# Songs with numbers in the title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423 "2005-06-01T18:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/1 "2005-06-01T18:58:10Z")
Undoubtedly, there’s a thread on this somewhere, I just couldn’t find it. Just as undoubtedly, there are a million and a half songs with numbers in the title. For the sake of excluding classical stuff, let’s stick to, say, post-1920. To start: **99 Luft Balloons** by Nena **Pennsylvania 6-5000** by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra **Jenny 867-5309** by Tommy Tutone **Three Coins in the Fountain** by a ton of different people **One is the Loneliest Number** by Three Dog Night (double bonus!) Ok, the other billion of them? ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/2 "2005-06-01T18:58:49Z")
25 or 6 to 4? ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/3 "2005-06-01T19:01:44Z")
Damn, 25 or 6 to 4 by [Chicago](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/m25or6to4.html) One by Metallica ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/4 "2005-06-01T19:02:38Z")
**Summer of '69** by Bryan Adams **9 to 5** by Dolly Parton **1999** by Prince ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/5 "2005-06-01T19:03:09Z")
99 bottles of beer on the wall ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/6 "2005-06-01T19:08:16Z")
Double damn, Eight Days a Week, by the Beatles 2112 by Rush (it’s a song, comprised of 7 acts) Ten Dollar Man, by ZZ Top Man, I will be here a while…I better make a list and come back later. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/7 "2005-06-01T19:08:53Z")
All the various songs by different artists called ‘One’ (U2, Metallica…lots of others.) ---
**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:** [June 1, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/8 "2005-06-01T19:09:49Z")
Still the One (Orleans) Cocktails for Two (Spike Jones) Two Princes (Spin Doctors) Free Four (Pink Floyd) 21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson) December 1964 (Oh What a Night) – (Four Seasons) Highway 69 (various) Route 66 (various) Hymn 43 (Jethro Tull) Karnevil 9 (Emerson Lake and Palmer) Six Days on the Road (Taj Mahal, the Youngbloods, and others) Summer '68 (Pink Floyd) HCO 97638 (Kak) ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/9 "2005-06-01T19:11:03Z")
“(Beechwood or) 6345789” (Marvelettes) “1-900 21 LONELY” - David Grey “1-900 WORLD” - Leaving Trains “1-900-2-COMPTON” - N.W.A. “409” “606-0842” - B-52’s “634-5789” - Ry Cooder “777-9311” - Time “867-5309/Jenny” - Tommy Tutone “911 is a Joke” - Public Enemy “911” - Wyclef Jean “In the Year 2525” “PENNSYLVANIA 6-5000” - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra “STAR 69” - R.E.M. “WHAT’S THE 411?” - Mary J. Blige ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/10 "2005-06-01T19:20:15Z")
Found a list at [songfacts]([http://www.songfacts.com/additionalSearches.lasso?titlequirk=More%20songs](http://www.songfacts.com/additionalSearches.lasso?titlequirk=More%20songs) %20with%20numbers%20in%20the%20title) that has quite a few. **JerH** I never, ever would have thought of that one. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/11 "2005-06-01T19:20:52Z")
“30 Days in the Hole” – Humble Pie “Sweet Sixteen” – Billy Idol “Little Fifteen” – Depeche Mode “Seven Days” – Cracker ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/12 "2005-06-01T19:23:34Z")
Hey Capn, does this have anything to do with Trivia Night?? And I kick myself for letting **Beadalin** beat me to “30 Days in the Hole”!!! ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/13 "2005-06-01T19:27:32Z")
Why **Duke** , you’re very clever! I’m going to make the poker game this week come hell or high water. **RealityChuck** you could’ve scored super-duper bonus if you’d have pulled out Karnevil 9, 1st Impression, Pt. 2.! Way cool though…I can’t believe I forgot ELP. Thanks much. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/14 "2005-06-01T19:36:10Z")
46 & 2 by Tool 3 Libras by APC 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson Three Marlenas, One Headlight and Sixth Avenue Heartache by the Wallflowers One by U2 Three Steps by Lynyrd Skynyrd ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/15 "2005-06-01T19:53:20Z")
If 6 were 9 - Jimmy Hendrix ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/16 "2005-06-01T20:04:50Z")
1985 by **Bowling for Soup** 3 Feet High and Rising by **De La Soul** Broke in Two by **They Might Be Giants** (She’s) Sexy and Seventeen by **The Stray Cats** [16 Tons](http://www.magadanian.com/eng/russia/lyrics/16tons.html) by **Merle Travis** (and several others) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/17 "2005-06-01T20:10:17Z")
“One Good Man” - Janis Joplin “One Toke Over the Line” - Seals & Croft (I think, can anyone confirm this?) “It Takes Two” - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrelle “Million” - Paul Kantner & Grace Slick “Three is a Magic Number” & “Figure Eight is Double Four” - School House Rock ---
**Author:** ![La\_Llorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@La\_Llorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_Llorona)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/18 "2005-06-01T20:14:13Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > If 6 were 9 - Jimmy Hendrix Ohhhhhh. So _that’s_ where the username comes from! I always wondered. We also have “83” by John Mayer, “1, 2, 3” by Gloria Estefan, and “76 Trombones” from _The Music Man_. ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/19 "2005-06-01T20:21:17Z")
7twenty7 by Roxette 7 by Prince and the NPG Cloud Number Nine by Bryan Adams All 4 Love by Color Me Badd 19 by Paul Hardcastle Two Hearts by Phil Collins 1999 by Prince One is Such a Lonely Number by Roxette (I don’t know if it is a Cover) Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O’Connor Two Princes by The Spin Doctors At the Hundredth Meridian by The Tragically Hip 7 Seconds by Youssou N’ Dour – Just a random selection from my uinclassified MP3’s more to follow later. -DF ---
**Author:** ![La\_Llorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@La\_Llorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_Llorona)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423/20 "2005-06-01T20:22:14Z")
> [@La Llorona](#): > > We also have “83” by John Mayer Oh, and “3 x 5” by the same fellow. What? Don’t look at me that way! [/teenybopper] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-numbers-in-the-title/306423.md?page=2)