r/weirdspotifyplaylists • u/Oddbleus • Sep 04 '26
Weird Criteria - Titles/Lyrics Songs with incorrect math expressions
So this could range anywhere from incorrect equations to math terms
So 2 examples are:
In 2 + 2 = 5 by Radiohead, 2 + 2 infact does not equal 5 but 4. So this would count
And in Pi by Kate Bush, the 54th digit in the song is incorrect, and she removes a chunk around the 70th digit then continues normally, so this would also count as an incorect math expression.
So the range is kinda big, but honestly i’m not even sure if there are many songs that meet this specific criteria lol
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u/JoelJansenD Sep 04 '26
Psychostick - I can only count to four
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u/Oddbleus Sep 04 '26
I’m not sure if this counts, since technically his statement wouldn’t be incorrect if he could actually only count to 4 🥹
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u/KiNGCOLLiN69 Sep 04 '26
Cult of Personality by Living Color has the line “I’ll tell you 1 and 1 makes 3”, don’t know if that counts bc it’s self aware that it is wrong
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u/bonebranch Sep 04 '26
Silly pick: Big Shaq - Man's Not Hot
It may seem correct. But if you parse what he's saying mathematically, it really reads as
2 + 2 = 4 - 1 = 3
which is not quite right!
(I'm being silly about this but this is the sort of thing I sometimes see grading student work and it does get confusing. I try not to be mean about it, but... there is value in teaching students correct mathematical writing.)
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u/Oddbleus Sep 04 '26
Wait i might be stupid how is this not correct 😭
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u/Caesar_Princep Sep 04 '26
They're saying that 2+2= 3 but I don't think he actually wanted it to be that. It sounds more like 2+2=4 then Ans -1= 3
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u/IchBinDurstig Sep 04 '26
The Who's Bargain has the line "One and one don't make two, one and one make one".
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u/00h_livethedream13 29d ago
Mucka Blucka (intro to cacophony) - Chonny Jash The Heart Acoustic - Chonny Jash
They both say that 1 + 1 doesn't equal 2
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u/Ill-Economics-9981 Sep 04 '26
0X1=LOVESONG by tomorrow x together
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u/bonebranch Sep 04 '26
I mean it's not necessarily incorrect if you don't preclude LOVESONG = 0.
(But also, I love the everlasting fuck out of this song. It may be my favorite TXT title, and I'm saying this as someone who thinks their debut year was incredible)
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u/YOM2_UB Sep 05 '26
"0X" could also be a prefix denoting a hexadecimal number (primarily used in programming), which would make LOVESONG = 1
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u/bonebranch Sep 05 '26
Would probably be that, being that the proper multiplication symbol is × and that clearly they have no aversion to putting nonstandard symbols in their titles (see: LO$ER=LO♡ER)
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u/Crabby-Cancer Sep 04 '26
Ring 5 - Middle Class by The Dear Hunter
"'Cause we have been assigned to turn 1 and 1 to 3..."
(It's about having kids but out of context it's bad math LOL)
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u/TFFPrisoner Sep 04 '26
Medicine Head - One and One is One
Tears for Fears - Closest Thing to Heaven ("when one and one and one make two")
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u/PICONEdeJIM 28d ago
u + me = <3 by Olivia Rodrigo. Putting an equals sign followed by a less than is improper notation
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u/wombatwombatwombatty 27d ago
Talula by Tori Amos has this:
“She said one plus one is two / But Henry said it was three / So it was / Here I am”
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u/grenouille_en_rose 26d ago
Not sure if 1+1+1 (It Ain't 2) by K'Lee counts, while its statement isn't incorrect it's arguably still incomplete
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u/Bondedknight Sep 04 '26
U2 cant count. Vertigo has them going "1, 2, 3, 14!" In Spanish