Great songs with very few words

After discovering the brilliant "Check My Machine" by Macca this reminded me of the also great "All The Tired Horses" by Dylan.

Both are great, both have very, very few words e.g one refrain.

Are there any other ones out there?

 

“Revival” by The Allman Brothers Band essentially has one brief verse and a repeated refrain. That’s all it needs!

 

European Son by Velvet Underground.
The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

 

Pretty much anything off the first couple of Ramones albums.

 

Knockin' on heavens door

 

Frank Zappa's "Let's move to Cleveland"

 

Does "Hocus Pocus" by Focus count, or is yodeling not considered vocals?

 

"Tequila!"

 

Even better....

David Crosby....Song With No Words

 

The Surfaris - "Wipe Out"

 

Love me do


Although it's merely a decent song and not a great song

 

I do like the song...but I don't think it can be counted. Same for Mumbo by Wings.

I was also thinking of Stoked by Beach Boys, but I'm ruling it out too.

 

jungle fever - chakachas

rock and roll part II - gary glitter

t-bone - neil young

 

Lindsay Buckingham's "Holiday Road" only has something like 21 separate words in it.

 

Flo and Eddie - I've Been Born Again


The Turtles - Buzzsaw
The Turtles - Buzzsaw

The Turtles - I'm Chief Kamanawanalea
The Turtles - I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're The Royal Macadamia Nuts)

 

The Go-Go's - "Surfing and Spying"

 

John Martyn - "Small Hours"

Almost 9 minutes long, these are the words:

"Going to get on up and fly away
Go on out for another way
And a new day’s dawn
Going to carry on.

Keep on loving while your love is strong
Keep on loving ’til your love is gone away.

Well you’re very lovely, going to take you home
They say you’ll be my ruin
Cos I love you so
I just love you so.

Keep on loving ’til your love is gone
Keep on loving while your love is strong
All the way."

Beautiful song.

 

Looks like a lot of words to me...

 

I heard about an 18minute-long version of Bip-Bop on the 'Wild Life' thread. Perhaps that's the great version

 

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

 

The Who, "Wasp Man".

 

That's me told!

 

Good look on the Velvets. I was thinking of "here she comes now"

 

R.E.M - The One I Love