- Songs with expressions repeatedly peppered throughout
- Instrumentals with the song title in it, frequently with few or no additional words
- Songs that have one verse, repeated one or more times
- "Hallelujah" dominates the lyrics in "Hallelujah Chorus".
- In "High Ho High Ho" -OR- "Heigh Ho Heigh Ho", the seven dwarves sing little else besides hi-ho.
- The Fenderman version of "Muleskinner Blues" is good for lots of laughs and guffaws.
- "Nobody But Me" by the Human Beinz, written by Isley Brothers ("Shout") loads up on "No-no, no, no, no-no-no, no, no-no, no, no-no …". This Songfacts Lyrics webpage includes trivia and comments.
- Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye uses the na-na chant throughout, including fadeout, fadein, and seemingly endless looping. This ST Lyrics webpage states near the end "Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye [repeat many times and fade out]". No kidding about many times!
- The ending of "Hey Jude" ("nah nah nah …") is another example of repeat-many-times in a song, although the end is a final "HEY JUDE".
- "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um"—Major Lance, written by Curtis Mayfield ("Superfly")
- "Hustle" (few words besides "hustle")
- "Fly Robin Fly"
- "Tequila"
- "Wipeout"
The following five songs repeat their verses—no story here!
- "Oh Carol", Neil Sedaka (sung verse, chorus, spoken verse, chorus—essentially two parts duplicated)
- "For All We Know", Carpenters (seemingly repeated verses, but subtly different)
- "Do You Want to Know a Secret", Beatles (same verse 3 times)
- "Henry the Eighth", Herman's Hermits (same verse 3 times)
- "Love Me Do", Beatles (same verse 4 times)
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