"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
"Orthopaedic Shoes"
(Rock and roll baby, the Stylistics)
― Mark G, Thursday, 30 April 2009 09:18 (fifteen years ago) link
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, WireMaisonettes: 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
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
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
"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
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
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