Wait? There isn't a 13/8 is there? Oh I get it- it's 12/8 a little slow and drags to 13-apparently like me. Actually I remember this song we did from a theatrical production had a song with 13/8-it was some Andrew Lloyd Weber song. So is there a thread with weird time signatures-everyone always says Take Five, but good golly there has to be a bunch. Whipping post of Allman brothers starts off in 11/4. So I Googled it and there is a Wikipedia article and there are plenty of 13/8 songs-and it was a Cats song we did I see, as well as up to between 40 and 49/4-good grief I had no idea.
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"The Becoming" by Nine Inch Nails. Begins in a 13
8 time signature and changes to 6
8 at the 3-minute mark.[130]
"I Will Be Absorbed", by Egg.[129]
"One Word" by Mahavishnu Orchestra has a section in 13
8 after the drum solo (just over eight and a half minutes in).[131]
A próle do bébé No. 2, by Heitor Villa-Lobos. A measure in the fourth movement, "O cachorrinho de borracha", is in 13
8, divided into 6
8 or 3
4, and 7
8. Two measures in the ninth movement, "O lobozinho de vidro", are also in 13
16.[132]
"Serenade", a wedding recessional by Derek Bourgeois. The middle section is in 13
8.[124][125]
"Skimbleshanks" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats. Introduction and chorus are in 13
8 (3+3+3+4). Verses in 4
4.[133]
Sonata No. 1, by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji. One of the bars is in 13
8.[71]
De Staat by Louis Andriessen. Bars 356 and 517 are in 13
4, while bar 724 is in 13
8.[128]
"13th August" by FromUz (13
8).[134]
"Turn It on Again" by Genesis. The verses and choruses are in 13
8. Other parts are in 8
8, and 5
8.[135]