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Counting Songs and Songs With Numbers: 1 to 100 and Beyond

Counting songs and songs with numbers in the title have been part of pop culture for decades. Some count down, some count up, some name a specific age, some use a number as a joke, and some make listeners wonder why musicians are secretly better at math than they admit.

Best Counting and Countdown Songs

  • The Final Countdown – Europe
  • Numbers – Kraftwerk
  • 1-2-3 – Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
  • 1234 – Feist
  • Pinball Number Count – The Pointer Sisters
  • 25 Minutes to Go – Johnny Cash
  • (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley & His Comets
  • Major Tom (Coming Home) – Peter Schilling
  • Countdown – Beyoncé
  • Wooly Bully – Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs

Songs With Numbers 1 to 100

  1. One – Three Dog Night
  2. Two Lovers – Mary Wells
  3. Three Is a Magic Number – Bob Dorough / Schoolhouse Rock!
  4. Four Sticks – Led Zeppelin
  5. Mambo No. 5 – Lou Bega
  6. Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford
  7. 7 – Prince & The New Power Generation
  8. I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am – Herman’s Hermits
  9. 9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
  10. Perfect 10 – The Beautiful South
  11. 11:59 – Blondie
  12. The Twelfth of Never – Johnny Mathis
  13. Thirteen Women – Bill Haley & His Comets
  14. Fourteen Black Paintings – Peter Gabriel
  15. Fifteen – Taylor Swift
  16. Sweet Little Sixteen – Chuck Berry
  17. (She’s) Sexy + 17 – Stray Cats
  18. I’m Eighteen – Alice Cooper
  19. Hey Nineteen – Steely Dan
  20. 20/20 – George Benson
  21. It Was a Very Good Year – Frank Sinatra
  22. When Yer Twenty-Two – The Flaming Lips
  23. Strawberry Letter 23 – The Brothers Johnson
  24. Twenty Four Hours – Joy Division
  25. Twenty-Five Miles – Edwin Starr
  26. 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) – The Four Preps
  27. Alice’s Restaurant Massacree – Arlo Guthrie
  28. 28 – Steppenwolf
  29. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
  30. 30 Days in the Hole – Humble Pie
  31. 31 Flavors – Ani DiFranco
  32. 32 Flavors – Alana Davis
  33. Thirty-Three – The Smashing Pumpkins
  34. #34 – Dave Matthews Band
  35. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 – Bob Dylan
  36. 36-24-36 – The Shadows
  37. California 37 – Train
  38. 38 Years Old – The Tragically Hip
  39. Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes) – Jesus Christ Superstar Cast
  40. 40 Hour Week (For a Livin’) – Alabama
  41. #41 – Dave Matthews Band
  42. Theme from Summer of ’42 – Peter Nero
  43. Hymn 43 – Jethro Tull
  44. 88 Lines About 44 Women – The Nails
  45. Stars on 45 Medley – Stars on 45
  46. Forty-Six & 2 – Tool
  47. AK47 – Hot Tuna
  48. 48 Crash – Suzi Quatro
  49. Funk #49 – James Gang
  50. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon
  51. Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up – Pink Floyd
  52. 52nd Street – Billy Joel
  53. 53rd & 3rd – Ramones
  54. 54-46 Was My Number – Toots & The Maytals
  55. I Can’t Drive 55 – Sammy Hagar
  56. 56 Hope Road – Sugar Ray
  57. 57 Channels (And Nothin’ On) – Bruce Springsteen
  58. Poem 58 – Chicago
  59. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – Simon & Garfunkel
  60. Sixty Minute Man – The Dominoes
  61. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
  62. Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa) – MC5
  63. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) – The Four Seasons
  64. When I’m Sixty-Four – The Beatles
  65. ’65 Love Affair – Paul Davis
  66. Route 66 – Nat King Cole
  67. Questions 67 and 68 – Chicago Transit Authority
  68. 68 Guns – The Alarm
  69. Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
  70. 70 Miles – Pete Seeger
  71. Summer of ’71 – Helen Reddy
  72. ’72 Camaro – Michael Thompson Band
  73. 73 – Jennifer Hanson
  74. Teenage Lament ’74 – Alice Cooper
  75. 75 Brazil Street – Nicola Fasano vs. Pat-Rich
  76. Seventy-Six Trombones – The Music Man Cast
  77. 77 Sunset Strip – Warren Barker
  78. 78 Stone Wobble – Gomez
  79. 79th and Sunset – Humble Pie
  80. 80 Proof Bottle of Tear Stopper – George Strait
  81. The 81 – Candy & The Kisses
  82. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? – Bruce Springsteen
  83. Sweet Little ’83 – Fighting Gravity
  84. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) – Simple Minds
  85. 85 Videos – Mew
  86. 86’d (Good as Gone) – Circle Jerks
  87. Spirit of ’87 – Rancid
  88. Rocket 88 – Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
  89. Pop Song 89 – R.E.M.
  90. Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street) – Hank Snow
  91. 91 Steps – Erasure
  92. 92° – Siouxsie and the Banshees
  93. 93 ’Til Infinity – Souls of Mischief
  94. 94 Hours – As I Lay Dying
  95. Total Hate ’95 – No Doubt featuring Bradley Nowell
  96. 96 Tears – ? & The Mysterians
  97. Wreck of the Old 97 – Vernon Dalhart
  98. 98.6 – Keith
  99. 99 Luftballons – Nena
  100. One Hundred Ways – Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram

