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Songs where a word gets repeated a lot.

e.g. "Ello john got a new motor" where Alexei Sayle sings "Motor" * 14 times.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 09:39 (twenty-one years ago)

(in a row, I should add/clarify)

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 09:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Ashanti - Baby

I wouldn't be surprised if she says baby 500 times in that song.

― Leelee, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 09:43 (twenty-one years ago)

paul johnson - get get down
just says 'down', i'm not sure if they even bother with 'get'

― nick.K (nick.K), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 10:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Devo's cover of 'Satisfaction' says baby a lot, but because it's altered it's kind of hard to say how many.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 10:48 (twenty-one years ago)

"Yeah"

― ana (ana), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 10:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey Ya! "AlrightAlrightAlrightAlright..."

― james porter (james porter), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 11:00 (twenty-one years ago)

nkotb said "girl" a million times on "hanging tough " lp

― joey2, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 11:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Thirty-eight times on the Devo track, if I recall correctly.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I make it 34 fwiw.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

"Fucked up, you're sick, fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck"

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

"Party Hard,Party Hard,Party Hard,Party Hard,Party Hard,Party Hard, Party Hard, Party Hard, Party Hard, Party Hard..."

― Leelee, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)

The thing with the Devo track is that it sounds as if (in order to prolong Mothersbaugh's breath, and because it sounds cool) they have faded in another track of him saying 'baby' half way through, so the echoey, overlapping effect makes it hard to count. (not that I've tried).

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 12:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex James sure sang "sun" a lot.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Does 'Deborah' by T Rex count?

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 13:10 (twenty-one years ago)

woolly bully...

woolly bully.

― papa november (papa november), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Mary mary so contrary on the first can lp? He sings "mary" like a billion times...

― malcom mooney, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Does that Eurovision winner "La La La La" (Where they go "La La La La La La La La La La La La" a lot) count?!??!?!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Almost anything you care to mention by the Cranberries.

― papa november (papa november), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Certain Cornelius choruses.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

therapy, hellbelly: "fire, fire, fire, hell fire, fire, fire, hell fire, fire, fire, hell fire, fire, fire, hell".

― :| (....), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)

(Assuming one-word songs like that Gary Glitter one are ineligible...)

David Peel's "Oink Oink" has a chorus consisting of 30 oinks.

Rudimentary Peni, "Hearse" has a refrain of 24 rapid-fire "Hearse"-s in a row, repeated 3 times in the song, for a total of 72.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 14:22 (twenty-one years ago)

zoviet france, mohnmomishe 7: "again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again". and thats only the first verse.

― :| (....), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

a good joke is that at the end of EVERY bush song, they repeat the title over and over and over again.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

sisters of mercy 'heartland' - who knows how many times ol spiggy says the word heartland in that song?

― DJ Salinger (joni), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Led Zeppelin II repeats the word 'baby' 1,876,341 times.

― scotstvo (scotstvo), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

"cello cello cello cello cello cello cello cello" etc.
A Quick One While He's Away - The Who

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Radiohead "Sit Down, Stand Up"

"The Raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops,
the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops."

― It's hard to kill a horse with a flute (AaronHz), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

my mate once recorded the "hey!" at the beginning of "hey" by the pixies until it filled one side of a 90-minute tape. he then walked around a small town in north yorkshire listening to it. proper mind-altering drugs were expensive in those days.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

how close together were the heys?

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

LCD Soundsystem - too obvious to be mentioned?

This doesn't quite count, but inspired byt the thread title, I submit The Herbaliser - 'Wall Crawling Giant Insect Breaks', which briefly repeats, well, "repeat".

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Bill Withers, "Ain't No Sunshine": "I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know."

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

If we're talking obvious, then lets go Status Quo, "Again and again"

Which has a chorus repeating "again" 8 times.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Nuclear Valdez, "Summer":

"It rained and it rained and it rained and it rained all summer /
It rained and it rained and it rained and it rained all night."

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

"Qaeda Quality Question Quickly Quickly Quiet" by Lenka Clayton has (amongst others) 14 "Terror"s in a row, and about 30 "of"s.

It is also cheating a bit for this thread, I reckon.

