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

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)

...and Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices

132. Alice Cooper - Black Juju

133. Half Man Half Biscuit - Epiphany

134. rodd keith - the ballad of juan rio

''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!

There are a few 'Wipeout's though

119. Billy Bragg - Greetings to the New Brunette

He sings that several times at the end

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

Quasi - our happiness is guaranteed

Sublime - Same in the End

138. Coldplay - Square One

I wonder if kornrulez6969 ever wrote that dissertation.

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

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.

fuck that

it's a great concept

Nothing Indeed - The Minutemen

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

i love this thread

i find it fascinating and a good challenge as a songwriter

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

140. Courtney Barnett, "Nameless, Faceless"

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"

142. U2 - Running to Stand Still

love this thread

143. Tenderness - Parquet Courts

144. "Number Three," They Might Be Giants

145. Big Thief – Pretty Things

146. the clash - stay free

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

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

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

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

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

149. Bob Dylan - "Boots of Spanish Leather"

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

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

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.”)

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

150. 'Kommando Untergang' by Anna Depenbusch

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

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

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

153. Southern Cross - Crosby Stills & Nash

153. Southern Cross - Crosby Stills & Nash

154. "Dr. Phil" by Lil B

155. "Lose My Breath" by My Bloody Valentine

xp the last line is "in the southern cross". also, "southern cross" appears earlier in the song.

"but i was born to lose my breath"

Well I suck at life.

lil b is a good one!

156. The The - Angels Of Deception