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

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.

"Pringles" - Half Man Half Biscuit, Twenty Four Hour Garage People.

"Horace" ("Diary Of Horace Wimp" - ELO)

(in terms of hit songs, i.e. not including Bonzo's "Intro & Outro")

The word "fancy" also appeared in "Fancy" by Bobbie Gentry (among several other hits), fwiw.

"Fuck me" - Don't Marry Her (Beautiful South)

2Touch Me I'm Sick" never charted, did it? That's got "fuck me" in it as well.

How about "shindig" from that RHCP song which seems to be background music every time I turn on the TV (can't stop, addicted to the...)?

I'm sure there are more "bustles" out there (Try a Little Tenderness starts with one, I think), and as far as "internet" goes, did Beyonce's mother not teach her better than that?

Yeah, there's quite a few fuck me songs, Wayne County, oh, and others. But the Beautiful South one charted. And had sincerity, rather than in a Gordon Ramsay sense, or like they just dropped a wine bottle or something.

email - "get here" by her out of Tears for fears..

Wicket-keeper (Pavement, 'Carrot Rope')
Ventolin, asthma, French bread, 24-hour garage, service station (Super Furry Animals, 'Hermann Loves Pauline')
Vermillion, dartboard (Super Furry Animals, 'Demons')

Ultravox - "Vienna": pizzicato?
Was "Eisbär" a hit in Germany? Come to think of it, Peter Schilling's "Major Tom": stabilisers?

Gordon Ramsay's Wonderful World Of Pop:
"Fucking Imagine, Yes?"
"Fucking God Save The Queen, Yes?"
"Fucking You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve, Yes?"
"Fucking Save Your Kisses For Me, Yes?"

"Rock The Casbah" most likely has maybe 3-5 otherwise unused words, I'd bet. All of 'em Arabic.

"Taumatawhakatangihangakoayauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukypokaiwhenuakitanatahu" ("The Lone Ranger" by Quantum Jump)

what "Boogiemen" ? (xpost)

"Muezzin" and possibly "Bedouin" may be relevant here.

xp Some people here have a very bizarre idea of what constitutes a "hit song." (Unless "hit song" in England just means "any song ever recorded.")

I was told the words "finger fucking" appeared (and was played unedited on the radio) in a Blondie hit, though I can't recall which one.

"Macarena"!

I can only think of one instance of the word 'dawdle' in a hit record:

"...Daily, except for Sunday, you dawdle into the cafe where you meet her each day..."

Sparks - this town aint big enough

xp Some people here have a very bizarre idea of what constitutes a "hit song." (Unless "hit song" in England just means "any song ever recorded.")

It means any song which made the UK singles chart is what it means.

"anaesthetise" [UK spelling sic] was also in "radio radio" -- re: someone's placebo comment 500 posts ago.

I'm pretty sure that "Columbo" only appears in Bill Howard's ribtickling 1975 hit "King Of The Cops."

I'm pretty sure that "Columbo" only appears in Bill Howard's ribtickling 1975 hit "King Of The Cops."

-- Dingbod Kesterson, Monday, 21 January 2008 15:11 (9 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

Mark B and Blade - Ya Don't See The Signs

Which got to #23 in May 2001, for any confused middle-aged American music critics wandering around this thread.

It's a tough concept to grasp, aye.

I can only think of one instance of the word 'dawdle' in a hit record: Sparks - this town aint big enough

Lovin' Spoonful's "Darling Be Home Soon" used it. (OK, dawdled, pedants.)

"Rolled up a woolie and I watched Columbo" from The New Style, by the Beastie Boys.

xpost

I had a feeling that the Beasties might have something to say in that department.

Yeah, they probably have a few. "Sabotage"?

"Commiserating" from Blink 182's All the Small Things

Also, going back to RHCP, I can't think of any other hit songs that have the word "Wisconsin" in them.

"Hollaback Girl" ?