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

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, N

Performer		Song Title		Word(s) Spelt		Comments & Submittor Name
Nat King Cole		L-O-V-E		L-O-V-E		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 - Peter
Natasha Bedingfield		Angel		Angel		A-N-G-E-L, A-N-G-E-L (right at beginning) - Taylor
National Anthems		Het Wilhemus		Wilem van Nassov (Origial version) Willem van Nazzov (Compemorary version)		This song is what is called an acrostic, this name is spelt out by the the intitials of the fifteen stanzas. It is rather neet because the acronomy bears a cositant realtion to pronunciation, the phrase is spelt out how it is pronounced and none of the lines begin with a silent letter. There is also an Angophone version, spelling out William of Nassau, while still none of the lines begin with a siltent letter, the acromomy is clearly based too much based on spelling, the ninth stanza stars with f rather than v despite the fact the the consonant in 'of' (I mean, how it is pronounced, not how it is spellt) is really a 'v' rather than 'f'. - Feurzeug
Neil Diamond		Forgotten		F-O-R-GO-T-T-E-N		Don't wanna be F-O-R-GO-T-T-E-N - Kathy
Nerf Herder		(Stand By Your) Manatee		manatee		"I am a manatee / M-A-N-A-T-E-E" - RevengeFromMars YouTube
Nerf Herder		Johnathan		girlfriend		"If he had a girlfriend / A G-I-R-L-F-R-E-N" Just like the song from The Modern Lovers this references, they misspell "girlfriend". - RevengeFromMars YouTube
New Kids On The Block		Games		DONINIE WAHLBERG		Donnie was quite self-absorbed back in the day but we New Kids fans still love the big lug. - Celeste
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
Nicola Roberts		Beat of My Drum		Love		- Silvio Tobias
No Doubt		Staring problem		Staring		S-T-A-R-I-N-G, I can't stop staring - Kiran
Noah and the Whale		L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.		L-I-F-E-G-O-E-S-O-N		"L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N., you've got more than money and sense, my friend, you've got heart and you go in your own way" - Dave
Nomeansno		Remember		R.e.m.e.m.b.e.r.		- Allan
The Notorious B.I.G.		Going Back To Cali		big, biggie, notorious		Spell my name right, B-I, Double-G, I-E [and then later in the song] It's the N-O, T-O, R-I, O-U-S [and still later] People start to flash 818's, 213's, 313's, B-I-G - Candy Welty
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

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