(619) 239-King / Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper / 1989 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song to mention Larry King.

(He’s) The Great Imposter / The Fleetwoods / 1961 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the word roster.

(Just Like) Romeo And Juliet / The Reflections / 1964 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the word speculatin’.

30 Days In The Hole / Humble Pie / 1972 (Marcos Garza)
• The first song to mention Newcastle Brown Ale.

98.6 / Keith / 1966 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song named after the average human body temperature.

A Rose And A Baby Ruth / George Hamilton IV / 1956 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song to mention the Baby Ruth candy bar.

Ace Of Spades / Mötörhead / 1980 (Marcos Garza)
• The only song containing the phrases “double up or quit” and “double stake or split.”

Aces High / Iron Maiden / 1984 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song sung from the point of view of a World War II Royal Air Force fighter pilot.

Acuff-Rose / Uncle Tupelo / 1993 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song about the Acuff-Rose Publishing Company.

Add Some Music To Your Day / The Beach Boys / 1970 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the term dentist’s chair.

Afternoon Delight / Starland Vocal Band / 1976 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song about an after-lunch quickie.

Alex Chilton / The Replacements / 1987 (Scott Levine)
• The first song about Alex Chilton.

All Around The World / Oasis / 1998 (Marcos Garza)
• The longest #1 song on the British singles charts (9:20).

Amazons And Coyotes / The Dreamlovers / 1963 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song about amazons and coyotes.

American Pie / Don McLean / 1971 (Doug Kelly)
• The longest #1 song (8:38).

Babalu’s Wedding Day / The Eternals / 1959 (Mick Kelly)
• The only song to mention the Milwaukee Braves.

Back Home / The Beach Boys / 1976 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the sound of roosters crowing.

Ballad Of Davy Crockett, The / Bill Hayes, Fess Parker, “Tennessee” Ernie Ford / 1955 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to have three versions in the Top 10 at once.

Band Of Gold / Freda Payne / 1970 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song about erectile dysfunction.

Big Rock Candy Mountain / Harry McClintock / 1928 (Kathleen Kelly)
• The only song to mention cigarette trees.

Bo Diddley / Bo Diddley / 1955 (Mick Kelly)
• The first song homonymous with its artist.

Born To Be Wild / Steppenwolf / 1968 (Jim Riches)
• The first song containing the term heavy metal.

Boy From New York City, The / The Ad Libs / 1965 (Doug Kelly)
• The first song containing the term mohair suit.

Brass In Pocket / The Pretenders / 1979 (Marcos Garza)
• The only song to mention the practice of Detroit leaning.

California / The Beach Boys / 1973 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song to mention John Steinbeck’s book Travels With Charlie.

Choppin’ Wood / Van Morrison / 2002 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to mention the British shipbuilder Harland & Wolff.

Come Along / Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs / 1961 (Doug Kelly)
• The first song to contain the word aks in place of ask.

Come On Eileen / Dexy’s Midnight Runners / 1982 (Marcos Garza)
• The first song to mention Johnny Ray.

Coyote / Joni Mitchell / 1976 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to mention Canada’s Bay of Fundy.

Crimson & Clover / Tommy James & The Shondells / 1967 (Doug Kelly)
• The song featuring the most intense tremolo effect on a voice.

Cry / Johnny Ray / 1951 (Marcos Garza)
• The first song to top the pop and R&B charts simultaneously.

Daily Nightly / The Monkees / 1967 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song featuring a Moog synthesizer.

Dangling Conversation, The / Simon & Garfunkel / 1966 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the word couched.

Dear Mr. Fantasy / Traffic / 1967 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “make it snappy.”

Debaser / Pixies / 1989 (Scott Levine)
• The only song to quote a Salvador Dali screenplay (Un Chien Andalou).

Denise / Fountains Of Wayne / 1999 (Scott Levine)
• The only song to mention Liberty Travel.

