The list of unintentionally mathematical songs

Here is a list of song titles which unintentionally sound like they have something to do with mathematics. Song titles with numbers in them are not interesting enough. Neither are song titles like the Pet Shop Boys song ``Two divided by zero'' which are intentionally mathematical. The choice of songs is personal; in cases where several songs exist with the same or similar titles then I chose the one which was done by, in my opinion, the coolest band.

Songs unintentionally about analysis

Smooth operator - Sade Take it to the limit - Eagles Delta blues - Son House On the boundary - Tori Amos Absolute condition - Husker Du There were no bounds - And Also The Trees Exotic functions - Throbbing gristle Entire - The Spinanes In a space - The Kinks Empty spaces - Pink Floyd Strange attraction - The Cure (this may be intentional)

Songs unintentionally about numbers

Negative - Sister Machine Gun You make me real - Doors The real thing - Bongwater Even better than the real thing - U2 Unreal - M. Gira Complex - Gary Numan (or perhaps he's an algebraic topologist?) Maybe its imaginary - Kirsty MacColl Three imaginary boys - The Cure Don't take Roots - Julian Cope Roots bloody roots - Sepultura Roots radicals - Rancid

Songs unintentionally about algebra

Substitute - The Who The eliminator - Dick Dale The operation - Morrissey Identity - Swans The inversion - Clock DVA Disassociative - Marilyn Manson Ring ring ring - De La Soul In the flat field - Bauhaus Annihilate - Black Flag Degenerate - Moby Ideals - Ultravox Chains - The Beatles Simple things - All Simplicity - Corey Hart Two characters in search of a country song - Magnetic Fields I'm free - The Who Absolutely free - Frank Zappa (obviously Zappa has no relations) Generator - Gary Numan Primitive - Killing Joke How primitive are you? - Head of David I can't be satisfied - Muddy Waters Ain't got no class - Da Lench Mob Duality - In The Nursery

Songs unintentionally about algebraic geometry

From the curve - Superchunk On the surface - Pere Ubu Endless variety - Walter Trout Band Rules and schemes - The Fixx Resolution - John Coltrane Regular people - Pantera Wuthering heights - Kate Bush (Kate dabbles in Arakelov theory)

Songs unintentionally about number theory

Prime time - Alan parsons project Deviating from the norm - Cabaret Voltaire A different song - The Friends Of Natasha Forms in open spaces - Bill Nelson (as far as I know this is meaningless, but it sounds as if it could be the title of an academic paper)

Songs unintentionally about discrete mathematics

Decomposing trees - Galaxie 500 A forest - The Cure

Songs unintentionally about logic and foundations

Do not adjust your set - The Ergot Derivative A subtle induction - Dark Angel Proof - Paul Simon 100% proof - Caravan Contradictions - Natalie Imbruglia Not logical - Jarboe (this is really intentional, but I wanted Jarboe in the list) The argument - The Sea and Cake

List compiled by Steven Galbraith. http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/~sdg/mathsongs.html

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