Dukedom ("Duke of Earl").
― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 01:44 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
Milli
― Billy Pilgrim, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
"appointed" -- Bill Withers, "Use Me Up""vegetable" -- Michael Jackson "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
― novamax, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 04:13 (fifteen 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
"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