Don’t Give Up On Us / David Soul / 1976 (Marcos Garza)
• The only song recorded by a member of the television crime-fighting team of Starsky and Hutch to hit #1 on both sides of the Atlantic.

Don’t Stand So Close To Me / The Police / 1980 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to mention Vladimir Nabokov.

Doo Wacka Doo / Isham Jones & His Orchestra / 1924 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “doo wacka doo.”

Down In The Tube Station At Midnight / The Jam / 1978 (Scott Levine)
• The only song featuring the sound of the London Underground.

Duke Of Earl / Gene Chandler / 1961 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the word dukedom.

Easy To Be Hard / Three Dog Night / 1968 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the term social injustice.

Ebony Eyes / The Everly Brothers / 1961 (Dennis Kelly)
• The only song containing the word authorized.

Elvis Is Dead / Living Colour / 1990 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrases “zombie Elvis” and “rotting Elvis.”

Everyday / Buddy Holly / 1957 (Jim Kelly)
• The first rock song featuring a glockenspiel solo.

Exhuming McCarthy / R.E.M. / 1988 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the word acumen.

First Day Back At School / Paul & Paula / 1963 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song containing the phrase “go steadily” (instead of “go steady”).

For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me / Jethro Tull / 1970 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song about the Apollo XI moon landing of July 20, 1969.

Forty Shades Of Green / Johnny Cash / 1961 (Doug Kelly)
• The song containing the most Irish toponyms.

Free Man In Paris / Joni Mitchell / 1974 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song about David Geffen.

From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser / Jethro Tull / 1976 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to mention the 1961 Shadows song "FBI."

Full Sail / The Beach Boys / 1978 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “adventures on the high seas.”

Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) / Carla Thomas / 1960 (Doug Kelly)
• The first song containing the word decoy.

Genius Of Love / Tom Tom Club / 1981 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the word maven.

God Only Knows / The Beach Boys / 1966 (Jim Kelly)
• The first pop song containing the word God.

Good Time / The Beach Boys / 1977 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the word falsies.

Government Center / The Modern Lovers / 1976 (Scott Levine)
• The first song featuring the sound of a typewriter.

Grade 9 / Barenaked Ladies / 1992 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to musically quote both “Linus And Lucy” by Vince Guraldi and “Tom Sawyer” by Rush.

Guero Canelo / Calexico / 2003 (Scott Levine)
• The only song named after a taco stand in Tucson, Arizona.

Gypsy Woman / The Impressions / 1961 (Doug Kelly)
• The first song featuring a kettle drum.

Hang Onto Yourself / David Bowie / 1972 (Jim Incollingo)
• The only song containing the term funky-thigh collector.

He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss) / The Crystals / 1962 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song recorded by women that condones violence against women.

He’s In Town / The Tokens / 1964 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song featuring a Slinky.

Heart Of The Night / Poco / 1978 (Doug Kelly)
• The only rock song to mention Lake Pontchartrain.

Help! / The Beatles / 1965 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song containing the word self-assured.

Heroes And Villains / The Beach Boys / 1967 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “Sonny, down snuff.”

Hot Pastrami / The Crystals / 1963 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to mention Phil Spector.

House Of Blue Lights, The / Chuck Miller / 1955 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song to mention Detroit barbeque ribs.

How The Time Flies / Jerry Wallace / 1958 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the word dinky-doo.

Hungry Like The Wolf / Duran Duran / 1982 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song that begins with the sound of a woman giggling.

I Feel Fine / The Beatles / 1964 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to intentionally employ feedback from an electric guitar.

I Got You Babe / Sonny & Cher / 1965 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to prominently feature a bassoon.

I’d Love Just Once To See You / The Beach Boys / 1967 (Doug Kelly)
• The song containing the most out-of-character lyric for its artist (“I’d love just once to see you in the nude”).

I’m Gonna Murder My Baby / Pat Hare / Mid-1950s (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing a threat of murder that was ultimately carried out.

