10 Songs You Can Name by Hearing Just One Word 

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My wife asked me to stop playing Wonderwall. I said maybeeeeeee...

#1 just had to be “Bohemian Rhapsody” for every reason listed.

The world got a little less bright the day we lost Freddie Mercury . He was a musical genius.

Im amazed "Daaaayyoooo" didnt make the list

I know nobody cares, but The Lion Sleeps Tonight always gives me a good memory of painting my best friend's baby's room. I'm an illustrator, and it was a jungle themed nursery so I painted monkeys and parrots and all sorts of other animals everywhere, and over the baby's crib I painted the lyric _"In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight...."_ That baby will be 14 in November. 🥲

This would have been SO much more satisfying if WM had played the single word, allowed us a moment or two to identify it, and THEN given us the background. Of course we know "Tiger" from "Eye of the Tiger." So why not play just "Tiiiger"?

I can always recognise "Come on Eileen", mainly by hearing the distinctive violins! 😁

That “weeeeeellllll” she did was everything to me 😂 (3:35)

I didn’t know that Rebecca could sing like that lol

My dad has a habit of starting out stories with, “Somebody…” and then taking a long pause… I ALWAYS jump in with “Once told me…” He didn’t get why…until I showed him this video🤣

Michael Jackson's Thriller, the opening of the song is good, though Vincent Price's monologue at the end is the best give away to Thriller even his laugh too

Honorable Mentions: *Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio -Cue the choir! *Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) - Harry Belafonte -DAAAAAY-O! *Mother - Danzig *Woman - Wolfmother *Shout At The Devil - Mötley Crüe -Shout! Shout! Shout!

“Hello” from ELO’s Telephone Line.

At any given time, the urge to sing "The lion sleeps tonight" is just a whim away. . . . . A whim away, a whim away, a whim away...

The beginning Oooos from Don’t Worry Be Happy would also be considered recognizable.

"Hey hey Mama" and I immediately know 'Black Dog' is about to ensue. And I just wait for the riff to kick in.

The fact that the word "I" can be the most recognizable word in a song blows my mind! But it's so true! RIP, Whitney.

I think another Queen song should’ve made the list; “Somebody to Love” clicks the moment you hear ‘can AnyBody’ ring out in unison.

Although I saw Freddie Mercury but the "Mamaaaaaa" in the thumbnail made me sing "...you know I love you. Mamaaa, Mama you're the queen of my heart..."

I'd say 'rain' from Ironic by Alanis Morissette.

I wonder how many got a song stuck in their head?

"two" in Take On Me by A-ha.

I always remember moms spaghetti from lose yourself

Great list. I've never listened to Oasis. 😬 Queen definitely earns the top spot!! Thank you my friend!!😊

I can think of another song that starts with “well” that I can recognize right of the bat… “Don’t do it, Cartman!”

Thank you for adding Queen 💜

Maybe you could've added Michael Jacksons "Aaaaaaahaaaaahaaaaaaaaa" from Earth Song or "Aaaaaooooow" from Smooth Criminal

6:37 this song holds an awesome and hilarious memory in my heart. I was security at a festival and the shower house had a vaulted and open roof. At one point the men’s side started singing the “oga shocka” and the women started singing the rest (where I was) and we had an absolute blast!

Even though it's not quite a real word, my vote goes to "Pompatus" from the Steve Miller Band song The Joker

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who *ahem* YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

“Shout!” applies to the Tears for Fears 1984 hit too. Also what happened to the word can’t be the song’s complete title?

"Somebody once told me..." that's enough to know 😂

How about "The One I Love" by R.E.M. The word: "Fire!"

It's My Life by Bon Jovi, the opening rift, and thr first line of the song.

10:57 Bismillah (in the name of God) is the word for me in Bohemian Rhapsody!

Help by the Beatles should have been at the top.

Rebecca singing caught me off guard 😂❤🤟

3:34 Weeeeell well it's the big show

This is a fun list & I enjoyed your singing! Thanks 😀

3:34 kinda caught me off guard 😅😄😄😁

Fun Fact: I recently learnd this, But I discovered that Tal Bachman (The singer responsible for the 1991 hit song "She's So High") Is actually the son of the of Randy Bachman who is the lead singer for BTO (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)!!!!!💜💛🩷

Fun fact : The whistling in the live version of Elton's "Benny and the Jets" is my Aunt Monica. The story is she was taught how to whistle and went to the show within the next couple days :)

Ahhhh watchmojo... always giving us a list we neva knew we need 😂

Ooh ee ooh ah ah And Day-o And come on from piece of my heart

never gonna give you up- rick Astley, it is recognizable on some many levels

Any Michael Jackson or Elvis Presley songs Day-O - Harry Belafonte Stand By Me - Ben E. King My Girl - The Temptations Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue

Money pink floyd

I got more of a Viking feeling from the Hooked on a Feeling. Plus they are wearing Renaissance clothing 😂

The Beatles song "HELP!" Literally could name the song in an instant if i heard that first initial Help! This could be number #1 The Beatles forever ♾️

James Brown had to be on this list. Shocked he didn't

The line Hello in smells like teen spirit

Mine (are you still mine) or need (need your love)- Unchained Melody Baby or lovin - You've Lost That Lovin Feeling.

