Well, this is my list of songs in odd times signatures. This list doesn't have any references and it's built almost entirety with prog rock songs, and since I don't have any studies in music, if you spot something wrong, or have any contribution, let me know. I consider "odd time" to everything that's not either a 4/4 or a 6/8 time. Although i'm a prog rock fan, this list is not intended to have listed all the meter changes in a 20 minute epic, I prefer this list to have "mainstream songs" that are easier to listen to.
The list is divided in "septuple meters" (like 7/8 and 7/4), "quintuple meters" (like 5/4 and 10/4) and "multiple meters".
Septuple meters:
1971 - "
The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" (Yes -
Fragile) - 7/8
1972 - "
Siberian Khatru" (Yes -
Close to the Edge) - verses: 4 + 4 + 4 + 3
1973 - "
Money" (Pink Floyd -
Dark Side of the Moon) - 7/8
1973 - "
The Ocean" (Led Zeppelin -
Houses of the Holy) - main riff: 4 + 4 + 4 + 3
1973 - "
Tubular Bells" (Mike Oldfield -
Tubular Bells) - first riff: 4 + 3 + 4 + 4
1973 - "
The Battle of Epping Forest" (Genesis -
Selling England by the Pound) - intro and verses: 7/4
1974 - "
Back in N.Y.C." (Genesis -
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway) - verses and bridges: 7/8
1976 - "
Solsbury Hill" (Peter Gabriel -
Peter Gabriel) - 7/4
1977 - "
Xanadu" (Rush -
A Farewell to Kings) - intro: 7/4
1978 - "
Circumstances" (Rush -
Hemispheres) - bridge: 4 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 3 (this song must have more odd times signatures but i'm too lazy count the whole guitar solo)
1980 - "
The Spirit of Radio" (Rush -
Permanent Waves) - bridge: 7/4 + 7/4 + 7/4 + 8/4
1981 - "
Tom Sawyer" (Rush -
Moving Pictures) - solos: 7/8
1981 - "
Red Barchetta" (Rush -
Moving Pictures) - solos: 7/4
1981 - "
Limelight" (Rush -
Moving Pictures) - intro and verses: 7/4
1982 - "
Subdivisions" (Rush -
Signals) - intro: 7/8
1982 - "
Losing It" (Rush -
Signals) - intro and verses: 5/8
1983 - "
Awake and Nervous" (IQ -
Tales From The Lush Attic) - intro: 7/8
1983 - "
Changes" (Yes -
90125) - intro and outro: 4 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 3
1983 - "
Cinema" (Yes -
90125) - main riff: 4 + 3
1985 - "
Lords of the Backstage" (Marillion -
Misplaced Childhood) - 7/8
1987 - "
Just for the Record" (Marillion -
Clutching at Straws) - 7/8
1988 - "
Blackened" (Metallica -
...And Justice for All) - intro and verses: 7/4
1989 - "
Superconductor" (Rush -
Presto) - verses: 7/4
1990 - "
(En) El Séptimo Día" (Soda Stereo -
Canción Animal) - 7/4
1991 - "
Outshined" (Soundgarden -
Badmotorfinger) - verses: 7/4
1992 - "
Them BonesThem Bones" (Alice in Chains -
Dirt) - 7/8
1993 - "
Leash" (Pearl Jam -
Vs.) - measure before each chorus 4 + 4 + 4 + 3
1993 - "
Out of Nowhere" (IQ -
Ever) - intro and outro: 7/8 - bridge after the first verse: 4 + 4 + 4 + 3
1994 - "
Spoonman" (Soundgarden -
Superunknown) - intro and verses: 7/4
1996 - "
Superstar" (Soda Stereo -
Confort y Música para Volar) - 7/4
1998 - "
The Sense in Sanity" (IQ -
Subterranea) - 7/8
1999 - "
Lightning Strike" (Yes -
The Ladder) - 7/4
2002 - "
About To Crash" (Dream Theater -
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence) - intro and first parts: 7/4
2002 - "
Solitary Shell" (Dream Theater -
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence) - intro: 7/4 - bridge: 4 + 4 + 7
2002 - "
Times Like These" (Foo Fighters -
One by One) - main riff - 7/4
Quintuple meters:
1959 - "
Take Five" (Dave Brubeck -
Time Out) - 5/4
1971 - "
Plain Truth" (Gentle Giant -
Acquiring the Taste) - intro and verses: 4/4 + 5/4
1971 - "
Starship Trooper" (Yes -
The Yes Album) - 4 + 5
1972 - "
Living in the Past" (Jethro Tull -
Living in the Past) - 5/4