I’m Shakin’ / Little Willie John / 1960 (Mick Kelly)
• The first song to mention St. Vitus’ dance.

I’ve Been Everywhere / Hank Snow / 1962 (Doug Kelly)
• The song that mentions the most place names.

If I Fell / The Beatles / 1964 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to refer to an earlier song by the same artist (“I Wanna Hold Your Hand”).

If I Had $1000000 / Barenaked Ladies / 1992 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to ask, “Haven’t you always wanted a monkey?”

Imagination / The Quotations / 1961 (Mick Kelly)
• The only song containing the terms perspective and for example.

Immigrant Song / Led Zeppelin / 1970 (Marcos Garza)
• The first song containing the word overlords.

In A Turkish Town / Ritchie Valens / 1959 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “the mystic Turks.”

Incense And Peppermints / Strawberry Alarm Clock / 1967 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the word nouns.

Indian Summer / Beat Happening / 1988 (Scott Levine)
• The first song to mention baked Alaska.

Indian Summer / Poco / 1977 (Doug Kelly)
• The first song to mention the Santa Ana winds.

Into The Mystic / Van Morrison / 1970 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song containing the word magnificently.

Iron Man / Black Sabbath / 1971 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song containing the term magnetic field.

It’s Not Right But It’s Okay / Whitney Houston / 1998 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the term credit card receipt.

It's All In The Game / Tommy Edwards / 1951 (Marcos Garza)
• The only song to have been cowritten by a future vice president of the United States (Charles Dawes).

Jamaica Farewell / Harry Belafonte / 1956 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song to mention ackee rice.

Joker, The / Steve Miller Band / 1973 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the word pompatous.

Keeping The Faith / Billy Joel / 1983 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song to mention Sen-Sen breath mints.

Key Largo / Bertie Higgins / 1982 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song to mention Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

Killer Queen / Queen / 1974 (Marcos Garza)
• The first song to mention Moet & Chandon Champagne.

Kona Coast / The Beach Boys / 1978 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “Captain Cook fashion.”

Kung Fu / Ash / 1996 (Scott Levine)
• The first song to mention Jackie Chan.

La Bamba / Ritchie Valens / 1958 (Jim Kelly)
• The first rock and roll song sung entirely in Spanish.

Last Kiss / J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers / 1964 (Jim Kelly)
• The only of the teenage death songs that was based on a true story (the death of Jeanette Clark in Barnesville, Georgia, on December 22, 1962).

Life During Wartime / Talking Heads / 1979 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to mention the Manhattan rock and roll club CBGB & OMFUG.

Little Honda / The Hondells / 1964 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “more fun than a barrel of monkeys.”

Loco-Motion, The / Grand Funk Railroad / 1974 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King that was recorded by a heavy metal group.

Lose Control / Ash / 1996 (Scott Levine)
• The only song featuring the sound of TIE fighters (from Star Wars).

Loser / Beck / 1994 (Timothy Masters)
• The only song to mention Cheez Whiz.

Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation / Tom Paxton / 1965 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to mention a sitting American president.

Making Time / The Creation / 1966 (Marcos Garza)
• The first song featuring an electric guitar played con arco (with a violin bow).

Mellow Yellow / Donovan / 1966 (Scott Levine)
• The only song to confess love for the number 14 and for saffron.

Muleskinner Blues / Jimmie Rodgers / 1930 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “your new mud line.”

My City Was Gone / The Pretenders / 1984 (Marcos Garza)
• The only song to mention Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

My Generation / The Who / 1965 (Marcos Garza)
• The first song featuring a stutter.

My Way / Frank Sinatra / 1969 (Mick Kelly)
• The only song containing the word exemption.

Nobody But Me / The Human Beinz / 1968 (Jim Kelly)
• The song containing the most instances of the word no (at least 120).

November Rain / Guns n’ Roses / 1991 (Jim Kelly)
• The longest song to make the Top 10 (8:59).

Oh How Sad / John D. Loudermilk / 1962 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the word steak.

