100 Songs With a One Word Chorus

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100. Cornelius - Smoke

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Sunday, 10 October 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

99. "Subterranean Homesick Alien" - Radiohead.

― Wooden (Wooden), Sunday, 10 October 2004 21:41 (twenty-one years ago)

98. "Go" - Tones on Tail

― frankE (frankE), Sunday, 10 October 2004 21:42 (twenty-one years ago)

97. "Debaser" - The Pixies

― Wooden (Wooden), Sunday, 10 October 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

96. Haha next song, 'Tame' - Pixies

― Ally C (Ally C), Sunday, 10 October 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

95. "Tusk"

― William Crump (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 10 October 2004 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)

94. Black Wire - Attack! Attack! Attack!

― Xii (Xii), Sunday, 10 October 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

93. "Arc Arsenal" - At the Drive In.

― Wooden (Wooden), Sunday, 10 October 2004 22:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Travis to thread.

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Sunday, 10 October 2004 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

91. "Ozzy" by Beck.

― Acme (acme), Sunday, 10 October 2004 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

90. spank - jimmy bo horne

― gaz (gaz), Sunday, 10 October 2004 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)

89. "Victoria" - The Kinks

― frankE (frankE), Sunday, 10 October 2004 23:41 (twenty-one years ago)

"Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah" by The Pogues

― dlp9001, Sunday, 10 October 2004 23:52 (twenty-one years ago)

TEQUILA!

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Monday, 11 October 2004 00:28 (twenty-one years ago)

86. "Wardance" Killing Joke
85. "Change" Killing Joke (Or is that really even a chorous?)
84. "Complication" Killing Joke

(I know, it's all the same freaking band but I can't really think right now and that's what came to mind first.)

― Aja (aja), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

gloria - them

― gaz (gaz), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:23 (twenty-one years ago)

82. "Jump," Kriss Kross

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)

81. Revol - Manic Street Preachers

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)

80. Ben Folds Five - Kate

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:29 (twenty-one years ago)

82. "Jump," Kriss Kross
-- Josh in Chicago

Does this count? They also say "The Mac Dad'll Make ya ..." and "The Daddy Mac 'll Make ya ..." etc.

I thought it really had to be one word. I didn't post "Slam" by ONYX for this reason, nor "Repeater" by Fugazi, though the only other words are "one two three".

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah. I could have posted "The Wait" and "Requiem".

I'll stop.

― Aja (aja), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

82. AC/DC - "Thunderstruck"

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

81. "Lithium" - Nirvana

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Does "Hot Pants" count as one word?

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:52 (twenty-one years ago)

No. 'Hot Pants' is two words: The first word being "Hot", the second being "Pants".

80. XbXrX - The Fonz

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe he's saying "Hotpants"

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

79. Kiss -- Prince

― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry Hurting:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hotpants

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 11 October 2004 03:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, I never knew it was vulgar slang for strong sexual desire.

― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 11 October 2004 04:05 (twenty-one years ago)

78. Three Dog Night, "Liar"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 11 October 2004 12:12 (twenty-one years ago)

77. Nirvana - "You Know You're Right"

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 11 October 2004 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

76. Sly & the Family Stone, "Stand!"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 11 October 2004 12:26 (twenty-one years ago)

75. "Whiteout" by Killing Joke

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 11 October 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)

does 'You Know You're Right' really have a chorus tho?

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 11 October 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

or 'Kiss' for that matter

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 11 October 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

74. Van Halen, "Panama"

― William Crump (Rock Hardy), Monday, 11 October 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

73. Crash Test Dummies 'Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm'

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 11 October 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

72. "Nomad" - Sepultura

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 11 October 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"MMM MMM MMM MMM" doesn't even have a one-word chorus! It's a NO-WORDER!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 11 October 2004 14:46 (twenty-one years ago)

So is Lithium.

― Jamie Fake (the pirate king), Monday, 11 October 2004 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)

'Yeah' is a word.

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 11 October 2004 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Does "Kiss" have a chorus!?!? Of course it does. It starts "You don't have to be rich...". It's repeated more or less unchanged after each verse, and is a separate melodic part of the song (though, granted, slightly more similar to the verse than many other songs).

Thus, I claim no. 79 for

Kenickie - "In Your Car"

― OleM (OleM), Monday, 11 October 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

71. "Diane" - Material Issue

― frankE (frankE), Monday, 11 October 2004 19:09 (twenty-one years ago)

70. Robert Parker (name?), "Barefootin'"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 11 October 2004 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

"You don't have to be rich...".

maybe, i always thought of it more as a bridge - but that would mean the only thing approaching a chorus would be just the "KISS!" bit - which fits this thread but i'm sure is not technically correct

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 11 October 2004 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

69."Fame", David Bowie
68."Joy", Nomeansno

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 11 October 2004 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

67. "Summertime, Summertime" (don't know the artist, the one that goes "summertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime," oh how I hate it)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 11 October 2004 19:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I see your point steve, sometimes hard to analyse it correctly -- or, more correctly, "correctly", as it's not exactly scientifically well-defined what's what.

I started doubting my own suggestion as well, due to the "I'm in heaven" bit that follows all the "yeah"s -- it seems to constitute some sort of post-chorus, or something. (This is a structural trick of which ABBA were masters, btw -- consider e.g. "SOS" or "Mamma Mia", in which the undisputed "main" choruses, the bits that are most catchy, and where the title words occur, are followed by another separate section before returning to the next verse or whatnot.)

