Songs With No Lyrics Other Than The Title Sung Over And Over

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Exploited "Sex and Violence"
Was this a cover of Lothar & the Hand People's "S&V" ??

― lovebug starski, Monday, 24 May 2004 09:17 (twenty years ago) link

Chemical Brothers, "It Doesn't Matter" - this, of course, is a sample of Lothar & the Hand People's "It Doesn't Matter"!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 24 May 2004 09:28 (twenty years ago) link

Thee Shatners' durable classic, 'Romulan Attack' has this thread in a Vulcan death grip.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 24 May 2004 09:54 (twenty years ago) link

Doop 'Doop'

Moby 'Go' (yeee-eee-ah?)

Fat Truckers 'Teenage Daughter'

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 24 May 2004 10:12 (twenty years ago) link

Chemical Brothers, "It Doesn't Matter" - this, of course, is a sample of Lothar & the Hand People's "It Doesn't Matter"!

Lothar and the Hand People!!

I have one track of theirs on a compilation I bought ages ago - its called 'Standing On The Moon' and its blumming brilliant - a long, hypnotic, monologue with a dirge-chorus (err...I realise I'm not selling this very well).. is 'It Doesn't Matter' similar? Would you recommend the rest of this band's output?

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Monday, 24 May 2004 10:19 (twenty years ago) link

Sly & the Family Stone's "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" comes pretty close.

― Joseph McCombs, Monday, 24 May 2004 11:32 (twenty years ago) link

"Standing On the Moon" is actually called "Space Hymn", well it is on the album I have. To be honest, I don't think Lothar & the Hand People were that good, their use of electronics isn't very interesting. United States of America, Silver Apples and even Fifty Foot Hose are all better.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 24 May 2004 11:45 (twenty years ago) link

ween - the hiv song
lyrics = aids. hiv.
i interpret it as their "song with a message".

― viduka, Monday, 24 May 2004 11:59 (twenty years ago) link

I'm guessing there might be a few Blues Explosion songs that fall into this bucket.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 24 May 2004 13:09 (twenty years ago) link

Yello "Oh Yeah"

― sexyDancer, Monday, 24 May 2004 13:39 (twenty years ago) link

Daft Punk - 'Oh Yeah'
Lemon Jelly - 'Closer', 'Come'
The Beastie Boys - 'Lighten Up' (comes pretty close)
Cornelius - 'Count Five Or Six' (ditto)
The final minute of JC Chasez' 'All Day Long I Dream About Sex'

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Monday, 24 May 2004 13:47 (twenty years ago) link

Daft Punk - "Around the world"!

― Seb (Seb), Monday, 24 May 2004 13:50 (twenty years ago) link

Broadcast 'Oh How I Miss You'

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 24 May 2004 13:53 (twenty years ago) link

The Boredoms own this thread fulez

― Be sure to Loop! Loop, Loop, Loop. (ex machina), Monday, 24 May 2004 13:54 (twenty years ago) link

'Sing' by Travis has always seemed like one of these type songs.

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Monday, 24 May 2004 13:57 (twenty years ago) link

"Here Comes a Headache" by Hypnolovewheel.

I think, anyway.

"Life's So Short" repeats the title over and over, but ends with "Life's so short - so don't waste it!"

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Monday, 24 May 2004 14:31 (twenty years ago) link

Punk Rock Love - Magnetic Fields

You got to work with what you got - Hand on the Plow (their 1st twelve, and a big cheat)

― ___ (___), Monday, 24 May 2004 14:37 (twenty years ago) link

ah Barima you know 'Sing' has full verses and everything. i did include it on my old 'i hate songs where the chorus is just the title of the song repeated' thread although that theory was somewhat thwarted by The Ramones amongst other people

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 24 May 2004 14:55 (twenty years ago) link

AAAALL WE ARE SAAAAAAAAYIIIIIIIIIIING IS GIIIIVE PEEAAACE A CHAAAAAAAAAAANCE

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 24 May 2004 14:57 (twenty years ago) link

Man, start this thread over. LOOK MOST OF THE SONGS STATED HAVE VERSES! You'll be singing the beatles' "Yeah yeah yeah" song next...

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 24 May 2004 15:01 (twenty years ago) link

Something Against You - Pixies

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 24 May 2004 15:06 (twenty years ago) link

jesus christ already I'll say it again.

We Did It Again by the Soft Machine totally owns.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:14 (twenty years ago) link

"Life's So Short" repeats the title over and over, but ends with "Life's so short - so don't waste it!"

Yeah, I know. The song's really over by the time he says that, though-- it's more like a send-off than anything else.

Daft Punk's "Musique" is another example, right?

And yeah, "We Did It Again" is the clear winner for this thread, although I may be thinking of the Bongwater version when I say that.

― Chris F. (servoret), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:47 (twenty years ago) link

Frankie Laine - Rawhide

― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:49 (twenty years ago) link

I really don't think most dance music should be allowed, there's too many songs that are just one thing repeated. After all...it's time for the percolator

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:52 (twenty years ago) link

Travis - Turn
Travis - Sing
Travis - Safe
Travis - Luv
Travis - Happy

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:59 (twenty years ago) link

Do The Hustle!

