The Smallest Weird Number - Revision history

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‎See Also

Fredd-E at 18:53, 5 July 2026

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Fredd-E: See Also

2026-06-18T13:01:22Z

Mr udders: Added that the main melody is layered over itself at half speed + minor wording tweak

2025-03-31T10:18:05Z

Added that the main melody is layered over itself at half speed + minor wording tweak

Fredd-E at 14:12, 4 April 2023

2023-04-04T14:12:23Z

Magic Orange: /* Videos */

2022-07-29T20:54:13Z

‎Videos

Sixtyniner at 14:09, 30 April 2020

2020-04-30T14:09:03Z

162.158.78.39 at 01:42, 26 November 2017

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Fredd-E at 21:48, 29 March 2017

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Fredd-E at 19:57, 29 March 2017

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 * [[Music70]]
 * "[[R35TT B10]]"
-* "[[Sixtyten|sixtyten]]"
+* "[[Sixtyten]]"
 * [[The Magic Window]]

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 | name=The Smallest Weird Number
 | runtime=1:17
-| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}
+| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]
 "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" is track number 9 on the album ''[[Geogaddi]]''. An excerpt of the track appears in the video portion of the [[Trans Canada Highway Microsite]].

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 == Samples / Lyrics ==
-*At 0:03, the ending of "When the Music Starts to Play" by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incredible_String_Band The Incredible String Band] is heard in reverse and at a lower speed.<ref>{{#ev:youtube| TmIlPy6b_q4 |480||||start=0|false}}</ref> The sample seems to have been taken from an old phonograph record, as crackling is present.
+*At 0:03, the ending of "When the Music Starts to Play" by [[Folklore#Incredible_String_Band|Incredible String Band]] is heard in reverse and at a lower speed.<ref>{{#ev:youtube| TmIlPy6b_q4 |480||||start=0|false}}</ref> The sample seems to have been taken from an old phonograph record, as crackling is present.
-* From the beginning until around 0:18, the song samples birds singing in the documentary "On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983)".<ref>{{#ev:youtube|UVMh7r0LHW4|480||||start=1613|false}}</ref> <ref>http://twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=244015#p244015</ref> <ref>http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/film/467/On+the+Tracks+of+the+Wild+Otter.html</ref> The sample can be heard at around 26:53.
+* From the beginning until around 0:18, the song samples birds singing in the documentary "[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4601694/ On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983)]".<ref>{{#ev:youtube|UVMh7r0LHW4|480||||start=1613|false}}</ref> <ref>http://twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=244015#p244015</ref> <ref>http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/film/467/On+the+Tracks+of+the+Wild+Otter.html</ref> The sample can be heard at around 26:53.
-* The main melody is the same as [[R35TT B10]], except in reverse. Reverb has been applied to the last chord heard in the present track.
+* The main melody is the same as "[[R35TT B10]]", except in reverse. Reverb has been applied to the last chord heard in the present track.
-* The main melody is layered over itself at half speed throughout the track. This was discovered by [[Communities|The Magic Window]] discord user personman.
+* The main melody is layered over itself at half speed throughout the track. This was discovered by [[The Magic Window]] discord user personman.
 == Trivia ==
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 {{#widget:YouTube|id=ZLmdIXaZ0LQ}}
 {{#widget:YouTube|id=CYwD2qeyOLM}}
 == External links==
 == References ==

