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Songs which have words that are spelt out, instead of just pronounced. Abbreviations like the YMCA don't count, because that's how you say the YMCA.

Songs That Spell Things Out, Index

The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 282 entries in this section.

Performer		Song Title		Word(s) Spelt		Comments & Submittor Name
They Might Be Giants		Glasgow		The Garage		T-H-E-G-A! R-A-G! E! - All-Starr
Westlife		L.O.V.E.		Love		That's how you know this is love L-O-V-E, love (Spelling is repeated in chorus as well as towards the end of the song) - QilahOren
RedHot Chili Peppers		Suck My Kiss		Kissing		"K.I.S.S.I.N.G. Chicka chicka dee Do me like a banshee" - Jay
Hailee Steinfeld		End This (L.O.V.E.)		E-N-D, L-O-V-E, L-O-V-E-N-D		"L is for the way you lied to me O is I'm the only one who sees that V, you're so vindictive, so I'll be vicious And E-N-D this L-O-V-E, love, love Love (ooh) L-O-V-E-N-D this love (ooh)" (L-O-V-E-N-D is just the words 'love' and 'end' merged together. It's also interesting to note that when you consider the subjects of the first 4 lines and exclude the word 'and', it spelled L-O-V-E.) - QilahOren
NewJeans		Attention		A-T-T-E-N-T-I-ON		A-T-T-E-N-T-I-ON, Attention is what I want (This is repeated towards the end of the song) - QilahOren
The Notorious B.I.G.		Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems		Daddy, Big Poppa		The rap by Sean Combs (a.k.a. Puff Daddy/P. Diddy) starts with “I’m D to the A to the D-D-Y”. Then there’s B.I.G.’s own verse that starts with “B-I-G P-O-P-P-A”. - BrilliantJ8
The Hives		T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S		the hives		this is our world T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S - Jay
Kasabian		Reason Is Treason		Kill		Tell his family that he won't be okay, K-I-L-L - Nat
Rage Against The Machine		Know Your Enemy		Defiance		With the D, the E, the F, the I, the A, the N, the C, the E, mind of a revolutionary - Nat
George M. Cohan		Harrigan		Harrigan		H-A-double R-I-G-A-N spells Harrigan - Opie M.
Mac Dre		Get Stupid		Stupid		We go S - T - U - P - I - D When we go to the club we don't need ID Everywhere we go its a party yall We gone get it cracking like the Mardi Gras Get stupid, get stupid, get stupid, get stupid Go stupid, go stupid, go stupid Come and go stupid with me - Gabe
Allan Sherman		Ratt Fink		R A T T F I N K		This was the parody Allan Sherman did of “Ragg Mopp”. - Princess J
Meghan Trainor		Genetics		G-E-N-E-T-I-C-S		It's the answer to questions like "How you get that bod?" and "How you get that bass?". - Maths -Angelic Version-
The Chemical Brothers		Chemical		Chemical		The C to H to E to M to I to C to A to L, the brothers, the brothers - All-Starr
Prince		Automatic		'Automatic', partially		A-U-T-O-matic. This partial spelling is frequently used in the song. - Delirious Dan
Talking Heads		Girlfriend Is Better		out		O U T! But no hard feelings - holden
Boney M.		Dizzy		Dizzy		Spelled out right at the beginning and is repeated many times during the song - Sam
Boney M.		Baby, Do You Wanna Bump?		BUMP		B-U-M-P is sang multiple times - Sam
Cast of "Hamilton"		My Shot		Alexander		I am the A-L, E-X, A-N, D, E-R, we are, meant to be - Kung-Fu Cutbug
Les Humphries Singers		Mexico		Mexico		Near the end of the song, they sing the letters M-E-X-I-C-O - Sam

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