Three-Five-Zero-Zero Lyrics

Lyric discussion by O Ren Ishii 

Cover art for Three-Five-Zero-Zero lyrics by Hair

What does 3-5-0-0 mean?

Answer #1: According to James Rado, it represents the number of G.I. casualties (either per week or per month, he isn‘t sure) at the height of the Vietnam War.

Answer #2: Three-five-zero-zero, or the number three-thousand-five-hundred, is the number of Americans (Marines), who, on March 8, 1965, landed in Vietnam, the first ever to be specifically designated as COMBAT troops, thus marking a turning point, the official beginning of America‘s (or LBJ‘s) escalation of the War in Vietnam.

@O Ren Ishii Thank you. I had never heard the second theory.