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Music by numbers¶

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This is an idea I had after Dave derogatorily and rightly used the expression music by numbers for pop-tart Jessica Simpson. I like the expression and though it'd be even nicer if it could be used in a positive way. So I thought making a compilation CD with number-related songs might be interesting.

Sifting through my iTunes Library I came up with 77 songs that have numbers in their titles, certain numbers accumulating many songs for themselves. This would be a starting point for such a CD and many hard choices remain to be made in trimming things down to CD lengths.

One

• One – Johnny Cash
• One Note – Ikara Colt
• Obstacle 1 – Interpol
• One Of Three – James

Two

• Transmission 2 – DJ Shadow
• 2/4 – Clinic
• D.2. Boyfriend – The Moldy Peaches
• Song 2 – Blur
• The 2 Of Us – Suede
• 2+2=5 – Radiohead
• La Vie A 2 – Manu Chao
• 2nd Foot Stomp – Clinic
• Divided By Two – Joie/Dead Blonde Girlfriend
• Dirty Dream Number Two – Belle and Sebastian
• Zwei Sekunden – Spillsbury

Three

• 3 Speed – Eels
• 3am Eternal – KLF
• The Big Three Killed My Baby – The White Stripes
• Drei Schritte vom Abgrund entfernt – Tocotronic
• Sunday 3.52 – Aerogramme

Four

• Gak 4 – Gak
• Wir tanzen im 4-Eck – Stereo Total
• 0-4 – The Notwist
• 4 st, 7 lbs – Manic Street Preachers
• Four Skinny Indie Kids – Half Man Half Biscuit
• Friend Is A Four Letter Word – Cake
• Alle Vier Minuten – Element Of Crime
• Kurz vor vier – Spillsbury
• Vier Geschichten von Dir – Tocotronic
• Viertel Nach Vier – Angelika Express

Five

• 5-4 = Unity – Pavement
• Five Years – David Bowie
• Five-O – James
• 5 AM – Kenickie
• High 5 (Rock The Catskills) – Beck
• Take The Fifth – Spoon

Six

• 6am Jullandar Shere – Cornershop
• Six Barrel Shotgun – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Seven

• 7 Tag 7 Nächte – Sportfreunde Stiller
• Day 7 – The Notwist
• Nationale 7 – Stereo Total
• Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes

Eight

• Eight Line Poem – David Bowie
• Eight flew over, one was destroyed – Mew

Nine

• Lucky Number Nine – The Moldy Peaches

Ten

• Ten Years Gone – Led Zeppelin
• Die 10 Uhr Show – Tocotronic
• 10:1 – Sportfreunde Stiller
• Ten Places To Die – Six By Seven

Twelve

• 12 – The Notwist
• 12:51 – The Strokes

Large Numbers

• No. 13 Baby – Pixies
• Für immer 16 – Stereo Total
• 18 Sekúndur Fyrir Sólarupprás (18 Seconds before Sunrise) – Sigur Rós
• Monkey 23 – The Kills
• Ich habe 23 Jahre mit mir verbracht – Tocotronic
• Twenty Four Hour Garage People – Half Man Half Biscuit
• 30 Seconds Over Tokyo – Pere Ubu
• 36 Degrees – Placebo
• Opus 40 – Mercury Rev
• 50% Regenwahrscheinlichkeit – Raketenjungs
• 51st State – New Model Army
• Ex fan de 60ties – Stereo Total
• Foot And Mouth 68 – Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
• Star 69 – R.E.M.
• 88-92-96 – Six By Seven
• '94 (Novanta Quattro) – Sportfreunde Stiller
• 97 Lovers – Pulp
• 99 Luftballons (New Version) – Nena
• 100 & Something Foxhall Road – Six By Seven
• 100 Weight – Easyworld
• 156 – Mew
• A.M. 180 – Grandaddy
• 1020 AM – Spoon
• 1990 Nightmare – Idlewild
• 2000 Light Years From Home – The Rolling Stones
• Disco 2000 – Pulp
• One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21 – The Flaming Lips

As this list is sourced from my iTunes library only, I will have missed good songs. Suggestions for additions or indications of your preferences are welcome.

Ah the joys of iTunes. And in this case even the joy of AppleScript working as neatly as you'd always want it to work, making the generation of the list a charme.

This is an idea I had after Dave derogatorily and rightly used the expression music by numbers for pop-tart Jessica Simpson. I like the expression and though it'd be... October 13, 2003, 10:15