# Favorite song parts that are only repeated once **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432 "2006-05-04T19:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/1 "2006-05-04T19:25:43Z")
I just made this top 5 (in no particular order: ) Weezer: say it aint so: 2:43-3:22 (“dear daddy” part) Red Hot Chili Peppers - I could’ve lied 3:19-3:37 (chorus with guitar) Led Zeppelin - When the levee brakes 2:32-3:04 (“don’t it make you feel bad” part) Tool - Ticks and leeches 1:39-1:52 (“My blood is bruised and borrowed” part) William shatner - Common People - 2:32-2:44 (chorus with choir) ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/2 "2006-05-04T19:58:19Z")
That part in When the Levee Breaks is kind of repeated again later in the song, although it’s without those same lyrics. Some of my favorites: **Gang of Four** - _Damaged Goods_ at 1:44, where they strip it down to just the drums and vocals **Sufjan Stevens** - _Come On! Feel the Illinoise!_ at 2:20, where the song transitions into its second part **The Clash** - _The Right Profile_ at 3:07, where Mick or Paul or whoever is singing lets out this garbled nonsense, like he forgot the lyrics or something ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/3 "2006-05-04T20:25:59Z")
_Don’t Dream It’s Over_, by **Crowded House** – the guitar bridge (2:09-2:24) after the organ solo. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Bug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andrew\_Bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_Bug)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/4 "2006-05-04T20:40:15Z")
> [@Team of Scientists](#): > > **The Clash** - _The Right Profile_ at 3:07, where Mick or Paul or whoever is singing lets out this garbled nonsense, like he forgot the lyrics or something It’s Joe Strummer singing. He did have a habit of forgetting lyrics and filling them in with gibberish. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/5 "2006-05-04T20:58:07Z")
'Til Tuesday, “Voices Carry.” Right at the end, almost always cut off on the radio or MTV, Amy Mann’s last line, “I wish he would let me talk.” ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/6 "2006-05-04T21:21:35Z")
> [@Team of Scientists](#): > > **The Clash** - _The Right Profile_ at 3:07, where Mick or Paul or whoever is singing lets out this garbled nonsense, like he forgot the lyrics or something I was _just_ listening to that song like, five minutes ago, and was er… “singing” along (if you could call it that), and laughed myself stupid trying to do the interesting “awsiksuka_spit_soooarrwww!” or whatever the hell that was. For me: Not sure if this one counts or not, but it’s the first one I thought of when I read the thread title, so I’m going with it. Musically, the part is repeated several times, but lyrically it’s only said once, and it’s my favourite. So here it goes: **The Vandals** - _Cafe 405_ at about 1:40 or so (“Shopping mall renegade”) - the song is pretty upbeat throughout, but for some reason, when this line is sung, that’s about the time I start jumping up and down, throwing stuff happily around the house, whirling my shirt in the air, or leading a stampede. Or something. The other ones I thought of: **Gorillaz** - \*Every Planet We Reach Is Dead \* at 1:48-ish (“Picture I’m a dreamer”) \*Cruel Angel’s Thesis \* (Remix - can’t remember which one, I managed to flub the name when I burned it from my CD to my comp years ago, and naturally, I can’t find my CD now) at around 3:52 - 4:00+ - there’s a short bit where they remove the bass and some other instruments from the background, leaving only vocals (the chorus: “_zankoku na tenshi no TE-ZE madobe kara yagate tobitatsu_”) and a stray flute-sounding instrument… at 4:00 they bring the rest back in (returns in the middle of the lyric “_hotobashiru_”). I describe this part to my husband as “Oh - stop dancing.” _listens attentively to the lyrics_ _bass returns_ “okay! We can dance again!” _grooves_ ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/7 "2006-05-04T22:12:55Z")
> [@Team of Scientists](#): > > That part in When the Levee Breaks is kind of repeated again later in the song, although it’s without those same lyrics. No it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/8 "2006-05-04T22:19:00Z")
The drum solo in “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” by Iron Butterfly. I’m serial. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/9 "2006-05-04T22:20:16Z")
Hmm, listening to it again I recognize that the instruments are playing the same thing at 5:15. However, at first there is no singing, and after that he only sings “aah”. So I don’t think it counts. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/10 "2006-05-04T22:34:41Z")
Elvis Costello, ‘Accidents Will Happen’. A beautiful middle eight with a bass line that simply climbs and climbs and climbs: “It’s the damage that we do, and never know / It’s the words that we don’t say that scare me so”. This is the first example that came to mind and I’m not even much of an EC fan (could never get past the nasal, whiny singing voice, sorry). ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/11 "2006-05-04T22:40:10Z")
They’re called bridges. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/12 "2006-05-04T22:58:13Z")
Magnetic Fields: I Think I Need A New Heart The bridge (?) “the words you long to hear, you will never hear from me. you’ll never hear me say, ‘happy anniversary’, never stay long enough to say ‘happy anniversary’.” So heartbreaking. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/13 "2006-05-04T23:02:17Z")
**The Rolling Stones** : “We all need someone to lean on…” “… to dream on…” “… to cream on…” ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Bug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andrew\_Bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_Bug)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/14 "2006-05-05T03:36:02Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > **The Vandals** - _Cafe 405_ at about 1:40 or so (“Shopping mall renegade”) - the song is pretty upbeat throughout, but for some reason, when this line is sung, that’s about the time I start jumping up and down, throwing stuff happily around the house, whirling my shirt in the air, or leading a stampede. Or something. Wow I thought I was the last person on earth that still listened to the vandals. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-parts-that-are-only-repeated-once/355432/15 "2006-05-05T03:49:12Z")
Air Supply, in “Making Love Out of Nothing At All” - the part which starts “Everytime I see you, all the rays of the sun…” I like it so much, I proposed to my wife with it.