What is the most famous song in 7/4 or 7/8?
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Topic: What is the most famous song in 7/4 or 7/8?
Posted By: paganinio
Subject: What is the most famous song in 7/4 or 7/8?
Date Posted: December 18 2016 at 03:04
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What is the most famous song in 7/4 or 7/8 time signature? Radiohead - Paranoid Android (partly in 7/8) I guess most people nowadays would be more familiar with the Radiohead one, being a lead single from the well-known OK Computer album. Is there any other song as famous as that? ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: December 18 2016 at 04:04
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"Dance on a Volcano" by Genesis. One of my favourite songs to dance to. I listened to the "O.K. Computer" album but find it way overrated. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 18 2016 at 05:00
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Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel (verses in 7/4), Rendezvous 6:02 by UK has 7/16 time signatures, plus the ones mentioned above. And, to go proto, All You Need is Love by The Beatles. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 18 2016 at 05:38
| Good Day Sunshine has some bars in 7. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 18 2016 at 06:09
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Paul Simon - Have a good time The Police - Mother Stephen Stills - Cherokee Most famous? Money by Punk Flute. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 18 2016 at 08:15
So I was thinking of hits and odd time signatures when I finally started humming What's New Pussycat Wuoooouooouooouooouoo  Madness. I don't know how any drummer manages to stay on beat for the duration of that song. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 18 2016 at 10:13
Isn't that just 3/4 all the way through?
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Guldbamsen wrote:Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: December 18 2016 at 10:59
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Posted By: Terrapin Station
Date Posted: December 18 2016 at 12:27
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Some good answers here. For a pop/rock-oriented crowd, I'd say the most popular is probably Floyd's "Money". Re "Good Day Sunshine", I wouldn't count something that only has a couple bars in 7. "Solsbury Hill" is probably the close runner-up to "Money", unless we're overlooking something obvious. "Solsbury Hill's" 7 is also far more subtle than "Money's" 7 (which isn't a good or bad thing . . . although I'd probably say it makes "Money" a better example of a popular tune in 7, since its odd time is so overt.) Re "What's New Pussycat", yeah, that's just in 3 for the whole tune. What makes it sound unusual rhythmically is that it has some pretty unique phrasing in terms of how many bars various phrases are. Phrases/cadences wind up alternately crunched or drawn out relative to each other. |
Posted By: jeffh
Date Posted: April 23 2017 at 23:15
| The verses of "All You Need is Love" by the Beatles are in 7/4. That's almost certainly more famous than any song mentioned here, even "Money" which is a plausible runner-up. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 24 2017 at 02:41
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It has to be Money or Solsbury Hill. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: April 24 2017 at 16:45
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$ and SoHill are the correct answers. As far as odd-metered hits go, don't forget "Turn It On Again" is 13/4 and "Misunderstanding" is 12/8. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 26 2017 at 04:57
Misunderstanding 12/8? I always counted it as 4/4. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 26 2017 at 08:06
I count it 12/8 as well, but not odd-metered. Speaking of an odd-metered 12/8, I think of In Trance as Mission by the Simple Minds (5/8 + 7/8, great song): -------------
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