# Songs that spell words out

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154>\
**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:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/61 "2008-03-30T23:55:24Z")

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\*I got a gal in Kalamazoo…

Don’t wanna boast, but you know she’s the toast of

K A L A M A Z O Oh what a gal…\*

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**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/62 "2008-03-31T00:19:07Z")

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Crazy Mary:

_no L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G around_

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**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:** [March 31, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/63 "2008-03-31T01:02:53Z")

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_I’ll See You in C-U-B-A_ - Irving Berlin, 1920

_Fraternity Blues_ - Kay Kyser, 1930  
(“I’ve got those F-R-A, T-E-R, N-I-T-Y Blues  
I said, Fraternity Blues - I mean, Fraternity Blues”)

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/64 "2008-03-31T01:20:06Z")

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D, world destruction  
Over an overture  
N, do I need  
Apostrophe T, need this torture

- They Might Be Giants, “Don’t Let’s Start”

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**Author:** ![Tess\_Trueheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/65 "2008-03-31T01:26:50Z")

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“Can you fix my H-E-A-R-T,  
because it’s D-A-M-A-G-E-D?”  
-Danity Kane

“B-double-E-double Are You In?” (Beer Run)  
-Garth Brooks

I suppose “ **L** ucy in the **S** ky with **D** iamonds” / “Back in the U.S.S.R.” don’t count? 😛

ETA: Dang, somebody else got the beer song! That’s what I get for posting about country when I rarely listen to it.

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**Author:** ![Tess\_Trueheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/66 "2008-03-31T01:34:17Z")

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Oh, and also, Fergie likes to teach us to spell (incorrectly):

“T to the A, to the S T E Y - girl, you’re tasty.”

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/67 "2008-03-31T01:50:04Z")

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Has anyone mentioned [“Asshole”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNzZzsvOClc) by Dennis Leary yet?

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/68 "2008-03-31T04:34:01Z")

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Does “If You See Kaye (Tell Her I L-O-V-E Her)” count twice?

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**Author:** ![Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell-words-out/443154/69 "2008-03-31T05:19:10Z")

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Limp Bizkit’s cover of _Behind Blue Eyes_

_Discover L.I.M.P. say it  
Discover L.I.M.P. say it  
Discover L.I.M.P. say it  
Discover L.I.M.P. say it_

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