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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 316 entries in this section.

Performer		Song Title		Word(s) Spelt		Comments & Submittor Name
Kasabian		Reason Is Treason		Kill		Tell his family that he won't be okay, K-I-L-L - Nat
Rage Against The Machine		Know Your Enemy		Defiance		With the D, the E, the F, the I, the A, the N, the C, the E, mind of a revolutionary - Nat
George M. Cohan		Harrigan		Harrigan		H-A-double R-I-G-A-N spells Harrigan - Opie M.
Mac Dre		Get Stupid		Stupid		We go S - T - U - P - I - D When we go to the club we don't need ID Everywhere we go its a party yall We gone get it cracking like the Mardi Gras Get stupid, get stupid, get stupid, get stupid Go stupid, go stupid, go stupid Come and go stupid with me - Gabe
Allan Sherman		Ratt Fink		R A T T F I N K		This was the parody Allan Sherman did of “Ragg Mopp”. - Princess J
Meghan Trainor		Genetics		G-E-N-E-T-I-C-S		It's the answer to questions like "How you get that bod?" and "How you get that bass?". - Maths -Angelic Version-
The Chemical Brothers		Chemical		Chemical		The C to H to E to M to I to C to A to L, the brothers, the brothers - All-Starr
Prince		Automatic		'Automatic', partially		A-U-T-O-matic. This partial spelling is frequently used in the song. - Delirious Dan
Talking Heads		Girlfriend Is Better		out		O U T! But no hard feelings - holden
Boney M.		Dizzy		Dizzy		Spelled out right at the beginning and is repeated many times during the song - Sam
Boney M.		Baby, Do You Wanna Bump?		BUMP		B-U-M-P is sang multiple times - Sam
Cast of "Hamilton"		My Shot		Alexander		I am the A-L, E-X, A-N, D, E-R, we are, meant to be - Kung-Fu Cutbug
Les Humphries Singers		Mexico		Mexico		Near the end of the song, they sing the letters M-E-X-I-C-O - Sam
Marshmello,Anne Marie		Friends		friends		Want me to spell it out for you, F-R-I-E-N-D-S - playinwitme
Oscar Hammerstein		Oklahoma		Oklahoma		We're only saying you're doing fine Oklahoma, Oklahoma O K L A H O M A - EF
Eric B. & Rakim		Microphone Fiend		effect		E-F-F-E-C-T, a smooth operator operating correctly - Tommy
One Direction		Rock Me		rock		R-O-C-K me again / R-O-C-K me again / R-O-C-K me again, yeah - Ariana Grande Mocha Swirl
Pink		True Love		romance		Repeat after me now / R-O-M-A-N-C-E-E-E (she says the E three times to complete the line, I guess) - Ariana Grande Mocha Swirl
Bridgit Mendler		Rocks at my Window		throwing		"T-H-R-O-W-I-N-G / You're throwing rocks, rocks / You're throwing rocks, rocks" - Ariana Grande Mocha Swirl
Coolio		1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New)		Coolio		Throw your hands up if you're down with the C, double O, L, I, O. - Brian Kelly

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