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Songs where the title says it all!

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Dave Andrews

These are tunes where the title is the only lyric:

Batman Theme - Neil Hefti
Tequila - The Champs
The Hustle - Van McCoy (I'm letting the word "Do" slide)
Do It Any Way You Wanna - The People's Choice
 
For the most part, Revolution No. 9, by The Beatles, because it is not so much about the lyrics as the repetitive number 9, number 9, number 9.
 
Silkie said:
For the most part, Revolution No. 9, by The Beatles, because it is not so much about the lyrics as the repetitive number 9, number 9, number 9.
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Backwards was "Turn me on dead man, turn me on dead man, turn me on dead man...." I heard that that was an engineer at IIRC Abbey Road Studio #9 testing the mike or something.

And going back a ways, there was PEnnsylvania 6-5000 by The Glenn Miller Orchestra -- arguably the first phone number song, way before 634-5789 et. al.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEnnsylvania_6-5000
 
I believe Joel Whitburn's Hot 100 book lists "Rock & Roll Part 2" by Gary Glitter as "also known as 'The Hey Song' " .....so I'll list this one, iffy as it is.

"Heyyyy!"

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cd637299 said:
I believe Joel Whitburn's Hot 100 book lists "Rock & Roll Part 2" by Gary Glitter as "also known as 'The Hey Song' " .....so I'll list this one, iffy as it is.
"Heyyyy!"
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Ever heard part 1 of that one? It actually says "rock and roll" over and over again, in the same spots that are instrumental-only in part 2. This in addition to those "hey"s that you mentioned. So this one might actually count twice for this thread! 8)
 
^ I just heard both parts on YouTube. Part 1 *does* have other lyrics but hard to decipher....something like "the high school hop". I think he shoulda stuck with just "hey". ;)

Does he get any residuals when it's played at sporting events?

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Why Don't We Do it in the Road?
Beatles

Five of six lines - three verses total, one other line sung each verse "No one will be watching us"repeated
 
Roy Clark once recorded a song called Shortest Song in the World. Lasted all of about 20-seconds, and was probably a gag number to fill (Kill?) time on a 33-RPM. The lyrics: This is the shortest song in the world.
 
firepoint525 said:
Wasn't there an instrumental at one time which went by the title, "Music to Watch Girls By"? If that title doesn't "say it all," I don't know what does! 8)
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Yes, the instrumental was by Bob Crewe. The vocal version was by Andy Williams.
 
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