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* In the Music/{{Vengaboys}}' "Up and Down", the title is the only lyric.
* Alice Deejay's "Better Off Alone" only has "Do you think you're better off alone?" and "Talk to me".
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** "Wild Honey Pie" repeats the line "honey pie" over and over, with the line "I love you" at the end. (Not to be confused with a separate song on another side of the double album called "Honey Pie", which is done in a totally different style, with the "normal" amount of lyrics.)

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** "Wild Honey Pie" repeats the line "honey pie" over and over, with the line "I love you" at the end. (Not to be confused with a separate song on another side of the double album called "Honey Pie", which is done in a totally different style, with the a more "normal" amount of lyrics.)
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* "T-Bone" by Music/NeilYoung is 9 minutes long and has just one repeated line: "Got mashed potato, ain't got no t-bone".

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* "T-Bone" by Music/NeilYoung is over 9 minutes long and has just one repeated line: eight words. In between guitar solos Young sings "Got mashed potato, ain't potatoes" three times and "Ain't got no t-bone".t-bone" once. (Although one time he sings both lines twice.)



* Music/{{Santana}}'s song [[Music/AbraxasAlbum "Oye Como Va"]] only has of these four verses in Spanish, repeated a few times inbetween great many solos:

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* Music/{{Santana}}'s song [[Music/AbraxasAlbum "Oye Como Va"]] only has of these four verses lines in Spanish, repeated a few times inbetween great many in between solos:
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* "Sexy Bitch" by Music/Akon and Music/DavidGuetta only has one verse and the chorus, repeated twice.

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* The Men of Porn's "Comin' Home (Smoking Pot on a Sunday Afternoon While UFO's Drone Overhead)", the [[EpicRocking 17-minute]] opener to their 1999 debut ''Porn American Style'', consists of only the following two lines of lyrics:

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* The Men of Porn's "Comin' Home (Smoking Pot on a Sunday Afternoon While UFO's Drone Overhead)", the [[EpicRocking 17-minute]] opener to their 1999 debut ''Porn American Style'', consists of only the following two lines of lyrics:lyrics repeated several times:

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* "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" by Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge.

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* "Feel Good Hit Of The of the Summer" by Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge.




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* The Men of Porn's "Comin' Home (Smoking Pot on a Sunday Afternoon While UFO's Drone Overhead)", the [[EpicRocking 17-minute]] opener to their 1999 debut ''Porn American Style'', consists of only the following two lines of lyrics:
-->''I come home Saturday''
-->''I'm comin' home''
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': In "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS2E4TheWrathOfShmandorThereGoesTheNeighborhood There Goes the Neighborhood]]", during the {{Travel Montage}}s, Patrick sings a song that mainly consists of the word "neighbor" and "neighborhood" repeated.

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''Just tell me that you want me''\\
''Tusk''

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''Just tell me that you want me''\\
''Tusk''
me''



-->''It's only howling at the Moon.
-->''It's only howling at the Moon.

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-->''It's only howling at the Moon. \n''
-->''It's only howling at the Moon. ''
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* Ayla's self-titled song, "Ayla Part II", "Liebe", "Into The Light", "Angelfalls", and "Open Your Mind" just have {{title drop}}s for lyrics, while "Singularity (Brainchild II)" has SpokenWordInMusic, and only "Atlantis", "Sun Is Coming Out", "Vergessen", and "Mystical Ways" have full sung lyrics.
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* Most Laserdance songs, if not entirely {{instrumental}}, have only a TitleDrop and/or a single stanza of IndecipherableLyrics.

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* Most Laserdance songs, if not entirely {{instrumental}}, have only a TitleDrop and/or a single stanza of IndecipherableLyrics. "Digital Dream" is their only song with a full set of verses.
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* Most Laserdance songs, if not entirely {{instrumental}}, have only a TitleDrop and/or a single stanza of IndecipherableLyrics.
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* The original album version of "Atomic" by Music/{{Blondie}} has one verse, then goes into an instrumental for most of its running time before returning to a vocal refrain near the end. The single edit is more conventionally structured, as it edits down the instrumental section and also throws in a repeat of the sole verse.

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* The original album version of "Atomic" by Music/{{Blondie}} Music/{{Blondie|Band}} has one verse, then goes into an instrumental for most of its running time before returning to a vocal refrain near the end. The single edit is more conventionally structured, as it edits down the instrumental section and also throws in a repeat of the sole verse.
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* Music/LilPump became controversial due to his lyrical style consisting of repeating a couple of lines over and over again. Most of his songs are a little more sophisticated than most of the examples on this page, but his DissTrack "Fuck Music/JCole" only consists of two insults to J.Cole repeated over and over.