― 3underscore (___), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

how close together were the heys?

good question. the way he describes it, it was "hey!" [beat] "hey!" [beat] "hey!" [beat] ... perhaps he got adventurous 20 minutes in and left bigger gaps. or maybe that would have adversely affected the mantra-like quality. i'll ask him when i see him tomorrow.

of course, if he's still got it somewhere i'll MP3 it for your delectation :) :) :)

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 16:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i've just spoken to my pal, who tells me he "also mixed up the heys with the riff from iron man by black sabbath". so there we go.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 17:48 (twenty-one years ago)

i want this mp3.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

The last song on Harry Connick Jr's "Blue Light Red Light" repeats the word "repeat" a lot.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Trio - Da Da Da

― Leelee, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

underworld- born slippy nuxx
lager lager lager

well, a lot of underworld tracks come to think of it.

― todd swiss (eliti), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Baby Let's Play House

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman

"La da dee, la da da, la da dee, la da da, la da dee, la da da, la da dee, la da da"

― Leelee, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

just about every van morrison song ever.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 18:52 (twenty-one years ago)

That part in "Dogs" where the word "stone" gets repeated so often that it starts to sound like a dog barking.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

The Rakes - "Retreat (Phones Remix)"

"Repeat repeat repeat repeat..."

(It might be in the original version too but I haven't heard it so I don't know.)

― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Sunday, 12 November 2006 06:04 (nineteen years ago)

The Cure - "A Forest"
Again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again

(fyi that word doesn't look like "again" anymore after you type it 21 times)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 12 November 2006 08:10 (nineteen years ago)

Fuck's "22 No" in which the chorus is him singing "No" 22 times.

― wmlynch (wlynch), Sunday, 12 November 2006 08:53 (nineteen years ago)

annoying recent flaming lips album opener to thread

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Sunday, 12 November 2006 09:00 (nineteen years ago)

What about that song by the Cult - something off Electric - is it Love Removal Machine? Seems to me there were an awful lot of babies in there.

― Pump up the pumpkin, pump up the pumpkin dance dance (Bimble...), Sunday, 12 November 2006 09:02 (nineteen years ago)

dj assault - ass & titties

ass, titties, ass & titties, ass ass titties titties ass & titties

ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass

― something less threatening (heywood), Sunday, 12 November 2006 12:23 (nineteen years ago)

"Om Nama Shivaya" http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/9/9f/Repeatsign.png

by Future Pilot AKA

― lick_my_stereolabia (nariposa), Sunday, 12 November 2006 12:26 (nineteen years ago)

Human Beinz's cover of the Isley Brothers' "Nobody But Me" (no no no no no no no no no no, etc.).

― opalescent arcs (Da ve Segal), Monday, 13 November 2006 08:10 (nineteen years ago)

steve reich to thread

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 13 November 2006 08:16 (nineteen years ago)

Human Beinz's cover of the Isley Brothers' "Nobody But Me" (no no no no no no no no no no, etc.).
-- opalescent arcs (yea...) (webmail), Today 8:10 AM. (later) (link)

.. and the Residents' "Meet the residents" which loops the word "boogaloo" from that song, what, 120 times?

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 13 November 2006 09:27 (nineteen years ago)

rex the dog - maximize

DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 13 November 2006 09:58 (nineteen years ago)

i've just spoken to my pal, who tells me he "also mixed up the heys with the riff from iron man by black sabbath". so there we go.
-- grimly fiendish (simonmai...), November 30th, 2004

haha wtf

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 01:11 (nineteen years ago)

Faust, "No Harm" - "Daddy, take the banana, tomorrow is Sunday!"

― LC (Damian), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 01:19 (nineteen years ago)

Ergh, way to read the thread, I say to myself. Anyway, Wire's "Reuters" ("rape, rape, rape").

― LC (Damian), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 01:24 (nineteen years ago)

Air, "Run" ("I feel sad when you run run run run run run run run run..." or "I feel strange when you go go go go go go go go...") and it does go go go.

― LC (Damian), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 01:28 (nineteen years ago)

Onieda's "Sheets Of Easter" is the king of this.

You've got to look into the... LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

"I'm so glad
I'm so glad
I'm glad
I'm glad
I'm glad
[GLAD] I'm so glad
[GLAD] I'm so glad
[GLAD-GLAD-GLAD] I'm glad I'm glad I'm glad"

― Joe (Joe), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 03:03 (nineteen years ago)

The Police's "Message In a Bottle." It ends with Sting singing "Sendin' out an S.O.S." 38 times. Yes, I counted.

― opalescent arcs (Da ve Segal), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 03:10 (nineteen years ago)

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