Songs with Numbers in the Title (Part One: One to Ten)

1. One Day Like This. Elbow

2. Two Princes. Spin Doctors

3. Three Little Birds. Bob Marley and the Wailers

4. Four Seasons in One Day. Crowded House

5. Five Years. David Bowie

6. Six Feet Under. Billie Eilish

7. Seven Nation Army. White Stripes

8. Eight Days a Week. The Beatles

9. Cloud Nine. The Temptations

10. Ten Storey Love Song. The Stone Roses

 

Any other ideas?

Songs with Numbers in the Title (Part Two: Bigger Numbers).

1. 96 Tears. Aretha Franklin

2. 99 Red Balloons. Nena

3. 100 Mile High City. Ocean Colour Scene

4. 505. Arctic Monkeys

5. One After 909. The Beatles

6. Land of 1000 Dances. Wilson Pickett

7. Swords of a Thousand Men. Tenpole Tudor

8. A Thousand Miles. Vanessa Carlton

9. 10538 Overture. Electric Light Orchestra

10. A Million Miles Away. Rory Gallagher

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Songs with One, Two and Three in the title

One
  1. One Drop. Bob Marley and the Wailers
  2. One Day Like This. Elbow
  3. One Nation Under a Groove. Funkadelic
  4. One Step Beyond. Madness
  5. One Way or Another. Blondie
  6. One Love. Stone Roses
  7. One and One is One. Medicine Head
  8. One Week. Barenaked Ladies
  9. One After 909. The Beatles
  10. One for the Road. Arctic Monkeys

 

Plus and also as well:

One Love. Bob Marley and the Wailers

One Day I’ll Fly Away. Denice Williams

One of these Nights. The Eagles

She’s The One. Robbie Williams

One Way Road. Paul Weller

One. Johnny Cash

One Day. Paulo Nutini

One More Night. Michael Kiwanuka

One Love. Ian Dury 

 

Two

  1. It Takes Two. Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
  2. Two Princes. Spin Doctors
  3. Song 2. Blur
  4. Two of Us. The Beatles
  5. Two Tribes. Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  6. Two Hearts. Bruce Springsteen
  7. Just the Two of Us. Bill Withers
  8. Two Hearts Beat As One. U2
  9. Two Ghosts. Harry Styles
  10. 2 + 2 = 5. Radiohead

 

Three

  1. Three Little Birds. Bob Marley and the Wailers
  2. Three Steps to Heaven. Eddie Cochran
  3. Three. Lily Allen
  4. Three. Faithless
  5. Three. Massive Attack
  6. Three Minute Warning. George Howard
  7. Three. KT Tunstall
  8. Three Wishes. Spyro Gyra
  9. 123. Len Barry
  10. Three Lions. Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds

Plus also as well and of course:

The Magic Number. De La Soul

 

 

Top Ten Songs with Time in the title (plus a few)

There are so many wonderful songs with Time in their titles, we just had to give you a good long list of gems as well as naming our Top Ten. This might make it easier for you to create your  own Top Ten, of course!  Do let us know your choices.

Time Songs

  1. Time in a Bottle. Jim Croce
  2. Good Times. Chic
  3. Love and Hate in a Different Time. Gabriels
  4. Part Time Lover. Stevie Wonder
  5. Glad Times. Paul Weller
  6. Bringing on back the Good Times. Love Affair
  7. Give me Just a Little More Time. Chairmen of the Board.
  8. Didn’t I Blow your Mind This Time? Delfonics 
  9. Time. Pink Floyd
  10. What Time do you Call This? Elbow

 

...and just for fun, here’s another twenty!

Out of Time. Chris Farlowe

Time Storm. Blow Monkeys

Peace in our Time. Big Country

Every Time You Go Away. Paul Young

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. Roberta Flack 

Had me a Real Good Time. Faces

Times Like These. Foo Fighters

Hard Times. Curtis Mayfield

Man out of Time. Elvis Costello

Out of Time. Blur

Time Will Tell. Bob Marley. 

