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

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copacetic - Local H ("Bound for the Floor")

Tape Store, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 00:45 (sixteen years ago) link

Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie wasn't really a hit song. The lead track was A Century Of Fakers. I stand by my buck-toothed.

Alba, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 00:49 (sixteen years ago) link

Luftballons, all 99 of them. Nena.

that's not my post, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link

"camber sands" "harold robbins" and "mantlepiece" all from Squeeze ("Pulling Muscles")

that's not my post, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 04:25 (sixteen years ago) link

^^^mussels

that's not my post, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 04:26 (sixteen years ago) link

"Double jeu" and "Yherushalaim" in Army Of Lovers' "Crucified",

"Filet mignon" in Ciara's "1,2 Step",

"Bourgeoisie" in Madonna's "Music".

LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 04:37 (sixteen years ago) link

"Et cetera" in Eleanor by The Turtles

St3ve Go1db3rg, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 04:45 (sixteen years ago) link

"Hypermediocrity" - "Emerge" by Fischerspooner

LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 05:51 (sixteen years ago) link

I love that there are other fans of that Cymarron song here.

Here were the rest:
accomplished - dunno that Jah Wobble song; I was going for Tavares, "It Only Takes a Minute"
carbon - "Ride the Tiger" and "Woodstock"
gunnin' - "Do It Again"
misconstrued - "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
prefix - Smokey/Miracles, "Yesterlove"
vibes - Jefferson Starship, "Miracles"
whippoorwill - "Phila. Freedom"

Joseph McCombs, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 06:11 (sixteen years ago) link

"Depoliticise", "linoleum", "bompalompalomp", "ramalamadingdong" in Le Tigre's "Deceptacon".

LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link

"ramalamadingdong" is also in "ramalamadingdong" Rocky Sharpe and the Replays.

Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 09:56 (sixteen years ago) link

"Sericulture" from Being Boiled by Human League

(I suspect) "Argonauts" from Birdhouse In Your Soul by They Might be Giants

"Toulouse" from State of the Nation by New Order.

Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 10:02 (sixteen years ago) link

xp to Joseph mcCombs

'whippoorwill' appears in 'I'm So Lonesome I could Cry'

sonofstan, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 11:43 (sixteen years ago) link

vibes - Jefferson Starship, "Miracles"

"One (Always Hardcore)" by Scooter

Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 11:46 (sixteen years ago) link

Sericulture is good...
Also from the League 'dehumanisation (is a very big word, it's been around since Richard the third)' can't remember the song.......

sonofstan, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 11:49 (sixteen years ago) link

Has "backhander" ever been used elsewhere than in Scritti Politti's "Perfect Way"?

Scritti Politti may have others that fit in this thread too. Although "Aretha Franklin" has been namechecked in at least one Steely Dan hit as well.

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:04 (sixteen years ago) link

Anyway, "Chocolate Cake" by Crowded House is the only song that namechecks Andrew Lloyd Webber, or at least the only one expressing the wish that Lloyd Webbers trousers fall down when he bows to the queen and the crowd. :)

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:06 (sixteen years ago) link

"Mork and Mindy"

Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:10 (sixteen years ago) link

Doo-wah-diddy-diddy-dum-diddy-doo

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:14 (sixteen years ago) link

C'mon, does wacky jibberish really count?

Mogey-pah

RabiesAngentleman, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:35 (sixteen years ago) link

copacetic - Local H ("Bound for the Floor")

There was a song called "Copasetic" by The Rulers, available on the Club Ska '67 comp. I don't know if that counts as a hit. It's a crucial song.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:41 (sixteen years ago) link

'oceanography' In The Navy

Alan, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:41 (sixteen years ago) link

"tardis" in "Doctorin' The Tardis" by The Timelords.
"twister" in "Man On The Moon" by REM.

snoball, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:42 (sixteen years ago) link

"salute" in "School's Out" by Alice Cooper.

snoball, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:44 (sixteen years ago) link

"excitations" in "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys. The things I will do to avoid work...

snoball, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:53 (sixteen years ago) link

"For those about to rock, we ______ you" AC/DC

Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 13:00 (sixteen years ago) link

What's that flyin up there
is it a bird?
is it a plane?
or is it a _____
(Chubby Checker, let's twist again)

Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 13:01 (sixteen years ago) link

"bosh bosh bosh, loadsamoney" in "Doctorin' The Tardis" by The Timelords.

Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 13:02 (sixteen years ago) link

"hookah", "chessboard", "mushroom", "caterpillar", and "doormouse" in "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane.

snoball, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 13:04 (sixteen years ago) link

"skibobble" in "I Wish" by Skee Lo.

snoball, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 13:07 (sixteen years ago) link

"Notwithstanding" and "contractual" in Legal Man by B&S
"Brewers droop", "gut lord" and "porklife" in Parklife by Blur
"Terylene" in Filmstar by Suede

And I'm not sure this counts, but
"Cemetry" and "plague-arise"

Didn't Loadsamoney have a hit song called Loadsamoney? (x-p)

Madchen, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 13:14 (sixteen years ago) link

What's that flyin up there
is it a bird?
is it a plane?
or is it a _____

The answer is Twister, innit?

Twister was also mentioned in "Man On The Moon" by R.E.M.

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 13:16 (sixteen years ago) link

"caterpillar"

ever heard of a little number by The Cure called THE CATERPILLAR

ledge, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link

"One night in Bangkok" has a chessboard in it.

Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link

"Asp" shows up in Man on the Moon. Only three letters! Now wracking brain for an unmatched two-letter word.

dad a, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 14:31 (sixteen years ago) link

"One night in Bangkok" has a chessboard in it.

Not in so many words.

ledge, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 14:39 (sixteen years ago) link

oh, just checked and it's "chess boys" so OK.

Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link

Do acronyms count? Ice-T, "OG"

dad a, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link

Do acronyms count? Ice-T, "OG"

-- dad a, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 15:28 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Shitload of rap hits contain this, most notably "Cold As Ice" by MOP

Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link

All from the same song:
Cornflake
Eggmen
Walrus
Custard
Crabalocker
Fishwife
Priestess
Texpert
Semolina
Pilchard
Eiffel Tower
Edgar Allen Poe

And even then I don't count nonsense words such as "Goo goo goo joob"

Geir Hongro, Thursday, 24 January 2008 13:31 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm sure some of those are not unique.

Mark G, Thursday, 24 January 2008 13:33 (sixteen years ago) link

cornflake girl, for one

blueski, Thursday, 24 January 2008 13:34 (sixteen years ago) link

"Tintinabulation"

Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 24 January 2008 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link

(Wait, I blew it by not doing a spell check first.)

Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 24 January 2008 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link

"eloquence" from When Smokey Sings by ABC
"Vermissimilitude" from Vermissimilitude by Teenage Fanclub

is there a song, other than My Perfect Cousin by the Undertones which mentions Subutteo?

Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 24 January 2008 13:40 (sixteen years ago) link

phil collins

blueski, Thursday, 24 January 2008 13:41 (sixteen years ago) link

"Cheese on toast"

chap, Thursday, 24 January 2008 13:43 (sixteen years ago) link

"Brewers droop"

Nope. Dire Straits' "Industrial Disease."

mike a, Thursday, 24 January 2008 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link

Noddemix.

mike a, Thursday, 24 January 2008 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link

When Paul McCartney mentioned paparazzis in "The World Tonight" it was before the Diana incident. It may not be unique now, but I believe it was then.

Geir Hongro, Thursday, 24 January 2008 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link


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