Coffee Break: Numb3rs
by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala
September 11, 2025

It’s Know Your Numbers Week! The campaign encourages monitoring your blood pressure and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but the topic also relates to music.
Numbers are often used in song. They are used to keep time, for repetition, and even in titles. Today, let’s craft a playlist worthy of a math problem.
So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs with numbers in the title would you like to hear?
Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.
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Songs Played
Feist- 1234
Chicago- 25 or 6 to 4
Sharon Van Etten- Seventeen
The Beatles- One After 909
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Zero
Elvis Costello- Less Than Zero
Nilsson- One