1980 - "
YYZ" (Rush -
Moving Pictures) - intro: 5/4
1980 - "
Turn It On Again" (Genesis -
Duke) - verses and chorus: 4 + 4 + 5
1984 - "
Perfect Strangers" (Deep Purple -
Perfect Strangers) - bridge and outro: 4 + 5
1984 - "
Kid Gloves" (Rush -
Grace Under Pressure) - intro and verses 5/4
1984 - "
Resurrection Joe" (The Cult -
Dreamtime) - bridge and outro 5/4
1985 - "
Outer Limits" (IQ -
The Wake) - verses: 5/4
1987 - "
Mission" (Rush -
Hold Your Fire) - bridge: 5/4
1987 - "
That Time of the Night" (Marillion -
Clutching at Straws) - intro: 5/4
1991 - "
Innuendo" (Queen -
Innuendo) - guitar solo: 5 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 3
1994 - "
Last Exit" (Pearl Jam -
Vitalogy) - verses: 5/4
1994 - "
Satan's Bed" (Pearl Jam -
Vitalogy) - chorus: 5/4
1994 - "
Black Hole Sun" (Soundgarden -
Superunknown) - solo: 4 + 5
1994 - "
Seven Days" (Sting -
Ten Summoner's Tales) - 5/4
Several signature changes:
1971 - "
Perpetual Change" (Yes -
The Yes Album)
intro: 4/4 + 4/4 + 2/4
3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4 + 5/4
verses: 3/4
bridge: 4/4 + 4/4 + 2/4
chorus: 3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4 + 5/4
guitar solo: 3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4 + 5/4
keyboard solo:7/8
1979 - "
Once Upon a Time in the West" (Dire Straits -
Communiqué)
most of the song follows this pattern:
4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 2/4 (x2)
4/4 + 2/4
4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 2/4
4/4 + 2/4
3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4 + 5/4
4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4
1980 - "
Freewill" (Rush -
Permanent Waves)
intro: 3/8 + 3/8 + 2/8 + 6/8 + 7/8
4/4 + 4/4 + 5/4 (x2)
verses: 4/4 + 4/4 + 6/4
4/4 + 4/4 + 5/4
4/4 + 4/4 + 5/4
4/4 + 4/4 + 6/4
bridge: 4/4
chorus: 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 3/4 (x3)
4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4
verses: 4/4 + 4/4 + 5/4 (x3)
4/4 + 4/4 + 6/4
4/4 + 4/4 + 5/4 (x2)
4/4 + 4/4 + 6/4
bridge: 4/4
chorus: 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 3/4 (x3)
4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4
bridge: 5/4 + 5/4 + 5/4 + 5/4 + 4/4
verse: 4/4
chorus: 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 3/4 (x3)
4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4
outro: 5/4 + 5/4 + 5/4 + 5/4 + 4/4 + 4/4
1980 - "
Jacob's Ladder" (Rush -
Permanent Waves)
intro: 5/4 + 3/4 + 3/4
verses: 5/4 + 3/4 + 3/4 (polymeter with vocals in 4/4)
interlude: 4/4
interlude: 5/4 + 5/4 + 5/4 + 6/4
verses: free time?
interlude: 6/8 + 7/8
1985 - "
Heart of Lothian" (Marillion -
Misplaced Childhood)
intro / verses: 7/4
verses (cont.): 5/4
chorus: 4/4
2001 - "
Eartshine" (Rush -
Vapor Trails)
intro / verses: 4/4
bridge: 3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4 + 2/4 (x4)
chorus: 3/4 + 3/4 + 2/4 (x4)
3/4 + 4/4
3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4
3/4 + 4/4
3/4 + 3/4 + 2/4
2002 - "
Cropduster" (Pearl Jam -
Riot Act)
intro: 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 9/8
verses: 7/4 (x4) + 4/4 (x4)
7/4 (x3) + 4/4 (x4)
chorus: 4/4 + 6/4 + 4/4 + 6/4
4/4 (rest of the chorus in 6/4, except the last part)
solo: 7/4
verses: 7/4 (x3) + 4/4 (x4)
chorus: 4/4 + 6/4 + 4/4 + 6/4
4/4 (rest of the chorus in 6/4, except the last part)
bridge: 4/4
bridge: 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 6/4 + 6/4
outro: 4/4
2003 - "
Bananas" (Deep Purple -
Bananas)
intro / verses: 7/4
chorus: 5/4
2006 - "
Life Wasted" (Pearl Jam -
Pearl Jam)
intro: 4/4 (x4)
verses: 4/4 (x7) + 5/4
pre-chorus: 7/4 + 5/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 5/4
7/4 + 5/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4 + 4/4
chorus: 4/4