Spreadsheet of songs.
Song Title | Artist | Drummer | Main Count | Notes |
15 Step | Radiohead | Philip Selway | 5 | 5 entire song |
1995 | Rx Bandits | Christopher Tsagakis | 7 | VR 4 CH:7 at 1:18 (faster) |
5 is The New 4 | Odd Meters | unknown | 5 | 5 entire song (swing) |
68 Bonus Track | Jawbox | Adam Wade | 7 | VR: 7 CH: 4, 6, 6, 6, 4, BR: other |
7/4 (Shoreline) | Broken Social Scene | Justin Peroff | 7 | 7 entire song |
All Gone Now | O.S.I. | Mike Portnoy | 5 | start 6 to :33 , 5 to 2:46, then 6 to 4:09, then 5 to 4:37, then 6 to 4:50 then chaos |
Anagram | Young the Giant | unknown | 7 | 7 (two bar groove) snare on 2,4,6, 1,3,5,7 |
Animals | Muse | Dominic Howard | 5 | 5 entire song |
Animals | Talking Heads | Chris Frantz | V: 5 CH: 7 | IN: 4, VR: 5, CH: 7, repeats then at goes to 4 at 2:11 ’til end |
Anyone Who Had A Heart | Dionne Warwick | Gary Chester | 6 occ 3 | 6 with occasional 3 and 9 in turnaround (*early use of multiple time signatures) |
Are You with Me Now? | Cate le Bon | Nick Murray | (6, 8) | alt (6, 8) or repeating (4,2,4,4) (listening to bass) |
As We Go Along | The Monkees | Earl Palmer | 5 | VR: 5 (swing) CH: 6 BR: 6 |
Atlas Stone | Haken | Raymond Hearne | (5, 6) | slowed down song 50% to hear alternating 5 and 6 until 1:56, then ? |
Autopsy | Fairport Convention | Martin Lamble | 5 | 5 swing until 1:15, returns at 3:08 |
Big Lie Small World | Sting | Vinnie Colaiuta | (4, 5) | alt (4, 5) samba, (4,6 *extra beat) before chorus “big lies” |
Black Widow Spider | Dr. John | John Boudreaux | 5 | 5 entire song |
Brick Windows | Ministry | Rey Washam | 5 | 5 (listen to bass and occasional crash as snare is on quarters) occasional few bars in 4 with descending bass |
Buzzard | Armageddon | Bobby Caldwell | 5 | drums in at :25, 5 to :53, 4 to1:08, 5 to 1:37, 8 to 5:28, break?, then 10 to end |
By Crooked Steps | Soundgarden | Matt Cameron | 5 | mostly in 5 (don’t break speakers turning up beginning) |
Chasing Shades | Aloa Input | Cico Beck | (6, 5) | count could be either (3, 3, 3, 2) or (6, 5 ) until 1:37, then 6 until 2:15, then (6, 5) until 2:46 *random (6, 6) at 2:28 |
Cherokee | Stephen Stills | Dallas Taylor Jr | 7 | 7 except horn breaks in 8 |
Come On! Feel the Illinoise – The Hot at Nights | The Hot at Nights | Nick Baglio | 5 | 5 until 2:32 |
Commemorative T-shirt | Oceansize | Mark Heron | 11 | 11 (drums start with a fill on beat 5 around :53) |
Cotopaxi | The Mars Volta | Thomas Pridgen | 11 | VR: 11 CH: 8, after 1:27 ??? fun song though… |
Dance of the Little Fairies | Sky | Tristan Fry | 5 | 5 entire song |
Death And All His Friends | Coldplay | William Champion | 7 | drums start at 1:53 in 4, then at 2:18 abruptly goes to 7 with pickup on 6, 7 – that groove ends at 3:31. |
Demons | The National | Bryan Devendorf | 7 | 7 entire song |
Do What You Like | Blind Faith | Ginger Baker | 5 | 5 (nice mix, hat on right, audience perspective), drum solo at 8:43 |
Do You Want It All? | Two Door Cinema Club | unknown | 7 | 7 entire song |
Down And Out – 2007 Remastered Version | Genesis | Phil Collins | 10 | into to :29 then 10 (pickup is on 9) this goes to 8 at 2:11, back to 10 at 2:52, back to 8 at 4:00 to end |
Dreaming Tree – Live from Lucca, Italy | Dave Matthews Band | Carter Beauford | 7 | 7 entire song |
Dreams of a Samurai | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Chad Smith | 10 | at :50 bass picks up groove in 10, drums in at 1:05, 4 at 2:32, 10 at 2:45, etc |
