# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/21 "2008-03-29T12:45:21Z")
“Ouija Board, Ouija Board” by Morrissey has the message “S-T-E-V-E-N, P-U-S-H O-double F” spelled out within it. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/22 "2008-03-29T12:49:23Z")
T-R-O-U-B-L-E by Travis Tritt. Cool video, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/23 "2008-03-29T12:52:06Z")
Rag Mop Oklahoma! ---
**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:** [March 29, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/24 "2008-03-29T12:55:31Z")
The English Score of Starlight Express has "U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.’ The German Score of Starlight Express has ‘G.E.K.U.P.P.E.L.T.’ The Mexican Score of Espreso Astral has “Me C.O.R.T.O.” ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/25 "2008-03-29T13:02:55Z")
Be agressive B-E agressive! B-E-A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E ([Faith No More](http://lyricwiki.org/Faith_No_More:Be_Aggressive) ) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/26 "2008-03-29T13:08:29Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] 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. 😉 [/QUOTE] Bastard! ---
**Author:** ![pipperroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@pipperroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipperroo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/27 "2008-03-29T13:11:27Z")
'Cause I’m a Blonde B-l-o… oh I don’t know ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/28 "2008-03-29T13:40:18Z")
I Stand Accused - Elvis Costello ‘A’ Bomb in Wardour St - The Jam Cheese and Onion - The Rutles i.s.t.i.l.l.l.o.v.e.y.o.u. - by me! > **[i.s.t..... by Craig Stevens](http://www.soundclick.com/artist/default.cfm?bandid=53129&songid=1344750)** > > i.s.t..... - Toots And The Maytals and Joni Mitchell collide as the Rutles look on. MiM ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/29 "2008-03-29T15:42:57Z")
“American Woman” by The Guess Who (do not speak to me of Lenny Kravitz) spells out “American”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/30 "2008-03-29T15:44:20Z")
M-O M-O-R M-O-R-N-I-N-G M-O M-O-R M-O-R-N-I-N-G M-O M-O-R M-O-R-N-I-N-G M-O M-O-R M-O-R-N-I-N-G **W-O-O-D!** [Nth Degree](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vhMhm9euT8) ---
**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:** [March 29, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/31 "2008-03-29T15:58:28Z")
“Exposure” by Robert Fripp and/or Peter Gabriel - has background vocals chanting “E…X…P…O…” etc. “The Loved Ones” by Elvis Costello (“P.P.S.: I l-o-v-e y-o-u”) “Mannish Boy” by Muddy Waters and/or “I’m a Man” by Bo Diddley ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/32 "2008-03-29T15:59:47Z")
Another recent one that spells out words is “Shake it over and over” by Diplo. There are a lot of words that are spelled out but I can only figure out k-i-s-s-i-n-g and s-e-x-i-n-g since there’s someone singing over the rest of the words. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/33 "2008-03-29T16:31:45Z")
Brought up the children church of e Now I vegetate with a colour tv Worst ever thing that ever happened to me Oh, for d.i.v.o.r.c.e. Oh judy From Marillion’s Punch & Judy ---
**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:** [March 29, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/34 "2008-03-29T16:34:39Z")
“Assassin” from Blondel: I’m an a-double-s, an a-double-s, i-n. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/35 "2008-03-29T17:29:51Z")
“Oh, the D and the A and the M and the N and the A and the T and the ION!” is from that “Hell” song by the Squirrel Nut Zippers. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/36 "2008-03-29T18:04:18Z")
So, is YMCA a word??? Y-Y-Y-Y-Y MCA it’s fun to go to the Y-Y-Y-Y MC Aay-Aay ---
**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, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/37 "2008-03-29T18:14:37Z")
You’re not the first person to ask in this thread, but no, it isn’t. Pronouncable things such as NAFTA arguably are words, but I don’t know how you’d pronounce YMCA apart from actually spelling it out. “Imca”? ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/38 "2008-03-29T18:14:45Z")
Jerry Jeff Walker, **Redneck Mother** M is for the mud flaps you give me fer my pickup truck O is for the Oil I put on my hair T is fer T-bird H is fer Haggard E is fer eggs, and R is fer REDNECK ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/39 "2008-03-29T18:47:05Z")
Don’t Let’s Start by They Might Be Giants D, world destruction Over an overture N, do I need Apostrophe T, need this torture? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/40 "2008-03-29T18:50:58Z")
M-O-N-E-Y by Lyle Lovett > [@Lyle Lovett](#): > > If you want that girl > What you need is > M-o-n-e-y And then there’s the Ames Brothers (and Cecil the Seasick Sea SerPENT: > [@](#): > > Oh, R > I say R-A > R-A-G > R-A-G-G > R-A-G-G-M-O-P-P > Ragmop! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154.md?page=3)