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[[Single-Stanza Song|Single Stanza Songs]]
* Several [[Daft Punk (Music)|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"
* I AM HENRY THE EIGHTH I AM, HENRY THE EIGHTH I AM I AM, I GOT MARRIED TO THE WIDOW NEXT DOOR, SHE'S BEEN MARRIED SEVEN TIMES BEFORE, AND EVERY ONE WAS A HENRY, SHE WOULDN'T HAVE A WILLY OR A SAM, I'M HER EIGHTH OLD MAN I'M HENRY, HENRY THE EIGHTH I AM.
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* "The funk phenomena, the funk phenomena, the funk phenomena, the funk phenomena, the funk phenomena" ad nauseam (Armand Van Helden)
* "A Better Class of Criminal" by Electric Valentine, which has a [[Non-Appearing Title]].
* [[Crystal Castles]] has a little song called "Doe Deer", whose lyrics consist solely of Alice screaming [[Careful Withwith That Axe|DEATH RAY, DEAAAATH RAAY!]]
* "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 ChopsChop's Play Along (TV)|Lamb Chops Play Along]]''
{{quote| This is the song that doesn't end, <br />
yes it goes on and on, my friend. <br />
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* John Mayer's song "Say" repeats the phrase "say what you need to say" many times.
* [[The Police]]'s song "Message in a Bottle" repeats the phrase "sending out an SOS" many times.
* [[LCD Soundsystem]]'s "Us v. Them"'s latter half consists of "Us, and them, over and over again" and minor variations thereof... [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|over and over again]].
* DRI's "Reaganomics" is 42 seconds of "Reaganomics killing me, Reaganomics killing me, Reaganomics killing me, Reaganomics killing you!" being repeated.
* ''Right about now, the funk soul brother/check it out now, the funk soul brother/right about now, the funk soul brother/check it out now, the funk soul brother''
* "Dicks Are For My Friends" by [[Mindless Self Indulgence]].
* "Free Speech For The Dumb" by Discharge: "Free speech, free speech for the dumb" repeated for two minutes. The [[Covered Up|better known]] [[Metallica (Music)|Metallica]] cover actually adds one more line to it - "free fucking speech!".
* In the play ''Vanities'' by Jack Heifner, Joanne offers to "teach the kids the words to 'Hold That Tiger'," which is not such a good idea because the words are just "Hold That Tiger!" repeated over and over again.
* In [[BT (Music)|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]]
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