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** As well as "Trism" and "Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland".

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* ThePolice love this tope, particularly in their earlier stuff - "[[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Roxanne]]," "[[IJustWantToBeLoved So Lonely]]," "[[StalkerWithACrush Don't Stand So Close to Me]]," "[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Walking in Your Footsteps]]," "[[DrivenToSuicide Can't Stand Losing You]]", "[[OverlyLongName When the World is Running Down You Make the Best of What's Still Around]]," "[[DemonicPossession Spirits in the Material World]]" (more or less), "[[SleepingSingle The Bed's Too Big Without You]]," "[[ImOkay It's Alright for You]]", "[[BreakupSong Hole in my Life]]," "[[SocietyMarchesOn Born in the '50s]]", "[[AwfulTruth Truth Hits Everybody]]," "[[TearJerker Driven to Tears]]," "[[HumanityIsSuperior Rehumanize Yourself]]", and there are probably a few more.

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* ThePolice love this tope, particularly in their earlier stuff - "[[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Roxanne]]," "[[IJustWantToBeLoved So Lonely]]," "[[StalkerWithACrush Don't Stand So Close to Me]]," "[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Walking in Your Footsteps]]," "[[DrivenToSuicide Can't Stand Losing You]]", "[[OverlyLongName "[[LongTitle When the World is Running Down You Make the Best of What's Still Around]]," "[[DemonicPossession Spirits in the Material World]]" (more or less), "[[SleepingSingle The Bed's Too Big Without You]]," "[[ImOkay It's Alright for You]]", "[[BreakupSong Hole in my Life]]," "[[SocietyMarchesOn Born in the '50s]]", "[[AwfulTruth Truth Hits Everybody]]," "[[TearJerker Driven to Tears]]," "[[HumanityIsSuperior Rehumanize Yourself]]", and there are probably a few more.
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* Katy Perry's "Hummingbird Heartbeat"
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* David Francey's "All Lights Burning Bright."
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* {{U2}}'s "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
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wasn\'t on here...

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* Coal Chamber's "loco"
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* {{Gorillaz}} "Feel Good Inc." is a milder example.
-->''"Feel good- (Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it) Feel good-"''
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* Culture Club - "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" and "Church of The Poison Mind"
* Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "Ooo Baby Baby"
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** And this example from the same album:
--> I'm goin' down down down down
--> I'm goin' down down down down
--> I'm goin' down down down down
--> I'm goin' down down down down
[[SarcasmMode Which way is Bruce going?]]
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* "Blind" by TalkingHeads. Interestingly, the title is one word and it's used in the chorus fourteen times each verse.
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* ThePolice love this tope, particularly in their earlier stuff - "[[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Roxanne]]," "[[IJustWantToBeLoved So Lonely]]," "[[StalkerWithACrush Don't Stand So Close to Me]]," "[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Walking in Your Footsteps]]," "[[DrivenToSuicide Can't Stand Losing You]]", "[[OverlyLongName When the World is Running Down You Make the Best of What's Still Around]]," "[[DemonicPossession Spirits in the Material World]]" (more or less), "[[SleepingSingle The Bed's Too Big Without You]]," "[[ImOkay It's Alright for You]]", "[[BreakupSong Hole in my Life]]," "[[SocietyMarchesOn Born in the '50s]]", "[[AwfulTruth Truth Hits Everybody]]," "[[TearJerker Driven to Tears]]," "[[HumanityIsSuperior Rehumanize Yourself]]", and there are probably a few more.
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* WhitneyHouston - "I Will Always Love You"

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* WhitneyHouston [[strike:Whitney Houston]] DollyParton and of course Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You"
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* "I just wanna say I love you" by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeFoYhG2ADc Potret]]
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--> ''"I whupped Batman's ass''
--> ''I whupped Batman's ass''
--> ''I whupped Batman's ass''
--> ''I whupped Batman's ass."''
-->--'''WesleyWillis''', "I Whupped Batman's Ass"

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--> -> ''"I whupped Batman's ass''
--> -> ''I whupped Batman's ass''
--> -> ''I whupped Batman's ass''
--> -> ''I whupped Batman's ass."''
-->--'''WesleyWillis''', -->-- '''WesleyWillis''', "I Whupped Batman's Ass"
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** Well, that particular song does have one other line.
--> We are human
--> After all
--> Flesh and blood
--> After all
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* Liar by Emilie Autumn

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* Liar by Emilie AutumnEmilieAutumn
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** The first one applies if you don't count the backing vocals "It's time I had some time alone."

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* DollyParton - "I Will Always Love You"


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A MusicTrope. A song whose chorus consists entirely of the song title, repeated over and over again, perhaps with slight variation. Particularly common in modern pop music, this can be good marketing, as the listener will tend to notice and remember the song title.

