"Anaesthetize" has a couple of appearances upthread, I fear.
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Friday, 6 January 2023 15:33 (one year ago) link
Two contenders from Ray Stevens' Mr. Businessman (US #28): 'sinuses' and 'harlot'.
The single didn't chart, but "harlot" appears in Dylan's "Jokerman", which received a lot of airplay and is probably his best-remembered song of the 80s.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 6 January 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
If we're counting compound nouns, Nine Inch Nails' Wish is probably the only song that won a Grammy to include the word "fist fuck".
― fragglerock, Saturday, 7 January 2023 15:32 (one year ago) link
Electroencephalograph
― Mark G, Saturday, 7 January 2023 17:00 (one year ago) link
"Makings," in Stevie Wonder's "Master Blaster (Jammin')." A much bigger hit than its present-day profile would suggest.
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 19 January 2023 16:35 (one year ago) link
Nope, from Lou Christie's #1 hit "Lightning Strikes":
Listen to me, baby, you gotta understand You're old enough to know the makings of a man
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 19 January 2023 16:58 (one year ago) link
Damn!
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 19 January 2023 17:59 (one year ago) link
Fish in a barrel here, but "hermeneutic" in Scritti Politti "Lover to Fall".
― New York Review of Wooks (swim), Saturday, 4 February 2023 15:50 (one year ago) link
Hit single?
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 February 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
Fair point, though it seems like that ship has sailed several times upthread.
― New York Review of Wooks (swim), Saturday, 4 February 2023 18:41 (one year ago) link
sideboard - Chas & Dave
― fetter, Saturday, 4 February 2023 20:37 (one year ago) link
I think Chas & Dave have quite a few of these.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 February 2023 20:40 (one year ago) link
“Sideboard” in “Come Together” also
― Josefa, Saturday, 4 February 2023 20:43 (one year ago) link
But did that reach the dizzy heights of No. 55* in the charts like "The Sideboard Song" did?
(It only reached 55? What the hell?!?!)
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 February 2023 20:47 (one year ago) link
Chas & Dave's "Snooker Loopy" (No. 6 in the charts) has:
snookerbaizebogglesTaffgaffbarnetsod
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 February 2023 20:53 (one year ago) link
The lyrics for Snooker Loopy are so precise and expressive. I love them.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 17:00 (one year ago) link
'boggles' is in Starshaped by Blur (not a single, though)
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 22:34 (one year ago) link
"well-thumbed" in Bowie's "John I'm Only Dancing"?
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 23:20 (one year ago) link
Surely surely ba-burly this has already been mentioned, but in case not:
virtually every single word in "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis (U.S #6)
― henry s, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 23:30 (one year ago) link
'jugulate' in Lisztomania
― The field divisions are fastened with felicitations. (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 23:40 (one year ago) link
also, 'Lisztomania'
but was it a hit? yeah, sort of
It peaked at #11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in the US[1] and as well as #15 in Belgium.[2] ... The song came in at #4 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2009,[3] making Phoenix the first French band to finish in the top 5 of the Hottest 100.
― The field divisions are fastened with felicitations. (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 7 February 2023 23:45 (one year ago) link
Also not a single but Gilbert has a 'The Mind Boggles' from his self-titled 2018 album - making this maybe the third or fourth time he's been mentioned here by me or houdinisaid.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 7 February 2023 23:54 (one year ago) link
Women of Country thread made me think of "Easy from Now On" and the word "fandangle"
― Indexed, Friday, 10 March 2023 16:35 (one year ago) link
Heard "Don't Sleep in the Subway" on the radio today: "wherefore."
Also has "deflated".
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 April 2023 12:00 (one year ago) link
"allegorically" in Edwyn Collins' 'A Girl Like You'.
― PaulTMA, Thursday, December 3, 2009 7:04 AM (thirteen years ago)
Also, how about "metaphorically"?
― Day 1 fan (morrisp), Monday, 22 May 2023 22:30 (one year ago) link
Has any song besides White Town's "Your Woman" used the word Marxist, let alone "highbrow Marxist ways?"
― mike a, Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:43 PM
Just saw the video, wondered the same thing, and was compelled to check this thread… (late by 15.5 yrs)
― Bittern Storm Over My Hammy (morrisp), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 05:18 (one year ago) link
Not the same but Bros' When Will I Be Famous has 'Karl Marx' (I'm guessing Marx is more common than Marxist).
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 06:00 (one year ago) link
'Dostoevsky' in Belle & Sebastian's 'This is Just A Modern Rock Song'.
― (picnic, lightning) very very frightening (Chinaski), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 16:22 (one year ago) link
Thankfully not a hit song.
― John Donne In Concert (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 17:53 (one year ago) link
xxp (to myself) Worth noting that personal (and ILM EOY poll!) fave "High School in Jakarta" went to #2 in Indonesia and #9 in Malaysia – and its lyrics, of course, include the phrase "Marxist girl with marijuana"
― Bittern Storm Over My Hammy (morrisp), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 17:54 (one year ago) link
'time' by david bowie contains the word WANKING
― ava (paolo), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 07:45 (one year ago) link
not really a hit song tbf but it was on a hit album and off the top of my head i can't think of any other songs that feature that vile term
― ava (paolo), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 07:46 (one year ago) link
'I'm a wanker' (as in wanking, not the insult) is the chorus of Ivor Biggun and the Red Nosed Burglars' 1978 No. 22 chart smash "The Winker's Song (Misprint)"
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 08:18 (one year ago) link
Er, what is "wanking" if not a term to describe masturbating?
― henry s, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 12:32 (one year ago) link
Wanker not wanking
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 12:33 (one year ago) link
I doubt that.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 14:55 (one year ago) link
Has anyone other than the mighty Train ever had a hit song containing the words “soy latte”?
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:05 (one year ago) link
I don’t know but there is a lyric on the verve’s “comeback album” that goes:“New York, I was JudasShe said 'A latte, double shot for Judas'”
― brimstead, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:16 (one year ago) link
Madonna's American Life hit number 37 on the Top 100. Does that count?
I'm drinking a soy latteI get a double shotte
― peace, man, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:21 (one year ago) link
Also "mocha chocolate latte" in #1 "Lady Marmalade"
j/k
― Josefa, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:24 (one year ago) link
regret to inform you that the word "latte" appears in train's "drops of jupiter"
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:30 (one year ago) link
I think that's where the conversation started.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:31 (one year ago) link
It also has Tae Bo in it, though I've heard of Tae Bo or, indeed, this song.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:33 (one year ago) link
xp ah yes, my bad
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:43 (one year ago) link
is "aenima" by tool a hit?
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
(xxp) never heard of, that is
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:47 (one year ago) link
Good question. Do we define "hit" in terms of chart performance and/or radio play? Or familiarity with the general populace?
I am an adult American urban human who is reasonably well-versed in popular rock and roll music. I have never willingly heard a song by Tool (or Primus or Dream Theater or a thousand other bands with fervent followings).
― Bonobo Vox (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 15:52 (one year ago) link
By now, I think "Familiarity" has taken hold. But, bonus points for an actual chart hit...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 16:08 (one year ago) link
"Tae Bo" is actually an even better pull from that same song (although I could see a rule where "proper nouns" don't count)
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 16:14 (one year ago) link