Oh! Carol / Neil Sedaka / 1959 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song about Carole King (Neil Sedaka’s babysitter).

One Night In Bangkok / Murray Head / 1984 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to mention W. Somerset Maugham.

Only Living Boy In New York, The / Simon & Garfunkel / 1970 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song about Art Garfunkel.

Ooh-Poo-Pah-Doo / The Righteous Brothers / 1965 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to refer to Phil Spector as “Phil Spectator.”

Orange Blossom Special / Johnny Cash / 1965 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song to mention Florida’s Seaboard Air Line Railroad.

Peace Sells / Megadeth / 1986 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to ask, “What do you mean, I don’t pay my bills?”

Please Please Me / The Beatles / 1963 (Dennis Kelly)
• The first song about oral sex.

Powerslave / Iron Maiden / 1984 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song in which a deceased pharaoh bemoans the realization that he is not in fact an immortal god.

Precious / The Pretenders / 1979 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to mention the comic book character Howard the Duck.

Psycho / Bobby Hendricks / 1960 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “what a slob.”

Raised On Robbery / Joni Mitchell / 1974 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to mention the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Ramble On / Led Zeppelin / 1969 (Marcos Garza)
• The first song to reference the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Rave On, John Donne / Van Morrison / 1983 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the word empiricism.

Raw Power / Iggy & The Stooges / 1973 (Marcos Garza)
• The first song to begin with a loud burp.

Red Dragon Tattoo / Fountains Of Wayne / 1999 (Scott Levine)
• The only song to mention .38 Special.

Red Hot / Billy Riley and His Little Green Men / 1957 (Doug Kelly)
• The first song containing the word doodley-squat.

Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) / Elton John / 1972 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “I miss the Earth.”

Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner / Warren Zevon / 1978 (Jim Incollingo)
• The only song about the vengeful ghost of a Norwegian mercenary Thompson submachine gunner rendered headless in the Congolese civil war.

Rubber Biscuit / The Chips / 1956 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the words sammich and sandwich.

Rum And Coca Cola / The Andrews Sisters / 1945 (Doug Kelly)
• The first song to mention Coca Cola.

Sail Away / Randy Newman / 1972 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “happy as a monkey in a monkey tree.”

Scooby Snacks / Fun Lovin' Criminals / 1996 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the word lumbar.

Seymour Stein / Belle & Sebastian / 1998 (Scott Levine)
• The only song about record company executive Seymour Stein.

Shannon / Henry Gross / 1976 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song about the drowning death of a dog (Carl Wilson’s Irish setter).

Sh-Boom / The Crew-Cuts / 1954 (Doug Kelly)
• The first rock and roll song to chart nationally.

Shut Down / The Beach Boys / 1963 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the term pressure plate.

Silver Machine / Hawkwind / 1971 (Marcos Garza)
• The only song containing the phrase “antiseptically clean.”

Simple Desultory Philippic, A (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) / Simon & Garfunkel / 1966 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to mention Art Garfunkel.

Since I Don’t Have You / The Skyliners / 1958 (Doug Kelly)
• The first rock and roll song featuring a string section.

Sinners / Freddy & The Hitch-Hikers / 1961 (Jim Incollingo)
• The first rock and roll song featuring a theremin.

Sixteen Tons / “Tennessee” Ernie Ford / 1955 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to debut in the Top 10 (at #5).

Smells Like Teen Spirit / Nirvana / 1991 (Scott Levine)
• The only song to name a brand of deodorant in its title.

Smoky Places / The Corsairs / 1961 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “sahm-a-la-beeky.”

Some Enchanted Evening / Ersel Hickey / 1963 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song written by Rodgers and Hammerstein that was recorded by Ersel Hickey.

Splish, Splash / Bobby Darin / 1958 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song featuring the sound of bath water.

Stay / Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs / 1960 (Doug Kelly)
• The shortest #1 song (1:32).

Still Crazy After All These Years / Paul Simon / 1975 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “jury of my peers.”

