In 2018, I had the idea to post a song named for every number between 1-31. I dedicated that March to the project.

Some of these titles were obvious picks (Taylor Swift’s ‘Fifteen,’ say) while others required me to search far and wide. There aren’t too many songs called ‘6’ or ’28,’ for example.

All in all, this was a fun — if random — exercise, and one that led me to discover a band called Ultraspank. Hope you enjoy it.

‘One’ – Harry Nilsson

‘2’ – H.E.R.

‘III’ – Athletics

‘Four’ – Al Jarreau & George Benson

‘5’ – Ultraspank

‘Six’ – Mansun

‘7’ – Prince

‘8’ – Nic Kush

‘9’ – Jus D

’10’ – Elouiz

‘ELEVEN’ – NXGN feat. TyBass

‘Twelve’ – Ivy Falls

‘Thirteen’ – Elliott Smith

’14’ – Paula Cole

‘Fifteen’ – Taylor Swift

‘Sixteen’ – OH MY GIRL

‘Seventeen’ – Alessia Cara

’18’ – One Direction

’19’ – Paul Hardcastle

‘”20″‘ – Travis

’21’ – Hunter Hayes

’22’ – Lily Allen

’23’ – Shakira

’24’ – Ekaterina Shelehova

’25’ – Chelsea Rae

’26’ – Paramore

’27’ – Machine Gun Kelly

’28’ – Lorene Scafaria

’29’ – Gin Blossoms

’30’ – VanSwan

‘Thirty One’ – Lydian Collective

And some end-of-series awards…

Best Song: Big Star’s ‘Thirteen’ (covered by Elliott Smith); Runner-up: Taylor Swift’s ‘Fifteen’

Worst Song: Ultrapsank’s ‘5’; Runner-up: Nic Kush’s ‘8’

Obscure Artist Who Most Deserves a Larger Audience: Ivy Falls; Runner-up: Chelsea Rae

Best Blast From the Past: Gin Blossoms’ ’29’; Runner-up: Paul Hardcastle’s ’19’

Best (and Only) Foreign-Language Song: OH MY GIRL’s ‘Sixteen’

Best Discovery: H.E.R.; Runner-up: Lorene Scafaria