Living by Numbers

{{Infobox song

| name = Living by Numbers

| cover = Living by Numbers single.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = New Musik

| album = From A to B

| B-side = Sad Films

| released = 30 November 1979 (UK)
1980 (Netherlands)

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| genre = Synth-pop{{cite book|title= Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone - 125 Years of Pop Music|first=Peter|last=Doggett|date= 1 January 2015|chapter= Dance Stance|page= 509|publisher=The Bodley Head|location= London|isbn=978-1-847-92218-2

|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Electric_Shock.html?id=guSsCAAAQBAJ|access-date= 28 February 2025|quote=...a formative synth-pop hit, "Living by Numbers", from the first days of 1980.}}

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| label = GTO Records

| writer = Tony Mansfield

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| prev_title = Straight Lines

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = This World of Water

| next_year = 1980

}}

"Living by Numbers" is a song by the English synthpop group New Musik. It was the band's biggest hit worldwide, peaking at No. 13 in January 1980 in the UK and No. 12 in Ireland. The song appeared on the band's debut album, From A to B. It was used, with reworked lyrics, for a Casio advert.{{cite web|title=New Musik. Fear Of Musik|work=Record Collector|accessdate=9 September 2021|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/new-musik-fear-musik|date=23 April 2018}} The B-side of the single was "Sad Films".{{cn|date=October 2023}}