Smoke City was a London, UK band whose music blended modern styles like aci… Read Full Bio ↴Smoke City was a London, UK band whose music blended modern styles like acid jazz and trip hop with Brazilian styles like samba and bossa nova. Vocalist Nina Miranda formed Smoke City around 1994 with former schoolmate Mark Brown and guitarist Chris Franck, formerly of the Brighton-based Brazilian percussion group Batu.

Smoke City are best known for their single Underwater Love, which was a major hit in 1996. The music video is notable for predating the film The Matrix in its use of bullet time motion.

In 1997 the band released their first album, Flying Away, which included several hits like Underwater Love and Mr. Gorgeous (and Miss Curvaceous).

While Flying Away was hard to classify because it had everything from light trip-hop to gentle guitar ballads, Smoke City's next album, Heroes of Nature (released in 2001), was considered too odd even by fans, combining even more styles and incorporating dance beats in some of the tracks. An extended version of Heroes of Nature had three more tracks than the original, one of them being a cover of John Lennon's famous song Imagine.

The group disbanded in 2002.

Numbers
Smoke City Lyrics

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Un
Un
Four
Five

Fifteen
Quinze
Seventeen

Seven

Nine
Eight
Sete cinco seis
Sete cinco seis

Trezentos e um
That's three hundred, three hundred and one
Three, three, three hundred and one

Seis e vinte tres
Seis e vinte tres
Six, six and thirty two
Trinta e oito

Thirty eight
Trinta e oito nao me lembro
Twenty seven e' vinte sete, e' vinte sete
Hmm

Four and forty four
Hum ha, hum ha ...
Neuf dix onze douze treize quatorze
Que vem agora?

Quinze
Quinze, ma
Quinze, pa
Nao e' quinze? (quatorze)

Tres
forty nine

Isn't it beautiful out here?

Isn't it beautiful out here?
Isn't it beautiful out here?

Overall Meaning

The song "Numbers" by Smoke City is a unique track with its distinct lyrical content. The lyrics comprise a mix of numbers in various languages, including English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. The song gives a vivid representation of an exchange in numbers, from as low as one to as high as three hundred and one. The repetition of some numbers such as "un," "quinze," and "seventeen" creates a rhythmic and catchy pattern that makes the song enjoyable to listen to.

The lyrics also include some phrases that are not numbers, such as "Isn't it beautiful out here?" The phrase adds to the intriguing nature of the song as it does not directly relate to the numerical sequence displayed in the other parts of the song. However, it could be interpreted as bringing a sense of beauty and appreciation for the different languages and cultures presented in the song.

Overall, the song "Numbers" is a creative and captivating track that showcases the beauty of numbers and the power of music to connect different cultures and languages.

Line by Line Meaning

Un
One

Four
Four

Five
Five

Fifteen
Fifteen

Quinze
Fifteen in Portuguese

Seventeen
Seventeen

Seven
Seven

Nine
Nine

Eight
Eight

Sete cinco seis
Seven five six in Portuguese

Trezentos e um
Three hundred and one in Portuguese

That's three hundred, three hundred and one
Referring to the previous line

Three, three, three hundred and one
Repeating 'three hundred and one'

Seis e vinte tres
Six and twenty three in Portuguese

Six, six and thirty two
Converted from previous line

Trinta e oito
Thirty eight in Portuguese

Thirty eight
Thirty eight

Trinta e oito nao me lembro
Do not remember thirty eight in Portuguese

Twenty seven e' vinte sete, e' vinte sete
Twenty seven is 'vinte sete' in Portuguese, repeating

Four and forty four
Forty four is four and forty

Hum ha, hum ha ...
Sound effect or meaningless words

Neuf dix onze douze treize quatorze
Nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen in French

Que vem agora?
What comes next? in Portuguese

Quinze
Fifteen in Portuguese

Quinze, ma
Incomplete utterance of fifteen in Portuguese

Quinze, pa
Incomplete utterance of fifteen in Portuguese

Nao e' quinze? (quatorze)
Isn't it fifteen? No, it's fourteen in Portuguese

Tres
Three

forty nine
Forty nine

Isn't it beautiful out here?
Repeating a phrase

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave
Written by: NINA ISABELA ROCHA MIRANDA, CHRISTIAN FRANCK, MARC LEE BROWN

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