― Joseph McCombs, Monday, 24 May 2004 17:01 (twenty years ago) link

I keep wanting to say "What You Do To Me" by Teenage Fanclub, but that has one other line too. It's still a damn sight nearer than "World Shut Your Mouth" - that's not even the only lyrics to the chorus...

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 24 May 2004 17:10 (twenty years ago) link

Dayglo Abortions "Argh Fuck Kill"
Pop Will Eat Itself "There Is No Love Between Us Any More"

― dave q, Monday, 24 May 2004 17:19 (twenty years ago) link

salsoul orchestra - (ooh i love it) love break
=>(not even all of the title is in the song)

also
salsoul orchestra - chicago bus stop (sorta the same thing, they only say "Do the bust stop")

and why would you take dance music out? then you'd be left with mostly just a buncha crappy prog rock things :-p

― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 24 May 2004 17:19 (twenty years ago) link

erm, that should be "do the bus stop"

(though 'bust' works quite well in there, on second thought)

― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 24 May 2004 17:22 (twenty years ago) link

Future Sound of London - We Have Explosive:

We Have Explosive
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have
We have
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have we have
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have
We have
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have
We have
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have
We have
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have
We have
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have explosive
We have
We have
We have explosive

boom!

― harshaw (jube), Monday, 24 May 2004 18:05 (twenty years ago) link

Flipper.

"She's a sex bomb my baby YEAH!"

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Monday, 24 May 2004 18:17 (twenty years ago) link

Soul Finger!
Soul Finger!
Soul Finger!

― Joseph McCombs, Monday, 24 May 2004 20:11 (twenty years ago) link

"Tequila!"

― wetmink (wetmink), Monday, 24 May 2004 21:38 (twenty years ago) link

I vote for "Jackals, False Grails:the Lonesome Era" even though the one line is actually "I've got one holy life to live" and not in fact the song's title, but what the hell

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Monday, 24 May 2004 21:41 (twenty years ago) link

5,6,7,8's - Woo Hoo!

― scotstvo (scotstvo), Monday, 24 May 2004 22:01 (twenty years ago) link

David Crosby "Music Is Love"

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 02:02 (twenty years ago) link

"house of jealous lovers" comes pretty close

You have to remember that the full title is "House of Jealous Lovers (SHAKE DOOOOOOOOWN)" which means it definitely counts.

― mike h. (mike h.), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 03:11 (twenty years ago) link

Does the Posies' "I Could Dream All Day" have any lyrics besides that title repeated a few thousand times?

― j.lu (j.lu), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 03:16 (twenty years ago) link

Nomeansno, "Joy"
Butthole Surfers, "Hay" (tho not "Hey")
Judas Priest's "Defenders Of The Faith" counts, if you pretend it's actually called "(We're All) Defenders Of the Faith"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 03:51 (twenty years ago) link

Wesley Willis to thread.

― Pack Yr Romantic Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 04:18 (twenty years ago) link

Sly & the Family Stone's "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" comes pretty close.

Except that the inversion is the whole point of the song!

But what about "Wipe Out"?

― no opinion, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 04:27 (twenty years ago) link

"She Was a Visitor"-Robert Ashley
Oh, sorry, that's not a "song."

Well, in that case how about the version by Minimal Man.

― no opinion, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 04:28 (twenty years ago) link

falcon & bangalter own this thread!!!

― fernando, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 04:53 (twenty years ago) link

Its not the title, but Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy just goes I WANT YOUR SOUL over and over. Thats oddly all I can think of, for some reason one line songs dont pop into my head, even though when I read others already listed I go "oh yeah that one". Weird.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 06:21 (twenty years ago) link

Funny Little Man. :)

― Pack Yr Romantic Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 06:24 (twenty years ago) link

The Replacements - 'Buck Hill'

― Mog, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 08:45 (twenty years ago) link

Orange Juice "MOSCOW!"

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 08:50 (twenty years ago) link

Onyx - Busdatazz

― M Carty (mj_c), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 09:00 (twenty years ago) link

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Jack Your Body

― Jamie Fake (the pirate king), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 16:56 (twenty years ago) link

Of course, Running Out Of Time! That's exactly what I was thinking of. Injected With A Poison said "we don't need this anymore".

On the ITV Chart Show they were "Digital O" because orgasms are kind of rude.

― John Allison (John Allison), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 16:59 (twenty years ago) link

The Who/High Numbers: "Top Gear" (was that a cover?)

― no opinion, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:07 (twenty years ago) link

Don't Dinosaur Jr.

― ddb, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:08 (twenty years ago) link

close is Throbbing Gristle: "Discipline"
(Discipline, discipline, we need some discipline in here)

― no opinion, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 18:09 (twenty years ago) link

The Godz, "Elevem" (and a few other Godz songz)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 23:33 (twenty years ago) link

FREE SPEECH FREE SPEECH FREE SPEECH FOR THE DUMB FREE SPEECH FREE SPEECH FOR THE DUMB

― Leee's a Simpson (Leee), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 23:38 (twenty years ago) link

Buffalo Daughter - "no new rock"

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:26 (twenty years ago) link

NEU! - "la bomba"

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 09:29 (twenty years ago) link

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