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

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128. "Tikwid" - Animal Collective

flappy bird, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 22:38 (nine years ago)

129. "I'm Doing OK, Pretty Good" - Elliott Smith

flappy bird, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 06:57 (nine years ago)

123. Oh, Pretty Woman

It so does count.

Mark G, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 07:42 (nine years ago)

three weeks pass...

124. "Sunbathing Animal" - Parquet Courts

flappy bird, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 02:04 (nine years ago)

fuck nevermind

he sings it like, ten times in a row

sorry

flappy bird, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 02:05 (nine years ago)

130. Fiona Apple - Oh Well

(this one just came on my iTunes. Forgot how great it is)

LimbsKing, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 16:52 (nine years ago)

131. Surfaris - Wipeout

Lyrics:

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-a
Wipeout!

(I don't know why I love this thread so much)

LimbsKing, Saturday, 25 February 2017 18:58 (nine years ago)

...and Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices

LimbsKing, Saturday, 25 February 2017 19:30 (nine years ago)

132. Alice Cooper - Black Juju

Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Saturday, 25 February 2017 19:38 (nine years ago)

133. Half Man Half Biscuit - Epiphany

devvvine, Saturday, 25 February 2017 19:40 (nine years ago)

134. rodd keith - the ballad of juan rio

increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Saturday, 25 February 2017 21:52 (nine years ago)

''Wipeout'' is a great pick, bravo. My brain keeps reaching for things in the line of ''Last Exit'' and ''Life and How to Live It'' (notwithstanding the latter's disqualification) - songs that pound breathlessly forward, gasping out the title only as they run out of breath and the band packs it in. Feel like I've known and loved many songs like this but it's really hard to think of 'em!

tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 25 February 2017 22:03 (nine years ago)

There are a few 'Wipeout's though

Mark G, Saturday, 25 February 2017 22:17 (nine years ago)

119. Billy Bragg - Greetings to the New Brunette

He sings that several times at the end

Warren's Treat (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 25 February 2017 22:26 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

Emmy the Great - "We Almost Had a Baby" as my daughter pointed out to me today.

attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 2 April 2017 03:44 (nine years ago)

Quasi - our happiness is guaranteed

kinder, Sunday, 2 April 2017 07:31 (nine years ago)

Sublime - Same in the End

Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Sunday, 2 April 2017 21:51 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

138. Coldplay - Square One

LimbsKing, Sunday, 14 May 2017 00:12 (nine years ago)

I wonder if kornrulez6969 ever wrote that dissertation.

Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 14 May 2017 01:47 (nine years ago)

we found >100 examples, we held up our end of the bargain

henry s, Sunday, 14 May 2017 02:01 (nine years ago)

I did write it. It's called "The Overload--Exploring Songs Where the Title Is Sung Once, As The Last Line of the Song"

The Professor gave me a C, he said it was a flawed concept. Oh well.

kornrulez6969, Monday, 15 May 2017 00:32 (nine years ago)

fuck that

flappy bird, Monday, 15 May 2017 00:34 (nine years ago)

it's a great concept

flappy bird, Monday, 15 May 2017 00:34 (nine years ago)

eight months pass...

Nothing Indeed - The Minutemen

kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 19:26 (eight years ago)

one month passes...

73. Some Red Handed Sleight of Hand - Cursive.

― charlie h, Thursday, February 5, 2015 9:35 AM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

goddammit i came here to post this

flappy bird, Friday, 2 March 2018 06:13 (eight years ago)

one month passes...

i love this thread

flappy bird, Friday, 6 April 2018 16:41 (eight years ago)

i find it fascinating and a good challenge as a songwriter

flappy bird, Friday, 6 April 2018 16:42 (eight years ago)

139. Dismemberment Plan, "The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich"

bone thugs & prosody (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:09 (eight years ago)

140. Courtney Barnett, "Nameless, Faceless"

startled macropod (MatthewK), Friday, 13 April 2018 22:23 (eight years ago)

141. Waxahatchee - "Never Been Wrong"

"you walk around like it's your god-given right/and you love being right, you've never been wrong"

austinb, Saturday, 21 April 2018 23:28 (eight years ago)

two months pass...

142. U2 - Running to Stand Still

LimbsKing, Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:43 (seven years ago)

love this thread

flappy bird, Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:49 (seven years ago)

143. Tenderness - Parquet Courts

kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 20:13 (seven years ago)

144. "Number Three," They Might Be Giants

Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:19 (seven years ago)

two months pass...

145. Big Thief – Pretty Things

Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 27 September 2018 09:12 (seven years ago)

two months pass...

146. the clash - stay free

fact checking cuz, Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:04 (seven years ago)

Wow, believe I have been trying to get that one to surface for years, thanks

Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:44 (seven years ago)

Does it count if the song title is sung exactly once and is the only line in the song? If so, then “Topsy Part 1” and “Topsy Part 2” by Cozy Cole

Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 16 December 2018 19:38 (seven years ago)

147. Frank Zappa - "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance"

visiting, Sunday, 16 December 2018 19:58 (seven years ago)

148. The Only Ones - "It's the Truth"

And, almost, "Instrumental" by the same band, but he sings it twice.

Alba, Sunday, 16 December 2018 20:27 (seven years ago)

four months pass...

149. Bob Dylan - "Boots of Spanish Leather"

an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 21 April 2019 03:13 (seven years ago)

one year passes...

film version of this: the man who shot liberty valance.

fact checking cuz, Sunday, 22 November 2020 07:21 (five years ago)

also (“visually,” if you’ll permit it) – The Dark Knight Rises

down like 6:30 (morrisp), Sunday, 22 November 2020 07:38 (five years ago)

An example from the stage may be The Playboy of the Western World – though I don’t recall if the title phrase is used elsewhere in the play, besides the closing line (“I’ve lost the only Playboy of the Western World.” CURTAIN.”)

down like 6:30 (morrisp), Sunday, 22 November 2020 07:44 (five years ago)

(Ok, never mind – just skimmed thru it, and it
does appear earlier.)

down like 6:30 (morrisp), Sunday, 22 November 2020 07:48 (five years ago)

150. 'Kommando Untergang' by Anna Depenbusch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_VN7n-lr68

Portsmouth Bubblejet, Sunday, 22 November 2020 10:50 (five years ago)

two weeks pass...

151. Nico/Jackson Browne “The Fairest of the Seasons”

assert (MatthewK), Friday, 11 December 2020 07:34 (five years ago)

152. Robert Pollard - "I've Owned You for Centuries"

Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 11 December 2020 18:35 (five years ago)

eight months pass...

153. Southern Cross - Crosby Stills & Nash

kornrulez6969, Monday, 30 August 2021 02:20 (four years ago)

153. Southern Cross - Crosby Stills & Nash

kornrulez6969, Monday, 30 August 2021 02:20 (four years ago)


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