search: pop songs with weird time signatures and 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.