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

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

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

Milli

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

Currently on the charts -

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

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

"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.")

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

amadeus

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

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

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

"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.

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.

womanizer womanizer oh you're a womanizer

Sweet and Tender Hooligan

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

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

"gurgle" in Streetband's "Toast".

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

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

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

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

Et Cet is used a fair bit: "Eleanor" The Turtles, most famously.

So famous it's how it came up in this thread!

Just heard on the radio this morning: "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke.

Slide rule!

"allegorically" in Edwyn Collins' 'A Girl Like You'.

Squirrely - Merle Haggard - The Fightin' Side Of Me

I read about some squirrely guy who claims he just don't believe in fightin' /
And I wonder just how long the rest of us can count on being free

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOY9-vUm7EY

I know all about the warehouse fire
I know squirrelies didn't chew the wires

- REM, "Star 69" (#74, Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Chart)

The AV Club: That’s probably the only pop song with the word “iota” in it.
Stephin Merritt:Hmm, yes. Possibly “quota” as well.

On "Reno Dakota," from 69 Love Songs. Prove them wrong!

"Quota" is in "Piss Factory" by Patti Smith, but calling that a hit (it was a b-side)...

Iota must be somewhere else.

"with a haversack and some trepidation" petshop boys - being boring

"Haversack" is in Bill Joel's "Moving Out"

trepidation, hmm....

Stevie Wonder says

Lonely, my life used to be lonely
Lonely like the lonely single number one
Lonely like a lonely sun
Without a single iota to shine upon

"Haversack" is in Bill Joel's "Moving Out"

You're thinking of "Hackensack," as in the New Jersey municipality. Sadly it's not song-unique either. Wikipedia elaborates:

Hackensack has been mentioned in the lyrics of songs by several musical artists, many of whom have lived in New Jersey or New York City. The town was home to the legendary Van Gelder recording studio where jazz greats Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk recorded some of their landmark work. Monk recorded a tribute to Rudy Van Gelder entitled "Hackensack". Other notable examples of Hackensack in songs include:

* Billy Joel, Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
* Cole Porter, I Happen to Like New York
* FannyPack, Pump That
* Fountains of Wayne, Hackensack. (Welcome Interstate Managers, 2003)
* Ghostface Killah, Wu Banga 101
* Jim Croce, Roller Derby Queen
* Jimmy Durante, Joe Goes Up - I Come Down
* Johnny Cash, I've Been Everywhere (Unchained) a 1996 cover of a number 1 hit in Country Music in November 1962 in the United States by Hank Snow
* Peter Schickele (under the pseudonym P.D.Q. Bach), O Little Town of Hackensack, a humorous parody of the traditional carol O Little Town of Bethlehem.
* Redman, Pick It Up
* Steely Dan, Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More. (Katy Lied, 1975)
* System of a Down, Lost in Hollywood. (Mezmerize)
* The Game, 200 bars and runnin'

Furthermore, the Danish rockband Hackensack has taken their name from the town.

Not sure any of those qualify as "hits" but the Cole Porter might be a "standard" and the Johnny Cash track was in an advert...

"Swarfega" in Goldfrapp's Twist
"Leodensian" in I Predict a Riot

"Parthenogenesis" in Shriekback's (admittedly minor) hit "Nemesis".

xxp:

Not to mention "Hadrosaur From Hackensack"!

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"Forecort" in Morrissey's 'Alsatian Cousin'

"Hackensack" is in "6 Jerks in a Jeep" by the Andrews Sisters too.

Maybe:

"Petroglyphs" in Bruce Cockburn's "Wondering Where The Lions Are"
"John Birch" in Charlie Daniels' "Uneasy Rider"

Serengeti (you know where)

Shows up in "Africa" by Toto (#1, Hot 100) and in "Everything is Everything" (#14, R&B) by Lauryn Hill.

Fair enough, but "Everything is Everything" is, so to speak, out of "Africa's" league on several levels, including airplay right?

Here's another obvious one: "Karamu"

lol was coming here to post "Kilimanjaro‎"

"Everything is Everything" was pretty huge on the radio that one year the radio only played Lauryn Hill.

That was a pretty dope year btw.