# Rock songs with chants in them **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122 "2007-05-30T22:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/1 "2007-05-30T22:35:40Z")
I’m trying to compose a list of rock songs that have chants in them. Basically, when a line is repeated over and over consecutively. Please list the song, group and chant. Here’s 3 to start… The Smiths- _That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore_ “I’ve seen this happen in other people’s lives and now it’s happening in mine.” The Stone Roses- _Love Spreads_ “Let me put you in the picture, let me show you what I mean, the messiah is my sister, ain’t no king man, shes my queen.” The Killers- _All These Things That I’ve Done_ “I got soul but I’m not a soldier.” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/2 "2007-05-30T22:45:20Z")
The Beatles _Hey Jude_ “La la-la la-la-la-la la-la-la-la Hey Jude” ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/3 "2007-05-30T23:03:18Z")
KLF- _Doctorin’ the Tardis_ The Rising Sound- _Get in the Game_ ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/4 "2007-05-30T23:07:39Z")
[QUOTE=glee] The Beatles _Hey Jude_ “La la-la la-la-la-la la-la-la-la Hey Jude” [/QUOTE] That’s “Na na-na na-na-na-na na-na-na-na” 😉 Queen - _We Will Rock You_, _Another One Bites the Dust_. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/5 "2007-05-30T23:08:16Z")
Not really a rock song, but the venerable “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” has a wonderful chant of “wimoweh” throughout. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/6 "2007-05-30T23:28:19Z")
[Country Joe and the Fish] Gimme an F…[/Country Joe] ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/7 "2007-05-30T23:30:33Z")
Kubb - _Chemical_ ends with this glorious gospel-style chant to to finish a dreamy drug-haze love affirmation soundscape. Hard to classify, but it sends shivers down my spine. I really, really wish I could make soundscapes like that. Si (listening to it right now instead of going to bed) ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/8 "2007-05-30T23:33:18Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] That’s “Na na-na na-na-na-na na-na-na-na” 😉 [/QUOTE] “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’” by Journey does this, too. “Message in a Bottle” by the Police has “Sending out an S.O.S.” repeated ad infinitum at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/9 "2007-05-30T23:41:45Z")
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine, you’re so fine it blows my mind; hey Mickey! _clap clap, clap clap_ Hey Mickey! _clap clap, clap clap_ Okay, so it’s not exactly what we’re looking for, but if I can get it stuck in one Doper’s head, then I’m happy. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/10 "2007-05-31T00:32:09Z")
“Kiss Him Goodbye” by Steam. Na na na na, na na na na, he-ey hey, goodbye * * * “Land of 1000 Dances” by Cannibal and the Headhunters. I said, na-aaah, na na na na-aaah, na na na na-aaah na na na na na na-aaah, na na na na-aaah * * * “Hooked On A Feeling” by Blue Swede A-ooga, ooga, ooga-chuck-a. Ooga, ooga, ooga-chuck-a ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/11 "2007-05-31T01:21:32Z")
The end of “I Am the Walrus.” “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. II” Thousands of live cuts in which the crowd sings along while the singer holds his mic out to them. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/12 "2007-05-31T01:22:57Z")
[QUOTE=glee] The Beatles _Hey Jude_ “La la-la la-la-la-la la-la-la-la Hey Jude” [/QUOTE] Sorry to be, uh, pedantic, but it’s _Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na_ … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/13 "2007-05-31T01:26:39Z")
A bunch of songs by Enigma have chants. Just can’t recall titles right now. Not sure if it qualifies as rock, either. Probably not, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/14 "2007-05-31T01:44:30Z")
Radio Birdman’s **New Race** and its infamous ‘Yeah Hup!’ chant. A bunch of Ramones songs have what you’d call chants, but you might as well start with track one, side one, record one, ‘Hey Ho Let’s Go’ from **Blitzkrieg Bop** And if we’re going for _real_ chants, the ‘Om Shri’ chant on the Stooges’ **We Will Fall** is enough to have you joining the narrator, falling asleep. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/15 "2007-05-31T01:48:22Z")
Fleetwood Mac, “Tusk” (“Just tell me that you love me”) ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/16 "2007-05-31T02:01:50Z")
Every song by Sham 69. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/17 "2007-05-31T02:04:10Z")
We will We will Rock you (Queen) ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/18 "2007-05-31T02:11:54Z")
Radiohead’s “There There” (“I will eat you all alive”) and “Sit Down. Stand Up.” (“the raindrops”). Nazareth’s “Hair of the Dog” (“now you’re messing with a son of a _biiiitch_”). Cold War Kids’ “St. John” (“tell my sister Jane”). ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/19 "2007-05-31T02:18:39Z")
**The Smiths** - “Panic”: “Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ…” And I’m not sure if it counts as “rock”, but **Nitzer Ebb** ’s “Join in the chant”. The lyrics are all chanting, including: “Gold … Gold … Gold … Gold … Church … Church … Church … Church … Guns … Guns … Guns … Guns … FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!” And if **Nitzer Ebb** counts, how about **And One** ’s “Panzermensch”? “Computer (hey!) Maschine (hey!) Panzermensch! Geh g’radeaus - geh g’radeaus Computer (hey!) Maschine (hey!) Panzermensch! Geh g’radeaus - lass es raus! Seid bereit - immer bereit! Seid bereit - immer bereit!” ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122/20 "2007-05-31T02:37:28Z")
A longer one, but I think it qualifies: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, “I love Rock ‘n’ Roll” _I love Rock ‘n’ Roll/put another dime in the jukebox baby/I love Rock ‘n’ Roll/so come on and take your time and dance with me_ (repeat) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-chants-in-them/406122.md?page=2)