# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/81 "2016-08-14T20:57:28Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > But how can you bring up the Ramones and not mention [Twenty twenty twenty fours hours ago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLlLtSG7xe4) Must have been the sedatives… I’m putting forward “A million white flowers…” the opening line of Kaleidescope’s [“The Flower Children”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEXwUTuRwAU) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/82 "2016-08-14T21:31:47Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > Lol I was just thinking that. > > But how can you bring up the Ramones and not mention [Twenty twenty twenty fours hours ago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLlLtSG7xe4) Oh shucks :smack:, this is my favorite Ramones song (this and _Cretin Hop_), so as **mascaroni** said, I must’ve been sedated. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/83 "2016-08-14T22:29:43Z")
26 Miles across the sea - Santa Catalina is waiting for me 16 Reasons why I love you 16 Candles make a lovely light 7 little girls sittin’ in the back seat kissin’ and a huggin’ with Fred 1 Night with you (elvis) One summer night… Get off my lawn… ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/84 "2016-08-14T22:51:38Z")
After my brief foray into sixties British psychpop, I’ll attempt to restore some musical credibility with: “Two fingers, poking at the world”, the opening line of [“Love And a Molotov Cocktail”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdooKC_vyDM) by the British punk band The Flys. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/85 "2016-08-15T01:23:10Z")
Doubtless all of you already knew this: All subsequent verses of 99 Luftballoons / 99 Red Balloons start with ‘99’, but not the first verse. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/86 "2016-08-15T01:55:46Z")
Bob Dylan, “Changing of the Guards:” “Sixteen Years…” bah! Missed post #47! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/87 "2016-08-15T02:34:30Z")
“Der Kommissar” The original German version by Falco begins: _“Two, three, four…”_ The English remake by After the Fire begins: _“Zwei, drei, vier…”_ ---
**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 15, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/88 "2016-08-15T03:56:16Z")
If the word billion counts as a number: **Billion Dollar Babies** - Alice Cooper “Billion dollar baby Rubber little lady, slicker than a weasel Grimy as an alley Loves me like no other lover” ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/89 "2016-08-15T04:57:27Z")
“Check It Out” by John Mellencamp: A million young poets Screamin’ out their words To a world full of people Just livin’ to be heard. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/90 "2016-08-15T05:30:07Z")
[Stereo Sanctity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o0XSedkPTY) - Sonic Youth “Seven…SEVEN!” ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/91 "2016-08-15T12:08:58Z")
The B-52’s: [“6060-842”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hik5y1lNGbY) ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/92 "2016-08-15T15:02:23Z")
The theme to Laverne and Shirly Pink Floyd Waiting for the Worms ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/93 "2016-08-15T15:46:48Z")
“A hundred bottles of beer on the wall…” The OP didn’t say it had to be a good song. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/94 "2016-08-15T16:38:16Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > “A hundred bottles of beer on the wall…” > > The OP didn’t say it had to be a good song. 100? It’s 99! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/95 "2016-08-15T16:45:29Z")
Every Ramones song ever. 1, 2, 3, 4! 😉 ---
**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 15, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/96 "2016-08-15T16:51:35Z")
Another one just popped into my head, a product of my 1980s childhood, although it might only resonate with the Aussies in the audience: [Little Heroes, _One Perfect Day_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nUFseaHtfs) One perfect day, we’ll be out walking ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/97 "2016-08-15T17:14:07Z")
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young: [Carry On / Questions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0VBB7BO64) ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/98 "2016-08-16T16:22:40Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > 26 Miles across the sea - Santa Catalina is waiting for me > 16 Reasons why I love you > 16 Candles make a lovely light > 7 little girls sittin’ in the back seat kissin’ and a huggin’ with Fred > 1 Night with you (elvis) > > One summer night… > Get off my lawn… “Happy Birthday, happy birthday baby oooh I love you so, sixteen candles …” ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/99 "2016-08-16T16:40:13Z")
Twenty-five or six to four… Chicago Wait - does the OP mean the first word of the song’s lyrics is a number? Or any lyric? ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-start-out-with-a-number/762672/100 "2016-08-17T02:11:14Z")
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