Word(s) that only ever appeared in one (hit) song, ever.

The word "Bosom" is fairly archaic, and could conceivably have been considered as to not appear in any hit song, as previously would have been considered too "rude" to be used as such, and too old-fashioned to be used after it was OK to do so.

And then...

― Mark G, Thursday, June 3, 2010 10:00 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

And then....

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Sadly, "The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray" was not a hit:

"Lady, if your bosom is heaving
don't waste your bosom on me.
Let it heave for a man who's breathing,
a man who can feel, a man who can see."

Back in the days when saying "bosom" would get you banned from Radio 1.

Radio4 would be OK with it tho.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr Elvis Presley:

Well! You rock my soul (Down in the bosom of Abraham)
Rock rock rock (Down in the bosom of Abraham)
Rock my soul (Down in the bosom of Abraham)
Rock hmm, rock oh yeah,
Oh Lordy Lord,
Oh rock my soul
Why don’t you rock my soul

Ladies and Gentlemen, Ms Bea Arthur:

We'll always be bosom buddies,
Friends, sisters and pals;
We'll always be bosom buddies,
If life should reject you,
There's me to protect you.

"Lumbago" (Small Faces, "Lazy Sunday")

... same song also has "khazi"

I believe Snoopy had a hit in Holland with "No Time for a Tango"...

Besides I have a lumbago
From dancin' too long

Ah! Thread for back pain related songs coming up, I think!

Both alt.bosom songs, not "hits"...

now there's a newsgroup.

Also, no khazi in "Lazy Sunday"

It's got "Crust" though, if you like.

"moot" - rick springfiled, Jesse's girl

aw shiz, xpost

"To sing in the khazi while you suss out the loon"

It's "moon", not "loon". Outdoor toilet facility, y'see.

To sing it at parties while you suss out the moon.

Admittedly a khazi flushes at that point, but...

I thought it was 'loon' as in the idiot who wrote the song with no words and no tune.

It's makes more sense as "khazi". Maybe they censored themselves. It's definitely "moon" though.

now i listen again it does sound more like moon.

visible khazi action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhyEMZkfLMo

Well that's proof enough for me!

Hacienda. Been reading the James nice Factory book, but it brought to mind.

The only hit song that has "Hacienda" was Speedy Gonzales,Pat Boone.

"Sardines" in Timbaland & Magoo's "Clock Strikes (Remix)"

"MCA! Where have ya been?
Packed like sardines in the tin!"
- Beastie Boys, "Body Movin'"

Was that a hit?

"Transgendered" in "Born This Way".

http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2586862_lg.jpg

I can't see what that is

Pretty sure 'Body Movin'' was at least an airplay hit, w/ the Fatboy Slim remix? Also I think Biggie said something about eating sardines for dinner one time but it's a little hazy.

my pic was Sardines by the Junkyard Band

Top 90s band Radiohead had a song with Sardines in the title but not the lyrics. Sorry that's the best I can do.

Gavotte - You're So Vain (pace Christgau)

"furry donkey"

(The Who, "Happy Jack")

Also I think Biggie said something about eating sardines for dinner one time but it's a little hazy.

― Doctor Casino, Friday, June 3, 2011 3:41 PM Bookmark

Oh yeah good point. But I don't think any hit song has featured sardines as prominently as "Clock Strikes"

"Pitchfork" appears in one hit song.

"Combine Harvester" by The Wurzels.

I thank you.

Wow, that's kind of surprising! You'd think it'd be in at least one throwaway line about the devil or something. Good one.

In "Seminole Wind" by John Anderson (#2 country hit, 1992):

Everglades
Seminole
Okeechobee
Micanopy
gar
flood control

Maybe a couple of those have showed up in other hit songs, but I bet most of them didn't.

Also, Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" has "Gitche Gumee" (also "Chippewa," but that's in Tim McGraw's "Indian Outlaw" and maybe other songs too. "Indian Outlaw" also has "Choctaw," though; might be alone with that one.)

"Ode to Billy Joe" has "Choctaw!"

arapahoe (Spitting Image - the Chicken Song)

― ailsa, Monday, 21 January 2008 19:13 (3 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

3 years late, I'll point out this has been in at least one other v well known and awesome UK #1

Yes indeed. Which makes me wonder if any other hit songs have "Yucatan" in them?

"Wrapped Around Your Finger" references Scylla and Charibdes, that's gotta be a one-time thing
"Sprits in the Material World" has "subjugate"

"theosophies"

i'm always touched by your presence dear

i know its already been mentioned but 'centrifugal' is my favorite example of this

Lady GaGa's "Judas" has "condom" in it. I don't think I've heard it in another Top 10 hit before.

Belisha Beacon still wins IMO. I stand by 2008 Lex.

The band Fujiya & Miyagi mention the Belisha Beacon in the lyrics of their song "Ankle Injuries".

But I guess that's not a 'hit' exactly..

"puff" (as in the derogatory term - not the mythical creature) in Jilted Jonh?

Come to think of it, Barry? Gordon?

Is Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping" the only U.S. hit to contain the word "pissing"?

Funeral Pyre got to No. 176 (with a bullet).