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

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

The Reverend, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 07:46 (fifteen years ago) link

BARRACUDA!

The Reverend, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 07:49 (fifteen years ago) link

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

Mark G, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 08:20 (fifteen years ago) link

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

The Reverend, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 08:31 (fifteen years ago) link

eight months pass...

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?

dad a, Thursday, 12 March 2009 05:22 (fifteen years ago) link

Les Sexareenos - everybody sexareeno!

meisenfek, Thursday, 12 March 2009 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link

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

Wax Cat, Saturday, 14 March 2009 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link

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.

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 March 2009 04:07 (fifteen years ago) link

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

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 March 2009 04:07 (fifteen years ago) link

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

xhuxk, Sunday, 15 March 2009 04:24 (fifteen years ago) link

"reciprocity" : Lauryn Hill 'Ex-Factor'

sheets was skeeted on (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 15 March 2009 04:31 (fifteen years ago) link

"flatulant" in frankly, mr. shankly.

carahNYC, Sunday, 15 March 2009 04:48 (fifteen years ago) link

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

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 March 2009 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link

one month passes...

"Orthopaedic Shoes"

(Rock and roll baby, the Stylistics)

Mark G, Thursday, 30 April 2009 09:18 (fifteen years ago) link

"reciprocity" : Lauryn Hill 'Ex-Factor'

Damn you, beaten to the punch!

Chris in Belfast, Thursday, 30 April 2009 16:26 (fifteen years ago) link

"Verisimilitude"

Teenage Fanclub - Verisimilitude

Chris in Belfast, Thursday, 30 April 2009 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link

"samin'"

"These Boots Are Made For Walking"

henry s, Thursday, 30 April 2009 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link

Wire and Brian Eno are helpful here.

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

kornrulez6969, Thursday, 30 April 2009 16:52 (fifteen years ago) link

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

kornrulez6969, Thursday, 30 April 2009 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link

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.)

xhuxk, Thursday, 30 April 2009 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link

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

xhuxk, Thursday, 30 April 2009 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link

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

kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 30 April 2009 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link

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.

kornrulez6969, Thursday, 30 April 2009 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link

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

dad a, Thursday, 30 April 2009 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Andy Griffith: Drake - Best I Ever Had

some of the greatest artists ever are bland (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 01:08 (fourteen years ago) link

Dukedom ("Duke of Earl").

clemenza, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 01:44 (fourteen years ago) link

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

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

xhuxk, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link

Thanks for the correction, I can vaguely remember hearing part of that song before.

some of the greatest artists ever are bland (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 02:50 (fourteen years ago) link

Milli

Billy Pilgrim, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link

"appointed" -- Bill Withers, "Use Me Up"
"vegetable" -- Michael Jackson "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"

novamax, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link

three months pass...

Currently on the charts -

"lycanthropy" - Shakira, "She-Wolf"
"Windex" - Mariah Carey, "Obsessed"

Doctor Casino, Friday, 16 October 2009 08:06 (fourteen years ago) link

I believe that Love Is A Wonderful Colour by Icicle Works contains the 'word' unrelentless

Daniel Giraffe, Friday, 16 October 2009 08:13 (fourteen years ago) link

four weeks pass...

"cockatoo" -- Rolf Harris, "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport"

Turns out this is also in "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil (which also features the words "Kentmore West" and "Yuendemu.")

xhuxk, Saturday, 14 November 2009 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link

has "Tyson Beckford" appeared in any songs other than blessid union of souls' "Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me)"?

it's a harb knock life for us (Curt1s Stephens), Saturday, 14 November 2009 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link

amadeus

Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 15 November 2009 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

The Hombres, Let It All Hang Out": "Eatin' a Reuben sandwich with sauerkraut." I didn't know they made them any other way!

dad a, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link

Turtles "Elenore" has to be the only hit song that has "etcetera" in the chorus

strange asses outside liquor stores (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link

"Automo-bills" Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills, Bills

Daruton, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link

"Orthopaedic Shoes"
(Rock and roll baby, the Stylistics)

There are some orthopaedic shoes in a Belle & Sebastien b-side. Not sure if it was a hit.

Teh Movable Object (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link

There's that song by the Smiths that has etcetera in it. Can't remember which one it is. Pretty sure that it's a rip-off of "The Town I Live In" by Jackie Lee because Morrisey uses it in a pretty similar way.

everything, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link

womanizer womanizer oh you're a womanizer

Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link

Sweet and Tender Hooligan

xpost

l'homme moderne: il forniquait et lisait des journaux (Michael White), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link

Ah yes. Great song. Not a hit song though, nor was Jackie Lee's song, so I guess "etcetera" stands for now.

everything, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link

I know it's a two-year old post i'm responding to, but FANCY PANTS, C'MON!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Qu0Arjtfg

Fellini.Kuti, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link

"gurgle" in Streetband's "Toast".

everything, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link

Doubtful that it was a hit, but "columnated" in Beach Boys - Surf's Up

Daruton, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 23:29 (fourteen years ago) link

Re: Sweet and Tender Hooligan: Morrissey pronounces it "excetra" which drives me crazy every time I hear it.

wmlynch, Thursday, 3 December 2009 00:21 (fourteen years ago) link

"Surry" as a verb, in "Stoned Soul Picnic" by the 5th Dimension. Not used elsewhere 'cause it's not a real word.

Josefa, Thursday, 3 December 2009 05:28 (fourteen years ago) link

"Et cetera, et cetera in a cashmere sweater" : Doug E Fresh - Keep Risin' to the Top [#4 Hot R&B/Hip Hop]

marcloithic (los blue jeans), Thursday, 3 December 2009 05:56 (fourteen years ago) link


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