Songs where the title is only sung once, as the last line of the song

Noooh!

"The perfect kiss is the kiss of death"

and into the chorus one more time.

On Little Wing on Axis Bold As Love, Jimi sings 'fly on little wing' at 1:45, and then mumbles something like 'yeah yeah yeah little wing' at 2:15 during the outro

But at 2:15 how are you certain it's 'little wing' what's hes mumbling seems to me like he's away from the mic when it happens. He could be saying 'need some weed' as far as we know. Or it could be just a wordless soul thing.

He definitely sings something though, so I guess the previous 'little wing' isn't the last line of the song

I did start listening to the Sting version to see if that was different, but I just couldn't make it to the end ;_;

Didn't even make a start on the Corrs one

Then just take whatever version of the song you want, the mumbling is there on the studio version and was played by jimi live only 8 times and they don't have the mumbling going on. Stevie Ray's version?

I think the Corrs version does say it several times but that's because the guitar guy can't solo like Jimi or Stevie and the girls can't keep their mouth shut.

Also if we're being strict many of the songs mentioned so far could get disqualified. Fortunate son only says the title once at the end but there's a 'no' after it. (I ain't no fortunate son, no) but a yeah yeah yeah mmmumbling wont appear in any lyrics site or booklet.

I thought of Children of the Grave but Ozzy shouts 'yeah!' for no reason after it

But that's my point are those sort of 'yeah's or 'mmmm's or whatever approving sound an integral part of the lyrics or an afterthought because the singer was 'feeling' it. In a song like 'she loves you yeah yeah yeah' they are written beforehand but a yeah inside a solo or at the end is made in the moment and you can listen to live versions of songs where these sort of 'yeahs' are displaced or not even there meaning they are not really part of the intended song.

In the "so close yet so far" category, there's Drifter's Escape by Bob Dylan.

"And while everybody knelt to pray, the drifter did escape."

I'm taking the question as the real 'last line' in the lyrics of a song, if the singer mumbles or says 'is it still recording' or whatever I'd say it doesn't count but I'm not OP.

Don't know what number we're up to but:

John Cale, "Antarctica Starts Here"

I think "Yeah" can be discounted: "Yeah yeah yeah yeah" maybe not.

Which means "Children of the grave" is in.

It's my dissertation topic, and I would say that grunts, yeahs, oohs and other exclaimations would not disqualify a song from the list.

I would even count Prince's Ballad Of Dorothy Parker, even though there are lots of background "Dorothy Parker" chants after that line. It's borderline but I think I can defend it in my oral argument.

Can think of more where the title is only sung once as the first line of the song.

very good call on Pearl Jam's "Last Exit" because as far as i can tell he's singing the whole song with marbles in his mouth

"18 Wheels of Love" - Drive-By Truckers

100. Mecca Normal - Paris in April

Oh now I remember the one I was graspingfor:

101. Twat - John Cooper Clarke

102. Silvio Rodriguez - Por Quien Merece Amor

103. guided by voices - yours to keep

104. Mogwai - "Helps Both Ways"

sad to discover than "Unforgiven Two" doesn't qualify, says it in the middle as well :(

― da croupier, Thursday, 5 February 2015 15:15 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well and also to be pedantic, the lyric is "unforgiven, too"....though it would be totally like Hetfield to bark "UNFORGIVEN TWOOOO-OOOOOOOOOOOH----WAHHH!" like he was adding ending credits to his song

105. I Died Today - Rodd Keith

"It Sure Can Get Cold in Des Moines"

107. Peter Gabriel - Lead a Normal Life

108. Green Day - Geek Stink Breath

Didn't see this on here yet...

109. Lifetime - (The Gym Is) Neutral Territory

110 did I mention Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" but only the version by The Dickies? Does it count?

111. "I Figured You Out" - Elliott Smith

112. Neil Young - Speakin' Out

113. Love - "Signed D.C."

(In at number 25)

114. Depeche Mode, "It Doesn't Matter Two"

The last line in the song is "it doesn't matter" and the "two" is only in the title because they had an earlier song that was also called "It Doesn't Matter", so for me this counts.

115. Radiohead - You never wash up after yourself

116. Marvin Gaye – When Did You Stop Loving Me

117. Youthmovies - Last Night Of The Proms

Billy Bragg (and as covered by Dubstar) - St. Swithin's Day

118. Marduk - Fistfucking God's Planet

More billy bragg:
119. Billy Bragg - Greetings to the New Brunette
120. Billy Bragg - Tank Park Salute

121. The Crash - Still Alive

122. "We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed" - Los Campesinos!

123. "This Is Hardcore" - Pulp

124. "Sleep the Clock Around" - Belle & Sebastian

125. "Last Place You Look" - The Get Up Kids

"this is hardcore" is sung more than once.

ah, you're right. damn.

126. Dion - Abraham, Martin & John