# Songs that feature stuttering **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195 "2008-04-21T04:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/21 "2008-04-21T13:08:12Z")
The Kursaal Flyers’ “Television Generation” (T-t-t-television G-g-g-generation). Great song. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/22 "2008-04-21T13:42:21Z")
Peter Hammill, “Faculty X”: _A skull isn’t much of a c-c-castle to live in…_ I once heard a fan at a Hammill concert shout “A castle to live in,” apparently requesting this song. Hammill shouted the line back, _with_ the stutter. Also by Hammill, on Van der Graaf Generator’s “Masks”: _They accept as fact Every m-m-m-m-masochistic m-m-mumble of his act_ ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/23 "2008-04-21T14:51:08Z")
Placebo, “Swallow” ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/24 "2008-04-21T15:34:23Z")
The BeeGees J-j-j-j-jive talking. Justin Timberlake stutters after the bridge in “What Goes Around Comes Around”" “Just a classic case, s-s-scenario/Tale as old as time, girl you got what you deserved.” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/25 "2008-04-21T16:56:48Z")
Just listened to the Bonzo Dog Band classic, “Humanoid Boogie”, which features the following: _The Humanoid Boogie’s gonna get to number one in the Char char char char charts voted by the People eople eople eople eople eople of the record-buying publicoid… Bleep bleep keep rockin’ daddy, do the stroll!!! Because the Humanoid Boogie’s full of humanoid rock and roll!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/26 "2008-04-21T17:19:58Z")
Miley Cyrus - See You Again The last time I freaked out, I just kept looking down, a st-st-stuttering. asked me what I’m thinkin’ 'bout. (I have a friend who listens to nothing but Radio Disney. And before you suggest that maybe it’s just me and not “a friend”, my car stereo has been broken for over a year.) ---
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/27 "2008-04-21T17:36:35Z")
[This song.](http://youtube.com/watch?v=MUELu8o5KJg) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/28 "2008-04-21T17:50:39Z")
ABBA’s “Take A Cha-Cha-Chance” ---
**Author:** ![silverfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@silverfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silverfish)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/29 "2008-04-21T18:40:56Z")
There’s [Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out](http://youtube.com/watch?v=9pts3ng9bJ8) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/30 "2008-04-21T18:44:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Johnny Hammer had a t-t-terrible s-s-stammer. > He could b-barely say a word. > So they gave him medicinal compound, > And now he’s seen, but never heard. “Lily the Pink” by Scaffold. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/31 "2008-04-21T18:51:18Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] ABBA’s “Take A Cha-Cha-Chance” [/QUOTE] …which reminds me of the Beatles’ “Birthday.” ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/32 "2008-04-21T19:51:09Z")
It’s not a short list at all, depending on your definition of an acceptable stutter. One that definitely qualifies is DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince’s “Boom! Shake the Room!”: > [@](#): > > The f-f-fresh p-p-prince is who I am > T-Told my mother that I’d never make a wack jam > But sometimes I get n-nervous and start to stutter > And I f-fumble every w-w-word I utter > So I just try to ch-ch-ch-ch-chill > But it gets worse-and w-worse and w-w-worse still > I need the c-c-crowd to k-k-kick into it > They help me calm down and I can get through it ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/33 "2008-04-22T01:38:30Z")
Bobbie Sue by The Oak Ridge Boys: > [@](#): > > B-b-b-b-bobbie Sue > C-can’t you see my love is true > I wanna m-m-m-m-marry you > B-b-b-b-b-b-b-bobbie Sue ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/34 "2008-04-22T01:41:31Z")
Eddie Money’s **Shakin’** (Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh she was shakin’…) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/35 "2008-04-22T01:42:54Z")
[QUOTE=StinkyBurrito] [This song.](http://youtube.com/watch?v=MUELu8o5KJg) [/QUOTE] I was going to mention this- although obviously inspired by a certain pig, the credited performers are actually Seymour Swine and the Squealers. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/36 "2008-04-22T02:13:56Z")
[You Tell Her - I Stutter](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/tomasutpen/stutter.jpg) (1922) _You, you, you, you, you, you tell her "Cause I, I, I, I, I, I stutter and O, o, o, o, always get in dutch, She, she, she, she, she, she ought to know, I’ve a bun, bun, bun, bun, bungalow, Where we two can raise a little “Eefff offf Eeff-a-soff-a-Loff-a”_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/79aMv360Rss/hqdefault.jpg "You Tell Her I Stutter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79aMv360Rss) ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/37 "2008-04-22T02:54:19Z")
“Shame” by The Smashing Pumpkins. Sh-sh-sh-sh-shame ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/38 "2008-04-22T03:07:14Z")
[QUOTE=ZebraShaSha] Stuttering was a characteristic of mod music in 1960’s Britain. This little quirk of modom was copied most famously by The Who in “My Generation”, but the Rolling Stones, Kinks, and various other bands cribbed it along the way to seem like “one of the guys.” [/QUOTE] Apparently this was meant to mimic the speech patterns of Mods on Quaaludes. (From memory, according to Pete. I don’t have a cite.) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/39 "2008-04-22T03:07:43Z")
“Ba ba ba ba Barbra Ann” ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195/40 "2008-04-22T03:24:16Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] “Ba ba ba ba Barbra Ann” [/QUOTE] Still stuttering from post #16 to #39! Now that’s a bad case … I wish I hadn’t remembered this profoundly stupid and irritating song, but … **S-s-s-single Bed** - (Noosha) [Fox](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_(band)). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-feature-stuttering/446195.md?page=3)