke]

1962 Same old suit since 1962 - "The Headmaster Ritual" - The Smiths

1902 Same old joke since 1902 - "The Headmaster Ritual" - The Smiths

[SCAdian]

1942: "It was July hot in Georgia in 1942" War Is Hell (on The Homefront, Too) by T G Sheppard

[SmartAleq]

1966: "On 6/6/66, I was little, didn't know shit about" French Fries With Pepper, Morphine

1977: "7/7/77, eleven years later still don't know any better about" French Fries With Pepper, Morphine

1988: "8/8/88, it's way too late for me to change and" French Fries With Pepper, Morphine

1999: "by 9/9/99 I hope I'm sittin' on the back porch drinking red wine singing oh, french fries with pepper" French Fries With Pepper, Morphine

[astorian]

1957: "I quit the plant in '57, had some time for farming then. Banks back then were lending money. The banker was the farmer's friend." "A Month of Sundays" by Don Henley

[Spoke]

1968 "Frankie came home in '68, and me I took this job" Highway Patrol - Bruce Springsteen

1916 "It's the same old thing since 1916" Zombie - The Cranberries

[Ponch8]

1990 "1990 is my year!" - Play That Funky Music by Vanilla Ice

The same couldn't be said for 1991, or 1992, or 1993, or 1994...

[James Otto Sweet Heart]

Forgive me if these two songs have already been brought up.

1944:"In June of 1944....."-"Till The Last Shot's Fired" from Trace Adkins
1969:"Where were you in '69?"-"Home Sick" from Travis Tritt

God bless you and Trace and Travis always!!!

Holly (a day one fan of Trace)