No beatles

I was not expecting they “WeeeEeeEeelllllllll” very good! 😁

Prince Kiss (1986) One Of My Favorite Songs from the late Purple Rain (1982) Actor alongside Little Red Corvette (1983) and 1999 (1983) and others

You could definitely do a second list of 10 more songs that can be recognized by a single lyric or you could do a genre one, like 10 musical theater songs that could be recognized with one word.

"AAAWWWLLLLLL ABOARD" FOLLOWED by a crazy maniacal laugh?? Crazy Train by Ozzy!

i feel like using "thunder" for "thunderstruck" is cheating because compound words are still one word.

Today is going to be a music 🎶 day, Thanks MoJo!!!❤❤❤

🌬.."🎶STAYING❕️ ALIVE...EEE...EEEEEEE‼️gives me"🎶....🗣 -➿️✍️( THE BEE GEES)

Should do a collection of songs that can be identified by the introduction riff.

SING Rebecca!

I’m here for the classics to add to my playlist I forgot about

I knew Whitney would be on here, but I think ANY ONE of the words IN THE WHOLE SONG makes it instantly recognizable. Thanks for the video!

Perfect choices 👏🏼

You don’t even need the “not really a word” disclaimer for Hooked On A Feeling. You would get it from the “I……iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii’m….”

This reminds me of a game we played back in the day... Putting all the MP3s we had on shuffle and hitting pause after 1 bar. Guess the song. I reckon it would be harder with more recent songs...

"Skydiving" from Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying"

Ow! Michael Jackson. You can know the song based on the Ow! Wooooo! Or Eheee!😂

The banana boat song -Harry belifonte

also the dog and hippo the lion sleeps tonight a video from back in a day is ICONIC.

I'm shocked not to see Rhianna's Umbrella literally 1 word even the tittle. When she sings 1 word Umbrellaelaela you know it's Umbrella by Rihanna

I’ve spent this whole list just jamming out to the music so I really like this playlist! 😂

Pompadous is a great one word from a song that should make it recognizable instantly.

I have a whole other video's worth here: "I!" - you can clearly _hear_ the exclamation point as Ronnie Milsap sings it and add "wouldn't have missed it for the world" yourself. "nii-II-ii-ine" - who needs the first six digits? That's obviously the end of Jenny's phone number. "BUNCH!" - since "Day-O" is the title of the song, we have to go with this. "Hennnn-RY!" - ...and then you add "rest it" and hate yourself as you have the B-52s stuck in your head. "YEAAAAAAAAHHHH!" - and you picture someone just put sunglasses on and made a terrible pun a few seconds ago as you now hear The Who. [deep bass] "yeaAAAHhh!" - an audience moments ago called out "DO IT, ROCKAPELLA!" (Or any number of place names from the song could be used.) "Constantinople" - is not the title of the song! That's "Istanbul"... not Constantinople. "Serengeti" - "Kilimanjaro" or "Olympus" might work, too. These are amazingly all from the same line of Toto's "Africa". "CHAAAARITIES!" - and you now have about a dozen other lines of "The 12 Pains of Christmas" in your head, too XD "Haaaa-aa-il." - Nothing's the matter with your head. Come and get your love. (That's Redbone if you're too young to get it.) "daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay" - slight cheating, perhaps, but if the video can do "Bennie" for "Bennie and the Jets", I can do "day" for "Lovely Day". I mean, Bill Withers holds it for 18 seconds, what else is it gonna be? Honorable mention: "jumbuck" - If you're Australian, anyhow. The lyrics to "Waltzing Matilda" aren't terribly well known elsewhere.

If you ask some boomers and some of the older Gen Xers, we will tell you the song Shout is performed by Otis Day and the Knights and we all learned it from watching a movie called Animal House!!

"Oops," I'd say you missed a chance to include Britney Spears' rendition of that word in your list.

Her highness takes another win

Tequila

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE OHHH WEE BUM BUM ah WEEEEEEEE 😂😂😂😂😂

The word remember in September by Earth Wind and Fire always sticks out to me

#2 Shrek If you know you know

hearing "a-whim-o-wee" immediately triggers a "woohoo" scenes from "Ace Ventura"))))

I also recognize beatles in the word "shout"

Spaghetti.

The word my in the second half of Unchained Melody as well as time, mine, need, and I

When I hear weeeellllll I think It's the Big Show

No beatles?

Seriously! Why is Oowawawawa from down with the sickness NOT on this list?!

Great song

“Metal Health (Bang Your Head)” by Quiet Riot. All you gotta hear is that iconic scream that begins the song and you know exactly what you’re listening to! Similarly, “Eyes of a Stranger” by Queensrÿche also begins with screams. “Rock of Ages” by Def Leppard! “Gunter glieben glouchen globin!” I haven’t heard any song start that way!

Don’t stop believin Journey Shout belongs to Lulu. Welllllll! Iconic Also who let the dogs out? Who who who 😅

Go head Rebecca!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Sweet Caroline didn’t make the list? I’m shocked

I was thinking of "Galileo" for Queen's number one.

Do you know how long it took me to figure out the name of songs I enjoyed listening?

As a hardcore Oregon Ducks fan I'm glad to see Shout made the list. Any self respecting football fan owes it to themselves to take a trip to Autzen Stadium and hear it echoing from the rafters at least once.

Lol you get a like and a comment for that "WELLLLLLL" ... get it girl!!!!

Loved lulu s version of shout