TO WANT MATHEMATICAL SONGS?

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Not really anything unreasonable, but the quickest / surest way to tap the collective genius of MN...

I am Head of Maths in a school with a tradition of teachers giving each other CDs of favourite music at Xmas. I am really keen to put together a "Maths Music" CD; and also to some of the students who would appreciate the concept. So far I have come up with about 25 mins towards a full 80 min CD:

Don MacLean: American Pi,

Katie Melua: 9.0 x 10 (to the power of) 6 Bicycles.

Nena: 10 Squared - 1 Squared Red Balloons (Does anyone have a copy of, or a link to, the original & much darker German version, 99 LuftBallon )

Lou Bega: Mambo No 5.

The Band: The Shape I'm In.

The Carter Family: The Circle Shall Be Unbroken.

There are quite a lot of songs with numbers in the title, but I am particularly looking for mathematical concepts or significant numbers.

If I can fill a CD, I will post the final playlist along with acknowledgements of the suggesters.

Many s

The final countdown

Breakeven by the script

Distance by Karsh Kale (Realise album)

Isachronic tones sound therapy - sleep music relaxation album (may be a bit obscure? But uses patterns for brain stimulation, got me through labour!)

Meridian - a state of trance 550

Miles away - madonna

Perfect - mason Vs princess superstar

Power - Kanye West

Shape of my heart - Sting

212 - Azalea Banks, although you may want the clean version, she's over fond of the c word, a MNer perhaps

That was fun! Though the alphabetisation shows I was trawling my iTunes :)

Math Song, Tom Lehrer Bizarre Love Triangle, New Order Money, Pink Floyd

:)

Haven't read all posts but there's that 3, 6, 9, the goose drank wine song - The Clapping Song in fact. Not really maths in the title though. Errrrm...

Sine your name - Terence Trent D'Arby
Sine of the Times - Prince (is that a song?)
Be-cos - The Beatles
Circle of Life - Elton John

And I was trying to think of a Floyd one to justify my name... very tenuous but there is 'Set The Controls For The Heart of the Sun'.

Not directly linked, but i like this

sorry, this

Someone mentioned one direction. Their math song is actually from chris moyles program and I think they had a maths song each week with a different singer/band

There's a great Pythagorean theorem song sung to the tune of Justin bieber's 'baby'... It's all over you-tube and used by all the maths teachers I know...

On YouTube there are lots of quadratic equation songs.

As another head of maths I might steal your idea. Thanks.

Money by Pink Floyd, Eugene?

Adele - Turning (Times) Tables
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (probably too tenuous)
Taylor Swift - The probability of us getting back together is zero
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Spice Girls - Two Become One
Coldplay - X&Y (Title song from their album)

I don't know why but I'm thinking Snow Patrol or Keane probably have something with a good title or lyrics?

Tribute by Tenacious D might work too as it has the recurring lyric "The greatest song in the world"

Jurassic 5 have some great tracks

Jurassic 5..
ignition sequence
lesson 6 the lecture
quality control pt 2
power 106 promo
concrete schoolyard

and this masterpiece

Theorem by Kineto (it's about Fermats Last Theorem)

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s_Last_Theorem

Anything by Maroon 5. I'll have a ponder at my tunes in the morning (well, when I get up, hopefully having slept...) and see what I can find.

Though a link to the Pythagorus tube done to Justin Beiber would be appreciated, it might get DD understanding it a bit better...

Substitute - The Who

*has to be awake at 7am.. stays awake at 3.30am watching movies online about Fermat's proof...

damn you mumsnet!

You make me feel (Mighty real): Sylvester

The Logical Song: Supertramp

Don't explain, be obtuse: Nina Simone

Complex: Gary Numan

Not sure if it has already been mentioned but Dodecahedron by Beth Jeans Houghton.

Take it to the limit - Eagles
No limit - 2 unlimited

3 times a lady- Lionel Ritchie ( I think)

plan 9 channel 7 by the Dammned

3 minute song - tim minchin

Circle - Soouxie and the Banshees