Cross-Rhythms
Janelle Monae - "BaBopByeYe"
Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
The Mountain Goats - "Phillipians 3:20-21"
Queen - "The March of the Black Queen"
Talking Heads - "The Great Curve"
Changing Meter
Avicii - "Hey Brother"
Bloc Party - "On"
Dave Matthews Band - "Satellite"
The Dismemberment Plan - "Memory Machine"
Johnny Cash - "Ring of Fire"
Kansas - "Point of No Return"
Michael Jackson - "Burn This Disco Out"
Radiohead - "Everything in Its Right Place"
Steely Dan - "Aja"
Sting - "Seven Days"
Talk Talk - "After the Flood"
Talking Heads - "Found a Job"
Them Crooked Vultures - "New Fang"
Unusual Meters
While most songs heard on a contemporary radio station are in 4/4, not all pop songs are. Here are some examples.
Symmetrical Compound Meter: 6/8, 12/8
The Beatles - "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
Blondie - "Call Me"
Dave Matthews Band - "The Stone"
Journey - "Lights"
Neutral Milk Hotel - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
Pearl Jam - "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town"
Asymmetrical Simple Meter: 5/4, 7/4, 11/4 & more
Anthrax - "Time"
Bjork - "Crystalline"
Dave Matthews Band - "Drive In, Drive Out"
Faraquet - "The Missing Piece"
The Police - "Mother"
Asymmetrical Compound Meter: 5/8, 7/8, 13/8, and more
Alice in Chains - "Them Bones"
Sting - "Saint Augustine in Hell"
Talk Talk - "Ascension Day"
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