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

Take it to the "word(s) that appear in every song apart from one, ever" thread.

"The Caterpillar"! That's it.

"Wuthering" Heights by Kate Bush

There's a lot to choose from in "We Didn't Start the Fire," so I'll just pick one: "Panmunjom"

The same goes for "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)": "Leonid Brezhnev"

Parthenogenesis as part of Shriekback's Nemesis.

"Underwhelmed", Sloan

"Alabaster Lady" by Carole King.

Quote "Wrapped Around Your Finger" by The Police:

"I will turn your face to alabaster, when you find the sermon is your master".

"Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"

Not a hit song (although familiar to a larger number of people than most hit songs have ever been, it can be argued)

I guess Acker Bilk's "Summer Set" doesn't count against.

"Pønkebassgitar" (Delillos - Min beibi dro avsted)

"Pønkeruckelektrikgitar" The Members - Sound of the Suburbs

"Checkers" ("MacArthur Park")

"Knees" (MacArthur Park)

"Watch it bring you to your sha,na,na,na,na,na,na,na,na,knees, knees"

Loadsa knees!

"California Dreaming" for a kickoff.

I was beginning to doubt 'knees' as I wrote. Scritti are mentioned above, and are probably a safe bet, though. How about "negation" in 'First Boy in This Town (Lovesick)' which was a single, though whether it was actually a hit?

"Pønkebassgitar" (Delillos - Min beibi dro avsted)

That particular spelling of "beibi" may also be unique.
(Probably a lot of unique words in the entire "big four" of Norwegian 80s rock - maybe apart from Jokke, who wrote about more "down to earth" subjects)

"Vestibule" - My ding-a-ling, Chuck Berry

Great choice from first post on this thread, but no longer valid after 38 years -- "vestibule" is also in "Love Is A Beautiful Thing" by Phil Vassar, which topped the country chart (and I'm pretty sure also crossed over to the pop chart) earlier this year.

Prince: Musicology

Was the Tragically Hip's "Bobcaygeon" a 'hit' in Canada? It won a "single of the year" Juno and still gets radio play. Anyway, I don't know of any other hits that reference Bobcaygeon.

Show me a song with "anaconda" other that that one song by that rapper guy.

"nadir" used by Metallica in Blackend.

Mariah Carey using "fathomed" in "We Belong Together"

BARRACUDA!

from "Barracuda" by Heart, and "Summer Fun" by the Barracuda's right?

what is "Summer Fun" by the Barracuda's right?

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:2ecpuIn2MmVKzM:http://recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com/artists/barracudas/summer7uk.jpg

In Boogie Down Productions' "My Philosophy" KRS-One says, "a lot of MC's like to use the word dramatical," but I can't think of anyone who does other than him. That was a hit, right?

Les Sexareenos - everybody sexareeno!

Surely 'Everywhere' by Fleetwood Mac is the only pop song to use the word "peculiarly". Double deffo.

Have to sadly rule out a bunch of things from upthread (having sat and read this whole thing):

"Foolhardy" is in "One Dyin' and a Buryin'" (#10 country, #34 Hot 100) by Roger Miller, in addition to the Bob Kuban & The In-Men song.

"Anaesthetize" has already been ruled out but here's another: REM's "Bad Day"

"gunnin'" is probably in tons of things and certainly is in "Method Man."

"whippoorwill" is also in "Don't It Make You Want To Go Home?" by Joe South.

"contradiction" shows up in "Walking Contradiction" by Green Day in addition to "Karma Chameleon." Green Day also gave us "masturbation" in "Longview."

Eiffel Tower was brought up for some reason and was also in "I Can See For Miles" by the Who.

"Stance" is in "Drop" by the Pharcyde (#5 on the US rap charts, #4 US dance), not just "Buffalo Stance."

pesos, waffle-house, damning, boy-shorts, doubling
- R Kelly feat Usher 'Same Girl'

"Pesos" is in "Banditos" by the Refreshments. "Waffle House" must be in some country songs.

"stingray" is in that Jimmy Ray song, not just "Rock Lobster."

Also not just in Rock Lobster: "lobster," which features prominently in the Red Lobster scene of "Big Ole Butt" by LL CooL J.

Speaking of LL, though, I think he might have a unique word with "locusts" from "Deepest Bluest (Shark's Fin)."

"shih tzu" -- "Brand New Girlfriend," Steve Holy (#1 country single, 2005)

"reciprocity" : Lauryn Hill 'Ex-Factor'

"flatulant" in frankly, mr. shankly.

Debunked: "anarchy" also shows up in Sheryl Crow's "Every Day Is A Winding Road."

"Orthopaedic Shoes"

(Rock and roll baby, the Stylistics)

"reciprocity" : Lauryn Hill 'Ex-Factor'

Damn you, beaten to the punch!

"Verisimilitude"

Teenage Fanclub - Verisimilitude

"samin'"

"These Boots Are Made For Walking"

Wire and Brian Eno are helpful here.

Cartologist: Map Reference, Wire
Maisonettes: Cindy Tells Me, Brian Eno

One would imagine John Cale would also have a bunch. But I just don't have the energy....

John Cale has "hits"? (I dunno, maybe he does in Wales.)

And where were Wire's "Map Reference" and Eno's "Cindy Tells Me" hits? (Not being sarcastic; just curious. I might want to move there.)

Coolerator -- Chuck Berry, "You Never Can Tell"

Sort of appalled that "kaopectate" isn't in here yet.

Didn't see the "hit" part of thread title.

But I guess you don't remember the summer of '74, when all the kids just couldn't get enough of Mother Whale Eyeless.

A twofer in Sweet Home Alabama: "Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers." Shoals? Swampers?

Andy Griffith: Drake - Best I Ever Had

Dukedom ("Duke of Earl").

xp, Nah, the Bellamy Brothers got to Andy Griffith long before Drake did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6JrAcuHsJ0