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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2905<br />
| date = March 11, 2024<br />
| title = Supergroup<br />
| image = supergroup_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 335x321px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = I love their cover of 1,200 Balloons, Dalmatians, and Miles.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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In popular music, a {{w|supergroup (music)|supergroup}} is a musical group formed by collaboration of existing solo artists and members of other musical groups.<br />
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This comic shows a concert by a supergroup formed from members of musical groups whose names all begin with a number. The name of the supergroup is the sum of all those numbers, followed by the names of the original groups without their numbers.<br />
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The title text indicates that there's a song that's a {{w|medley (music)|medley}} or {{w|mashup (music)|mashup}} of songs whose titles begin with numbers. The title of this "supersong" is similarly formed by adding the numbers and following with the rest of all the titles.<br />
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=== Counts ===<br />
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21 + 5 + 4 + 2 + 100 + 3 + 9 + 1 + 1 + 30 = 176<br />
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99 + 101 + 1000 = 1200<br />
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==== Musical groups mentioned in the comic ====<br />
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* {{w|Twenty One Pilots}}<br />
* {{w|5 Seconds of Summer}}<br />
* {{w|4 Non Blondes}}<br />
* {{w|2 Live Crew}}<br />
* {{w|100 gecs}}<br />
* {{w|3 Doors Down}}<br />
* {{w|Nine Inch Nails}}<br />
* {{w|OneRepublic}}<br />
* {{w|One Direction}}<br />
* {{w|Thirty Seconds to Mars}}<br />
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==== Songs mentioned in the title text ====<br />
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* {{w|99 Luftballons}} (by {{w|Nena (band)|Nena}}) (title of English-language adaptation: 99 Red Balloons)<br />
* {{w|One Hundred and One Dalmatians#Music|One Hundred and One Dalmatians}} (Disney film soundtrack; titular song by the {{w|Sherman Brothers}} not featured in the film, but was released in separate Disney recordings)<br />
* {{w|A Thousand Miles}} (by {{w|Vanessa Carlton}}) (or another song titled "{{w|1000 Miles}}" or its variation)<br />
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There are also ''three'' songs titled (or known as) {{w|500 Miles (disambiguation)|"500 Miles"}}, by Hedy West, the Proclaimers, and Tori Amos. Any two of them could replace "A Thousand Miles" (or "1000 Miles") in the tally.<br />
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Although not part of the song's title, "{{w|I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)}}" by {{w|the Proclaimers}} is about walking a thousand miles in total.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[Ponytail, Cueball, Megan, Knit Cap, and Hairy are in line at a theatre box office.] <br />
:[The marquee above the box office says:]<br />
:<big>Playing Tonight</big><br />
:''The New Supergroup:''<br />
:176 Pilots, Seconds of Summer, Non Blondes, Live Crew, gecs, Doors Down, Inch Nails, Republic, Direction, and Seconds to Mars<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Knit Cap]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]<br />
[[Category:Music]]<br />
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