# Gimme an "F", gimme a "U", gimme songs that spell stuff **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909 "2004-06-12T00:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/1 "2004-06-12T00:44:46Z")
For some people, you just gotta spell it out. Even in song: “Method of Modern Love” - Hall & Oates “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” - Tammy Wynette “SOS” - ABBA (the only palindrome group to have a palindrome song in the Top 40) “R.O.C.K. in the USA” - John Mellon Cougarcamp “ABC” - The Jackson 5ive “Respect” - Arethea Franklin “YMCA” - The Village People “Bingo” - traditonal “Gloria” - Van Morrison “Oscar Meyer” jingle “Saturday Night” - The Bay City Rollers ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/2 "2004-06-12T00:48:20Z")
The song in your title is…“ **I Feel like I’m fixing to die rag** ” by Country Joe and the Fish. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/3 "2004-06-12T00:51:21Z")
Megadeth, “Hook in Mouth”: _F is for fighting, R is for red, ancestors’ blood in battles they’ve shed. E, we elect them, E, we eject them, in the land of the free, and the home of the brave. D, for your dying, O, your overture, M, they will cover your grave with manure. This spells out Freedom, it means nothing to me, As long as there’s a P.M.R.C._ Forgive me, I love contrived metal lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/4 "2004-06-12T00:52:13Z")
“D-I-S-C-O” - although I’ve no idea who sang it 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/5 "2004-06-12T00:55:28Z")
How about phone numbers? 867-5309 PEnnsylvania6-5000 ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/6 "2004-06-12T00:58:31Z")
Mickey - Toni Basil ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/7 "2004-06-12T00:59:38Z")
Scratch my first post. I _meant_ the Mickey Mouse song. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/8 "2004-06-12T01:09:47Z")
_L-O-V-E_ (Nat King Cole) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/9 "2004-06-12T01:13:29Z")
_I Stand Accused_ (Elvis Costello) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/10 "2004-06-12T01:16:08Z")
_I’m a Man_ (Muddy Waters) _I’m a Woman_ (Peggy Lee) ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/11 "2004-06-12T01:16:41Z")
Muddy Waters: _I’m a man Spell, M-A chile, N That’ll well within’ man No, B.O. child Y That mean mannish boy_ * * * M is for the many things she gave me O is only that she’s growing old … (okay, I can’t remember the rest, but)… Put them all together, they spell MOTHER A word that mean the world to me. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/12 "2004-06-12T01:18:31Z")
Sorry, that should be Bo Diddley, not Muddy. :smack: Also, _Lola_ by the Kinks. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/13 "2004-06-12T01:55:21Z")
Going WAY back in time here - VACATION by Connie Francis and **Mr BlueSky** don’t forget the **Shadows of Knight** also had a rendition of “Gloria”. (Yeah same song but I like their rendition better). ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/14 "2004-06-12T02:03:46Z")
_Girlfriend_ by Jonathan Richman: _That’s a girlfriend, I said G-I-R-L-F-R-E-N_ 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/15 "2004-06-12T02:08:08Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Also, _Lola_ by the Kinks. Add “Yoda” by Weird Al “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo”-Glenn Miller ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/16 "2004-06-12T02:39:45Z")
“L is for the way you look at me… O is for the only one I see…” No clue who sang it. I saw it on an episode of Full House once. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/17 "2004-06-12T03:08:32Z")
“Your Dictionary” by **XTC** (“F - U - C - K, is that how you spelt me in your dictionary?”) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/18 "2004-06-12T03:08:34Z")
“Your Dictionary” – XTC. In which Andy Partridge spells out several words describing his ex-marriage and the ways his ex-wife maligned him. Not easy listening. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/19 "2004-06-12T03:11:56Z")
“T—I—E, because we’re both XTC fans?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/20 "2004-06-12T03:16:50Z")
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