Start date – 4th day of this week Wednesday 4th month of 2026 (4 years shy of 2030). 4 goodness sake.
Four Play
This theme is built around one simple rule: everything must somehow connect to the number FOUR.
How you get there is entirely up to you… and the more ridiculous the reasoning, the better…
There are no limits to interpretation—only one requirement:
👉 You must explain your “four” connection when you present your song.
What counts as “FOUR”? Literally anything.
Here’s some inspiration to get the brain (and questionable logic) going:
• The 4th hit from an artist you love (or hate)
• A song from the 4th decade of your life (brace yourself)
• A song about four walls, rooms, or being stuck somewhere
• A band with four members
• A song in 4/4 time (congrats, that’s almost all of them… explain yourself anyway)
• A song you’ve played 4 times in a row because ……well – just because
• A memory involving 4 people, 4 drinks too many, or 4 bad decisions
• A song that lasted exactly 4 minutes-ish (we’ll allow rounding… barely)
• Something linked to 4 elements (earth, wind, fire… and vibes)
• A personal story where the number 4 somehow matters
• The time you played golf, shouted FOUR, but the ball still hit 2 people ….
Important Rule
You cannot just play the song — the magic is in the explanation.
The more creative, ridiculous, or tenuously connected your reasoning is, the better.
If people groan, laugh, or question your sanity… you’ve nailed it.
- The air guitarists feel seen.
- The drummers finally get revenge.
- The intro that’s “the best part of the song” is the whole song.
Geraldine
All Four Seasons
All four seasons in one—oh my, it sounds like Cape Town… and a woman in menopause.
We are so alike. In a single day, we laugh, cry, feel anger, and then warmth again.
Cape Town gives you sunshine, rain, wind, and a stormy evening—all in one breath.
And in Sting’s All Four Seasons, the lyrics unravel it perfectly.
Karen
Vivaldi`s Four Seasons “La primavera”: Spring I – Allegro, by Sinfonity
Here’s my gloriously tenuous “FOUR” logic for Sinfonity’s rock guitar version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons:
1. Vivaldi wrote Four Seasons, but Sinfonity plays them with four times the distortion.
2. The guitars shred in 4/4 time, which is basically the universal excuse for why this counts.
3. I once listened to it four times in a row, convinced each solo was secretly about the weather forecast.
4. And since there are four elements—earth, wind, fire, and feedback—I declare this the most elemental version ever.
Liezel
StrikeBack- The Heavy
Chose Short Change Hero, by The Heavy, because it’s from the series Strike Back, which I loved – mainly because every episode follows the same four-step process:
1. Make a bad decision
2. Ignore the consequences
3. Add explosions
4. Somehow survive
…which, coincidentally, is also how a handful of my more memorable moments have played out.
There are two versions: first is the original, second is the short version that showcases the process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvcsqKXjxTs
Paul
Andrea Bocelli and Katharine Mcphee – The prayer (Live 2008)
My choice is by a renowned Canadian-American record producer and composer. While he has won 16 Grammys over his career, he did win FOUR awards in one year (1994) for his work on Whitney Houston’s The Bodyguard soundtrack, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Producer of the Year.
Key Facts about this person’s Awards:
Grammys: 16 wins out of 47 nominations.
Producer of the Year (He has won this specific award 3 times – that’s just short of 4 😂)
Golden Globe: Won in 1999 for Best Original Song (“The Prayer”).
Academy Awards: Nominated 3 times (1 more and it’s 4!).
Halls of Fame: Inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame, Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the U.S. Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Was very influential in the success of the babd “All-4-One”.
His current wife number 5 (that’s a lot! And 1 more than the number 4 🙄 ), was the runner-up Season 5 American Idol. He met her in 2006 on American Idol, married her in 2019 and had a child with her in 2021 at age 71!
He has 5 daughters. Age difference between the Eldest and youngest is 50 years.
Choosing a song from this person was really difficult, but I chose this one that he produced, and that current wife #5 his wife sings with Andrea Bocelli.
This song was famously sung by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli, was produced by this person, and co-written by 4 people.
Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa, Tony Renis, and ….. the guy playing the piano ….
Errol
Forty Days (To Come Back Home) – Cliff Richard
Right. Here I am. But first:
WARNING: ADULT MUSIC TO BE PLAYED.
What I mean by adult music is that it’s more than 21 years old. (Groan. Bad Dad joke)
But seriously, a long time ago, when the world was a less scary place, the biggest danger was the ‘rooi gevaar’ taking over South Africa. Friend Dawie’s Ouma said that was die Rooms Katolieke (Roman Catholics), but we were taught it was the Russians.
They were in Africa, working their way down to the Union Buildings. So we sent thousands of young men to the grens to defend the fatherland.
And when your time of conscripted duty was almost over, you played this, and drank lots.
FOUR-ty Days.
Enjoy.
Richard
I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles {Stereo} 1963
Wilfred
Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)
I need to tell you the true story of a song that was supposed to be called Mambo No. 4.
You see, Pérez Prado, the Cuban king of mambo, had a very simple system. When he ran out of inspiration, he just numbered his songs. Mambo No. 1. Mambo No. 2. Mambo No. 3. Mambo No. 4, which exists, by the way, it’s a real song, nobody plays it, but it’s there. Then No. 5. Then six, seven, eight. The man was basically doing admin.
Fast forward to 1999. Lou Bega, real name David Lubega, born in Munich to a Ugandan father and a Sicilian mother, which is a sentence that explains everything about this song.
Lou gets into the studio. And he writes his lyrics. And if you listen to the first verse, he names his girls: Angela, Pamela, Sandra, and Rita. Four women. Four. That’s it. That’s the song. Mambo No. 4. Done.
But then… Monica showed up.
And suddenly there are NINE women in this song. Nine. The chorus alone has Monica, Erica, Rita, Tina, Sandra, Mary, and Jessica. He couldn’t stop. Monica opened a door and everyone came through it.
The song became Mambo No. 5, skipping straight over four like it owed him money.
And here’s the thing, even the Democratic Party of the United States tried to use this as their convention theme song in the year 2000. They had it booked. The stage was set. And then someone in the back of the room said ‘…a little bit of Monica… in my life?’ And they cancelled it. Because of Monica. Monica ruins everything. Every single time.
The song even opens with ‘One… two… three… FOUR… five.’ Four is RIGHT THERE. In the intro. Staring at you. Begging to be the number. And then five just… walks in. Like Monica.
This song was always a four song. It just got complicated.
Deborah
Lisa Ekdahl – Now Or Never
I have chosen Now Or Never by Lisa Ekdahl because it is absolutely, undeniably connected to the number FOUR.
It has four walls of emotional crisis, it runs in 4/4 time like a disciplined Swedish square, and I am listening to it during a four-day spiral of confidence, confusion, denial, and hummus. So really, it’s not even a song… it’s a four-phase emotional breakdown set to jazz.
Sue
Queen – I Want To Break Free
My song choice refers to the 4 promises made when a couple marries. They promise to LOVE, CHERISH, OBEY, and HONOUR til death do them part. However I am sure that at some point a frustrated moment may lead to the idea “I want to break free.” Here is my song by the great group QUEEN which had 4 original members, if my memory serves me right.