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Numerical Sequences In Pop Titles And Lyrics

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Numerical Sequences In Pop Titles And Lyrics

Post by CK-722 » Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:42 pm

There are many songs where the title and lyrics duplicate each other, and some, but not all, of those have been omitted due to redundancy.

Titles

One-Three Dog Night
Two Divided By Love-Grass Roots
1-2-3-Len Barry
1-2-3-4-5-6-7 (Count The Days)-Charlie and Inez Foxx
5-10-15-20-25-30 (Years of Love)-The Presidents
Eight Miles High-Byrds
Eight Days A Week-Beatles
13 Questions-Seatrain
I was just 13 when I had to leave home-Ramblin' Gamblin' Man-Bob Seger
Christine Sixteen-Kiss
Only Sixteen-Sam Cooke, Dr. Hook
16 Candles-The Crests
Opus 17-Four Seasons
Edge of Seventeen-Stevie Nicks
Eighteen-Alice Cooper
Hey Nineteen-Steely Dan
25 Miles-Edwin Starr
25 or 6 to 4-Chicago
26 Miles-Four Preps
When I'm Sixty-Four-Beatles
'65 Love Affair-Paul Davis
Route 66-Numerous Artists
Questions 67 and 68-Chicago
Summer of '69-Bryan Adams
77 Sunset Strip-Warren Barker Orchestra and Many Others
96 Tears-Question Mark and the Mysterians
98.6-Keith
99-Toto
99 Miles From LA-Albert Hammond
442 Glenwood Avenue-The Pixies Three
500 Miles-Bobby Bare
A Thousand Miles-Vanessa Carleton
1900 Yesterday-Liz Damon's Orient Express
New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones?)-Bee Gees
December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)-Four Seasons
1999-Prince
The Year 3000-Jonas Brothers

Lyrics

Count The Days 1 2 3 4 5 6 7-Charlie and Inez Foxx
1 2 3-Len Barry
1.....1 2 3 4-Ball Of Confusion-Temptations
1 2 3 4 tell the people what she wore-Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini-Brian Hyland
Uno, Dos, Tres, Quatro-Wooly Bully-Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs
Seven Women On My Mind-Take It Easy-Eagles
She was Just 17-I Saw Her Standing There-Beatles
You've Been Telling Me You're A Genius Since You Were 17-Reeling In The Years-Steely Dan
I've Got My 45 On-Sheryl Crow-Soak Up The Sun
In the backseat of my '60 Chevy-Night Moves-Bob Seger
Started singing a song from 1962-Night Moves-Bob Seger
Late December back in '63-December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)-Four Seasons
When I'm 64-When I'm 64-Beatles
65 Love Affair-Paul Davis
Get your kicks on Route 66-Route 66
Way back when, in '67-Hey Nineteen-Steely Dan
We haven't had that spirit here since 1969-Hotel California-Eagles
A Class Of '74 Gold Ring-Moonlight Feels Right-Starbuck
86 Proof Anesthetic Crutches Brought You To The Top-Mr. Businessman-Ray Stevens
A Hundred Yellow Ribbons-Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree-Tony Orlando and Dawn
Area Code 212-Don't Call Us, We'll Call You-Sugarloaf

I'm sure there are plenty I've forgotten.
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Re: Numerical Sequences In Pop Titles And Lyrics

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Re: Numerical Sequences In Pop Titles And Lyrics

Post by CK-722 » Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:08 pm

Well, then we have to add 634-5789-Wilson Pickett, 867-5309-Tommy Tutone, and 777-9311-The Time.

And the lyrical line "488-3857" On The Corner of Love Street and Fool's Road by Solomon Burke.


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Three Little Words - Ella Fitzgerald.

Three Little Fishies - Kay Kyser

The Twelve Days of Christmas - Bing Crosby

Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet

1812 Overture - Boston Pops Orchestra

Three Coins in The Fountain - Frank Sinatra


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One /Metallica/Bee Gees/Song from A Chorus Line/U2
1 2 3 Red Light / 1910 Fruitgum Company
7 / Prince



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The Four Seasons - Berlin Philharmonic


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Nazareth / 1692 Glencoe Massacre
Aerosmith / Big Ten Inch
Pretenders / 2000 Miles
Allman Brothers / Seven Turns
Love / Seven And Seven Is?
Pure Prairie League / Two Lane Highway
Big Star / Thirteen
The Dammed / 100 Girls
Bob Seeger / 2+2=?



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Re: Numerical Sequences In Pop Titles And Lyrics

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Post by matt1 » Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:43 am

How did Question Mark get the song "96 Tears" from???



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3 Little Birds / Bob Marley
The Ten Commandments Of Love / The Moonglow
In The Year 2525 / Zager And Evans



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Sixteen Tons

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1 2 3 4 5 Senses Working Overtime / XTC



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American π

(3.141592654 ----)


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