Words that occur in only one song

[Mumpo]

It just struck me that if you want to hear the word 'psychosomatic' in a song, Breathe by The Prodigy is pretty much your only port of call (I am sure someone will prove me wrong).

What other words only occur in one song?

[Kevin S]

Words that occur in only one song

Bzooty

[Kevin S]

Words that occur in only one song

The Avalanches' Frontier Psychiatrist has got 'psychosomatic' in it, hasn't it?

[Duncan Gardner]

Words that occur in only one song

Privy (Councillors)- Queen's Seven Seas of Rhye

Topical, eh?

[treibeis]

Words that occur in only one song

"Stalwart", in The Smiths' I Want The One I Can't Have.

[Crusoe]

Words that occur in only one song

Supercalafragilisticxpialidocious?

Okay, 'Bullworker' - in Tindersticks' "My Sister"

[MsD]

Words that occur in only one song

I'm going to guess "upholstery" from Car Trouble (Adam and the Ants).

There must be some Bowie ones.

Nope - there's a song called Upholstery. Darn.

[Jah Womble]

Words that occur in only one song

The word 'onomatopoeia' probably doesn't only occur in Kid Creole & The Coconuts' Annie I'm Not Your Daddy - but I doubt there are any other Top 20 hits that can boast it.

[ad hoc]

Words that occur in only one song

The Fall's "It's a Curse" features forsooth, balti, Vimto and Spangles. At least one of them must be unique in the annals of popular music.

(Waits for people pointing out the incompatibility of the terms "The Fall" and "popular music")

(It also uses the word "unguilty" but i;m not convinced that actually is a word, so we possibly can't claim it here)

[Ray de Galles]

Words that occur in only one song

"Four days, five day marathon,
We're moving like a parallelogram"

Motorhead by Hawkwind/Motörhead.

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[MsD]

Words that occur in only one song

Maybe rap has this sewn up, although I doubt there's a "forsooth".

[Jah Womble]

Words that occur in only one song

I think the Ramones' Teenage Lobotomy must be vying for the only use of the word 'cerebellum' in a popular song.

[Whittaker]

Words that occur in only one song

Is Hit the North by The Fall the only song to use the word "Bradford"? It's definitely the only one I can think of that uses the word "Victorian".

[Jah Womble]

Words that occur in only one song

Mott the Hoople's All the Way from Memphis mentions Bradford.

As does Back to Bradford by Smokie.

[ad hoc]

Words that occur in only one song

There is bound to be some obscure band from Melbourne that has used the word Victorian, albeit with a different meaning

[ad hoc]

Words that occur in only one song

Rococo? Used, repeatedly, by the Arcade Fire in the song of that name

[Jah Womble]

Words that occur in only one song

To my disappointment, I've also discovered at least a dozen other songs that contain the word 'cerebellum'.

One of them is Schoolin' by Everything Everything. Most of the remainder seem - unsurprisingly - to be by death metal bands.

[Ray de Galles]

Words that occur in only one song

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[Ray de Galles]

Words that occur in only one song

Whittaker wrote: Is Hit the North by The Fall the only song to use the word "Bradford"? It's definitely the only one I can think of that uses the word "Victorian".

Didn't The Fall have a song called 'Spoilt Victorian Child'?

[Sits]

Words that occur in only one song

British Sea Power's Waving Flags mentions both Vistula and Carpathians. Some chance there.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Words that occur in only one song

Leodensian in I predict a riot

Paperback (Writer) and Norwegian (Wood)

Is Supernova used other than in Champagne Supernova?

Planetary in Intergalactic, but Interplanetary in the Carpenters song

[Ray de Galles]

Words that occur in only one song

I'm confident all of those except the first are in other songs.

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

Words that occur in only one song

"Shining in the park with a bioluminescence"- Alley Flowers, Jolie Holland.

Ah, bollocks no - I've just Googled it and it's fucking everywhere.

[Ray de Galles]

Words that occur in only one song

If we're allowing names there is Miller, Mailer, Plath and Pinter in 'Faster' by Manic Street Preachers. Mensa too but I suspect Half Man Half Biscuit may have used that.

In fact HMHB are going to be a goldmine on this thread.

[Gangster Octopus]

Words that occur in only one song

Rogin the Armchair Fan wrote: Is Supernova used other than in Champagne Supernova?

It's in the chorus to Welcome To The Pleasure Dome.