Throwing back to the week of December 6, 1975, we find German disco trio Silver Convention atop the Billboard Hot 100 with their biggest hit, ‘Fly, Robin, Fly.’
This song held the #1 spot for three weeks, and was both preceded and followed by KC & the Sunshine Band’s ‘That’s the Way (I Like It).’ It was a good time to be a disco fan.
This song runs over five minutes and contains a grand total of six words. That’s not quite a record for a non-instrumental track, as The Champs’ ‘Tequila’ features just one word, but it’s pretty darn close.
Fly, robin fly
Fly, robin fly
Fly, robin fly
Up, up to the sky
Fly, robin fly
Fly, robin fly
Up, up to the sky
Fly, robin fly
Fly, robin fly
Fly, robin fly
Up, up to the sky
Fly, robin fly
Fly, robin fly
Fly, robin fly
Up, up to the sky
Hard to imagine a song that embodies the 70s more than this one, or that would make my repetition-sensitive wife twitch more.
5 minutes and 6 words I’ll pass 🙃