# Songs that are too repetitive **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325 "2011-04-14T03:13:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/41 "2011-04-14T15:59:42Z")
Tell her no, no, no, no etc. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/42 "2011-04-14T16:03:34Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Oh, fucking come on people. Nobody has mentioned > > It’s a small world after all. > It’s a small world after all. > It’s a small world after all. > It’s a small, small world. If that’s the way you feel, never EVER shop at FAO Schwartz. I Wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day, I Wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day, I Wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day, I Wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day, I Wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day, I Wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day, I Wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day, I Wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day, I Wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day, I Wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day, I Wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day, I ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/43 "2011-04-14T16:19:38Z")
This thread is becoming my own personal earworm purgatory. I hate you all. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/44 "2011-04-14T17:11:03Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > There’s a band called The Smithereens. > > What bothered the piss out of me was that all their “hits” ended with the singer (Pat Nunzio ?) repeating the title over and over and over… I have the same problem with The Police. The last third of every song is Sting repeating one phrase over and over and over and over… Many miles away… So lonely, so lonely, so lonely… don’t stand, don’t stand so, don’t stand so close to me… I can’t I can’t I can’t stand losing… that weird yodel thing in “Walking on the Moon” Ee-oh, Ee-oh, Ee-oh (Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic) I’ll be watching you… Also, most of Rage Against The Machine’s first 2 albums. Zacky Farms Roach Clip just strings 3 or 4 Marxist slogans together and repeats them ad nauseum. Now you’re under control, now you do what they told you… Rally round the family, with a pocket full of shells… I’m rolling down Rodeo with a shotgun… And just to make sure you all hate me for the rest of the day: All we are saying…is give peace a chance… ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/45 "2011-04-14T17:17:01Z")
Yes, Don Henley, we get it. All She Wants To Do Is Dance. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/46 "2011-04-14T17:22:14Z")
Black Hole Sun. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/47 "2011-04-14T17:26:04Z")
Love the Police’s “Message in a Bottle,” but around the 120th iteration of “sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS,” etc, I think I’ve had enough of it. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/48 "2011-04-14T17:27:03Z")
“Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do” Suzanne Vega, “Tom’s Diner” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/49 "2011-04-14T17:32:00Z")
The cow kicked Nellie in the belly last night The cow kicked Nellie in the belly last night The cow kicked Nellie in the belly last night The cow kicked Nellie in the belly last night The doctor said everything will be all right Second verse same as the first, a little bit louder and a whole lot worse ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/50 "2011-04-14T17:38:14Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Natalie merchant- “thank you, thank you, thank you” ad nauseam She’s had to thank each and every maniac personally. ---
**Author:** ![LaurenIpsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/51 "2011-04-14T17:53:40Z")
“Say My Name” by Destiny’s Child. When I first heard it on the radio, my reaction was, “This is a song? Just the words “say my name” over and over and over?” ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/52 "2011-04-14T17:58:16Z")
Metal guru - T Rex, song is only 2.30 long and over half that is the lead out. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EpA-7dNuobU/hqdefault.jpg "T.Rex - Metal Guru") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpA-7dNuobU) Atomic - Blondie, to say it does not have much in the way of lyric is an understatement, look here, [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EpA-7dNuobU/hqdefault.jpg "T.Rex - Metal Guru") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpA-7dNuobU) Thise few words are stretched out to last 4 minutes, there isnt enough to last 30 seconds ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/53 "2011-04-14T18:13:43Z")
Bruce Springsteen repeats “Hidin’ on the backstreets” 28 times. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/54 "2011-04-14T18:28:51Z")
“I don’t need to walk around in circles walk around in circles walk around in circles” ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/55 "2011-04-14T18:58:10Z")
I would say “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road”, except that I _like_ that it’s repetitive. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/56 "2011-04-14T19:19:42Z")
Party party fun fun fun fun… > [@stpauler](#): > > Daft Punk’s “Around the World”. F\*\*k, I hated that song. The “Daft Hands” video for [“Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq--Nw) was such a hit, they made a [somewhat less impressive sequel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n7daut0m7I) using that song. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/57 "2011-04-14T19:26:22Z")
Around the world Around the world Around the world Around the world ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/58 "2011-04-14T20:54:02Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I would say “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road”, except that I _like_ that it’s repetitive. Oh yeah, “Surfin’ Bird” by the Trashmen too. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/59 "2011-04-14T21:40:06Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Remember, even repetitive lyrics can be copywritten. And I was amazed to find out this song was written and copywrited in 1988! Nitpick: Copyright protection attaches to a work as soon as it is fixed in a perceptible medium. Thus, the act of creating or writing is almost always simultaneous with copyright protection. (And it’s copy **right** , as in a right to make copies.) ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/60 "2011-04-14T22:00:37Z")
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