I had my music on shuffle today and by coincidence it played Galaxie 500 4th of July and then The Clientele = Claire’s Not Real that has the line “on the 15th of August”. That got me wondering whether every date in the year is mentioned somewhere in a song.
A few other obvious ones:
June
3rd - Bobby Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe:
“It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day”
September
21st - Earth, Wind & Fire - September
“Do you remember, the 21st night of September?”
“By May the tenth Richmond had fell”
from The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
I’d think those would be fine for fixed dates, so yep to New Year’s Day by U2, nope to Easter by Patti Smith.
“It was the third of September / That day I’ll always remember, yes I will / 'cause that was the day that my Daddy died.”
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
Feels like there could be a really nice mash-up track with the snippets of all the lyrics from the different songs in date order. I’d be all over this if I’d never become a parent and was independently wealthy.
Does Avril 14th count despite being an instrumental?
Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2
“We’re running out of alibis
On the 2nd of May”
April 29th and April 26th
The best one
In the morning, in the winter shade
On the first of March, on the holiday
I had a song on a cd years ago called January 14th but can’t find it online as can’t remember the artist name, searching for it did bring up this tho
Gotta fix that calendar i have
That’s marked July 15th
Ohh, twofer
St Swithins is July 15th
Don’t think there’s any for 25th December, I’m afraid.
Springsteen has the top two all-time July 4 songs imo (Sandy, Independence Day)
I’ve got 23rd September covered.
One thousand pink balloons
Dj with your favorite tunes
Birthday cake in August
But you were born nineteenth of June
