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Song, Song, Song
A list of every Top-40 song title (1955-2009) consisting of a single word repeated exactly three times:Turn! Turn! Turn! (#1, Byrds, 1965) Say Say Say (#1, Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson, 1983) Bills, Bills, Bills (#1, Destiny's Child, 1999) Baby-Baby-Baby (#2, TLC, 1992) Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (#3, Genesis, 1987) No, No, No (#3, Destiny's Child with Wyclef Jean, 1998) Yummy Yummy Yummy (#4, Ohio Express, 1968) More, More, More (#4, Andrea True Connection, 1976) Real, Real, Real (#4, Jesus Jones, 1991) Bye Bye Bye (#4, *NSYNC, 2000) Fun, Fun, Fun (#5, Beach Boys, 1964) Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (#5, Buckinghams, 1967) Stop Stop Stop (#7, Hollies, 1966) Dance, Dance, Dance (#8, Beach Boys, 1964) Hi, Hi, Hi (#10, Wings, 1973) My, My, My (#10, Johnny Gill, 1990) Buzz-Buzz-Buzz (#11, Hollywood Flames, 1958) Shame, Shame, Shame (#12, Shirley (& Company), 1975) Girl, Girls, Girls (#12, Motley Crue, 1987; or #17, Jay-Z, 2001) Run Run Run (#27, Jo Jo Gunne, 1972) Love, Love, Love (#30, Diamonds, 1956) Gone, Gone, Gone (#31, Everly Brothers, 1964) Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (#32, Judson Spence, 1988) Shake! Shake! Shake! (#33, Jackie Wilson, 1963) Ride, Ride, Ride (#37, Brenda Lee, 1967)
-- Eric
[5 September 2012]
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It's a relief that the parity of "No" stayed odd.Posted by: lahosken
Just outside of your list are some ABBA songs:
Money, Money, Money - #56 in US, #1 in several other countries
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - #1 in many countries, not in US; not just three repeated words
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - #15 in US, but not a single word and five times rather than three
Posted by: Ben
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