# Songs that spell words out **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154 "2008-03-29T08:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/1 "2008-03-29T08:01:01Z")
Ray Davies got a couple in one song: **L-O-L-A** and **C-O-L-A**. ---
**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/2 "2008-03-29T08:03:39Z")
R-e-s-p-e-c-t and G-l-o-r-i-a were the first ones to pop into my head ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/3 "2008-03-29T08:14:53Z")
H - A - double-R - I - G - A - N, you see, Spells Harriganuc. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/4 "2008-03-29T08:22:47Z")
Nat King Cole did a smoking version of “L-O-V-E.” Not sure who wrote it. And in [Clambake](http://imdb.com/title/tt0061489/), Elvis Presley did maybe the worst song he ever recorded. I don’t know the title, but the song involved Elvis spelling out the word "C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-C-E. " The problem with this is that “confidence” is a long word, so long that by the time he gets halfway through spelling it out in song, we’ve forgotten half the word and it sounds like he’s just singing a long string of random letters. I’m a big Elvis fan, and I have to admit that that song (and movie) were terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/5 "2008-03-29T08:37:38Z")
[D.I.S.C.O](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.I.S.C.O.) ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/6 "2008-03-29T08:49:14Z")
[D-I-V-O-R-C-E](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-I-V-O-R-C-E), of course. [H.A.P.P.Y. Radio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Starr) ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/7 "2008-03-29T08:50:36Z")
This shit is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/8 "2008-03-29T09:14:50Z")
M.I.C.K.E.Y M.O.U.S.E Does YMCA count? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/9 "2008-03-29T09:18:10Z")
S-A T-U-R D-A-Y NIGHT! S-A T-U-R D-A-Y NIGHT! S-A T-U-R D-A-Y NIGHT! I hope that put an earworm into the heads of a few of you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/10 "2008-03-29T09:18:36Z")
Pretty much the whole song: [Billy Connolly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzZzGxReXmo) taking the piss out of Tammy. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/11 "2008-03-29T09:51:19Z")
The theme tune to British sit-com _Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em_ spells out the title in morse code. > **[BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Does the Frank Spencer music have Morse code?](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7026637.stm)** > > The theme tune to Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em is recognised by millions, but is it true that it incorporates Morse code into its opening bars? ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/12 "2008-03-29T10:48:41Z")
What about Tom Lehrer’s thoughts about the subway stops of Boston? H is for my alma mater Harvard, C it stands for Central, next stop on the line, K is for the cozy Kendall station C is Charles that overlooks the brine… P is Park Street, busy Boston center, W is Washington you see… Put them all together they spell… HCKC… PW… Which is just about what Boston means to me! ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/13 "2008-03-29T10:53:47Z")
[The Safety Dance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_Dance) . ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/14 "2008-03-29T11:06:37Z")
**M** is for the million things she gives me \*\*O \*\* means only that she’s soft to hold \*\*T \*\* for the things she tries to teach me \*\*H \*\* is for her heart of purest gold \*\*E \*\* 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. [(always better when played on a theremin)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Qntw26enM) ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/15 "2008-03-29T11:14:22Z")
Bloodhound Gang - Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo Look up the complete lyrics, they’re very “creative”. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/16 "2008-03-29T11:24:46Z")
“That’s a girlfriend said G-I-R-L-F-R-E-N that’s a girlfriend.” —Jonathan Richman “R-A-M-O-N-E-S, R-A-M-O-N-E-S, Ramones!” –The Ramones ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/17 "2008-03-29T11:46:56Z")
Method of modern love ~Hall and Oates (can’t stand that song) Others that were hits, hmm… ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/18 "2008-03-29T11:50:40Z")
L, is for the way you look at me… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/19 "2008-03-29T12:25:40Z")
U-G-L-Y! You ain’t got no alibi. You’re just u-ugly… –Fishbone ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/20 "2008-03-29T12:40:58Z")
Gimme an F… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154.md?page=2)