# A Calendar of Dates Mentioned in Popular Music Lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731 "2013-01-29T19:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xavier\_Breath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/76d3ee/32.png) [@Xavier\_Breath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier_Breath)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/1 "2013-01-29T19:03:15Z")
OK-- so far I have… The Third of June from “Ode to Billy Joe” The Third of September from “Papa was a Rollin Stone” That only leaves 363 dates to go! Can you help me round out the calendar? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/2 "2013-01-29T19:05:57Z")
“Early morning, April 4…” U2 - **Pride (In The Name Of Love)** Sublime - **April 29, 1992 (Miami)** ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/3 "2013-01-29T19:09:34Z")
“Was it here or yesterday, or wasn’t it the 14th of November?” - “Things In My Life” by Men Without Hats ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/4 "2013-01-29T19:11:50Z")
“May 1, 1990”: from the song of that name by Adrian Belew ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/5 "2013-01-29T19:17:42Z")
“I think it was the fourth of July” Saturday in the Park – Chicago ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/6 "2013-01-29T19:26:31Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Sublime - **April 29, 1992 (Miami)** But the date in the _lyrics_ is April 26, 1992! The OP asks for lyrics 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/7 "2013-01-29T19:33:44Z")
4th of July - ‘Saturday in the Park’ by Chicago ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/8 "2013-01-29T19:36:34Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > But the date in the _lyrics_ is April 26, 1992! The OP asks for lyrics 😉 I’ll be darned, you’re right..I never caught that. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/9 "2013-01-29T19:39:49Z")
Morphine - “Radar” If I am guilty so are you It was March 4th, 1982 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/10 "2013-01-29T19:40:38Z")
“Do you remember/ The 21st night of September?” - _September_, \*\* Earth, Wind & Fire\*\* ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/11 "2013-01-29T19:44:03Z")
_On August 1st, 1981… I traveled to Scott’s house with a BB Gun._ - Barenaked Ladies “I Live With it Everyday” ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/12 "2013-01-29T19:46:46Z")
> [@GilaB](#): > > 4th of July - ‘Saturday in the Park’ by Chicago Also “Fourth of July” originally written and recorded by Dave Alvin but also recorded by X, which is the version I first heard. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/13 "2013-01-29T19:47:42Z")
“Remember the fifth of November.” – John Lennon “Remember” ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/14 "2013-01-29T19:47:43Z")
Would this count? _All is quiet on New Year’s Day_ - “New Years Day” - U2 ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/15 "2013-01-29T19:53:47Z")
“It’s December the 24th…” The Carpenter’s “White Christmas” ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/16 "2013-01-29T20:00:02Z")
> [@Xavier\_Breath](#): > > The Third of June from “Ode to Billy Joe” Alas already we have a duplicate as that date is also the subject of Neil Diamond’s _Desiree_. However Desiree moves on to the Fourth of June so we’ll put it down for the latter. Later the same week, we have the dark of the moon in the sixth of June during _Convoy_. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/17 "2013-01-29T20:00:14Z")
“The first of December was covered with snow.” Sweet Baby James, James Taylor ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/18 "2013-01-29T20:00:41Z")
“I married Isis on the 5th day of May, But I could not hold on to her very long.” -Bob Dylan, “Isis,” from the brilliant\*\*\* Desire \*\*\*album ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/19 "2013-01-29T20:32:21Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > “I married Isis on the 5th day of May, > But I could not hold on to her very long.” > > -Bob Dylan, “Isis,” from the brilliant\*\*\* Desire \*\*\*album Good one! The Rainmakers - “One More Summer” My genie got married to a CPA April 15th is her wedding day ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731/20 "2013-01-29T20:40:02Z")
“Now it’s boilin’ in a miserable March 21st.” - Tom Waits, “Town with No Cheer” Al Stewart: “The Last Day of June, 1934” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731.md?page=2)