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Songs with only one verse?

C

cd637299

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Going in the vein of the second-verse-curse thread.....

How many hit songs (or even lesser-charted) have what would be called only one verse?

I know 3 songs that begin with a chorus, have a verse, then repeat the chorus---and that's the whole song:

"Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds
"Invisible Tears" by Ray Conniff Singers
"Delta Dawn" by Helen Reddy

Any others like that, or just one verse, or one continuous storyline with little-to-no continuity?

cd
 
Another One Bites The Dust-Queen
We Will Rock You-Queen
 
Mother's Lament - Cream
 
Henry VIII - Second verse, same as the first - Hermans Hermits
 
"I'm a Cranky Old Yank, in a Clanky Old Tank, on the Streets of Yokahama with My Honolulu Mama, Doing Those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat on My Seat-o, Hirohito Blues."
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by Hoagy Carmichael-is the title and entire lyric
 
Basement Blues - Sidney Bechet
 
Fly Robin Fly -- Silver Convention
Positively 4th Street -- Bob Dylan

The Foundations' "Baby, Now That I've Found You" has a verse and a chorus. The last four lines of the verse are brought back later in the song as a bridge, but there is no actual second verse.
 
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I can't help but think that "Flashlight" by Parliament qualifies for a mention here. As best as I can tell, it is just a jam session, lacking the usual structure (verse, chorus, verse, ,chorus, bridge, etc.) of your typical song. But it's still great for what it is! 8)
 
"Flashlight" --- arrrggghhhh! You're right though....would the similarly structured "Batdance" qualify?

cd
 
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