GIMME! GIMME! GIMMIE! some repetative one word song titles

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A year later, on the other side of the pond, NYC’s Velvet Underground song of the same name.

TLH got the count right @ 5. Speaking of 5, If You’re going to San Francisco, before to sure to whistle Scoot McKenzie’s song “No, No, No, No, No”. <Hi Jack>Speaking of ‘no’ - I never counted, but the Zombies “Tell Her No” has got to repeated at least 200 times in under 3 minutes.</Hi Jack>

On one of his many remakes of the Amos Milburn song, on the Boogie Chillin’ album (I believe) - he ups the ‘Boom’ count to 3. Not to be out done, the Vengaboys did a totally different dance track Boom Boom Boom Boom.

Chuck Berry: Go Go Go

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Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson have “Say say say”

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You need to be of a certain age range to recognize

Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here!

from Schoolhouse Rock

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Thanks, I knew there was at least one other “Run Run Run,” but couldn’t think who did it. Similarly, Roxy Music did a song called “Cry Cry Cry” that is not the Johnny Cash song.

Shame Shame - Magic Lanterns
Shame Shame Shame - Jimmy Reed

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My My My - Armand Van Helden
Corrina, Corrina - various cover artists

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Yummy, Yummy, Yummy by the Ohio Express

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Well Well Well - John Lennon

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Music! Music! Music! (made famous by Teresa Brewer and Douglas Hofstadter)

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Badger, badger, badger…

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Tora! Tora! Tora! - OMD

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How could we forget ABBA’s stirring “Andante, Andante”? And in the close-but-no-pickled-herring category, “On and On and On”, from the same album.

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There’s also “Kare Kare” by Crowded House, on their album Together Alone. The song takes its name from the beach in KareKare where it was recorded. Does this still count?

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Bang Bang – Cher
Baby Baby – Amy Grant

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There There - Aloha
Hey Hey Hey Hey! - The Beatles
Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
July, July! - The Decemberists
Please Please Please - Fiona Apple
Red Red Red - Fiona Apple
Fa Fa - Guster
Goodnight Goodnight - Hot Hot Heat
Abandon! Abandon! - The Jealous Sound
Ha Ha - Mates of State
Cry, Cry - Mazzy Star
Spritz!!! Spritz!!! - Minus the Bear
La La - The Polyphonic Spree
Olsen Olsen - Sigur Ros
Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
Sweet Sweet - Smashing Pumpkins
Joy! Joy! Joy! - Sufjan Stevens
Jumble, Jumble - The White Stripes
Take, Take, Take - The White Stripes
Doctor, Doctor - The Who
No No No - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Not sure if it counts:
11:11 - Rufus Wainwright
11:11 - Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
(since you pronounce it “eleven eleven”)

So close:
Na Na Na Na Naa - Kaiser Chiefs
Bongo Bong - Manu Chao
Swan Swan H - REM
I Hate Hate - Cornelius

(apologies if any of these were posted in the time it took me to scroll through my iTunes)

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Can’t believe no one’s mentioned it -

Turn, Turn, Turn by the Byrds

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Here are a few on my hard drive:

Condi, Condi by Steve Earle
Dirty, Dirty by Die Trying
Promises, Promises by The Cooper Temple Clause
Sing, Sing, Sing by Brian Setzer Orchestra
Swing, Swing by The All American Rejects
Jumpin’ Jumpin’ by Destiny’s Child
Truly, Truly by Grant Lee Buffalo
C’mon C’mon by The Von Bondies
Nice, Nice by Lifter Puller
Run Run Run by Phoenix

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Two different songs, with the same titles as two previously listed ones:

Louie Louie - Pretenders
There There - Radiohead

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AwSnappity snagged my favourite example of this stuff: No No No by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

I can also put forth Judy Judy by Archer Prewitt, classic Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman and company, and Neko Case’s Hold On Hold On - a repetitive two-word title.

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Um Um Um Um Um, Major Lance

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Two more:

The Smashing Pumpkins - Try, Try, Try
The Damned - Neat, Neat, Neat, from the Album Damned, Damned, Damned. Quite a meta title there.