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
Jay-Z bragged about doing Tae-Bo on Girls, Girls, Girls (US #17) and Nas dissed him for it on Ether.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 17:07 (one year ago) link
"Proofread" in Zebra Katz's "Ima Read"?
― clemenza, Sunday, 20 August 2023 19:08 (one year ago) link
Forgot--"hit song." Well, it was a big hit in my house.
― clemenza, Sunday, 20 August 2023 19:52 (one year ago) link
From "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes":
Thrill me to the marrow
― Kim Kimberly, Sunday, 11 February 2024 04:51 (seven months ago) link
"Pitchfork" appears in one hit song.
"Combine Harvester" by The Wurzels.
I thank you.
― Mark G, Monday, 6 June 2011 09:27 (twelve years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Which also has "gaiters", "wurzels" and "gallivanting".
The Wurzels' "I Am a Cider Drinker" has "britches", "tadpoles" and "newts"
("scrumpy" appears in both songs so is disqualified.)
Meanwhile their minor (#32 hit) "Farmer Bill’s Cowman" has "smock", "broody", "faggots" (the foodstuff), "squelching", "drake", "muck", "shovel", "milking", "ploughman" and "Somerset".
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Sunday, 11 February 2024 10:54 (seven months ago) link
isinglassnoun 1. a kind of gelatin obtained from fish, especially sturgeon, and used in making jellies, glue, etc. and for fining real ale.
Blossom Dearie "Surrey With the Fringe On Top".
― fetter, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 06:25 (four months ago) link