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

Of course.

"Vestal Virgins"...?

More possiblities from another overblown epic:

Bustle
Hedgerow

"Pig skin" - paranoid android

"Pig skin" - In the End - Linkin Park

System of A Down - Chop Suey, "Self-righteous"

who'd a thought it

xp

surely Prince is not alone with 'Corvette'?

^^^Eiffel 65 - Blue

think we did this before but there really aren't that many hits mentioning 'the internet'. Mousse T's 'Horny' was the first one I recall.

Has any other hit song mentioned "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"?

kate nash probably

For some reason I'm sorta proud I can write that word correctly without checking the spelling from anywhere.

"Defecating" - Fugees, Ready or Not

"Haver" - Proclaimers - 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)'

No doubt there's several other words/places in their songs, Kilmarnock/Stranraer/Leith for starters.

There may be some words in "The Logical Song" that haven't been used a lot in other lyrics.

Queen's "Machines (Or Back To Humans)" may not have been a hit, but it's surely the only lyric ever that has included the word "parahumanoidarianised"

Is "West End Girls" the only international hit song to mention "Finland"?

Well, I guess that Monty Python song wasn't a hit. :)

Oh yeah, I've heard that one. Probably wasn't a hit, yes.

Continuing on the them, Tricky's "Christiansands" is probably the only well-known (outside Finland) tune to mention Helsinki.

"Heck-a-slammin'" - Prince: "U Got The Look"

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" surely most be the only hit song to mention mosquito and albino?

Maybe even "rammin'" from same song.

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Tricky's "Christiansands" is probably the only well-known (outside Finland) tune to mention Helsinki.

Surely the only international hit tune to mention Kristiansand anyway ;)

Bolton,
Barnsley,
Nelson,
Colne,
Burnley
Bradford,
Buxton,
Crewe,
Warrington,
Widnes,
Wigan,
Leeds,
Northwich,
Nantwich,
Knutsford,
Hull,
Sale,
Salford,
Southport,
Leigh,
Derby,
Kearsley
Keighley
Maghull,
Harrogate,
Huddersfield,
Oldham, Lancs,
Grimsby,
Glossop,
Hebden Bridge,

It's Grim Up North,
It's Grim Up North.

Brighouse,
Bootle,
Featherstone,
Speke,
Runcorn,
Rotherham,
Rochdale,
Barrow,
Morecambe,
Macclesfield,
Lytham St. Annes
Clitheroe,
Cleethorpes,
The M62,

It's Grim Up North,
It's Grim Up North.

Pendlebury,
Prestwich,
Preston,
York,
Skipton,
Scunthorpe,
Scarborough-on-Sea,
Chester,
Chorley,
Cheedle Hulme,
Ormskirk,
Accrington Stanley,
and Leigh,
Ossett,
Otley,
Ikley Moor,
Sheffield,
Manchester,
Castleford,
Skem,
Doncaster,
Dewsbury,
Hali-fax,
Bingley,
Bramall,
Are all in the North.

It's Grim Up North,
It's Grim Up North,
It's Grim Up North,
It's Grim Up North.

It's Grim Up North,
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It's Grim Up North

PICK THE CHANGE OUT OF THAT LOT

Most of those cities have probably been mentioned in other songs too. Only not at the same time.

"cities"

someone must've said "fancy that" in a hit song once. maybe jay-z.

-- blueski, Monday, January 21, 2008 4:01 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

lol @ the idea of an American using that phrase

Surely this thread hasn't gotten this far without a mention of the word "prerogative".

Yeah, Jay-Z's not the kind of guy who'd drop camp-ass British expressions into his lyrics. xp

"Tractatus" immediately springs to mind, in Gettin and Havin and Holdin by Scritti Politti

Y'know that bit in the thread title where it says "hit", right?

99 Palavers But A Nincompoop Bain't Being One Of Them

Ah yes, I forgot about the 'hit' element. Still, you can't argue with managing to squeeze the word Tractatus into any song!

i came to this thread to say Ilkley a la Grim Up North
damn you Noodle ..
however, i cant see too many people using the word : parthenogenesis other than the glorious Shriekback ?

Nemesis was a hit for them wasn't it ?

Is "Ossie's Dream" by Chas and Dave the only song to contain the word "blinder"?

There's a good 60 percent of "It's Grim" that I'd be very surprised if they'd ever been in another hit song. I'm looking at you, Lytham St Anne's.

i saw Old Man Gartside in the pub on Saturday, should've grilled him on Wittgenstein

"Nemesis" by Shriekback rose to the dizzy heights of #94 in June 1985.

"Moot" ("Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield)

"True like the Tractatus" is kind of a joke that keeps on giving.

Re. "Ossie's Dream" - surely "trembly" is a nonce word there too?

"Defecating" - Fugees, Ready or Not

Defecating also mentioned in a Bowie song, I think We Are The Dead

Yeah, probly several dozen Metal songs too. None of which were hits.

Faith Hill's "This Kiss" has "pivotal moment," "unthinkable," "unsinkable," and "centrifugal motion"; are all of those words in other hits? (And if so, where?)

Ricky Skagg's '80s country hit "Heartbroke" has "impending goodbyes," "consolation," "sheer madness," and "human condition."

Both deserve credit for a bunch of possibilities where you wouldn't expect them, if nothing else.

(Supertramp's "Logical Song" has plenty of multisyllabic words, but none of them as rare as the ones above, I don't think.)

"Fancy" - the Kinks
use of defecate - Pink Floyd, "The Trial" (something something "fills me with the urge to defecate")

So, I guess not *that* uncommon.

"Jacques Derrida" (yes, it was a hit, kind of)

There was even an act called Fancy. A German 80s Europop act kind of influenced by Italo disco and partly famous across continental Europe for songs such as "Slice Me Nice" and "Chinese Eyes".

PRS, Philippa, pencil case, fountain pen, luvvie (The Beautiful South, 'Song For Whoever')
Shite (The Beautiful South, 'How Long's A Tear Take To Dry')
Sandra Bullocks/sweaty bollocks (The Beautiful South, 'Don't Marry Her')
Crow's feet (The Beautiful South, 'Prettiest Eyes')
Anorexic (The Beautiful South, 'Perfect 10')

petrochemical - Laurie Anderson O Superman

Manfred Mann via Springsteen's "Blinded By the Light" has "caliope," "dictaphone," "silicone," and "moonstone."

Actually, early Springteen lyrics might have a bunch of these, come to think of it...

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" also has "albino" in addition to the ones I've already mentioned.