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{{trope}}
{{quote| ''I know a song that'll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves,''<br />
''I know a song that'll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves,''<br />
''I know a song that'll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves,''<br />
''And this is how it goes, [[Written Sound Effect|bom, bom, bom...]]''<br />
(repeat ad infinitum) }}
 
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* [[Second Verse Curse]]
* [[Chorus-Only Song]]
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== Single Word Songs ==
* [[Koyaanisqatsi]]! [[Koyaanisqatsi]]!
** Parodied in [[PDQ Bach]]'s "Prelude to Einstein on the Fritz": "Koy-hotsy-totsy..."
* The duet "Woe" from [[PDQ Bach]]'s "half-act opera" ''The Stoned Guest''.
 
== [[Single-Stanza Song|Single Stanza Songs]]s ==
* Several [[Daft Punk]] songs work like this. "[http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/daft+punk/around+the+world_10076007.html Around the World]", "Robot Rock", and "Television Rules the Nation" have only their titles for lyrics.
* [[Queens of the Stone Age]]'s "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" has one line of lyrics that are repeated ad-infinitum throughout the whole song, with no real chorus. ("Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol...c-c-c-c-c-cocaine"
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* "A/B Machines" by Sleigh Bells has the single line "got my a machines on the table, got my b machines in the drawer" repeated throughout it's 3 and a half minute runtime.
* ''[[Lamb Chop's Play Along|Lamb Chops Play Along]]''
{{quote| This is the song that doesn't end, <br />
yes it goes on and on, my friend. <br />
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, <br />
and they'll continue singing it forever just because... <br />
This is the song that doesn't end, <br />
yes it goes on and on, my friend. <br />
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, <br />
and they'll continue singing it forever just because...<br />
This is the song that doesn't end, <br />
yes it goes on and on, my friend. <br />
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, <br />
[[Ear Worm|and they'll continue singing it forever just because...]] }}
* John Mayer's song "Say" repeats the phrase "say what you need to say" many times.
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* In [[BT|BT's]] song "Nectar", the lyrics are simply, "And it ebbs and goes, ebbs and goes where love can only flow..." repeated until the very end.
 
== [[Second Verse Curse|Second Verse Recursive]] ==
* When The Saints Go Marching In
* The Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On (MK dub and subsequent remixes): "-Er/ And their lives again -er / And their li- to pull us -er" ad nauseam. One hell of an [[Ear Worm]].
* ''Paradise'' by [[Coldplay]].
 
== [[Chorus-Only Song|Chorus Only Songs]]s ==
* A LOT of Church choruses.
* "I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves; yes, on everybody's nerves. I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, and this is how it goes... I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves; yes, on everybody's nerves. I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, and this is how it goes... I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves; yes, on everybody's nerves. I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, and this is how it goes...." And it can go on for as long as you like.
** Or until the driver pulls the vehicle over and threatens to put everyone out on the side of the road.
 
== [[Circular Lyrics]] ==
* "I Don't Wanna Wait" by [[The Veronicas]]: It starts just the way it finishes and you could loop it easily.
* "The Bear Went Over the Mountain:"
{{quote| The bear went over the mountain,<br />
The bear went over the mountain,<br />
The bear went over the mountain,<br />
And what do you think he saw?<br />
He saw another mountain,<br />
He saw another mountain,<br />
He saw another mountain,<br />
And what do you think he did? }}