The Number Song (track)
by DJ Shadow

The Number Song by DJ Shadow
Year: 1996
From the album Endtroducing..... (track #3)
Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 200 votes)
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Endtroducing..... (11 tracks) « Previous track (#2)
Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt
This track (#3)
The Number Song
Next track (#4) »
Changeling / **Transmission 1

The Number Song appears on the following album(s) by DJ Shadow:


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Average Rating: 
86/100 (from 200 votes)
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04/14/2026 20:11 wizardalien  Ratings distribution  9,24763/100
 
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.3/100, a mean average of 85.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.

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From 02/16/2023 11:32 | #294085
Come on and get with it!!
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From 07/30/2017 13:52 | #195173
Not only are the drum samples killer, that Orion guitar sample was so wonderfully used throughout the whole song
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From 08/17/2015 22:43 | #147847
Catchy intro with the samples, but then the guitars (which I guess are also samples) just hook you right in.

"I like the...the voices. I like the guitars!" -Cal Chuchesta
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From 08/12/2014 15:23 | #119316
the breakdown thing is one of the most brilliant things I've heard
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