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Real Lyrics -> Songs That Spell Things Out -> B

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, B

Performer		Song Title		Word(s) Spelt		Comments & Submittor Name
Backstreet Boys		My Beautiful Woman		B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L		B is for beautiful as the sunshine E tells me everything is feelling alright A goes to you and me swinging it down T is two I want you U got me acting like a fool. It seems that whoever wrote this song doesn't know how to spell beautiful. - Celeste
Baltimore Orioles		Orioles Magic		Orioles		"Fight song" for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. - Arrogant Oriole
Bar-Kays		Freaky Behavior		Freaky		F-R-E-A-K-Y behavior - Eduardo Rivero
Barenaked Ladies		It's Only Me		respect		I give me R-E-S-P-E-C-T. - Brian Kelly
Barry Bostwick		Dammit, Janet		Janet		"J-A-N-E-T, I love you so!" - Brendan Richards
Bay City Rollers		Saturday Night		S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y		S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night! S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night! - crazydon
Beastie Boys		The New Style		B-E-A-S-T-I-E		"B-E-A-S-T-I-E what up Mike D. Aww yeah, that's me" - Rad
Beatles		Christmas Time Is Here Again		O-U-T		O-U-T spells out! - JD
Bell Biv Devoe		Do Me		J-I-M-M-Y		Devoe's Rap: The J the i the m the m the y yo! I need a body bag - Del
Belle and Sebastian		Legal Man		love		L, O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back... - Drazile
Billy Connolly		D-I-V-O-R-C-E		Divorce, vet, shot, worm, squirm, quarantine, leg, bum, off, bird, queer		Our little dog is six years old, and he's smart as any damn kid But when you mention the V.E.T. he damn near flips his lid Words like S.H.O.T. shot or W.O.R.M. worm These are words which make him S.Q.U.I.R.M. squirm His Q.U.A.R.A.N.T.I.N.E starts today Because he bit the V.E.T. and then he ran away He caused me and my wife to have a big fight, and then, both of them bit me And that's why I am gonna get a D.I.V.O.R.C.E. She shouted "Get him, Rover," and he jumped over, and bit my L.E.G She sank her teeth in my B.U.M. and called me an effin B Well I'm telling you, that was my cue, to get O.F.F.-ski And I'm going down to the town tonight to get a new B.I.R.D Oh yes his Q.U.A.R.A.N.T.I.N.E starts today Both my wife and my wee scabby dug will soon be hauled away That's why I spell out all these words, so as my dog can't hear Oh I must admit that dog is acting Q.U.E.R. queer Oh, I must admit that dog is acting Q.U.E.R. queer - FussBudget
Billy Idol		Nobody's Business		MAD		Well I must have been mad about something Cause I'm M-A-D and I spell it for nothing And it's nobody's business but my own Nobody's business but my own - Hot In The City
Black Eyed Peas		Let's Get Retarded(Let's Get It Started on the radio)		R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D		In the chorus towards the end of the song. - Gee
Black Eyed Peas		Pump It		F-r-e-s-h, D-e-f, B-E-P, B-l-a-c-k-e-y-e-d-p-to the e-then the a-to the s		F-R-E-S-H we(fresh) D-E-F, that's right we def (rock) We definite B-E-P, we rapping it So, turn it up (turn it up) [3x] Common baby, just - Lainee
Blur		B.L.U.R.E.M.I.		B.L.U.R.E.M.I.		Lines sung by Donald Duck. - lolcow
Blur		Topman		T-O-P-M-A-N		T.O.P.M.A.N. He's naughty by nature - B1982
Bo Diddley		Cadillac		Cadillac		I don't want no Cadillac, C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C. - Candy Welty
Bo Diddley		I'm a Man		M A N		I'm a man spelled M A N - Jim
Bob Dylan		Positively 4th street		Yid		You say you lost your faith... I know the reason... Do you take me for such a fool... Again, this is an acrostic, the first letters of each of the three Stanzas spell out the word for Jew in a Jewish language (Yiddish), and it was even written and performed by one. - Feurzeug
Bobbie Gentry		Mississippi Delta		M-I-double S-I-double-S- I-double-P-I		Bobbie Gentry begins the song by spelling out "Mississippi." - Kathy
Bobby Blue Bland		Little Boy Blue		BOBBY		You used to call me B-O-B-B-Y - Eduardo Rivero
Bobby Freeman		S-W-I-M		swim		I did the shimmy shimmy, then I did the twist. Now I do the swim, and you spell it like this: S-W-I-M - Candy Welty
Bobby Vinton		L-O-N-E-L-Y		lonely		The lyrics include: The 'L' is for the laughter we shared from the start, 'O' is for the only girl in my heart. (And so on until the word 'lonely' is spelled out.) - Candy Welty
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
Bridgit Mendler		Rocks at my Window		throwing		"T-H-R-O-W-I-N-G / You're throwing rocks, rocks / You're throwing rocks, rocks" - Ariana Grande Mocha Swirl
Britney Spears		If U Seek Amy		f-u-c-k m-e		Are begging to if you seek Amy - Tarzan
Busted		Crashed The Wedding		J-O-B		Her daddy disagrees, He's always hated me, cause I never got a J-O-B!! - Trevor
The Butchies		Send Me You		I.T.C.H.I.N.G.		I'm I.T.C.H.I.N.G - crispay

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