# Songs with finite lists **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819 "2007-12-04T19:49:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/41 "2007-12-05T20:41:36Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Try coming up with a song with an _infinite_ list. It’d make 100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall seem tolerable. [/QUOTE] I like to sing “One Million Bottles of Beer on the Wall”, but I’m rarely allowed to finish. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/42 "2007-12-05T20:53:40Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Since it’s the season, an obvious candidate is “The 12 Days of Christmas”. Any others you can think of? [/QUOTE] Oh yeah, Bob Rivers’ [“12 Days” parody](http://www.bobrivers.com/audiovault/tunes/xmastunes.asp?Var=xqygf&Page=3), which [some people apparently attribute to Weird Al](http://www.lyricsondemand.com/w/weirdalyankoviclyrics/painsofchristmaslyrics.html). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/43 "2007-12-05T21:17:46Z")
[QUOTE=ftg] This could have been an interesting thread. Cf. the OP vs. almost all the responses. Maybe a reboot is in order? [/QUOTE] Whoo, I hear ya. There are some good responses here, but so many simply ignored the conditions I set up (kinda, you know, why I started the thread in the first place) that if it’s a song I haven’t heard of, I have no way of knowing whether it actually applies or not… ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/44 "2007-12-05T21:31:43Z")
\*\*Headhunter \*\* by Front 242. One - You lock the target Two - You bait the line Three- You slowly spread the net And four - You catch the man ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/45 "2007-12-06T17:57:26Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Since it’s the season, an obvious candidate is “The 12 Days of Christmas”. Any others you can think of? [/QUOTE] Another seasonal qualifier: _You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen…_ All eight of the ones you know, plus Rudolph for the most famous of all. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/46 "2007-12-12T16:29:29Z")
[Children, Go Where I Send Thee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children,_Go_Where_I_Send_Thee) features an alternate take on the 12 Days theme. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/47 "2007-12-12T17:25:48Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] _The Elements_, by Tom Lehrer. [/QUOTE] I came in to post that–should’ve figured one of our eclectic crowd would beat me to it! How about _The Vatican Rag_ : _First you get down on your knees,_ _Fiddle with your rosaries,_ _Bow your head with great respect, and_ _Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!_ _The Men in My Little Girl’s Life_ by Mike Douglas (OK, it’s probably not a complete list, but apparently _he_ thinks it is, so it should count. ) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/48 "2007-12-12T18:58:37Z")
Here’s a video clip of the Three Stooges singing _Swingin’ The Alphabet_. Do the lyrics go on to cover the whole alphabet, or just the ones in the short clip? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Pk1UYkB3I) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/49 "2007-12-13T02:29:22Z")
[QUOTE=Shoeless] Might as well throw in “99 Red Balloons”… [/QUOTE] Why? The OP asks for **complete lists,** not titles with numbers in them. That song does not enumerate 99 balloons. Ditto for “Sixteen Tons,” “96 Tears,” etc. I thought the OP was pretty clear. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/50 "2007-12-13T02:51:29Z")
The Doors - The Soft Parade “There’s only 4 ways to get unraveled. Once is to sleep and the other is travel. One is a bandit up in the hills. One is to love your neighbor till his wife gets home.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/51 "2007-12-13T03:45:20Z")
“Seven Nights to Rock”, by various artists: > [@](#): > > Monday, at sister Suzy’s ball > Tuesday, at the old dance hall > Wednesday, at the road house inn > Thursday, at the lion’s den > Friday, at the chatter box > Saturday and Sunday, everybody rocks > > Monday, I’m gonna rock with Jane > Tuesday, it’s gonna be Lorraine > Wednesday, I’m taking Nancy Lee > Thursday, it’s Betty Lou and me > Friday, I’m gonna jive with Sue > Saturday and Sunday, any chick will do ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/52 "2007-12-14T00:18:19Z")
‘Seven Days’ by Sting. [simpsons] Infinity bottles of beer on the wall, infinity bottles of beer take one down, pass it around, infinity bottles of beer on the wall… [/simpsons] ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/53 "2007-12-14T01:29:00Z")
[XYZ](http://www.tigerlillies.com/2003/index.php?main=recordings&trackId=163) by the **Tiger Lillies** ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/54 "2007-12-14T01:57:09Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] How about “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” well, it IS that time of year! 😃 [/QUOTE] Read the OP. Specifically, the last line. ---
**Author:** ![Foolonthehill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Foolonthehill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foolonthehill)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819/55 "2007-12-14T02:06:28Z")
Back to the OP _Thirteen Question Method_ by Chuck Berry. Asks all thirteen questions. I like Ry Cooder’s version best _Book Of Love_ by the Monotones. Lists the chapters in order. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-finite-lists/428819.md?page=2)