Modern Songs With Numbers in the Title

  • 1 Thing – Amerie
  • 1, 2 Step – Ciara featuring Missy Elliott
  • 1, 2, 3, 4 – Plain White T’s
  • 1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back – Olivia Rodrigo
  • 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) – Lizzo
  • 2 On – Tinashe featuring ScHoolboy Q
  • 3 – Britney Spears
  • 3 Nights – Dominic Fike
  • 4 Minutes – Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
  • 6 Foot 7 Foot – Lil Wayne featuring Cory Gunz
  • 7 Rings – Ariana Grande
  • 7 Years – Lukas Graham
  • 8TEEN – Khalid
  • 10:35 – Tiësto featuring Tate McRae
  • 21 Guns – Green Day
  • 21 – Polo G
  • 22 – Taylor Swift
  • 24K Magic – Bruno Mars
  • 34+35 – Ariana Grande
  • 50/50 – The Strokes
  • 100 Bad Days – AJR
  • Sweet 16 – Green Day
  • Fifteen – Taylor Swift
  • FourFiveSeconds – Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney

Classic Songs With Numbers in the Title

  • One – Three Dog Night
  • One – Harry Nilsson
  • One – U2
  • Two of Us – The Beatles
  • Three Little Birds – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Love Potion No. 9 – The Clovers
  • Sixteen Candles – The Crests
  • Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford
  • Sweet Little Sixteen – Chuck Berry
  • You’re Sixteen – Johnny Burnette
  • I’m Eighteen – Alice Cooper
  • When I’m Sixty-Four – The Beatles
  • 96 Tears – ? & The Mysterians
  • 99 Luftballons – Nena

Number Songs by Category

Counting Songs and Countdown Songs

  • The Final Countdown – Europe
  • Countdown – Beyoncé
  • Numbers – Kraftwerk
  • 1-2-3 – Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
  • 1234 – Feist
  • Pinball Number Count – The Pointer Sisters
  • 25 Minutes to Go – Johnny Cash
  • 10-9-8 – Face to Face

Songs About Ages

  • Fifteen – Taylor Swift
  • Sweet Little Sixteen – Chuck Berry
  • You’re Sixteen – Johnny Burnette
  • (She’s) Sexy + 17 – Stray Cats
  • I’m Eighteen – Alice Cooper
  • Hey Nineteen – Steely Dan
  • 22 – Taylor Swift
  • When I’m Sixty-Four – The Beatles

Songs About Years

  • Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
  • Teenage Lament ’74 – Alice Cooper
  • 1979 – The Smashing Pumpkins
  • 1984 – David Bowie
  • 1984 – Van Halen
  • 1985 – Bowling for Soup
  • 1999 – Prince
  • 2002 – Anne-Marie
  • In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) – Zager & Evans

Songs About Roads, Routes, Addresses, and Places With Numbers

  • Route 66 – Nat King Cole
  • Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
  • Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? – Bruce Springsteen
  • 53rd & 3rd – Ramones
  • 52nd Street – Billy Joel
  • 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) – The Four Preps
  • 79th and Sunset – Humble Pie

Funny and Novelty Number Songs

  • Mambo No. 5 – Lou Bega
  • I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am – Herman’s Hermits
  • Seventy-Six Trombones – The Music Man Cast
  • 99 Luftballons – Nena
  • I Can’t Drive 55 – Sammy Hagar
  • 88 Lines About 44 Women – The Nails
  • 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon

Counting Songs and Songs With Numbers Trivia

  • Pinball Number Count from Sesame Street was sung by The Pointer Sisters and became one of the most memorable educational counting songs in television history.
  • 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago is often mistaken for a mysterious code, but the title refers to a time near 4 a.m.
  • 99 Luftballons by Nena was originally a German-language anti-war song and later became a major international hit.
  • Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats is often discussed as one of the earliest rock and roll records.
  • One by Three Dog Night was written by Harry Nilsson, who also recorded his own version.
  • Seasons of Love from Rent is famous for the lyric built around “five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes.”
  • Back at One by Brian McKnight is both a love song and a counting song, which makes it unusually useful for this kind of list.

Why Songs With Numbers Are So Memorable

Songs with numbers are memorable because numbers make titles easy to recognize. A number can suggest an age, a time, a road, a year, a countdown, a price, a place, a joke, or a mystery. That gives the listener something specific to remember before the chorus even starts.

The range is part of the fun. One, 9 to 5, 25 or 6 to 4, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, 99 Luftballons, 1979, and 10,000 Hours do not sound alike, but they all use numbers as a hook.

Counting songs and number songs also work well for trivia, playlists, school themes, birthday parties, countdowns, decade pages, road-trip mixes, and radio segments. It is proof that math and music can get along after all. Somewhere, a calculator is tapping its foot.