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 *At 0:03, the ending of "When the Music Starts to Play" by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incredible_String_Band The Incredible String Band] is heard in reverse and at a lower speed.<ref>{{#ev:youtube| TmIlPy6b_q4 |480||||start=0|false}}</ref> The sample seems to have been taken from an old phonograph record, as crackling is present.
 * From the beginning until around 0:18, the song samples birds singing in the documentary "On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983)".<ref>{{#ev:youtube|UVMh7r0LHW4|480||||start=1613|false}}</ref> <ref>http://twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=244015#p244015</ref> <ref>http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/film/467/On+the+Tracks+of+the+Wild+Otter.html</ref> The sample can be heard at around 26:53.
-*"[[R35TT B10]]" appears in reverse at 0:11. Reverb has been applied to the last chord heard in the present track.
+* The main melody is the same as [[R35TT B10]], except in reverse. Reverb has been applied to the last chord heard in the present track.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Samples / Lyrics ==
-*At 0:03, the ending of "When the Music Starts to Play" by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incredible_String_Band The Incredible String Band] is heard in reverse and at a lower speed.<ref>{{#ev:youtube|Cx0UxDfclyM|480||||start=0|false}}</ref> The sample seems to have been taken from an old phonograph record, as crackling is present.
+*At 0:03, the ending of "When the Music Starts to Play" by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incredible_String_Band The Incredible String Band] is heard in reverse and at a lower speed.<ref>{{#ev:youtube| TmIlPy6b_q4 |480||||start=0|false}}</ref> The sample seems to have been taken from an old phonograph record, as crackling is present.
 * From the beginning until around 0:18, the song samples birds singing in the documentary "On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983)".<ref>{{#ev:youtube|UVMh7r0LHW4|480||||start=1613|false}}</ref> <ref>http://twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=244015#p244015</ref> <ref>http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/film/467/On+the+Tracks+of+the+Wild+Otter.html</ref> The sample can be heard at around 26:53.
 *"[[R35TT B10]]" appears in reverse at 0:11. Reverb has been applied to the last chord heard in the present track.

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 | appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}
-"[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" is track number 9 on the ''[[Geogaddi]]'' album. An excerpt of the track appears in the video portion of the [[Trans Canada Highway Microsite]].
+"[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" is track number 9 on the album ''[[Geogaddi]]''. An excerpt of the track appears in the video portion of the [[Trans Canada Highway Microsite]].
 == Comments ==
 * "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" is 70. As in [[Music70]], [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]'s own label. A "weird number" is a number that is "abundant" but not "semi-perfect". Meaning? Take all the "proper divisors" of 70 (i.e. all the divisors of 70 except for 70 itself). They are 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35. When the proper divisors add up to more than the original number, the original number is said to be abundant. For 70: 1+2+5+7+10+14+35 = 74 > 70, so 70 is "abundant". Now, if there was some SUBSET of these numbers 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35 which added up to 70, then 70 would be said to be "semi-perfect" (or "pseudoperfect") But there isn't. Try it. You can make 71 by missing out the 1 and the 2, or you can make 69 by missing out the 5, but you can't make 70. I hope that explanation is clear. The first few weird numbers are: 70, 836, 4030, 5830, 7192, 7912, 9272, 10430, 10570, 10792. You can find a longer list of weird numbers  in the "online encyclopedia of integer sequences", from which my shorter listing was taken. This explanation of weird numbers by [DC].
-* Even though the track runs for 1:17 minutes, the melody cuts out at exactly 1:10 (70 seconds).
+* Even though the track runs for 1:17, the melody cuts out at exactly 1:10 (70 seconds).
 == Samples / Lyrics ==
 *At 0:03, the ending of "When the Music Starts to Play" by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incredible_String_Band The Incredible String Band] is heard in reverse and at a lower speed. The sample seems to have been taken from an old phonograph record, as crackling is present. See [[The Smallest Weird Number#Videos|Videos]] and this [http://instagram.com/p/yFEgcOD8BH/ short clip] by [[wikipedia:Bibio|Bibio]].
-* From the beginning until around 0:24, the song samples birds singing in the documentary "On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983)" <ref>http://twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=244015#p244015</ref> <ref>http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/film/467/On+the+Tracks+of+the+Wild+Otter.html</ref>. The sample can be heard at around 26:53 <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVMh7r0LHW4&t=26m53s</ref>.
+* From the beginning until around 0:24, the song samples birds singing in the documentary "On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983)". <ref>http://twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=244015#p244015</ref> <ref>http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/film/467/On+the+Tracks+of+the+Wild+Otter.html</ref> The sample can be heard at around 26:53. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVMh7r0LHW4&t=26m53s</ref>
 *"[[R35TT B10]]" appears in reverse at 0:11. Reverb has been applied to the last chord heard in the present track.

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 == Videos ==
-{{#widget:YouTube|id= Cx0UxDfclyM}} {{#widget:YouTube|id= UVMh7r0LHW4}} (skip to 26m53)
+{{#widget:YouTube|id= Cx0UxDfclyM}}
 == External links==