# How many songs start out with a number? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672 "2016-08-13T15:47:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/1 "2016-08-13T15:47:49Z")
This question came to mind upon hearing Travelin’ Band -by Creedence Clearwater Revival, which starts out “737 coming outta the sky.” One obvious one is Three Dog Night’s One: One is the loneliest number. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/2 "2016-08-13T15:54:25Z")
_3, 5, 0, 1, 2, 5, Go!_ : Warsaw, Joy Division ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/3 "2016-08-13T15:56:36Z")
Do you just want songs where the numbers are part of the lyrics or are you counting songs that start off with somebody counting off the beat? “One two three four…We’re Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/4 "2016-08-13T15:57:44Z")
Three o’clock in the morning…“Talking In Your Sleep,” Crystal Gayle ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/5 "2016-08-13T15:58:30Z")
Wooly Bully “Uno, dos, one, two, tres, quatro” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/6 "2016-08-13T15:59:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Do you just want songs where the numbers are part of the lyrics or are you counting songs that start off with somebody counting off the beat? Numbers are the beginning of the lyrics, please. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/7 "2016-08-13T16:05:10Z")
“Seasons of Love” from _Rent_: “Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes” ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/8 "2016-08-13T16:14:20Z")
Neil Young, “One of These Days” (_Harvest Moon_) One of these days I’m gonna sit down and write a long letter ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/9 "2016-08-13T16:24:06Z")
Eagles, “One of These Nights.” Thanks, **mhendo**. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/10 "2016-08-13T16:38:11Z")
Brewer and Shipley “One toke over the line, Sweet Jesus, one toke over line” ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/11 "2016-08-13T16:44:55Z")
Two of us riding nowhere… (Beatles) Three hours from sundown… (Nick Drake) Four seasons in one day… (Crowded House) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/12 "2016-08-13T16:47:08Z")
“Two Good Men,” Woody Guthrie “Four Seasons In One Day,” Crowded House “Eight Miles High,” The Byrds. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/13 "2016-08-13T16:50:19Z")
If you’re willing to consider opera: _Le nozze di Figaro_: Cinque, dieci, venti, trenta, trentasei, quarantatre. (Five, ten, twenty, thirty, thirty-six, forty-three.) You can consider that as the beginning of the entire opera, or just the first number (duet). ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/14 "2016-08-13T16:53:35Z")
867-5309, Tommy Tutone 853-5937, Squeeze One two three, Miami Sound Machine Free four, Pink Floyd: “one two free four…” That one may be a stretch. “Five to one, one to five” The Doors ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/15 "2016-08-13T16:54:07Z")
_“Seven Days”_ - Sting ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/16 "2016-08-13T16:58:05Z")
“Seventy-six trombones led the big parade…” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/17 "2016-08-13T16:58:24Z")
_5-4-3-2-1_, Manfred Mann _9 AM_, Londonbeat _Three is a magic number_ ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/18 "2016-08-13T16:58:49Z")
One world is enough, for all of us… (Sting) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/19 "2016-08-13T17:01:21Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Do you just want songs where the numbers are part of the lyrics or are you counting songs that start off with somebody counting off the beat? > > “One two three four…We’re Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” one…two…three… Big wheels keep on turning Carry me home to see my kin ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/20 "2016-08-13T17:03:40Z")
**"One Fine Morning" by Lighthouse** “One fine morning, girl, I’ll wake up, wipe the sleep from my eyes…” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672.md?page=2)