# The longest streak of songs with years as the titles we can get **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692 "2012-05-22T05:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/21 "2012-05-22T14:35:44Z")
I’ll fill in: [“1976” by Redd Kross](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMVpfLM5Cho) ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/22 "2012-05-22T15:23:31Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > It was my understanding that it was originally about 19_75_, but the record company convinced him to change it for a broader appeal. I’d say it worked (if true). Not the “record company” (though I’ve heard that story too) but his songwriting partner Jim Vallance. Apologies for continuing the hijack on a song that doesn’t even qualify for this thread. I’m surprised by the number of titles that come up if you search at Allmusic. 69 tracks with ‘1975’ as the title. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/23 "2012-05-22T15:54:27Z")
[3030](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7_jbluF0qo) by Deltron 3030. ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/24 "2012-05-23T15:43:46Z")
1997 - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/25 "2012-05-23T16:53:49Z")
Most of the ones I can fill in from my music collection at work are repeats: 1976 - Alan Jackson 1990 - Michael W. Smith 1999 - The Wilkinsons. (Which, as a bit of trivia, I remember was originally composed as ‘1989’, and took so long to get recorded that they had to update the decade.) I’ve got “73” by Jennifer Hanson, which is definitely a reference to 1973 in context. Also the 1812 Overture. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/26 "2012-05-23T16:54:45Z")
“Nineteen Forty-Eightish”, Roy Harper ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/27 "2012-05-23T17:05:22Z")
1014 A.D. - Cruachan (hope that title’s technically allowed) 1930 - Merzbow (If you consider that a song :), no idea if it’s a year and I don’t know if we’ll ever find out) 1945 - Social Distortion 1989 - Mindless Self Indulgence 1999 - Residents (pseudo-cover of Prince’s song) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/28 "2012-05-23T18:03:09Z")
1984 - Spirit. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/29 "2012-05-23T18:08:10Z")
A.D. 1928, A.D. 1958 - Styx 2084 - Ayreon ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/30 "2012-05-23T18:13:36Z")
1974 - Robyn Hitchcock ---
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/31 "2012-05-23T19:44:51Z")
Does this count? In The Year 2525 - Zager And Evans ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/32 "2012-05-23T19:50:21Z")
That song was already mentioned upthread, but you are right - it is called “In the Year 2525” not “2525,” and thus excluded by the OP. However, Laibach’s cover of the song is simply called “2525” so it counts! ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/33 "2012-05-23T21:21:06Z")
[1905](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWiXGag7CLI) - Shona Laing. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/34 "2012-05-23T21:35:08Z")
> [@KellyCriterion](#): > > Hasn’t [The Internet](http://www.allmusic.com/) ruined games like this? I don’t know about the Internet, but people posting links like this sure do. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/35 "2012-05-23T21:54:56Z")
1941 - Nilsson ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/36 "2012-05-23T23:01:12Z")
All by Robert Fripp: 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/37 "2012-05-24T02:35:52Z")
**Nineteen63** ( **1963** ) by New Order ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/38 "2012-05-24T03:45:35Z")
2095 by ELO But that might be hard to list around 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/39 "2012-05-24T10:31:09Z")
The Submarines - 1940 Discover America - 1986 ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692/40 "2012-05-24T11:43:39Z")
Adding to the list: **La bottine souriante - 2033** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-longest-streak-of-songs-with-years-as-the-titles-we-can-get/622692.md?page=3)