Driven – Remastered | Rush | Neil Peart | V | Various |
Echo – Joe Satriani | Joe Satriani | Jeff Campitelli (overdubs) | 5 | 5 entire song – programed drums with some overdubs |
Eleven – Primus | Primus | Timothy Alexander | 11 | 11 (single bar of 9 at 1:51) (single bar of 12 at 2:00) (single bar of 9 at 3:41) |
English Roundabout – 2001 Remaster | XTC | Terry Chambers | 5 | 5 entire song |
Estimated Prophet – Grateful Dead | Grateful Dead | Mickey Hart Bill Kreutzmann |
7 | 7 |
Ethiopia | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Chad Smith | 7 | VR: 7, CH 8, BR: 7 (some instruments play a two bar phrase in verse) |
Exodus Of The Year | Royal Canoe | Derek Allard | 5 | 5 entire song |
Face Dances – Pt. 2 | Pete Townshend | check | 5 | 5 (two bar phrase) short bridge at 2:00 in 4 |
Fairy Dust | Joe Jackson | Dave Houghton | 5 | 5 entire song |
Fake Empire | The National | Bryan Devendorf | Poly | 3 and 4 polyrhythm – some articles online |
Family Man | Blackfield | Tomer Zidkyahu | 7 | 7 entire song |
Fifty-Eight | The Prayer Chain | Wayne Everett | 5 | VR: 5 CH: 8 |
Fives | Guthrie Govan | Pete Riley | 5 | 5 entire song |
Frequency | IQ | Andy Edwards | 7 | at 3:55 starts with CH- repeating pattern (8, 7, 8, 7) then VR: 7, BR: 7, Interlude at 6:45, then CH, big ending in 8 |
From Eden | Hozier | Andre Antunes | 5 | Most of song in 5, count breaks in 4 |
Get Closer | Linda Ronstadt | Russell Kunkel | 7 | 7 entire song |
Ghosting | Freelance Whales | Jacob Hyman | 7 | 7 when full drums are playing, otherwise 8 |
Go To Sleep | Radiohead | Philip Selway | 10 | 10 until 1:23, then 4 to end |
Golden Brown | The Stranglers | Jet Black | 6 occ 8 | 6 with occasional 8 |
Gone | Tokyo Police Club | Greg Alsop | (6, 6, 2, 6, 4) | repeating pattern of (6, 6, 2, 6, 4) |
Gravity | A Perfect Circle | Joshua Freese | 7 | VR: 7 CH: 7 – after 3:03 – 3x (3,6,6,) 6,6 / 7,7,7,7 / 7,7,7,8 / then 8s to end |
Hack or Shack | Fernández 4 | Daniel “Pipi” Piazzolla | (5, 9) | repeating (5, 9) after 2:40 not sure |
Hanging Tree | Queens of the Stone Age | Dave Grohl | 5 | 5 entire song (keep counting 5 at change at 2:15) |
Happy Jack – Soundtrack Version | The Who | Keith Moon | 5 | Verses when singing are 5, 4, 4 |
Have a Good Time | Paul Simon | Ralph MacDonald | 7 | 7 entire song |
Heart of Lothian | Marillion | Ian F. Mosley | 5 | Intro to :30 in 7, then :30 to 1:06 in 5, then 1:06 to end in 4 |
Heat Of The Moment | Asia | Carl Palmer | 10 | Intro: 10, 10 VeR: (10, 10, 10, 10, 4) CH: 4 – BR: 4 |
I Hung My Head | Sting | Vinnie Colaiuta | 9 | 9 entire song |
I Should Live in Salt | The National | Bryan Devendorf | (9, 8) | Intro/VR: repeating (9, 8) CH: 8, 8, 8, 9 – BR 8 8 8 9, |
I Swallowed Hard, Like I Understood | 65daysofstatic | programmed | 5 | Starts in 5, at 1:30 starts repeating (6,5) 2:00 back to 5, at 3:43 (6,5) again to end |
If You Can See Me | David Bowie | Zack Alford | 4 | 4 with occasional 3 – two bars of 3 at these times: :30, :43, :56, 1:08, 1:42, 1:56, 2:08 |
In Her Eyes | Josh Groban | Josh Groban | 5 | 5 entire song |
Jetson | Dutch Uncles | Andrew Proudfoot | 7 | 7 entire song |
Just Like You Imagined | Nine Inch Nails | unknown | (4, 3, 3) | (4,3,3) entire song |
Kid Gloves | Rush | Neil Peart | 5 | some verses in 5 |
Light Flight | Pentangle | Terry Cox | (5, 7) | Intro: 6, VR/CH (5, 7) BR: 6 |
Limelight | Rush | Neil Peart | V | See Chart |
Living in the Past | Jethro Tull | Clive Bunker | 5 | 5 entire song |
