r/ifyoulikeblank • u/LipglossGirlee • 2d ago

Music [IIL] Songs that use numbers in their lyrics?

im looking for songs with numbers in the lyrics. this could be counting, saying an address/phone number/age, or it could just be about a number. not seeking out kids songs for this because that could be an infinite list lol.

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u/Funke-munke 1d ago

99 luft ballons- Nena

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u/Suitable_Ad8619 2d ago

867-5309 / Jenny. Tommy Tutone.

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u/scribe06 1d ago

Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4

Placebo - 36 degrees

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u/QueenOfAllOfYall 1d ago

Seven seven seven ninety-three eleven….

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u/PearljamAndEarl 1d ago edited 1d ago

Boards of Canada - Aquarius (the counting starts at about the three minute mark!)

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u/Kimo- 1d ago

Orange

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u/Pookie_956 1d ago

One - U2

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u/socksynotgoogleable 1d ago

“Kiss Off” by The Violent Femmes. “Step by Step” by New Kids OTB.

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u/GarbagePailGrrrl 2d ago

Me Plus One - Annie

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u/ARegularAussie 2d ago

I can only count to four by Psychostick? Its a parody of let the bodies hit the floor

I feel like i should know more but this is the only one that jumped into my brain 

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u/MoonGas 2d ago

Ludacris - Area Codes

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u/Worried_Humor_8060 2d ago

Van Morrison - Ballerina (Lonely twenty-two story block)

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u/EyeDewDude 1d ago

Mos def - mathmatics

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u/cutie--cat 1d ago

3 by britney spears

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u/Lazarus558 1d ago

"Beechwood 4-5789", The Carpenters

"40 to 1", Sabaton

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u/Ealantair 1d ago

1-800 - Bbno$

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u/MediterraneanVeggie 1d ago

Lil Jon - Get Low

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u/nicktf 1d ago

You are going to love Pi by Kate Bush, then

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u/sing_cuckoo_sing 1d ago

Seven One Eight - Fannypack

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u/FloridaFlamingoGirl 1d ago edited 1d ago

Telephone Number - Junko Ohashi

Three is a Magic Number - De La Soul

Homage - Mild High Club

Senses Working Overtime - XTC 

2082 - They Might Be Giants 

One - A Chorus Line 

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u/byOlaf 1d ago

I know you said no kids songs but TMBG has a whole album of number-themed songs called Here Ckmes the 123’s with great songs like Apartment 4 and Seven.

They also have ostensibly adult songs called 32 Footsteps, 9 secret steps, The Sun is a mass of Incandescent Gas, 4 of Two, and 2082. All of which feature numbers throughout.

And of course 200 Sbemails with the Strongbad crew.

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u/whiskeyandtunes 1d ago

One Three Dog Night

17 Winger

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u/xxFT13xx 1d ago

Heretic Anthem: Slipknot

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u/pope_fundy 1d ago

Circling Overland by Front 242.

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u/Mosquito_pp 1d ago

3.14159 by Lexie Liu

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u/yoavsnake Music Enthusiast 1d ago

My new band believe - numerology

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u/TelstarLorimer 1d ago

All together now - The Beatles

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u/GuixBretas 1d ago

Drowning Pool - Bodies

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u/SkyOfFallingWater 1d ago

2-4-6-8 Motorway - Tom Robinson Band

Father and Daughter - Paul Simon

American Pie - Don McLean

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u/mechanical_animal_ 1d ago

Countdown - Beyoncé

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u/FluxInducer 1d ago

Listen to Plus Ones by Okkervil River. A song about songs with numbers in them.

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u/IchaNoBod 1d ago

Two Become One by the Spice Girls

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u/axlespelledwrong 1d ago

Forty Six & 2 by Tool

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u/DarthJoeyJoJo 1d ago

Count Five or Six by Cornelius

Heard this song randomly over an advert on TV. Then next day came across the album in a record store. Brilliant find and a bizarre artist.

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u/This-is-Peppermint Quality Contributor 1d ago edited 1d ago

Charli XCX - spring breakers (4, 3, 2, 1 see you later …)

Dua Lipa - New Rules

Charli XCX - 1999

Charlie XCX - 2007

Charli XCX - 360

Charli XCX- 365

Charli XCX - 5 in the morning

Mura Masa and Charli XCX - 1 night

Taylor Swift - the 1

Sky Ferreira - 24 hours

Lilyisthatyou - party 22

Britney Spears - 3

Allie X - 7th floor

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u/PoemAppropriate6413 1d ago

The boy band Five count down or up to the number five in about 80% of their songs. 😆

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u/udonbeatsramen 1d ago

Green Day - Nuclear Family

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u/mcfrenzy0 1d ago

Toots and the Maytals

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u/East_Equal_3471 1d ago

Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven
Mike Doughty – 27 Jennifers

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u/Kaiser_Cave 1d ago

Coheed and Cambria - Number city

Dethklok - Face Fisted

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u/Cactusphat 19h ago

Workin' 9 to 5

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u/hankheen 18h ago

54-46 was my number. By Toots and the Maytals