- Adieu, Adieu - Fairport Convention
- Again again - Lady Gaga
- Alegria Alegria - Caetano Veloso
- Alright Alright Alright - Mungo Jerry
- Amy Amy Amy - Amy Winehouse
- A Wager A Wager - Tim Hart & Maddy Prior
- Baby Baby - Sunblock "feat.", as they say in modern parlance, Sandy
- Baby, Baby - Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
- Baby baby - The Vibrators
- Baj, Baj, Baj (Hungarian for "trouble, trouble, trouble") - Marta Sebestyen and Muzsikas
- Baker Baker - Tori Amos
- Bam Bam - Sister Nancy
- Bang Bang - B. A. Robertson
- Bang Bang (a very different one) - Nancy Sinatra
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Bourgie Bourgie - Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Boys boys boys - Lady Gaga
- Bye Bye - Bob Dylan
- Bye Bye Bye - *NSync
- Call Call - The Faint
- Cannily Cannily - Maddy Prior & Tim Hart
- Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club
- Chinito, Chinito (Spanish for "Little Chinese man, little Chinese man") - Juliette and Carla Commagere
- C'mon, C'mon - Sheryl Crow
- C'mon, C'mon - One Direction
- Co-co - The Sweet
- Cockroach Cockroach - The Crocodiles
- Cody, Cody - The Flying Burrito Brothers
- Corrina Corrina - Bob Dylan
- Cough cough - Everything Everything (bonus!)
- Cry Cry - Cheap Trick
- Cry Cry - Oysterband
- Cry! Cry! Cry! - Johnny Cash
- Da Da Da - Trio
- Dance Dance Dance - The Beach Boys
- Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) - Chic. Even though their parenthetical subtitle is also repetitious, disqualified.
- Darkness, Darkness - The Youngbloods and many others
- Drip, Drip, Drip - Chumbawumba
- Doctor Doctor - UFO
- Dodo - Genesis
- Down Down - Status Quo
- Duran Duran
- Et moi, et moi, et moi - Jacques Dutronc
- Everything Everything
- Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa (Sad song) - Otis Redding. Otis, Otis, Otis - when will you learn that parenthetical subtitles rule you out? Disqualified.
- Farewell, Farewell - Fairport Convention
- Fine Fine Fine - Status Quo
- Fun Fun Fun - The Beach Boys
- Funny Funny - The Sweet
- Get It Get It - Scissor Sisters
- Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA. Also disqualified.
- Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie - Black Flag
- Girls Girls Girls - Sailor
- Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss. Disallowed
- Good Morning Good Morning - The Beatles
- Ha Ha Ha - Flipper
- Hanna Hanna - China Crisis
- Honey, Honey - ABBA, Sweet Dreams
- Hot Hot Hot - Byron Lee
- Iko Iko - The Dixie Cups, The Belle Stars, etc.
- Isis - Bob Dylan
- Jenny, Jenny - Little Richard
- Jimmy Jimmy - The Undertones
- Kara Kara - New World
- Kare Kare - Crowded House
- Kiss Kiss
- Kiss Kiss Kiss - Yoko Ono
- Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me - The Cure
- Lagu Lagu - Sa Ding Ding
- Laugh, Laugh - The Beau Brummels
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin
- Liar Liar - Avicii
- Long, Long, Long - The Beatles
- Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
- Love, love, love - John Prine
- Lulu - Lou Reed album
- Lulu
- Mama - Genesis
- Mary Mary
- Me Me Me
- Mirror Mirror - Dollar
- Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies
- Mini, mini, mini - Jacques Dutronc
- Money, Money, Money - ABBA
- Monomono
- Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells, Celia & The Mutations, Billy Idol, etc.
- My-my-my - Otis Redding
- Na Na Na - Cozy Powell
- Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire
- Nag Nag Nag Nag - Art Brut
- Neat, Neat, Neat - The Damned
- Neighbour Neighbour - The Spectres
- Neon Neon
- Never Never - The Assembly
- No Light, No Light - Florence & The Machine
- O Charlie, O Charlie - Archie Fisher
- Okay, Okay - Linus
- Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba
- Please, Please, Please - James Brown
- Pussy, Pussy, Pussy - The Hot Club Of Cowtown
- Radio Radio - Elvis Costello and The Attractions
- Rain Rain Rain - Roxy Music
- Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
- Rufus Rufus Rufus - Benjamin Brunel
- Run Run Run - Jo Jo Gunne
- Run Run Run - Velvet Undergound
- Say Say Say - Paul McCartney
- Scarlet Scarlet - Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight
- Shame, Shame, Shame - Bryan Ferry
- She Said She Said - The Beatles
- Sin Sin Sin - Robbie Williams
- Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! - Tex Williams
- Stop Stop Stop - The Hollies
- Suffragette Suffragette - Everything Everything (bonus again!)
- Sugar Sugar - The Archies
- Talk Talk - both a band and a song
- The The
- Tum Tum - Rita Lee
- Tum-tum-tum - Jackson do Pandeiro
- Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um - Major Lance
- Wah-wah - George Harrison
- Waka Waka - Shakira
- Wet Wet Wet
- Xiu Xiu
- Ya-ya - Lee Dorsey
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - disqualified for that one little "s". Nice try, though.
- Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express
Denied:
- De-do-do-do, de-da-da-da - The Police
Thanks to Ali B for the suggestion, and to Jude The Obscure for inspiration. Thanks to Cath, Peter, Rupert, Gavin, Jenni, Matt for suggestions.
4 comments:
Farewell, farewell - Fairport Convention
Love, love, love - John Prine
Baj, baj, baj (Hungarian for "trouble, trouble, trouble") - Marta Sebestyen and Muzsikas
Chinito, chinito (Spanish for "Little Chinese man, little Chinese man" by Juliette and Carla Commagere
Lagu lagu by Sa Ding Ding (yes I know she doesn't quite count herself)
Chorus:
Ma ya no ya na ya no
Na ya no ya na
Na ya no ya na ya no
Na ya no ya na
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! - Tex Williams
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! - Tex Williams
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