Listening to my iPhone songs that begin with a number, in order
2 Far, Shivaree
5 and 1/2 Minute Hallway, Poe
6’1”, Liz Phair
9 Crimes, Damien Rice
16 Military Wives, The Decemberists
19th Nervous Breakdown, The Rolling Stones
20 Years of Snow, Regina Spektor*
24, Jem
50ft Queenie, PJ Harvey
100 Days, 100 Nights, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
1000 Oceans, Tori Amos
1901, Phoenix
1963, Rachael Yamagata
2000 Miles, Coldplay
2080, Yeasayer
So if you’re looking for a song title, it’s apparently cool to start with a number below 30, a big round number on the order of 100s or 1000s, or a date within the past or future century. Says a very scientific poll of the songs I could fit on my iPhone last time I synced it with my computer.
*Stones —> Spektor is a particularly awkward transition when you’re listening to songs in title order
