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

"Alakazam" is indeed in "Open Sesame" by Kool & the Gang.

Also there's the old bubblegum classic "Wham Bam Ala Cazam" by The Tricks but dunno if it was a real hit or not.

Now I'm wondering if "skippers" is in any other songs other than McLaren's "Double Dutch".

"Alakazam" is in Nat King Cole's Orange Coloured Sky, as well as The Marvelettes' My Baby Must Be A Magician.

"eloquence" from When Smokey Sings by ABC

This one is also in De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

when Sting's 'eloquence' escapes you...

And Elton's "Sartorial Eloquence" ..

(I read that as Trio's "Da da da", and was thinking "probably the 12" version..")

God, "Sartorial Eloquence" - got introduced to that through the Elton ballot poll and I swear it now gets stuck in my head more than any of his classic hits. DON'T YOU WANNA PLAY THIS GAME NO MORE???

It also has "indisposed," but I'm sure that has to be on other things.

Black Hole Sun:

"In my eyes. Indisposed. In disguise as no one knows..."

oh duhhhh

Lightning Crashes -- Placenta? As in...

"Her placenta falls to the floor"

"By the middle of March when the pregnancy starts in your lady's placenta - that means L just entered"

"cavalier" in "She's Out of My Life". Probably there's some other hit song that has used it but I can't think of it

no fear, cavalier, renegade and steer clear
a tournament, a tournament, a tournament of flies

That song has too many words in it, invalidates half the songs on this thread

Does "Hormones" appear in any other song besides "Genie in a Bottle" ?

''Area Codes'' for one...

'streamers' in 'Cars and Girls'?

Dean Friedman's "Ariel" has "vertical hold" - and, a long shot, "Jewish."

"faculty" in Bowie's 'Blue Jean'

"trepidation" in pet shop boys - being boring

"congruent" in Eve 6's "Leech." Not a great song by any stretch, but came on my ipod this morning.

"finagling" in "Chug-a-Lug"

"chancellor" and probably a few other things in "Triumph"

Sheryl Crow discussion elsewhere suggests "vending machine," "intellectualism," "brochure," and "nicotine" in "Every Day Is A Winding Road."

"Communist" on "Soak Up The Sun" has to have appeared elsewhere. "Crummy," maybe?

"If It Makes You Happy" has some good proper names (Geronimo, Benny Goodman) and "mosquito" which is probably in a bunch of things I can't place right this second (not to mention "Red Mosquito" by Pearl Jam, which wasn't a commercial single but barely cracked the Modern Rock top 40 anyway).

"A Change Will Do You Good" had "Falstaff," "bottom-feeder," "cement shoes" and "jack off."

Also - "poultry" on "Long Tall Glasses"?

(nothing to do with Sheryl Crow)

'Sodomy' in "What's My Age Again?"

got halfway through typing "it's in 'Disarm'" before I caught myself.

"mosquito" which is probably in a bunch of things I can't place right this second

Smells Like Teen Spirit?

(slaps forehead, squashes mosquito)

This wasn't a big hit, but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOe5ie_cZa0

"2011" in Chromeo's Jealous, which is currently a modest hit in Canada.

there's also loco mosquito by iggy, a jonathan richman song about them, and I think a Stan Ridgway solo track

"Alabaster?" (Wrapped Around Your Finger)

In a few things - discussed upthread. And wow, that Ike & Tina b-side is something.

Oh yeah, written by Tina's sister about Ike!

In honor of the current poll:

'Braille' in "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
'Mathematicians' in "Tangled Up In Blue"

[Sheryl Crow's] "A Change Will Do You Good" had "Falstaff," "bottom-feeder," "cement shoes" and "jack off."

― Doctor Casino, Friday, May 30, 2014 2:02 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also while there are a few hit songs with generic microwave ovens in them, only "A Change Will Do You Good" has a RADARANGE™

tentatively going to suggest 'ciggies' in Looking for Linda by Hue And Cry

also possibly 'errand' and 'intercity'?

Also - "poultry" on "Long Tall Glasses"?

― Doctor Casino, Friday, 30 May 2014 18:06 (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I thought this was 'poetry'..?

"carbon and monoxide"

Hall and Oates--She's Gone

"I am a man of the road, a hobo by name / I don't seek entertainment, just poultry and game." He just showed up for the food, but if dancing's what's required, well, then...

"An intercity disco..." is in We Like To Party by the Vengaboys but since you mention Hue & Cry, can I propose "pseudo-satisfaction" from Labour Of Love?

Well, that's two words, but 'pseudo' hmmmmmm

pseudonym in "babooshka"

On "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide": "zoomy," maybe "mobilize" and "hoot."

― Doctor Casino, Monday, February 10, 2014 1:26 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oops - there's a "hoot-owl" in "Wildfire."

anyone besides the Soft Boys ever sing about Anglepoise lamps?

Aw man, I just heard "She's Gone" and came to post "monoxide," but kornrulez beat me 5 days ago.