search: pop songs with weird time signatures and metric shifts

i have no idea but i am so hyped that that dog. have a new record out

You'll look in vain for a country tune that has any metric shifts or unusual time signatures; it simply doesn't occur.

Brandy - What About Us
The chorus to the Bee Gees' 'Jive Talkin'
The instrumental part of MacArthur Park

Agreed that country rarely has metric shifts, but Mexican Banda and Mariachi music often does add extra beats, so when country emulates Mexican music, as with Ring of Fire, it will use metric shifts.

that that dog song is 4/4, the chorus sounds like alternating measures of 6/8 and 4/4

"What About Us?" is straight 4/4, isn't it? Just with a lot of singing behind the beat or sounds off the beat

I think the George Jones song is confusing because he starts singing before the beat appears, so every line seems to start on 2 instead of 1.

I don’t know how to say it in proper music terms.

that that dog song is 4/4, the chorus sounds like alternating measures of 6/8 and 4/4

I'd say 6/4 & 4/4 but yeah. Although, the part at 2:30 is in 7/4, but the drums keep rolling through in 4/4.

thanks. i guess i thought it was weirder than that. shows what i know!

odd that Golden Brown hasn't been mentioned http://www.rebelmusicteacher.com/blog/2016/6/14/asymmetrical-compound-meter-in-the-stranglers-golden-brown

oops, I see it has, but it's not 3/4 and 4/4

You'll look in vain for a country tune that has any metric shifts or unusual time signatures; it simply doesn't occur.

The Carter Family's Rhythmic Asymmetry

Time on the Crooked Road: Isochrony, Meter, and Disruption in Old-Time Country and Bluegrass Music

On occasions like this I like to pull out "South African Man" by Bohannon - which was a hit single in case anyone objects, in the UK at least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO3BEUMyzgs

I overheard MGMT’s Electric Feel and noticed it has an unusual time signature. Double checked on google and it’s apparently on 6/4 safe from the instrumental bridge which is 4/4.

This song is quite similar to the Jones hit "Someone I Used to Know."

Except that song ("A Girl I Used to Know") features the standard 32 beats per 8-measure verse. "Not What I Had in Mind" has 30 beats in each verse — just count them.
Even if you consider this a two-step, there are still two beats "missing" in each verse. It doesn't bother me — I actually think it's a pretty cool thing to do in a country song. But I'm surprised so many people can't hear it.