I Got The Time. Joe Jackson

Just Wasn’t Made for These Times. Beach Boys

Groovy Times. The Clash

Sour Times. Portishead

All The Time in the World. Smooth Loving Criminals

This Time Tomorrow. Gaz Coombes/The Kinks

Sign o’ the Times. Prince 

It’s Time for Love. Chi Lites

Dream time. The Jam

The Top Ten "Star" Songs

  1. Wishing on a Star. Rose Royce 
  2. Shining Star. Earth, Wind and Fire
  3. Another Star. Stevie Wonder
  4. Prettiest Star. David Bowie
  5. Like a Star. Corrine Bailey Rae
  6. It's Written in the Stars. Paul Weller
  7. Black Star. Radiohead
  8. Rock 'N' Roll Star. Oasis
  9. I May Not Be a Star. Lenny Kravitz.
  10. Everybody Is a Star. Sly and the Family Stone

 

And we also give you...

  • Star. Gary Clark Jr 
  • Star Crossed Lovers. Shed Seven
  • Brightest Star. Santana
  • Stars in Your Eyes. Herbie Hancock
  • The Stars Over Kinvara. Declan O’Rourke
  • Baby I’m A Star. Prince 
  • New Star in the Sky. Air
  • Dead Rock Star. Iggy Pop
  • Star Dub Boy George (feat. Linton Kwesi Johnson)
  • There’s a Star for Everyone. Aretha Franklin.
  • Star Dust. Marvin Gaye
  • Sun, Moon and Star. Toots and the Maytals
  • Strange News from Another Star. Blur
  • You're My Star. Stereophonics
  • Bright Star (Sunset Mix). Ben Watt (with Stimming and Julia Biel)
  • Stars in Her Eyes. Jay Rowe. 
  • Star. Earth Wind and Fire 
  • New Killer Star [Radio Edit]. David Bowie 
  • Made of Stars. Space Queen 

Royal Songs
Songs about Kings, Queens, Princes, Princesses...
But first, some musical royalty. The ten artists below all have "royal" names. Can you identify them?  Answers below.

Top Ten Queens and Kings Songs

  1. Your Love is King. Sade
  2. Sun King. The Beatles
  3. God Save the Queen. Sex Pistols
  4. Killer Queen. Queen
  5. Queen of my Soul. Average White Band
  6. Queen of Hearts. Dave Edmunds
  7. Witch Queen of New Orleans. Redbone
  8. Dancing Queen. Abba
  9. King. UB40
  10. The King of Rock ‘n Roll. Prefab Sprout

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Not only Kings and Queens but princes and princesses too:

  • Princess of China. Coldplay, Rihanna
  • Two Princes. Spin Doctors
  • Queen of the Supermarket. Bruce Springsteen
  • The Joker and the Queen. Ed Sheeran
  • The Prince. Madness
  • Prince of Peace. Galliano
  • King Creole. Elvis Presley
  • King of Thieves. Elvis Costello
  • Sun Queen. Gerry Cinnamon
  • King of the Rodeo. Kings of Leon
  • Queen of Clubs. KC and the Sunshine Band
  • King of New York. Fun Loving Criminals.
  • Queen Bitch. David Bowie
  • It’s Good to be King. Tom Petty
  • No One Knows. Queens of the Stone Age

 

The Answers to our Royal Names Picture Puzzle, above:

(From Top Left:) Ben E. King, Prince, Queens of the Stone Age, BB King, Evelyn "Champagne" King,  Queen, Kings of Leon, Nat "King" Cole, Prince Buster, Queen Latifah. 

 

Top Ten Brother and Sister Groups

1.The Beach Boys

2. The Kinks

3. The Isley Brothers

4. Oasis

5. Sparks

6. Kings of Leon

7. Sister Sledge

8. The Staple Singers

9. The Everly Brothers

10. The Pointer Sisters

 

 

Not to mention…

The Bee Gees

Crowded House

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Biffy Clyro

The Proclaimers

Radiohead

Haim

First Aid Kit

The Andrews Sisters

Hanson

The Carpenters

Feel free to add to the list! Who’s in your Top Ten?

Never Number One!

This is a list of artists who, despite having lengthy and often extremely successful careers, never achieved a number one in the UK singles chart:

1. The Who

2. Bob Marley

3. Bruce Springsteen

4. Bob Dylan

5. Otis Redding

6. Elvis Costello

7. The Smiths

8. The Temptations

9. The Isley Brothers

10. Bon Jovi

 

Quite surprising, some of them! Some other big names you could add to this list: The Drifters, Neil Diamond, Dionne Warwick, Cat Stevens, Red Hot Chili Peppers…and more! Can you think of any more?

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