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* Music/LilPump became controversial due to his lyrical style consisting of repeating a couple of lines over and over again. Most of his songs are a little more sophisticated than most of the examples on this page, but his DissTrack "Fuck Music/JCole" only consists of two insults to J.Cole repeated over and over. "Gucci Gang" has him repeat the title phrase 53 times in 3 minutes.
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* Music/LilPump became controversial due to his lyrical style consisting of repeating a couple of lines over and over again. Most of his songs are a little more sophisticated than most of the examples on this page, but his DissTrack "Fuck Music/JCole" only consists of two insults to J.Cole repeated over and over.
* Music/FatmanScoop's songs consist mostly of him yelling dancefloor catchphrases repeatedly.
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-->''Stop smoking, we love you''
-->''Stop smoking, we love you''
-->''Stop smoking, we love you''
-->''Stop smoking, we love you''
-->''Stop smoking, we love you''
-->''Stop smoking, we love you''
-->''And we don't want you to die''
-->''We don't want you to die''
-->''We don't want you to die''
-->''We don't want you to die''
-->''We don't want you to die''
-->''We don't want you to die''
-->''We don't want you to die''
-->''We don't want you to die''

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-->''Stop smoking, we love you''
-->''Stop
you''\\
''Stop
smoking, we love you''
-->''Stop
you''\\
''Stop
smoking, we love you''
-->''Stop
you''\\
''Stop
smoking, we love you''
-->''Stop
you''\\
''Stop
smoking, we love you''
-->''Stop
you''\\
''Stop
smoking, we love you''
-->''And
you''\\
''And
we don't want you to die''
-->''We
die''\\
''We
don't want you to die''
-->''We
die''\\
''We
don't want you to die''
-->''We
die''\\
''We
don't want you to die''
-->''We
die''\\
''We
don't want you to die''
-->''We
die''\\
''We
don't want you to die''
-->''We
die''\\
''We
don't want you to die''
-->''We
die''\\
''We
don't want you to die''



-->''Why don't you ask him if he's going to stay''
-->''Why don't you ask him if he's going away''
-->''Why don't you tell me what's going on''
-->''Why don't you tell me who's on the phone''
-->''Why don't you ask him what's going on''
-->''Why don't you ask him who's the latest on his throne''
-->''Don't say that you love me''
-->''Just tell me that you want me''
-->''Tusk''

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-->''Why don't you ask him if he's going to stay''
-->''Why
stay''\\
''Why
don't you ask him if he's going away''
-->''Why
away'' \\
''Why
don't you tell me what's going on''
-->''Why
on'' \\
''Why
don't you tell me who's on the phone''
-->''Why
phone''\\
''Why
don't you ask him what's going on''
-->''Why
on'' \\
''Why
don't you ask him who's the latest on his throne''
-->''Don't
throne''\\
''Don't
say that you love me''
-->''Just
me'' \\
''Just
tell me that you want me''
-->''Tusk''
me''\\
''Tusk''


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* Music/{{Lifelover}} has "Mental Central Dialog", which consists entirely of "Jag finner inga svar. Finns det några svar?" for the first part, then ending with "Jag finner inga svar. Det finns inga svar!"
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** "No One to Depend On" only has two verses, each repeated many times
--> Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
--> Ain't got no one, no tengo a nadie
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* ''”A love supreme… A love supreme… A love supreme…”''
* ''”Salt Peanuts! Salt Peanuts!”''

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* ''”A ''”[[Music/ALoveSupreme A love supreme… A love supreme… A love supreme…”''
supreme…]]”''
* Music/Dizzy Gillespie had a few examples
** ''”Manteca! Manteca!”''
**
''”Salt Peanuts! Salt Peanuts!”''
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* Music/{{Santana}}'s song [[Music/AbraxasAlbum "Oye Como Va"]] only has of these four verses in Spanish, repeated a few times inbetween great many solos:
--> Oye cómo va
--> Mi ritmo
--> Bueno pa' gozar
--> Mulata
** In "Se Cabo" from the same album, the only lyrics are the title, repeated only four times.
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* Music/DaftPunk is known for using this trope a lot:

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* Music/DaftPunk is known for using this trope a lot:lot.
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** Their CoverVersion of "Love Buzz" by Shocking Blue, also on ''Bleach''. The original version isn't quite an example, as it has two verses of lyrics, whereas the Nirvana version just repeats the same verse twice.

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** Their CoverVersion of "Love Buzz" by Shocking Blue, also on ''Bleach''. The original version isn't quite an example, as it has two verses of lyrics, and a repetitive five word chorus, whereas the Nirvana version just repeats the same first verse twice. twice:



--->''Can you feel my love buzz?''

