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

Noddemix.

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.

Has any song besides White Town's "Your Woman" used the word Marxist, let alone "highbrow Marxist ways?"

Manics maybe?

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

Well, Tom T. Hall had "Salute To A Switchblade," but I guess the country Top 40 doesn't count.

"love" in that one song by wet wet wet.

"For Those About To Rock" by AC/DC was a pop hit anyway. The next line in the chorus is "We salute you".

"intoleration"

REO Speedwagon, "Time For Me To Fly"

"Abhor" ("Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant).

hanson - mmmbop

MMMbop tick a ta ba do ba
dubi da ba do ba
tick a ta ba doo
yeah eh yeah
MMMbop tick a ta ba do ba
dubi da ba do ba
tick a ta ba doo
yeah eh yeah

Kurosawa-Barenaked Ladies "One Week"

to the guys at the top of this thread:
"FANCY" BY REBA McENTIRE~! HELLO!?

i mighta been born just plain white trash
BUT FANCY WAS UH MA NAME!!

the pretenders - brass in pocket
"reet"

groos
ELO - "don't bring me down"

the pretenders - brass in pocket
"reet"

Jackie Wilson beat them to it by more than 20 years.

Now wracking brain for an unmatched two-letter word.

Om (Across the Universe)?

zigazig-ha

'progenitorship' in 'The Attic' by Van Dyke Parks. Probably a handful also from his Song Cycle. 'Hackamore'?

'snozzed' in Mike Doughty's 'I Hear Them Bells'? ("you snooze you lose, well I snozzed and lost" - totally pulls this off!). Maybe that doesn't count, since it's slang.

I'm guessing The Fall and maybe Jandek have some.

'haplocanthosaur' on Pere Ubu's 'Petrified'. They probably have heaps too.

My favourite use of unusual words used in song = 'Parallelograms' by Linda Perhacs. The title word takes the cherry.

quadrahedral/tetrahedral... semi-parabolic (?)

sorry, overlooked the 'hit' part of thread q.
Only the Mike Doughty could fit anywhere into that from my stabs.

Om (Across the Universe)?

Moody Blues had an "Om" too.

"Mitsubishi Zero" and "Red Star Belgrade"
from Billy Bragg's "Sexuality"

"Equilibrium"
from "Falling to Pieces", Faith No More

"Hijacking your equilibrium/Midnight snacks in the mauesoleum" Beck, "Sexxlaws"

I'm sure quite a few dodgy Eurodance #28 for one week hits may disprove this, but:

"Eurobeat" ("Twisting By The Pool" by Dire Straits).

"Kidnapped" (Tom Petty: "Refugee")
"Pudding" (Pink Floyd: "Another Brick in the Wall Part Two")
"Leonid Brezhnev" (REM: "It's the End of the World...")

Ah, but "Black Pudding Bertha" by the Goodies ("She's the queen of Northern Soul!").

Also, "I Like My Baby's Pudding" (ooer, sounds a bit rude) by Wynonie Harris.

"Pudding on the Ritz"?

'Asunder' in Kate Bush's- Running Up That Hill

And these are the days
When our work has come asunder
And these are the days
When we look for something other

U2 - Lemon

"Pudding" (Pink Floyd: "Another Brick in the Wall Part Two")

You playing album versions again?

Asunder's in 3 girl rhumba, but I guess that wouldn't qualify as a hit.

"Alabaster" (Shoplifters Of The World Unite)

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears.

America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.

Nabakov - "Don't Stand So Close To Me"

"Alabaster Lady" by Carole King.

10cc:

'bullhorn' ("Rubber Bullets")
'Milton' (as in John) ("The Dean and I")
'Getty', 'Rothschild' ("Wall Street Shuffle")
'toupees and threepees' ("Silly Love")
'minestrone' ("Life Is a Minestrone!")

"Minestrone" - "Bangers And Mash" by Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren.

'Paisley' (as in the town) (Hue & Cry, "Looking For Linda")

Apposite time to cite "The Glasgow Underground Song" by Francie and Josie:

"There's Partick Cross and Cessnock,
Hillhead (pronounced HillHEED) and Merklands Street,
George's Cross and Govan Cross where all the people meet,
West Street, Shields Road, the train goes round and round" etc.

There's also "Paisley Park" by Prince (okay, it's not about the town, but it's still the same word).

Yeah, was going to say...

Also "Letter From America" by the Proclaimers wraps up Bathgate, Linwood, Methil, Irvine, Lochaber etc. Not to mention "Sunshine On Leith."

And "HAVER"!

There's also "Paisley Park" by Prince (okay, it's not about the town, but it's still the same word).

Which isn't a hit single

I thought Paisley was mentioned in "These Streets" by Paolo Nutini, but he only mentions a couple of specific streets in Paisley, not Paisley itself.

18 Prince & The Revolution Paisley Park May 1985

Which isn't a hit single

It was in the UK:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_Park_%28song%29

Damn, x-post.

Ha ha, I musta forgot all about that!

<i>"Pudding" (Pink Floyd: "Another Brick in the Wall Part Two")

You playing album versions again?

-- Mark G, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 10:40 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Link</i>

Hey man, American classic rock radio (at least the stations I know) ALWAYS plays the "eat your meat" part!

'Bon marché' (Steely Dan, "Haitian Divorce")

"Wakka" ("Ooh Wakka Doo Wakka Day" by Gilbert O'Sullivan).

"Camisas" ("Favourite Shirts" by Haircut 100).