One, two, three, four, five.

Number eight.

Nine, you're in ten, ten, ten, ten.

What's your favorite number? What does it mean?

What's your favorite number? What does it mean?

What does it mean?

They say one should listen to the numbers to have a full and rich and rewarding life.

For many, many years, everyone assumed that listening to the numbers meant paying close attention to the mathematics underlying all of human existence.

But there's another way to listen to the numbers, my Patreon friends.

And that's to listen to the bards and balliers of history as they, yes, sing about the numbers.

Friends, it is time for the first ever, maybe first annual tournament of songs about numbers.

Let's celebrate the numbers through songs about numbers.

John, are you ready for this?

Yeah, I'm ready.

There's a lot of songs about numbers here.

We had a bunch of listeners right in with songs about numbers.

Yeah.

And we have finally taken the time to put them in a NCAA March Madness style bracket,

and we are going to discuss 32 songs about numbers.

But speaking of numbers, only one of these songs can be the number one song ever written about numbers.

There is, as always, much to consider, much to discuss, much to delight in, and much to listen to.

What say we get started, John? You're the bracketologist. Why don't you tell us what is up with

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