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{{trope}}
{{quote|
''I know a song that'll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves,''
''I know a song that'll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves,''
''And this is how it goes, [[Written Sound Effect|bom, bom, bom...]]''
(repeat ad infinitum) }}
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* [[Second Verse Curse]]
* [[Chorus-Only Song]]
{{examples}}▼
▲{{examples}}
== 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
* 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]]''
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yes it goes on and on, my friend.
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was,
and they'll continue singing it forever just because...
This is the song that doesn't end,
yes it goes on and on, my friend.
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was,
and they'll continue singing it forever just because...
This is the song that doesn't end,
yes it goes on and on, my friend.
Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was,
[[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
* 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:"
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The bear went over the mountain,
The bear went over the mountain,
And what do you think he saw?
He saw another mountain,
He saw another mountain,
He saw another mountain,
And what do you think he did? }}
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