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A MusicTrope. A song whose chorus consists entirely of the song title, repeated over and over again, perhaps with slight variation. Particularly common in modern pop music, this can be good marketing, as the listener will tend to notice and remember the song title.
title. It's hard to pull off depending on the song structure and the syllables.



** "Only the Good Die Young".
* BruceSpringsteen - "Born in the USA".



* RageAgainstTheMachine are big fans of this. Most of their songs that don't have a TitleOnlyChorus at the very least have a one-line chorus.

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* RageAgainstTheMachine are big fans of this. Most of their songs that don't have a TitleOnlyChorus at the very least have a one-line chorus.chorus, like "Killin' in the Name".



* WeirdAlYankovic - "Albuquerque"

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* WeirdAlYankovic - "Albuquerque""Albuquerque". Technically, ''In'' Albaquerque.
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The chorus of "Californication" includes more than just the title: "Dream of Californication." So it doesn't really count.
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* {{Aerosmith}} - "Dude Looks Like a Lady"
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* Ween did this a ''lot'' on their earlier songs: among many others, there are "Licking The Palm For Guava," "L.M.L.Y.P.," "Right To The Ways And The Rules Of The World," "Boing," "Molly," "Can U Taste The Waste?," "I Play It Off Legit," "Flies On My Dick," "I Can't Put My Finger On It," "Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony?," and "Cover It With Gas And Set It On Fire."
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* R.E.M. - "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

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* R.E.M. - "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"Fine)," "Talk About the Passion," and "Sweetness Follows," if you don't count the "ohs" as words.

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* "Gimme More" by Britney Spears
* Liar by Emilie Autumn
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** Make that almost ''every'' song by AC/DC.

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* DollyParton - "I Will Always Love You"
* Men at Work - "Who Can It Be Now?"
* White Zombie - "More Human Than Human"



* BigPun - "Nigga Shit"
* BillyJoel - "Pressure".
* Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
* Daft Punk - "Around the World". Except this exceeds the trope, as it's the ''entire song''.
** Alongside this is "Robot Rock,", "Television Rules the Nation," and pretty much every other song with discernible lyrics on ''Human After All'', including the title track.
* Deerhoof - "Panda Panda Panda", which changes the last "panda" with various words like beep-beep or China.
* DollyParton - "I Will Always Love You"
* DuranDuran - "Girls On Film", which, amusingly enough, has been covered by Wesley Willis.
* Men at Work - "Who Can It Be Now?"
* White Zombie - "More Human Than Human"
* InCulto - "Welcome to Lithuania (The Land of the Beautiful Ladies)".



* Paramore - "(You Are) The Only Exception".



* DuranDuran - "Girls On Film", which, amusingly enough, has been covered by Wesley Willis.



* BigPun - "Nigga Shit"



* Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"



* Daft Punk - "Around the World". Except this exceeds the trope, as it's the ''entire song''.
** Alongside this is "Robot Rock,", "Television Rules the Nation," and pretty much every other song with discernible lyrics on ''Human After All'', including the title track.



* BillyJoel - "Pressure".



* Paramore - "(You Are) The Only Exception".
* The Pixies - "Where is My Mind".



* Deerhoof - "Panda Panda Panda", which changes the last "panda" with various words like beep-beep or China.
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* Many, many songs by Drivin' N Cryin' follow this trope.
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* Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Californication"
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* Nirvana - "Something In The Way". Not to mention that the chorus is practically the only audible part of the song.

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* Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You"
** [[OlderThanTheyThink Surely you mean]] [[CoveredUp Dolly Parton]]?

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* Whitney Houston DollyParton - "I Will Always Love You"
** [[OlderThanTheyThink Surely you mean]] [[CoveredUp Dolly Parton]]?
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* Patti Smith - "Gloria"
** [[OlderThanTheyThink Surely you mean]] [[CoveredUp Them and/or Van Morrison]]

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* Patti Smith - "Gloria"
** [[OlderThanTheyThink Surely you mean]] [[CoveredUp Them and/or
Van Morrison]]Morrison - "Gloria"



** I don't know that much about Maiden's later career, but this pretty much applies to only 4 songs off Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.
** The final frontier.
** The second half of Afraid To Shoot Strangers is the title.



* {{Yes}} - "Leave It", "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"
**Strictly speaking, "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" is not the only phrase in the chorus. Before the third repeat: "(Much better than a) Owner of a broken heart".

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* {{Yes}} - "Leave It", "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"
**Strictly speaking, "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" is not the only phrase in the chorus. Before the third repeat: "(Much better than a) Owner of a broken heart".
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