Sukiyaki / Kyu Sakamoto / 1963 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song sung entirely in Japanese.

Summertime In England / Van Morrison / 1980 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to mention William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, and Mahalia Jackson.

Summertime, Summertime / The Jamies / 1958 (Doug Kelly)
• The first song containing the word free-for-all.

Surf City / Jan & Dean / 1963 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song about a ménage à trois.

Sweet Nothin’s / Brenda Lee / 1959 (Dennis Kelly)
• The only song to begin with whispering.

Sympathy For The Devil / The Rolling Stones / 1968 (Marcos Garza)
• The only song containing the word politesse.

Take A Letter Maria / R. B. Greaves / 1969 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the words lawyer and secretary.

Take Five / The Dave Brubeck Quartet / 1959 (Jim Kelly)
• The first pop song in 5/4 time.

Telephone Line / Electric Light Orchestra / 1976 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song featuring the sound of telephone dialing tones triggered by a “blue box.”

The Boho Dance / Joni Mitchell / 1975 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the term Negro affectations.

The Number Of The Beast / Iron Maiden / 1982 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song in which the narrator, having witnessed a Satanic ritual involving human sacrifice, resolves to inform the police.

There Goes My Baby / The Drifters / 1959 (Marcos Garza)
• The first R&B song featuring a string section.

True Love / Elvis Presley / 1957 (Mick Kelly)
• The only song written by Cole Porter that was recorded by Elvis Presley.

Twist, The / Chubby Checker / 1960, 1962 (Mick Kelly)
• The first song to make the Top 10 twice by the same artist.

Unbelievable / EMF / 1991 (Jim Riches)
• The only song containing samples of comedian Andrew Dice Clay saying “Oh!” and “It’s unbelievable.”

Up On Cripple Creek / The Band / 1969 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to mention Spike Jones.

Utopia Parkway / Fountains Of Wayne / 1999 (Scott Levine)
• The only song to mention Utopia Parkway in Queens, New York.

Voodoo Chile / Jimi Hendrix / 1968 (Jim Incollingo)
• The only song containing the phrase “way down by the methane sea.”

Walk Like A Man / The Four Seasons / 1963 (Jim Riches)
• The only song to be recorded in a burning building.

Walk On The Wild Side / Lou Reed / 1972 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song containing the phrase “giving head.”

Walking In Memphis / Marc Cohn / 1991 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song to mention the Jungle Room at Graceland.

Whiter Shade of Pale, A / Procul Harum / 1967 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song containing the phrase “skipped the light fandango.”

Wild Thing / The Troggs / 1966 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song featuring an ocarina solo.

Woo Hoo / The Rock-A-Teens / 1959 (Doug Kelly)
• The song containing the most repetitious lyric.

Wooden Heart / Joe Dowell / 1961 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song to begin with ten solo tuba notes.

Wrapped Around Your Finger / The Police / 1983 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to mention the mythological monsters Scylla and Charybdis.

Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald, The / Gordon Lightfoot / 1976 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to mention all five Great Lakes.

Yellow Roses On Her Gown / Johnny Mathis / 1976 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song to mention Placer County, California.

You Are Not Alone / Michael Jackson / 1995 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to debut at #1.

You Belong To Me / The Duprees / 1962 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the word silvenirs.

You Can’t Catch Me / Chuck Berry / 1956 (Jim Kelly)
• The first song to mention the New Jersey Turnpike.

You Never Can Tell / Chuck Berry / 1964 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song to mention a Coolerator.

You Still Believe In Me / The Beach Boys / 1966 (Doug Kelly)
• The only song featuring a child’s bicycle bell.

You Suffer / Napalm Death / 1988 (Jim Riches)
• The shortest song ever recorded (0:01.316).

You’re So Vain / Carly Simon / 1972 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the word gavotte.

Your Party / Ween / 2007 (Jim Kelly)
• The only song containing the term tricolored pastas.