"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
Et Cet is used a fair bit: "Eleanor" The Turtles, most famously.
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 December 2009 08:42 (fourteen years ago) link
So famous it's how it came up in this thread!
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 3 December 2009 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Just heard on the radio this morning: "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke.
Slide rule!
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 3 December 2009 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
"allegorically" in Edwyn Collins' 'A Girl Like You'.
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 3 December 2009 15:04 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOY9-vUm7EY
― everything, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I know all about the warehouse fireI know squirrelies didn't chew the wires
- REM, "Star 69" (#74, Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Chart)
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
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!
― WARWICK. CAPPER. (sic), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 06:27 (fourteen years ago) link
"Quota" is in "Piss Factory" by Patti Smith, but calling that a hit (it was a b-side)...
Iota must be somewhere else.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 10:48 (fourteen years ago) link
"with a haversack and some trepidation" petshop boys - being boring
― Luz, a saucy taco slinger (hmmmm), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 09:18 (fourteen years ago) link
"Haversack" is in Bill Joel's "Moving Out"
trepidation, hmm....
― Mark G, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 09:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Stevie Wonder says
Lonely, my life used to be lonelyLonely like the lonely single number oneLonely like a lonely sunWithout a single iota to shine upon
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 10:44 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
* 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...
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 12:36 (fourteen years ago) link
"Swarfega" in Goldfrapp's Twist"Leodensian" in I Predict a Riot
― gotanynewsstory? (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 12:41 (fourteen years ago) link
"Parthenogenesis" in Shriekback's (admittedly minor) hit "Nemesis".
― Sean Carruthers, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:01 (fourteen years ago) link
xxp:
Not to mention "Hadrosaur From Hackensack"!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51le9%2BNXapL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:07 (fourteen years ago) link
"Forecort" in Morrissey's 'Alsatian Cousin'
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
"Hackensack" is in "6 Jerks in a Jeep" by the Andrews Sisters too.
― everything, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe:
"Petroglyphs" in Bruce Cockburn's "Wondering Where The Lions Are""John Birch" in Charlie Daniels' "Uneasy Rider"
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 01:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Serengeti (you know where)
― Now, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Shows up in "Africa" by Toto (#1, Hot 100) and in "Everything is Everything" (#14, R&B) by Lauryn Hill.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link
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"
― Now, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 06:02 (fourteen years ago) link
lol was coming here to post "Kilimanjaro"
― Aqua Backrat (ENBB), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 06:05 (fourteen years ago) link
"Everything is Everything" was pretty huge on the radio that one year the radio only played Lauryn Hill.
― what a tragedy for gingers (The Reverend), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 06:07 (fourteen years ago) link
That was a pretty dope year btw.
― what a tragedy for gingers (The Reverend), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 06:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I mean, the thread title isn't "...that only ever appeared in one (ginormous monster international hit) song, ever." "Everything Is Everything" got a lot of video play, too.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 06:20 (fourteen years ago) link
"Moot" as used by Rick Springfield in Jessie's Girl.
I wanna tell her that I love her but the point is probably moot.
― filthy dylan, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 06:59 (fourteen years ago) link
"K-K-K-K-K-K-Katmandu!"
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 03:47 (fourteen years ago) link
So far as I know the word "efficacious" has only appeared in one single, and that was for "New Language" by The Pursuit of Happiness which was a minor hit in Canada at least.
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link
"Habitations" in Where It's At by Beck
― mashup, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 04:21 (fourteen years ago) link
whoa! xpost!
Check "Lily The Pink", which was what I thought you were going to say!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 07:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Weird...it's quite possible that that one was more popular everywhere but Canada? Either way, was not expecting there to be another!
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 12:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Well, certainly in the UK.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link
"Encumber" in "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (Hollies or whoever)
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 June 2010 13:58 (fourteen years ago) link
The word "Bosom" is fairly archaic, and could conceivably have been considered as to not appear in any hit song, as previously would have been considered too "rude" to be used as such, and too old-fashioned to be used after it was OK to do so.
And then...
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 June 2010 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
"Disillusionment" Alanis Morissette - "Thank U"
― Miles "Tails" Davis (Daruton), Thursday, 3 June 2010 14:06 (fourteen years ago) link
― Mark G, Thursday, June 3, 2010 10:00 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
And then....
― Otherwise you're kinda being comp-lit in his racism. (kkvgz), Thursday, 3 June 2010 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_npVuxx3medM/R5lrWeeAdWI/AAAAAAAACxc/b4OE4zu5OcE/s400/cornershop-brimful_of_asha_s.jpg
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 June 2010 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Sadly, "The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray" was not a hit:
"Lady, if your bosom is heaving don't waste your bosom on me.Let it heave for a man who's breathing, a man who can feel, a man who can see."
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 June 2010 14:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Back in the days when saying "bosom" would get you banned from Radio 1.
Radio4 would be OK with it tho.
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 June 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr Elvis Presley:
Well! You rock my soul (Down in the bosom of Abraham)Rock rock rock (Down in the bosom of Abraham)Rock my soul (Down in the bosom of Abraham)Rock hmm, rock oh yeah,Oh Lordy Lord,Oh rock my soulWhy don’t you rock my soul
― sent from my neural lace (ledge), Thursday, 3 June 2010 14:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Ladies and Gentlemen, Ms Bea Arthur:
We'll always be bosom buddies,Friends, sisters and pals;We'll always be bosom buddies,If life should reject you,There's me to protect you.
― sent from my neural lace (ledge), Thursday, 3 June 2010 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
"Lumbago" (Small Faces, "Lazy Sunday")
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 June 2010 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
... same song also has "khazi"
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 June 2010 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I believe Snoopy had a hit in Holland with "No Time for a Tango"...
Besides I have a lumbagoFrom dancin' too long
― sent from my neural lace (ledge), Thursday, 3 June 2010 14:29 (fourteen years ago) link