Rock & Roll Numerology

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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One of my colleagues (a HS math teacher) is looking for songs with numbers in their titles. We’ve come across a few so far:

One, by U2
Two-step, by Dave Matthews Band
Three Marlenas, by the Wallflowers
25 or 6 to 4, by Chicago
Five Percent for Nothing, by Yes
Six Months in a Leaky Boat, by Split Enz
Love is the Seventh Wave, by Sting-a-ling
Eight Days a Week, by the Beatles
Love Potion Number 9, by the Clovers
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, by Bruce Springsteen

What are some others? (Group names count! Like Four Tops.)

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According to the song search at the All-Music Guide website, there are 212 songs that have the number “1” in the title, 728 that include the word “one”, 266 that include the word “hundred” and 390 that include the word “thousand”. If you’re really that interested, I’d suggest putting the numbers 1 to 100 in there, then putting in the text equivalents. You may be there for a few hours, though.

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Eleven- Primus

Count to Six and Die (The Vacuum of Infinite Space Encompassing)- Marilyn Manson

Thunder Kiss '65- White Zombie

Real Solution #9- White Zombie

4

Groups: 10000 Maniacs, Rocket 88, Black 47.

From
this site 5-10-15-20(25-30 Years of Love by The Presidents. Beat 11 numbers.

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Revolution #9 - The Beatles
#9 Dream - John Lennon
At Seventeen - Janis Ian
I’m Eighteen - Alice Cooper
When I’m 64 - The Beatles

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9 by 9 by Sisters of Mercy
190 by frente
4pm by The Clouds
Three of a Perfect Pair by King Crimson

7

One Night in Bangcock - from Chess

Knock Three Times - Tony Orlando and Dawn

8

One (Is the Loneliest Number)–Three Dog Night

It Takes Two–?

96 Tears–Question Mark and the Mysterians

1 After 909 (I think that’s the correct title)–The Beatles

Sweet Little 16–?

Sixteen Candles–?

You and Me and the Bottle Makes Three Tonight–Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

9

Two of Us- Beatles

19th Nervous Breakdown- Rolling Stones

Back 2 Good- Matchbox20

5:15- The Who

10

867-5209 (Jenny)

11

Zero - Smashing Pumpkins

99 Luftballon (aka 99 Red Balloons)- Nena
Hangar 18 – Megadeth
1999 - Prince

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Nine Inch Nails
Bran Van 3000
Powerman 5000
Blink 182
U2
Finger 11
Nine Days
Ben Folds Five
Stroke 9
Sixpence None the Richer
19 Wheels
Songs:
3 Libras by A Perfect Circle (another math term, BTW)
First Time by Finger 11
Natural One by Folk Implosion
One Step Closer by Lincoln Park
One Way or Another by ??? Blondie maybe? I dunno.

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Thought of some more!!

Forty-Six and Two- Tool

Rolling Stones:

2000 Light Years From Home
2000 Man
100 Years Ago

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6060-842 : The B-52s
25 or 6 to 4 : Chicago
In the Year 2525 : Zager and Evans (sp?)

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Funk #49 - James Gang
Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood
One Of These Nights - Eagles
'65 Love Affair - Paul Davis
One Is The Lonliest Number - Three Dog Night
Two Tickets To Paradise - Eddie Money
Seven Bridges Road - Eagles
17 - Winger
Sexy at 17 - Stray Cats
18 and Life - Skid Row

More to come…

16

Sheila Chandra also had a tune titled “One”.

“Apocalypse in 9/8” by Genesis.

“The Eleven” by the Grateful Dead.

Two consecutive ones:
“48 Crash” by Suzi Quatro
“Funk 49” by the James Gang.

Groups: I can’t believe nobody remembered Three Dog Night!

Hey, this game extends back before the rock-‘n’-roll era, you know.

The Four Tops.

“Pennsylvania 6-5000” by Glenn Miller.

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There’s a group from Kent, Ohio that’s been locally popular for many years: 15-60-75. They’re also known as The Numbers Band.

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Seventeen by Tim McGraw.

19

REM had a song called 9-9 (which I believe was meant as 9 to 9) and it was listed as the 9th track on Murmur, and of course if you turn it all upside down it looks like 666.

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Two of a Kind, Working on a Full House–Garth Brooks
Two Pina Coladas–Garth Brooks
In a Week or Two–Diamond Rio
A Pirate Looks at Forty–Jimmy Buffett
Seven Spanish Angels–Ray Charles/Willie Nelson
Day One–Randy Travis
One Night–Eric Heatherly
Wrong Five O’Clock–Eric Heatherly
My Next Thirty Years–Tim McGraw
Ten Pound Hammer–Aaron Tippon
Lucky 4 You (Tonight I’m just Me)–SHeDAISY
Ten Thousand Angels–Mindy McCready
You Just Get One–Ty Herndon
Love at 90 Miles an Hour–Ty Herndon
10 lb. Heart–Chely Wright