Word(s) that only ever appeared in one (hit) song, ever.

oh duh "Dom Deluise". and probably matt dillon too.

A Thread For "After The Fire" By Roger Daltrey (composed by Pete Townshend)

"bowakawa" and "pousse" in john lennon's "#9 dream"

'neophobia' in 'facing page: top left' by the manics

"Jon Bon Jovi" also appears on Ben Folds's "Rockin' The Suburbs," but as that peaked at #28 on the Modern Rock chart, it's less a "hit" than "a single by an established artist that received obligatory airplay for a week."

"Hackensack" is in "6 Jerks in a Jeep" by the Andrews Sisters too.

― everything, Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:37 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thanking you for this, i have rarely ranged beyond my one ten-track Andrews Sisters greatest hits and this is not on it. What a great song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k_6_XZ1b4I

"Velcro" in "Thrift Shop" - but I feel like I'm probably missing an obvious one.

dancerie, mjb 'family affair'

I'm guessing somebody on this thread already pointed out "petrified" from "I Will Survive", right?

No, but someone who missed the "hit" part brought up a Pere Ubu song.

Also: "Stupify" (sic) from the Disturbed song of the same title.

'thereof' = Eve 6, "Inside Out"

I would say "blender" also, but the same heart-tender-blender bit appears in "Nookie." I always wondered if that was supposed to be some kind of shoutout or reference or something.

"Velcro" in "Thrift Shop" - but I feel like I'm probably missing an obvious one.

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, July 28, 2013 1:14 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F89McWFENTs

Hot 100 Peak: 35
Mainstream Rock Peak: 15

I cant imagine it wasnt. Durst has done that more than once (dig the extended Suicidal Tendencies shoutout at the beginning of the 2nd verse of Stuck)

xp

I would say "blender" also, but the same heart-tender-blender bit appears in "Nookie." I always wondered if that was supposed to be some kind of shoutout or reference or something.

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, July 28, 2013 3:33 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a blender features very prominently in "Margaritaville"

Buffett has to be a goldmine of these. ''Flip-flops,'' ''pop-top,'' ''latitudes,'' ''carnivorous,'' ''bulghur wheat,'' maybe ''kosher,'' ''hush puppies,'' and (big maybe) ''cheeseburger.''

a veritable smorgasbord

Sad to discover ''Pencil Thin Mustache'' was not a hit, denying us ''bawana'' and ''Brylcreem.''

Steve Miller's "Living in the USA" has a cheeseburger in it. (I checked - yes, it charted)

and speaking of Steve Miller, does any other song have a 707 in it? Or any other specific model of airplane for that matter? (there are a few songs with LearJets in them, but that's just a manufacturer's name, like Boeing or Lockheed, not a specific model)

"kosher" is also in "c'mon" by ke$ha and "over" by drake, which both peaked higher than "cheeseburger in paradise". it has p widespread slang/idiomatic use. buffett maybe the only one to use "kosher pickle" tho

xp elo's "calling america" mentions the 747

far east movement's "like a g6." internet research tells me they were intending to make up a super luxurious gulfstream jet model name for their chorus, but that it turned out there actually is a gulfstream model that the g6 nickname could apply to.

Steve Miller's "Living in the USA" has a cheeseburger in it. (I checked - yes, it charted)

― Lee626, Sunday, July 28, 2013 9:18 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Peaked at #94, not sure I call that a "hit." However if we're willing to go below Top 40, Buffett can also offer us "Three Mile Island," "Comanche," "Yukon," "buzzards," and "Ayatollah" from "Volcano" (#66).

Oh, and "Fins" (#35) has "reef."

"kosher" is also in "rock the casbah."

speaking of which, are there any other top 40 "sharif"s?

Eric Clapton shot one, yuk yuk

and speaking of Steve Miller, does any other song have a 707 in it? Or any other specific model of airplane for that matter? (there are a few songs with LearJets in them, but that's just a manufacturer's name, like Boeing or Lockheed, not a specific model)

CCR's "Travelin' Band" mentions the 737, probably the last time that unfashionable aircraft will be name-dropped in a hit.

"Hush Puppies" is in Pete Townshend's "Rough Boys" and also in Oran "Juice" Jones' "The Rain."

"Latitudes" is in B-52s "Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland"

"Flip-Flops" is in Leighton Meester's "Summer Girl"

Steve Miller's "Living in the USA" has a cheeseburger in it. (I checked - yes, it charted)

― Lee626, Sunday, July 28, 2013 9:18 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Peaked at #94, not sure I call that a "hit."

The first time, yes, but then it was reissued 3 years later and reached #49. That was enough to ensure occasional AOR airplay in the '80s. A mini-hit anyway.

Whoa whoa ...

"The Magnificent Seven" The Clash can has "Cheeseboiger!

John Sebastian - toddled (Darling Be Home Soon)

I would say "blender" also, but the same heart-tender-blender bit appears in "Nookie." I always wondered if that was supposed to be some kind of shoutout or reference or something.

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, July 28, 2013 3:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Let me tell you about this fantastic American art form called "rap music"

Sometimes the lyrics in rap music are so full of references that self-proclaimed "rap geniuses" actually create entire databases documenting and decoding them

Steve Miller's "Living in the USA" has a cheeseburger in it. (I checked - yes, it charted)

― Lee626, Sunday, July 28, 2013 9:18 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Peaked at #94, not sure I call that a "hit."

The first time, yes, but then it was reissued 3 years later and reached #49. That was enough to ensure occasional AOR airplay in the '80s. A mini-hit anyway.

― Lee626, Monday, July 29, 2013 4:22 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oops, you're right - it's in!

re: rap, yeah, uh, i get that, just the particular way Fred Durst delivers the line always made me feel like he thought it was his original awesome rhyme.

Another 'Blender', from "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (written by Warren Zevon, a #31 hit for Linda Ronstadt)

Yes he really worked me over good
He was a credit to his gender
Put me through some changes Lord
Sort of like a Waring blender

wow, even a specific brand of blender!

"If I Were A Carpenter", which has been a hit for several artists, "onlyness"? There's a Birthday Party song with that word, but it wasn't a hit.

"calamine lotion" - Poison Ivy, The Coasters

supertramp's "logical song" must have a few: dependable, presentable, clinical, etc

"calamine lotion" - Poison Ivy, The Coasters

― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Monday, July 29, 2013 10:47 AM (8 hours ago)

Calamine Lotion features a few times in "Foggy Notion" by the Velvet Underground

You know, that hit song by the velvet underground

"Rolleiflex" in Jobim's "Desafinado". Not sure if that's a hit, but it was covered by a zillion people and everyone knows it.

Splackavellie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz9yvs_2nvw

"Victrola" - CCR's Looking out my back door

Also appears in "Dim All the Lights."

And Black Velvet.

Agggghhh that thread is rapidly contaminating all of ILM!

'conceited' and 'smarty' (not used in conjunction with the word 'pants') in "An Invitation To Your Party" by Jerry Lee Lewis (#6 Country)

'smarty' is in "Bust a Move" by Young MC (#7 Pop)

And "Well did ya ever" Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry

Kilimanjaro and Serengeti in Toto's "Africa"
Glasgow in Abba's "Super Trouper"

Unfortunately, as previously discussed, "Serengeti" is also in "Everything Is Everything" by Lauryn Hill.

have just heard a 3rd sacroiliac single, which predates both the others (1961)

Rod McKuen - Oliver Twist Meets The Duke Of Earl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9kqm3bIrI

was a single, not sure it was a hit anywhere.