# 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:** 2
**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, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/21 "2004-06-12T03:22:56Z")
“S.E.X.X.Y.” – They Might Be Giants (TMBG). I’m not sure what category “I Palindrome I” would fit, but it would probably be the only entrant in its field. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/22 "2004-06-12T03:24:55Z")
M.O.N.E.Y. – Lyle Lovett Tell it like it T.I. Is – B-52s ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/23 "2004-06-12T03:27:47Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > For some people, you just gotta spell it out. Even in song: > > “Method of Modern Love” - Hall & Oates It always seemed … wrong to me somehow that they only actually spelled M-E-T-H-O-D O-F L-O-V-E in the song. Admittedly, they would have had to spell awfully fast to fit in M-O-D-E-R-N, but it still felt like cheating that they omitted a word. And I expected BETTER from those two! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/24 "2004-06-12T03:29:30Z")
“M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me)” by Howard Johnson. “M” is for the million things she gave me, “O” means only that she’s growing old, “T” is for the tears were shed to save me, “H” is for her heart of purest gold; “E” is for her eyes, with love-light shining, “R” means right, and right she’ll always be, Put them all together, they spell MOTHER, A word that means the world to me. “The Salvation Army Song” (parody) Oh, G-L-O-R-Y, I’m S-A-V-E-D! I’m so H-A-P-P-Y To be F-R-double-E (hee-hee!) F-R-double-E from the ways of S-I-N, Glory, glory, hallelujah! Tra-la-la, ay-men! Chorus: Hallelujah, hallelujah! Throw a nickel on the drum, save another drunken bum! Hallelujah, hallelujah! Throw a nickel on the drum and you’ll be saved! ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/25 "2004-06-12T03:31:52Z")
_“F-I-R-E-I-N-C-A-I-R-O!”_ _Fire in Cairo_- The Cure (On a misheard lyrics site I saw that someone had misheard this lyric as F-I-R-E-A-N-T-S, oh oh oh!" 😃 ) _“And the D and the A and the M and the N and the A and the T and the I-O-N”_ _Hell_- Squirrel Nut Zippers ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/26 "2004-06-12T03:38:35Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > “S.E.X.X.Y.” – They Might Be Giants (TMBG). > > I’m not sure what category “I Palindrome I” would fit, but it would probably be the only entrant in its field. Don’t Lets Start - They Might Be Giants D World destruction O ver and overture N do I need apostrophe T need this torture ---
**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, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/27 "2004-06-12T03:39:01Z")
O.K., this is pretty lame, but… “D.I.Y.” – Peter Gabriel ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/28 "2004-06-12T03:55:49Z")
[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] “M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me)” by Howard Johnson. “M” is for the million things she gave me, “O” means only that she’s growing old, “T” is for the tears were shed to save me, “H” is for her heart of purest gold; “E” is for her eyes, with love-light shining, “R” means right, and right she’ll always be, Put them all together, they spell MOTHER, A word that means the world to me. [/QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother - Ray Wiley Hubbard “M” is for the mud flaps you gave me for my pickup truck “O” is for the oil I put on my hair “T” is for T-bird “H” is for Haggard “E” is for eggs “R” is for redneck ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/29 "2004-06-12T03:56:30Z")
“U. G. L. Y. You ain’t got no alibi You’re just uglay!” -Fishbone ---
**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, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/30 "2004-06-12T04:29:49Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > “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. 😃 :reads the rest of the thread: :smack: No, no, don’t mind me… ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/31 "2004-06-12T04:52:56Z")
“W! A-S-H! I-N-G! T-O-N-baby! DC!” – “Washington D.C.” by the Magnetic Fields “M-I-S-S you much.” – “Miss You Much” by Janet Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/32 "2004-06-12T04:59:50Z")
H-A-double-R-I-G-A-N spells Harrigan (George M Cohan?) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/33 "2004-06-12T05:04:43Z")
**Anything Box** - Vile _F-U-C-K Y-O-U!_ ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/34 "2004-06-12T05:12:07Z")
Be aggressive B-E aggressive B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E Sung by an actual group of cheerleaders on Faith No More’s _Angel Dust_. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/35 "2004-06-12T08:18:31Z")
I think it’s pronounced thusly: BE! AGGRESSIVE! B! E! AGGRESSIVE! B! E! A-G-G! R-E-S-S-I-V-E! I nominate Gloria, by Van Morrison: G-L-Or-Are-iA! Gloooooria! I’d like t’shout it evr’ day! Gloooooria! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/36 "2004-06-12T08:27:59Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > The song in your title is…“ **I Feel like I’m fixing to die rag** ” by Country Joe and the Fish. Pedant: it’s the Fish Cheer. The song also only spelled … that at Woodstock; on the album, and I believe in all other live performances, it spelled F-I-S-H. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/37 "2004-06-12T09:38:19Z")
I can’t BELIEVE no one has cited the song that relates most directly to the OP: If You See Kaye ---
**Author:** ![Farmwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@Farmwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmwoman)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/38 "2004-06-12T09:44:09Z")
R-a-g-g-m-o-p-p Raggmopp! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerous_Nan_McGrew)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/39 "2004-06-12T09:51:40Z")
C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E It’s as easy to sing it as saying your ABCs! ---
**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, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-an-f-gimme-a-u-gimme-songs-that-spell-stuff/249909/40 "2004-06-12T10:53:23Z")
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