― OleM (OleM), Monday, 11 October 2004 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

beatles, "girl"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 11 October 2004 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

65. o'jays, "for the love of money"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 11 October 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

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46 - Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)

43. Elvis Costello - Possession

― Dr Benway (dr benway), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)

42. Robyn Hitchcock - Bass

― max davenport (axehead), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 02:57 (twenty-one years ago)

John Lennon "Isolation"

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 03:03 (twenty-one years ago)

"Batman." "EMI"? Pink Floyd's "Money"?

― Don, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 05:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Likely open for debate, but here goes:

41. "Time Has Come Today" -- The Chambers Brothers

― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 06:47 (twenty-one years ago)

40. Isolation - Joy Division

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 10:14 (twenty-one years ago)

39. "Melvin" by the Belles.

― Acme (acme), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

71. "Diane" - Material Issue

38. Diane - Hüsker Dü

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

BUMP.

We're finishing this thread, people, whether you like it or not.

37. Wesley Willis - Outburst
36. Magnet - Overjoyed

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Friday, 15 October 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh all right...

35. Head Of David - Bugged

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 15 October 2004 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

34. "Diane" - Therapy?

It's a cover of the Husker Du one so may not count.

― Wooden (Wooden), Friday, 15 October 2004 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

33. "Collision" - Faith No More

― Wooden (Wooden), Friday, 15 October 2004 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

32. "Walking with thee" Clinic.

The chorus being .... "...... Noh!"

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 15 October 2004 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not giving up on this just yet.

31. Paul McCartney & Wings, "Jet"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 16 October 2004 13:04 (twenty-one years ago)

30. Elvis Costello- "Veronica"
(co-written with #31!)

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 16 October 2004 13:47 (twenty-one years ago)

29. "La La La" - Saul Williams (the chorus being 'la la la')

― Wooden (Wooden), Saturday, 16 October 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

28. "Hullelujah" - Leonard Cohen

― Wooden (Wooden), Saturday, 16 October 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that when Leonard goes to Hull and is overcome in raptures?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 16 October 2004 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

27. Sweathog, "Hallelujah"

26. Potliquor, "Cheer"

25. Godley & Creme, "Cry"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 16 October 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

24. Wesley Willis - "Nirvana"

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 02:31 (twenty-one years ago)

23. "Nicfit" - Sonic Youth (that one right? Going from memory)

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 03:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, I know its a cover. Cant remember who did the original though :(

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 03:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I totally love how half the people on this thread are listing songs that don't have a one word chorus.

― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 03:23 (twenty-one years ago)

hint: a chorus in a pop song is 8 bars long, if there is more than one word in that 8 bars it isn't a one word chorus.

― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 03:25 (twenty-one years ago)

lcd soundsystem YEAH

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 05:09 (twenty-one years ago)

and
21 yoko ono WHY
although it's kind of the verse, too, in a way

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 05:10 (twenty-one years ago)

that yahyahyah's song..yelling chorus..all one word....that's all I can remember..and the other ticking one...i'm bad at this game..

― knit, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

YEAH does not count. The chorus includes a few "hey"s, which is prety much the equivalent of a "yeah." So if you count "yeah" as a word, "hey" is also a word, making it a two word chorus.

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 12:11 (twenty-one years ago)

20. Annie Lennox, "Why"

19. Gene Pitney, "She's a Heartbreaker"

Come on, we're almost there!

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)

re YEAH... yeah. you're right.
replace with Human Beinz "Nobody but me"

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 00:19 (twenty-one years ago)

would "Oi Oi Oi!" count?

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 00:22 (twenty-one years ago)

18. De La Soul - "Ooooh"

Nitzer Ebb owns the one-word bridge thread, btw.

― cdwill, Wednesday, 20 October 2004 02:00 (twenty-one years ago)

17. Cornelius - 'Clash'

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 09:44 (twenty-one years ago)

16. Rod Stewart - "Infatuation"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 17:27 (twenty-one years ago)

15. Jefferson Airplane - "Aerie (Gang of Eagles)"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

14) Van Morrison - "Melancholia"

― Chris Hill (Chris Hill), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 19:29 (twenty-one years ago)

13. The Commodores - "Still" (this one might be a stretch)

12. JJ Fad - "Supersonic"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

18. De La Soul - "Ooooh"

"if you're a fat girl getting your fuck on tonight then go Oooh Oooh Ooooh/if you're a something something something then go Oooh Oooh Ooooh/if you don't do something and go something something then go OOOH OOOH OOOOH"

― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 21 October 2004 00:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, Oooh--, count++

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Thursday, 21 October 2004 01:23 (twenty-one years ago)

It's the final stretch!

11. Pointer Sisters - "Fire"

10. Bar-Kays - "Soulfinger!"

9. Steam - "Na Na, Hey Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 21 October 2004 01:42 (twenty-one years ago)

8 . Queen BICYCLE RACE

7. Minutemen TOADIES

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Thursday, 21 October 2004 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)

6. New Kids on the Block - "Tonight"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 21 October 2004 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

5. Eurythmics - "Angel"

(come on, we're so close now ...)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 21 October 2004 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

4. Basement Jaxx - 'Yo-Yo'

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Friday, 22 October 2004 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

3. "Shake" by Otis, etc.

― Acme (acme), Monday, 25 October 2004 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Immigrant Song -- Led Zeppelin

― Archie Holland (VampireSubmarine), Monday, 25 October 2004 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)

WE DID IT!!!!

1. Real McCoy, "Runaway"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 25 October 2004 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

BONUS: Almost everything by Wesley Willis.

― Mickey, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 00:44 (twenty-one years ago)

YES

Nice work. Not sure about the validity of all these entries, but it's a fairly healthy list regardless.

Yeah, I was about to post a few more Wesley Willis songs to get the ball rolling, but thankfully it wasn't necessary.

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 06:28 (twenty-one years ago)

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