# "Number" Song Titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118 "2003-01-17T00:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/1 "2003-01-17T00:48:55Z")
How many numbers can we get covered using song titles? Here’s a few to start off with: 3AM - Matchbox 20 9 To 5 - Sheena Easton 57 Channels And Nothing On - Bruce Springsteen(?) 86 - Green Day 88 Lines About 44 Women - Nails 500 Miles - Proclaimers 1962 - Grass Show Disco 2000 - Pulp 2468 Motorway - Tom Robinson Please, not Symphony #1,2,3 etc. ---
**Author:** ![Cy\_Coe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4da419/32.png) [@Cy\_Coe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cy_Coe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/2 "2003-01-17T00:52:21Z")
4 33 - John Cage One - U2 &oh yeah, hi. though I doubt anyone remembers me, I do remember some of the old posters around here… ::dusts off name:: ---
**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 17, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/3 "2003-01-17T01:49:57Z")
The Two of Us – Beatles Funk 48 & Funk 49, both by the James Gang Jenny (867-5309) – Huey Lewis 5:15 – the Who Revolution Number 9 – Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/4 "2003-01-17T03:09:54Z")
Don’t forget Love Potion #9. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/5 "2003-01-17T03:10:18Z")
Beechwood 45789 (You can call me up and have a date, any old time.)— Marvelettes, and numerous covers of. 76 trombones— Many bands Rocket 88—Ike Turner Rainy Day Women Number 12 & 35—Bob Dylan Tea For Two–D&R ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/6 "2003-01-17T03:39:13Z")
25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago 409 - Beach Boys Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams 99 Luft Balloons - Nena ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/7 "2003-01-17T04:06:38Z")
867-5309 was recorded by Tommy Tutone, not Huey Lewis. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/8 "2003-01-17T04:10:13Z")
9 to 5, by Dolly Parton. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/9 "2003-01-17T04:19:24Z")
“Strawberry Letter 23” – Brothers Johnson “61 Days” – The Local Rabbits “400 Metres” – Sloan “May 11” – Eric’s Trip ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/10 "2003-01-17T04:29:35Z")
50 ways to leave your lover - Paul Simon 11 o’clock tick tock - U2 ---
**Author:** ![moonchilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@moonchilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonchilde)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/11 "2003-01-17T04:46:48Z")
“Question 67 and 68” Chicago Transit Authority “1999” Prince “One o’clock Jump” (don’t remember) “Route 66” (many artists) lots more…with think and be back 🙂 mc ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/12 "2003-01-17T05:08:11Z")
One- Metallica Two Minutes to Midnight- Iron Maiden Three Lock Box- Sammy Hagar The Four Horseman- Metallica Seventh Son of a Seventh Son- Iron Maiden Pieces of Eight- Styx Edge of Seventeen- Stevie Nicks Eighteen and Life- Skid Row Hey Nineteen- Steely Dan 46 and 2- Tool I Can’t Drive 55- Sammy Hagar Summer of '69- Bryan Adams In the Year 2525- (artist?) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/13 "2003-01-17T05:29:02Z")
" “Love Me 2 Times” by the Doors “Gimme 3 Steps” by Lynyrd Skynyrd “4 Sticks” by Led Zeppelin “I Got the 6” by ZZTop “8 Days a Week” by the Beatles “#9 Dream” by John Lennon “Force 10” by Rush “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” by Bob Dylan “Sweet Little 16” by Chuck Berry "At 17 by Janis Ian “18” by Alice Cooper “19th Nervous Breakdown” by the Rolling Stones “2000 Light Years From Home” by the Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![crinklebat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@crinklebat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crinklebat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/14 "2003-01-17T07:13:13Z")
If you want to go negative, there’s no better choice than Elvis Costello’s “Less Than Zero.” Also, off the top of my head, I thought of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ “Three Little Birds,” and the “One is the Loneliest Number” song that a million people have done versions of, and I think it was Roky Erikson or somebody that did “Two-headed Dog.” And the Raincoats sang “You’re a Million.” And didn’t the Clash do “Four Horsemen”? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/15 "2003-01-17T07:20:17Z")
1969- the Stooges 1970- also the Stooges ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/16 "2003-01-17T07:34:23Z")
1979 - The Smashing Pumpkins ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/17 "2003-01-17T07:36:55Z")
“A Million Miles Away” – Plimsouls “24,900 miles per hour” – 7 Year Bitch (Double points for a numerical song title by a numerical band!) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/18 "2003-01-17T07:42:42Z")
“Sixteen Candles” (artist?) “The Seventh Son” Willie Dixon “Seven Screaming Diz-Busters” Blue Oyster Cult “ME-262” Blue Oyster Cult “Rainy Day Woman No. 12 and 39” Bob Dylan “No. 29 External Youth” John Entwistle “Black No. 1” Type O Negative “One At A Time” The Who “905” The Who “One of my Turns” Pink Floyd “One Step Ahead of the Devil” Blue Oyster Cult “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” Bob Dylan “Talking World War Three Blues” Bob Dylan “Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance” Bob Dylan “One Too Many Mornings” Bob Dylan “One More Night” Bob Dylan BTW, “In The Year 2525” was by Zager & Evans. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/19 "2003-01-17T07:59:51Z")
One More Hour One Alone You Only Live Twice Three Little Words I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover Five Hundred Miles Pennsylvania 6-5000 Sixteen Tons At Seventeen ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118/20 "2003-01-17T08:07:39Z")
99 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall. And here in the States, “9 to 5” by Sheena Easton was retitled “Morning Train” to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton’s song of the same name. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-song-titles/149118.md?page=2)