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* "Song 2" by [[Blur (Musicband)|Blur]].
** This example might be this trope ''squared''. How many people know words to the chorus other than "[[Memetic Mutation|WOO HOO]]" ?
* Basshunter literally does this many times with his own songs, with examples ranging from the chorus-only "Vi Sitter I Ventrilo Och Spelar DotA" to not realizing "Jingle Bells" has [[Did Not Do the Research|more than one verse]].
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**** unlike [[Deutschland Uber Alles]], which has verses which are known but banned...
* "Give Peace a Chance" by [[John Lennon]]. Since the chorus is only one couplet, repeated as necessary, that takes this trope near the limit. But it's understandable: the chorus is simple and timeless; the verses are tonguetwisters, and they are less timeless.
** The "forgotten verses" effect is perhaps heightened by the fact that current live concert performances of the song by Paul McCartney as a tribute to his former bandmate include only the familiar refrain, usually as part of a medley with another song. (For example, since at least 2009, [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]]' "A Day in the Life" has been the song that segues into the refrain of "Give Peace a Chance".)
** ''[[Hey Jude]]'' is much the same...
* "Yankee Doodle", of all things, has quite a few verses (specific regions and regiments came up with their own additional verses during the [[American Revolution]]), but nobody today remembers any more than the chorus.
* "Crawling" by Linkin Park is infamous for its angsty chorus and little else; in fact most only ever know the first line, the second is brought up occasionally, and almost never the 3rd or 4th.
* The theme song for ''[[The Jeffersons]].''
* "Daisy Bell," the song that HAL sings in ''[[Two2001: ThousandA OneSpace Odyssey|2001]]'', has verses. [[Refrain From Assuming|Nobody remembers it under that title]], either (HAL calls it "Daisy," but most people remember it as "A Bicycle Built For Two"), since only the verses mention a bell.
* As do "Oh I do like to be beside the seaside" and "Where did you get that hat?".
* ''Closer'' by [[Nine Inch Nails]], to the point where most people refer to it as the fuck-you-like-an-animal song, which [[Misaimed Fandom|completely misses the point.]]
* Several of the songs from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' have verses not used in the movie, including "Over The Rainbow," "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead," "If I Only Had A Brain," and "The Merry Old Land Of Oz".
** Even more surprising are songs that got cut out of the film ''entirely'', including "The Jitter Bug," "Happy Glow," and "The Ozphabet." (The musical stage version retains many of them.)
* [[wikipedia:Land of Hope and Glory|Land of Hope and Glory]].
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* An odd example of this is "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. It consists of a chorus, a bridge, the same bridge repeated, then the chorus repeated again.
* Arguably, the opening theme of ''[[Princess Tutu]]'', "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsipExvcHgM Morning Grace]".
* [[Pinocchio (Disney film)|''When You Wish Upon a Star'']]
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vKfxKtGLU8 It's a Long Way To Tipperary]"
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* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOo-zKk0x4Q Hello, My Baby!]"
** Oddly averted by [[Ivor Bigguns]], normally known for his terribly bawdy songs.
* "[[wikipedia:Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay|Ta-rar-a Boom-de-ay!]]" (Although a lot of people know the melody of the verses as "[[Axe Crazy|Lizzie Borden]] took [[Careful Withwith That Axe|an axe]]...")
* KC and the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way (I Like It)"
* Not many people know that "You Are My Sunshine" [http://www.lyricsty.com/lyrics/d/doris_day/you_are_my_sunshine.html has verses], since they're nearly never sung.
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* "Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee has this taken to an extreme - people only know the chorus, and they do so as [[Something Something Leonard Bernstein|"something something Gasolina"]] repeated 8 times.
* For some, [[The Rolling Stones|"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"]] are just those five words.
* Prince's [[Batman (Filmfilm)|"Batdance"]] has ''got'' to qualify. While it is admittedly far more of a dance number than a "sing-along" song, most people are unlikely to remember more than about 10 percent of the lyrics at best (assuming they can remember it at all). In fact, the one line (besides the chorus) that ''everyone'' seems to remember is the very first one ("Oh, I got a live one here!") - and that's only because radio deejays loved to play it as an out-of-context gag soundbite for years afterward.
* Rising rapper B.O.B's first album had a lot of songs like this. Higher is a perfect example, and literally plays out like this: Verse 1->Chorus->long instrumental->Chorus again. His songs had short verses with long choruses. A song that worked with it was Ghost in the Machine, however, because it's an absolutely epic tearjerker, which is hard to find in Hi-Hop nowadays.
* "Anything You Can Do" has a short verse, but it's not used in ''[[Annie Get Your Gun]]''.
* Assuming they've never heard the [[Cluster F-Bomb]] bridge to [[Disturbed (Music)|Disturbed]]'s "Down with the Sickness", most people will probably know "Get up! C'mon, get down with the sickness! Get up! C'mon, get down with the sickness! Get up! C'mon, get down with the sickness!". They may even forgo the rest for the title alone.
* If you've ever heard "Waltzing Matilda" chances are you've only ever heard not only the first verse and the chorus, but you'll also hear them ''misquoted''. The song itself is about a swagman who steals a "jumbuck" (sheep), then [[Better to Die Than Be Killed|drowns instead of letting the police take him]]. And everyone misquotes the line as "''You'll'' come a-Waltzing Matilda with ''me''" (The swagman sings "''Who'll'' come...", while the troopers sing "''You'll'' come a-Waltzing Matilda with ''we''".)
** Not to mention, the original lyrics for the chorus were set to a different tune.
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** ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'' reuses the theme, but gets rid of everything but the chorus and changes the lyrics slightly. The only lyrics are "go go Power Rangers," and "rangers together, samurai forever" (in place of "you mighty morphing power rangers.")
* "Paradise City" by [[Guns N' Roses (Music)|Guns N' Roses]]: it has verses, sung more or less clearly (though [[Motor Mouth|really fast]]), but everybody remembers only the lyrics of the chorus: "Take me down to the paradise city, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. TAKE ME HOME!".
** [[Second Verse Curse|And even fewer people know the second verse.]] [[[Crowning Music of Awesome]] Except Masaaki Endo.]]
* ''[[Transformers: theThe Movie]]'' appears resigned to this. It adds completely forgettable lyrics around the already well-known "Transformers, more than meets the eye" [[Expository Theme Song]], then ''removes'' them when the song is sung at the beginning of the movie, only playing them during the credits.
* One Week by Barenaked Ladies gets this somewhat. Each chorus is slightly varied, but the verses are not nearly as well known, not helped by being somewhat disconnected from the chorus, and generally sung very fast.
 
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