# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2156
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43105 "2016-05-02T15:50:06Z")
Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “In The Year 2525”; Zager and Evans ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43106 "2016-05-02T15:59:13Z")
Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “In The Year 2525”; Zager and Evans 3. “The End” by The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43107 "2016-05-02T16:25:52Z")
Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “In The Year 2525”; Zager and Evans 3. “The End” by The Beatles 4. “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, Procul Harum ---
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Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “In The Year 2525”; Zager and Evans 3. “The End” by The Beatles 4. “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, Procul Harum 5. “White Room With Black Curtains” by Cream ---
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Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “In The Year 2525”; Zager and Evans 3. “The End” by The Beatles 4. “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, Procul Harum 5. “White Room With Black Curtains” by Cream 6. “Empty Chairs” by Don McLean ---
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Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “In The Year 2525”; Zager and Evans 3. “The End” by The Beatles 4. “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, Procul Harum 5. “White Room With Black Curtains” by Cream 6. “Empty Chairs” by Don McLean 7. “Clocks” by Coldplay ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43111 "2016-05-02T18:59:15Z")
Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “In The Year 2525”; Zager and Evans 3. “The End” by The Beatles 4. “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, Procul Harum 5. “White Room With Black Curtains” by Cream 6. “Empty Chairs” by Don McLean 7. “Clocks” by Coldplay 8. “A Horse With No Name” by America ---
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Some of you are having a difficult time defining “only once.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43113 "2016-05-02T21:26:56Z")
Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “In The Year 2525”; Zager and Evans 3. “The End” by The Beatles 4. “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, Procul Harum 5. “White Room With Black Curtains” by Cream 6. “Empty Chairs” by Don McLean 7. “Clocks” by Coldplay 8. “A Horse With No Name” by America 9. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43114 "2016-05-02T21:30:37Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Some of you are having a difficult time defining “only once.” Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel [del]“In The Year 2525”; Zager and Evans[/del] 2. “The End” by The Beatles [del]“A Whiter Shade of Pale”, Procul Harum[/del] 3. “White Room” by Cream 4. “Empty Chairs” by Don McLean 5. “Clocks” by Coldplay [del]“A Horse With No Name” by America[/del] 6. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels Fixed. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43115 "2016-05-02T21:31:44Z")
Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “The End” by The Beatles 3. “White Room” by Cream 4. “Empty Chairs” by Don McLean 5. “Clocks” by Coldplay 6. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels 7. “Wipe Out” by The Surfaris ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43116 "2016-05-02T21:45:31Z")
Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “The End” by The Beatles 3. “White Room” by Cream 4. “Empty Chairs” by Don McLean 5. “Clocks” by Coldplay 6. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels 7. “Wipe Out” by The Surfaris 8. “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”, Glen Campbell ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43117 "2016-05-02T21:46:32Z")
It’s a fair cop on Horse with No Name, but I just checked _In The Year 2525_ and it only shows up once Lyrics here: [http://www.metrolyrics.com/in-the-year-2525-lyrics-zager-and-evans.html](http://www.metrolyrics.com/in-the-year-2525-lyrics-zager-and-evans.html). ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43118 "2016-05-02T21:49:11Z")
Same for “Whiter Shade of Pale”, occurs only once, in line 12. [https://play.google.com/music/preview/Tf4ir5lktrpqo7wauaoq2go2jku?lyrics=1&utm\_source=google&utm\_medium=search&utm\_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics](https://play.google.com/music/preview/Tf4ir5lktrpqo7wauaoq2go2jku?lyrics=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43119 "2016-05-02T22:08:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > It’s a fair cop on Horse with No Name, but I just checked _In The Year 2525_ and it only shows up once Lyrics here: [http://www.metrolyrics.com/in-the-year-2525-lyrics-zager-and-evans.html](http://www.metrolyrics.com/in-the-year-2525-lyrics-zager-and-evans.html). [Here](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/z/zager+and+evans/in+the+year+2525_20647779.html) it shows 2525 repeated at the end. ETA: And confirmed by listening on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43120 "2016-05-02T22:10:30Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Same for “Whiter Shade of Pale”, occurs only once, in line 12. > > [Google Play Music is no longer available](https://play.google.com/music/preview/Tf4ir5lktrpqo7wauaoq2go2jku?lyrics=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics) It’s part of the chorus, which is repeated [4 times.](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/procol+harum/a+whiter+shade+of+pale_20111595.html) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43121 "2016-05-02T22:27:28Z")
Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “The End” by The Beatles 3. “White Room” by Cream 4. “Empty Chairs” by Don McLean 5. “Clocks” by Coldplay 6. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels 7. “Wipe Out” by The Surfaris 8. “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”, Glen Campbell 9. “Mack the Knife” , Bobby Darin ---
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Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “The End” by The Beatles 3. “White Room” by Cream 4. “Empty Chairs” by Don McLean 5. “Clocks” by Coldplay 6. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels 7. “Wipe Out” by The Surfaris 8. “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”, Glen Campbell 9. “Mack the Knife” , Bobby Darin 10. “My Wife” by The Who ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43123 "2016-05-02T22:45:18Z")
Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “The End” by The Beatles 3. “White Room” by Cream 4. “Empty Chairs” by Don McLean 5. “Clocks” by Coldplay 6. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels 7. “Wipe Out” by The Surfaris 8. “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”, Glen Campbell 9. “Mack the Knife” , Bobby Darin 10. “My Wife” by The Who 11. “The Wreck of the Edmund FitzGerald”. Gordon Lightfoot ---
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Popular songs in which the song’s title only appears in the lyrics once: 1. “The Boxer”, Simon and Garfunkel 2. “The End” by The Beatles 3. “White Room” by Cream 4. “Empty Chairs” by Don McLean 5. “Clocks” by Coldplay 6. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels 7. “Wipe Out” by The Surfaris 8. “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”, Glen Campbell 9. “Mack the Knife” , Bobby Darin 10. “My Wife” by The Who [del]11. “The Wreck of the Edmund FitzGerald”. Gordon Lightfoot[/del] [Wrong again.](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/gordonlightfoot/thewreckoftheedmundfitzgerald.html) 11. “Woodstock”, Joni Mitchell [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2155) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2157)