Losing It | Rush | Neil Peart | 5, and (6, 5) | 5 until 2:03, then 2:45 to 3:56 repeating (6, 5), ending in 4 |
Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven) – Sting | Sting | Vinnie Colaiuta | 7 | V: 7, CH: 4, BR: 7 |
Lucky Seven | Chris Squire | Bill Bruford | 7 | Intro: 7, V: 7, CH: 7 – at 1:36 takes12 beats before everyone is back together, 2 extra beats at 4:36 |
Lunar Sea | Camel | Andy Ward | 5 | long intro then 5 (fast) |
Make A Fist | Phantogram | unknown | 5 | 5 entire song |
Make Believe | Silversun Pickups | Christopher Guanlao | 7 | V: 7, CH: 8 |
Make Yourself | Incubus | Jose Pasillas | (7, 8) | V: (7, 8) CH: 4, BR: 4 |
Mariela’s Dream | Paquito D’Rivera | Mark Walker | 5 | 5 entire song |
Money | Pink Floyd | Nick Mason | 7 | 7 to 3:05 – 4 to 5:04 |
Morning Bell | Radiohead | Philip Selway | 5 | 5 entire song |
Mother | The Police | Stewart Copeland | 7 | mom… |
Murmuration | Nomad Soul | emailed for info | 7 | drums :50 to 1:39 and 2:12 to 3:20 (snare sounds like bird wings) |
My Wave | Soundgarden | 5 | 4 from 0 to :12, then 5 to :58, then 4 to 1:06, then 5 to 1:44, then 4 to 2:15, then 5 to end (transitions re not super clear) | |
New Horizons | Don Ellis & His Orchestra | *research | 17/4 | reseach says it’s 17/4… |
Nostalgia | Andrew Huang | NA | 15 | only rap i could find … |
Old house | Nik Kershaw | Vinnie Colaiuta | 5 | 5 entire song |
Out of the Beehive | Royal Canoe | Derek Allard Michael Jordan |
5 | 5 entire song |
Possum Kingdom | Toadies | Mark Reznicek | (4 3 4 4) | V: (4 3 4 4) CH: (4 3 4 4) Bridge: 2:33 to 3:30 in 4, 2nd bridge (4,3,4,4,) to 4:40, then 4 to end |
Pussy Wiggle Stomp | Don Ellis & His Orchestra | *research | 7 | 7 entire song *continues after break at 3:30 see http://jazzmostly.com/don-ellis-time-lord |
Reminding Me to Live | Rare Futures | Rich Bozek | 7 | entire song |
Same Old Story | Blodwyn Pig | Ron Burg | 5 | 5 entire song |
Second Life Syndrome | Riverside | Piotr Kozieradzki | (6, 7, 6, 8) | repeating (6, 7, 6, 8) at 2:35 |
Seven | Dave Matthews Band | Carter Beauford | 7 | V: 7 BR: 5 |
Seven Days | Sting | Vinnie Colaiuta | 5 | 5 entire song |
Spin The Bottle | The Juliana Hatfield Three | Todd Philips | 5 | 5 entire song |
Statues | Something For Kate | Clint Hyndman | 5 | 5 entire song |
Stone Pushing Uphill Man | Paul Gilbert | Kenny Aronoff | 10 | long intro to 1:58 (10, 10, 10 10) then repeating (10 10 9 6 6) and later (10 10 9 6 6) |
Sufi Nightmare | ESW | Adam White | 5 | 5 entire song |
The Comedians | Elvis Costello | Pete Thomas | 5 | Short intro then 5, (6 bars in 6 for chorus) |
The Day I Tried To Live | Soundgarden | Matt Cameron | (4, 3, 4, 4) | at :33 repeating (4, 3, 4, 4) a few places it’s in 4 for a few bars |
The Dragonfly | Clutch | Jean-Paul Gaster | 7 | After intro, 7 to 1:28, 8 to 1:41, 7 to 2:36, 8 to 2:50, 6 to 3:33, 7 to end |
The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) | Yes | Bill Bruford | 7 | 7 entire song |
The Past Recedes | John Frusciante | Carla Azar | 7 | V: 7 CH: 4 |
The Sound Of Muzak | Porcupine Tree | Gavin Harrison | 7 | V: 7 (two bar phrase) Ch: 8 BR: same as verse |
The Start of Something Beautiful | Porcupine Tree | Gavin Harrison | 9 and 5 | V: 9, CH: 5, BR: 5 |
This Town | Monday Tramps | Max Blank | 7 | V: 7 CH: 8 BR: 8 then 7 |
Tribal Gathering | The Byrds | Michael Clarke | 5 | 5 until weird edit at 1:30 |
Wanderluster | Band Of Skulls | Matt Hayward | 7 | entire song |