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--->''Can you feel my love buzz?''buzz?'' (x5)
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* "I Awake" by {{Music/Soundgarden}}, with music by bassist Hiro Yamamoto and lyrics by his then-partner Kate McDonald (as adapted from a short note she left him before leaving the house for the day):

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* "I Awake" by {{Music/Soundgarden}}, with music by bassist Hiro Yamamoto and lyrics by his then-partner Kate McDonald [=McDonald=] (as adapted from a short note she left him before leaving the house for the day):
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--> Woke up depressed
--> I left for work
--> You have a good day, good day
--> It's not your fault
--> I know it hurts
--> Remember, I love you, love you
--> Remember, I love you, love you

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--> Woke ''Woke up depressed
depressed''
--> I ''I left for work
work''
--> You ''You have a good day, good day
day''
--> It's ''It's not your fault
fault''
--> I ''I know it hurts
hurts''
--> Remember, ''Remember, I love you, love you
you''
--> Remember, ''Remember, I love you, love youyou''
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* "I Awake" by {{Music/Soundgarden}}, with music by bassist Hiro Yamamoto and lyrics by his then-partner Kate McDonald (as adapted from a short note she left him before leaving the house for the day):
--> Woke up depressed
--> I left for work
--> You have a good day, good day
--> It's not your fault
--> I know it hurts
--> Remember, I love you, love you
--> Remember, I love you, love you
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* Music/{{Scooter}}'s "Space Cowboy" only has "I'm the cowboy, the space cowboy" repeated ad nauseam.

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* Music/{{Scooter}}'s "Space Cowboy" only has "I'm the cowboy, the space cowboy" [[BrokenRecord repeated ad nauseam.nauseam]].
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* Music/{{Scooter}}'s "Space Cowboy" only has "I'm the cowboy, the space cowboy" repeated ad nauseam.
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* Music/{{Madness}} did this several times in the early career, in particular on ''Music/OneStepBeyond''.

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* Music/{{Madness}} Music/{{Madness|Band}} did this several times in the early career, in particular on ''Music/OneStepBeyond''.''Music/OneStepBeyondAlbum''.
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** The lyrics to "Planet Dada" consist only of a TitleDrop, "electric," and "erotic," repeated in various different ways.

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* Music/{{Yello}}: While the band's songs usually lean towards wordiness, "Oh Yeah" is very sparse in the lyrical department, with the only distinct lines (other than the nonverbal mouth sounds) being a TitleDrop, "the moon, beautiful," "the sun, even more beautiful," "beautiful," and "such a good time, a really good time." According to Boris Blank, vocalist Dieter Meier was "very angry" when he was asked to only say "oh yeah" over and over again, and it wasn't until after the song was recorded that he came around to it.

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* Music/{{Yello}}: While the band's songs usually lean towards wordiness, there are some songs that break this convention:
** The lyrics for the album version of "Bostich" consist solely of one verse, which is repeated five times.
**
"Oh Yeah" is very sparse in the lyrical department, with the only distinct lines (other than the nonverbal mouth sounds) being a TitleDrop, "the moon, beautiful," "the sun, even more beautiful," "beautiful," and "such a good time, a really good time." According to Boris Blank, vocalist Dieter Meier was "very angry" when he was asked to only say "oh yeah" over and over again, and it wasn't until after the song was recorded that he came around to it.

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* ''Music/{{Pendulum|Band}}'' has a 6-minute song called "9,000 Miles", and this is the only lyric that was sung.

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* ''Music/{{Pendulum|Band}}'' Music/{{Pendulum|Band}} has a 6-minute song called "9,000 Miles", and this is the only lyric that was sung.



* ''Music/FatboySlim'' has a song titled "Fucking in Heaven", where the only lyric is "[[ClusterFBomb Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven.]]"

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* ''Music/FatboySlim'' Music/FatboySlim has a song titled "Fucking in Heaven", where the only lyric is "[[ClusterFBomb Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven.]]"


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* Music/{{Yello}}: While the band's songs usually lean towards wordiness, "Oh Yeah" is very sparse in the lyrical department, with the only distinct lines (other than the nonverbal mouth sounds) being a TitleDrop, "the moon, beautiful," "the sun, even more beautiful," "beautiful," and "such a good time, a really good time." According to Boris Blank, vocalist Dieter Meier was "very angry" when he was asked to only say "oh yeah" over and over again, and it wasn't until after the song was recorded that he came around to it.
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* Cassius's "Feelings For You" has a single repeating line for its lyrics: "My feelings for you have always been real", which was SampledUp from Gwen [=McCrae=]'s "All This Love That I'm Giving".

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