So we come to my personal favourite number – 5. Why it has always been my favourite I do not know except to say that there is something just so elegant about it and especially the way it it makes counting easy – 5,10,15 etc. So let’s see if others have the same affinity towards it.
“Take Five” is a jazz standard composed by saxophonist Paul Desmond and originally recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet for their album Time Out at Columbia Records in New York City in July 1959. Two years later it became a surprise hit and the biggest-selling jazz single ever. Revived since in numerous movie and television soundtracks, the piece still receives significant radio airplay. The single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996.
“5-4-3-2-1” is a 1964 song by British band Manfred Mann. It was written by Mann, Mike Hugg and Paul Jones, and peaked at #5 in the UK. thanks to weekly television exposure from being the theme tune for the ITV pop music television programme Ready Steady Go!. This would be the last single released before bass player Dave Richmond left the band.
“Hawaii Five-O Theme” is an instrumental composed by Morton Stevens as the theme music for the CBS television series Hawaii Five-O, which aired from 1968 to 1980. It is considered by many to be one of the best television themes of all time. The Ventures’ cover of the song spent 14 weeks on the Billboard pop chart, peaking at no. 4 in May 1969. It became one of The Ventures biggest hits.
“5 Minutes” is a 1978 single by The Stanglers. The song is sung by bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel. It gives an account of a rape that occurred at a shared flat in London he lived in during 1977. The lyrics, which are sung both in English and French, convey Burnell’s frustrations over finding the five men who committed the attack. The song was recorded in between No More Heroes and Black & White. It reached number 11 in the UK.
“9 to 5” is a song written and performed by American entertainer Dolly Parton for the 1980 movie of the same name. In addition to appearing on the film soundtrack, the song was the centerpiece of Parton’s eponymous album, released in late 1980. The song was released as a single in November 1980. The song was accompanied by a music video that featured footage of Parton and her band performing, intercut with scenes from the film.
“Mambo No. 5” is an instrumental mambo and jazz dance song originally composed and recorded by Cuban musician Damaso Perez Prado in 1949 and released the next year. German singer Lou Bega sampled the original for a new song released under the same name on Bega’s 1999 debut album, A Little Bit of Mambo. His version became a summer hit during 1999 in most of Europe. Later that year, it experienced success in the United Kingdom, North America, and Oceania. In France, it set a record by staying at number one for 20 weeks. The song reached number three on the US Billboard in November 1999, giving Bega his only top-40 hit in the United States.
“5 dols“, also known under its English title “5 Dollars“, is a song by French singer Christine and the Queens. “5 Dollars” was released as the third single from the English version of her second studio album Chris in August 2018. Christine and the Queens performed the song on The Graham Norton Show in October 2018.
