# Poll: Songs with 1 (of very few) word(s) in the lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 8, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372 "2003-09-08T20:35:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/41 "2003-09-11T16:03:04Z")
John Denver’s Ballad of Spiro Agnew. IIRC has 12. ---
**Author:** ![rumraisin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@rumraisin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rumraisin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/42 "2003-09-11T17:19:33Z")
“Lollipop” ---
**Author:** ![pung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pung)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/43 "2003-09-11T19:42:10Z")
Pink Floyd - Careful with that Ax Eugene … 1… 2… 5 words! 6 if you include “arrrghghhh” ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/44 "2003-09-11T20:36:32Z")
_David Bowie_ by Phish First verse: David Bowie (repeated) Second verse: UB40 (repeated) Oh, and **TBWombat** made me think of Monty Python’s _Spam Song_ _Spam spam spam spam_ _Spam spam spam spam_ _Spam spam spam spam_ _Spam spam spam spam_ ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/45 "2003-09-11T20:49:03Z")
Sorry, **TPWombat**! I hate mangling a moniker. ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/46 "2003-09-11T22:46:10Z")
Badger badger badger badger MUSHROOM MUSHROOM ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/47 "2003-09-12T00:16:55Z")
**Tequila !!!** by the Champs Wow - I thought that would be one of the first mentioned. Granted, it’s an instrumental but since “Wipeout” was listed, Tequila must be acceptable too. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/48 "2003-09-12T02:27:04Z")
From the OP’s quoting of **Little Nemo** : > [@](#): > > So remember, whenever you’re referring to the famous Mexican alcoholic beverage, call it t\*q\*\*la You woulda thought right, **wolf** 🙂 Daniel ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/49 "2003-09-12T03:20:56Z")
Even Oye Como Va only has 8 words: “Oye como va/mi ritmo/bueno pagozar/mulata” ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/50 "2003-09-12T03:50:54Z")
“Pick up the pieces”-Average White Band ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/51 "2003-09-12T04:05:07Z")
Van McCoy’s “The Hustle.” ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/52 "2003-09-12T04:11:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*Don’t forget “(This song’s just) six words long” by Weird Al Yankovic. Although the lyrics as sung are “This song IS just six words long.” Count the words. \*\* Besides which, there are more lyrics to the song than just that one line. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/53 "2003-09-12T04:22:14Z")
“I’m So Glad” by Cream ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/54 "2003-09-12T05:09:34Z")
**DanielWithrow** I thought I was being extra careful by doing an Edit/FInd search through the entire page and came up with nothing. Who would have thought that I should have been searching for “t\*q\*\*la” !!! Sheesh !!! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/55 "2003-09-12T21:52:03Z")
Napalm Death’s “You Suffer” has just two words in the lyrics _and_ they aren’t repeated. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/56 "2003-09-14T05:07:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ArchiveGuy \* > \*\***I Want You (She’s So Heavy)** by the Beatles uses only 9 words (though they do repeat in variations). Ditto _Why Don’t We Do It in the Road_, with 13 words. \*\* The Beatles were mentioned, but not “You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)”? Huey Lewis and the News also did a song called “Slammin’”, which consists of only one word once, the title. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/57 "2003-09-15T13:09:51Z")
If I counted correctly, “Flashlight” by Parliament has only 20 words. Is this over the limit for this thread? ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/58 "2003-09-15T20:19:34Z")
“A Huevo”, by Los Straitjackets ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372/59 "2003-09-15T20:38:35Z")
Silly song back in the 70s(?) that the Muppets actually covered 🙂 Ma Na Ma Na Ma Na Ma Na Ma Na Ma Na … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-songs-with-1-of-very-few-word-s-in-the-lyrics/200372.md?page=2)