# Music Math

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 21, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241 "2008-03-21T17:33:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![eldowan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@eldowan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eldowan)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/21 "2008-06-11T01:19:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus]  
Name the song:

1+1+1 = 3

L[sub]Take[/sub] = L[sub]Make[/sub]

Any others?  
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Is it: **Big Bad Voodoo Daddy** ’s _You And Me And The Bottle Makes Three Tonight_  
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**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/22 "2008-06-11T02:03:01Z")

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My guess is “Three is A Magic Number” by Schoolhouse Rock, De La Soul and later Blind Melon.

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**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/23 "2008-06-11T02:53:09Z")

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8675309 is a phone number from Tommy Tutone. If that’s not the title of the song.

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**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/24 "2008-06-11T03:21:06Z")

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This one is going to be too easy, but breaking up the numbers kinda ruins it.

25\* 6:4

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**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/25 "2008-06-11T03:26:08Z")

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25 or 6 to 4, Chicago

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**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/26 "2008-06-11T03:30:19Z")

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[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63]  
25 or 6 to 4, Chicago  
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I thought it was 25 by six to four, but on review you’re right, consider the \* something else (= maybe?)

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**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/27 "2008-06-11T03:52:44Z")

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[QUOTE=Jragon]  
I thought it was 25 by six to four, but on review you’re right, consider the \* something else (= maybe?)  
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My bro told me that when Chicago wrote the song, someone asked, “What time is it?” and that was the answer.

I guess the problem could have been phrased “3:35 or 3:34.”

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