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Songs which have words that are spelt out, instead of just pronounced. Abbreviations like the YMCA don't count, because that's how you say the YMCA.

Songs That Spell Things Out, Index

The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 265 entries in this section.

Performer		Song Title		Word(s) Spelt		Comments & Submittor Name
Pat Benatar		Sometimes The Good Guys Finish First		success		S-U-C-C-E-S-S! That's the way we spell "success". Will we get it? The answer's yes. S-U-C-C-E-S-S! - Brian Kelly
Public Image Ltd.		This is PiL		PiL		This is the title track to the new PiL album. The lyrics are practically nothing but self-declarations made by the band:"This is PiL. P-I-L. Public Image Ltd.", - May the Road Rise With You
The Super-Phonics		P.A.R.T.Y.		Party		- Silvio Tobias
Incognito		N.O.T.		Not		- Silvio Tobias
Nicola Roberts		Beat of My Drum		Love		- Silvio Tobias
Chic		Chic Mystique		Dance		D-A-N-C-E coming over me - Silvio Tobias
The Hives		a.k.a. I-D-I-O-T		also known as I-D-I-O-T		You laugh at me and call me i-d-i-o-t. [...] a.k.a i-d-i-o-t, don't know who the hell I'm supposed to be, i-d-i-o-t (a.k.a i-d-i-o-t). a.k.a i-d-i-o-t, yeah thats me, i-d-i-o-t (a.k.a i-d-i-o-t). [...] And then on artificial someone says I'm the i-d-i-o-t. - Gregor
ABC		A to Z		Fry - band member Martin Fry's last name		He says, "My name is Martin Fry, F-R-Y". - I Shot a Poison Arrow
The Shangri-Las		Give Him a Great Big Kiss		L-U-V		When I say I'm in love, you best believe I'm in love, L-U-V. - crazydon
The Time		Cool		C-O-O-L		- Mickey D.
Eminem		Cinderella Man		Hi		So say bye to the old, H-I to the new. - McHobbit
Prince		Bob George		Bob		B-O-B, spell the sh*t backwards, what'd it say Same motherf*ckin' sh*t - Boy James
Ramones		SLUG		SLUG		spelling out the title of a short but sweet tune from the first punk rock band, those all-American rockers from New York City - R-A-M-O-N-E-S, the RAMONES! - I Saw the Ramones 4X!
Lady Gaga		Born This Way		Him		It doesn't matter if you love him, or capital h-i-m. (Later) A different lover is not a sin, believe captial h-i-m. - She
Rip Slyme		Funkastic		F-U-N-K-A-S-T-I-C		Right before "on the funk and fantastic." - Neil
"Weird Al" Yankovic		Perform This Way		whim		Might wear a porcupine on my head on a W-H-I-M. - Brian Kelly
Ian Whitcomb		N-E-R-V-O-U-S!		nervous		- Candy Welty
Bobby Vinton		L-O-N-E-L-Y		lonely		The lyrics include: The 'L' is for the laughter we shared from the start, 'O' is for the only girl in my heart. (And so on until the word 'lonely' is spelled out.) - Candy Welty
Westside Connection		Bow Down		Hoodsta		"Run away, run away or get yo' punkass slain/By this H double O to da D to da S-T-A." - Ryan
Noah and the Whale		L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.		L-I-F-E-G-O-E-S-O-N		"L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N., you've got more than money and sense, my friend, you've got heart and you go in your own way" - Dave

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