# Songs that spell! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062 "2006-01-02T08:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/41 "2006-01-02T19:20:08Z")
L is for the way you look at me, O is for the only one I see, V is very, very extraordinary, E is even more than anyone that you adore can LOVE . . . ---
**Author:** ![Thrashbarg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Thrashbarg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrashbarg)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/42 "2006-01-02T19:48:24Z")
Megadeth’s Hook in Mouth **F** is for fighting, **R** is for red Ancestors’ blood in battles they’ve shed **E** , we elect them, **E** , we eject them In the land of the free and the home of the brave **D** , for your dying,\*\* O\*\*, your overture **M** , they will cover your grave with manure This spells out **freedom** , it means nothing to me As long as there’s a P.M.R.C. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/43 "2006-01-02T20:09:55Z")
Dennis Leary: A-S-S-H-O-L-E Everybody! A-S-S-H-O-L-E ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/44 "2006-01-02T20:17:24Z")
Snoop (Doggy) Dogg spells his name in a lot of songs, such as Dr. Dre’s “Nuthin But a G Thang”: “It’s the S-to the-N-to the double-O-P, D-O-double G-Y, D-O-double G, you see. Showing much flex when it’s time to rock a mic, Pimpin’ hoes and clockin’ a grip, like my name is Dolemite.” ---
**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:** [January 2, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/45 "2006-01-02T20:22:05Z")
ABBA also had “I Am An A” AG+FR: I am an A BE+BJ: I’m a B AG+FR: He is OK BE+BJ: So is she ALL: Singing together in harmony AG+FR: He is a B BE+BJ: She’s a bird AG+FR: Do you mean me? BE+BJ: Yes you heard ALL: We are a simple four-letter word: A-B-B-A. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_MuD\_PhuD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elmer\_MuD\_PhuD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_MuD_PhuD)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/46 "2006-01-02T20:33:43Z")
There’s some rap song out there where the whole chorus is the rapper spelling San Diego S-A-N D-I E-G-O San Diego S-A-N D-I E-G-O San Diego etc, ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/47 "2006-01-02T21:28:48Z")
What about the song “Popcorn Love” by New Edition? **P** is for her personality I said the **O** is for originality And the other **P** is for the perfect love she gives to me The **C** is just cause she loves me And the **O** means shes the only love I got And the **R** and the **N** , our love will never end ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/48 "2006-01-02T21:58:38Z")
Kate Bush, “The Dreaming.” Dre-e-e-e-e A-a-a-a-a M-m-m-m-m T-t-t-t-t I-i-i-i-i M-m-m-m-m ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/49 "2006-01-02T22:05:56Z")
And when we say Yow! A yippie-ko-i-ayy! We’re only sayin’ You’re doin’ fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma, O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A Oklahoma! Yow! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/50 "2006-01-02T22:06:42Z")
This may be a digression, since the example is actually from a verse poem (although I KNOW I heard it set to rap music long, long ago), but Eddie Murphy’s “Kill my landlord! Kill my landlord! C…I…L…L…KILL!” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/51 "2006-01-02T22:45:08Z")
Songs that spell? Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Put 'em together and what have you got Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo It’ll do magic believe it or not Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Oh . . . wait . . . ---
**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:** [January 3, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/52 "2006-01-03T00:24:10Z")
They Might Be Giants - Don’t Let’s Start D, world destruction Over and overture N, do I need apostrophe T, need this torture? ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/53 "2006-01-03T01:05:35Z")
D. I. S. C. O. D. I. S. C. O. D. I. S. C. O. She is D, delirious! She is I, incredible! She is S, superficial! She is C, complicated! She is O, oh, oh, oh! Ottawan - DISCO ---
**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:** [January 3, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062/54 "2006-01-03T02:18:52Z")
U-G-L-Y You ain’t got no alibi. You’re just uggg-lee-eee… –Fishbone [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-spell/338062.md?page=2)