Song lyrics sometimes relate to or tell a story about a certain time period. This time can be historic, literary, nostalgic or perhaps even personal to the songwriter. On occasion, songwriters have made this time reference the title of their song.
So here’s the drill: a list of songs whose title is nothing more than the numbers of a year. No stretching it—only ones where the complete song title is limited to just four numbers. (Unless of course you are in an odd century that dictates more or less.) Any added words or punctuation marks disqualify it from my rules. Here’s what I have come up with so far.
Can you think of anymore? Please note them in the comment section below, and I will add them to the list.
| 1492 | Counting Crows | ||
| 1882 | Paul McCartney & Wings | ||
| 1901 | Phoenix | ||
| 1904 | The Tallest Man on Earth | ||
| 1914 | Randy Newman | ||
| 1916 | Motorhead | ||
| 1917 | David Olney | ||
| 1918 | De Novo Dahl | ||
| 1921 | The Who | ||
| 1941 | Harry Nilsson | ||
| 1945 | Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers | ||
| 1958 | Clock DVA | ||
| 1959 | Patti Smith | ||
| 1960 | America | ||
| 1963 | New Order | ||
| 1968 | Dave Alvin | ||
| 1969 | The Stooges | ||
| 1970 | The Stooges | ||
| 1972 | Josh Rouse | ||
| 1974 | Robyn Hitchcock | Ryan Adams | Amy Grant |
| 1975 | Chris Difford | ||
| 1976 | RJD2 | ||
| 1977 | The Clash | ||
| 1979 | Smashing Pumpkins | ||
| 1981 | Public Image Ltd. | ||
| 1982 | Randy Travis | ||
| 1983 | Jimi Hendrix | Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby | |
| 1984 | Spirit | David Bowie | Van Halen |
| 1985 | Bowling for Soup | Manic Street Preachers | Haken |
| 1988 | Pete Ham | ||
| 1989 | Clem Snide | ||
| 1990 | The Temptations | ||
| 1992 | Blur | ||
| 1998 | Rancid | ||
| 1994 | Loudon Wainwright III | Jason Aldean | |
| 1995 | Luna | ||
| 1999 | Prince | Limp Bizkit | |
| 2002 | Bob Schneider | ||
| 2012 | The Word Alive | The Ghost of a Sabre Tooth Tiger | |
| 2082 | They Might Be Giants | ||
| 2084 | Ayreon |
Music City Mike 
1995 Luna
2012 – The Ghost Of A Sabre Tooth Tiger
Y2K – The Apples In Stereo
1882 – Wings
1914 – Randy Newman
1988 – Pete Ham
1990 – The Temptations
1992 – Blur
2082 – They Might Be Giants
1994 – Jason Aldean
1984 – Van Halen (short instrumental that leads off the album of the same name)
Haken-1985
Ayreon-2084
Rush-2112