Something To Ride To

February 7, 2009 8:34 AM

Trying to find good music with end-of-the-song refrain loops.

I'm trying to find good songs like Tupac's "Lost Souls" where at the end of the song the refrain gets repeated again and again. Scarface & The Product also have a song called "G Type" that is an ideal type of this. The last 45 seconds of the song is the music playing and the repeat of the refrain and it sounds like it could go on forever.

Sia's "Where I Belong" does this as well - the last 1:42 is the refrain repeated again and again, sung in different ways.

I might loop the file so it goes on for a half hour, I'm not sure yet, but I'm looking for good songs like this.

I'm wanting to avoid metal, country or r&b if possible. Whatcha got for me hive mind?

posted by cashman to media & arts (18 comments total)

"Angry Mob" -- Kaiser Chiefs
"Lady Writer" -- Dire Straits

What genres are you looking for?
posted by katrielalex at 8:55 AM on February 7

Decemberists Sons and Daughters.
posted by HotToddy at 8:58 AM on February 7 [1 favorite]

What immediately springs to mind for me is actually slightly different from what you've asked, so feel free to ignore - these songs have a repeated thing at the end that's not actually a refrain, it's something new that appears at the end of the tune and goes on and on:

Beck - Peaches and Cream
Simon & Garfunkel - Save the Life of my Child

I also seem to recall in Fastball's "Out of my head" they repeat the main chorus about a million times.
posted by ORthey at 9:12 AM on February 7

Does the "Mama-se, mama-sa, mama-coo-sa" at the end of Michael Jackson's Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' count?
posted by zsazsa at 9:15 AM on February 7

Is Hey Jude like this, or have I not understood?
posted by devnull at 9:32 AM on February 7 [1 favorite]

Picking up on ORthey: 'All Apologies', Nirvana.
posted by holgate at 9:41 AM on February 7

"The Emperor's New Clothes" Sinead O'Connor
posted by Bruce H. at 10:08 AM on February 7

Elvis Costello - "Hand in Hand"
posted by Joe Beese at 10:34 AM on February 7

"Computer Love" by Kraftwerk
"Lake Swimming" by Laura Veirs
"Sweet Lovin' Man" by the Magnetic Fields
"Calfskin Smack" by the Cocteau Twins
"Velouria" by Pixies
"Ageless Beauty" by Stars
"Changes" and "A Good Idea" and "JC Auto" by Sugar
"Greenman" and "Senses Working Overtime" and "Jason and the Argonauts" by XTC

More of a long coda than a repeated refrain, per se:

"Beatrice" by Francine
"Let Down" by Radiohead
"Morning Glory" by Versus
"Blue Line Swinger" by Yo La Tengo

and "Katy Song" by Red House Painters does this for what feels like six hours.
posted by mykescipark at 10:35 AM on February 7

To answer the genre question, I'm looking for more hip hoppy stuff, but trying to be open to other stuff.
posted by cashman at 10:40 AM on February 7

My list will be completely useless for someone starting from hip-hop. Abort!
posted by mykescipark at 10:52 AM on February 7

Sure it will be. I listen to all kinds of music.
posted by cashman at 11:13 AM on February 7

Animal Collective songs do this a lot. Check out the albums Sung Tungs, Merriweather Post Pavilion, and Strawberry Jam.

Also, the song "Prelude to 110 or 220/Women of the World" by Jim O'Rourke has the same lines ("Women of the world take over, 'Cause if you don't the world will come to an end, And it won't take long") repeating throughout in harmony over a droning, 9 minute folk song.
posted by rabbitsnake at 11:44 AM on February 7

Well, this definitely skews towards metal, but my favorite one of these end-of-song repeating refrains comes from Jello Biafra/DOA; The end of Full Metal Jackoff has the band repeatedly shouting "Ollie! For president! He'll get things done!"
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 3:19 PM on February 7

Oh yeah, the Police, Message in a Bottle. "Sending out an SOS..." ad infinitum.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 3:21 PM on February 7

I don't know whether you consider it R&B, but "As" by Stevie Wonder meets these criteria, and is awesome.
posted by staggernation at 5:43 PM on February 7

You could prob loop the last 35 seconds of Kool Moe Dee "Wild Wild West" for a while..

Grind Mode I'm So High
Foxy Brown Oh Yeah
posted by citron at 11:41 PM on February 8

Crime Mob maybe? Rock yo hips, Hated on Mostly, Nuk if you Buck
Jadakiss "Knock yourself out"
posted by citron at 12:16 AM on February 9