I was in the store picking up some random stuff and came across the bologna. I don’t particularly like bologna and wasn’t in the market to buy it but a few isles later I found myself singing, “My bologna has a first name it’s O-S-C-A-R. My bologna has a second name it’s M-A-Y-E-R. Oh I love to eat it everyday and if you ask me why I’ll say (hold note with dramatic pause and sing next part way too fast) ‘cuz Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A!”
This got me thinking a little. How many songs spell out words in them? Hundreds I’m sure. But here are some that I managed to think of on my way home without looking on google:
1. J-E-L-L-O thank you Bill Cosby for making jello “cool”
2. B-A-N-A-N-A-S Gwen Stephani
3. R-E-S-P-E-C-T Aretha Franklin
4. M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
5. R-O-C-K in the U-S-A John Mellencamp
6. B-I-N-G-O
7. M-O-T-H-E-R (you know the M is for the many things she taught me….)
8. O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A
9. G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S Fergi
10. W-O-M-A-N Peggy Lee (talk about a sterotype)
11. B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E Faith No More
12. S-A-F-E-T-Y D-A-N-C-E Men without Hats (this is dumbest strangest dumbest video)
Nandango 
Y-M-C-A!
I forgot about that video — you’re right about how stupid it is…for some absurd reason I still laughed for the full 15 seconds I could stand watching it though.
S-A-T-U-T-D-A-Y “Saturday Night” song from the 70’s — I remember singing along as a kid…
Please help me — I can’t even spell Saturday and now everyone will know it because there’s not an editing option that I see…lovely.
morethananelectrician: oh yeah I forgot about that song!
lynnard: the video is totally lame but hilarious. i like when the spastic girl first pops her head up in the video – she takes you by surprise. at least you noticed you spelled it wrong instead of me having to point it out to you. LOL
I love songs that spell stuff. I totally use them Like D to the E to the L I C I O U S. Fergie Loves to spell
kelltick: That’s right, I forgot Fergie had another spelling song. Too bad she spelled tasty wrong.
I love spelling songs. It’s usually the only part of the song I get right when I’m singing it out loud in my car. And I too often find myself singing the Oscar Mayer song when I’m in the grocery store even though I never get anything by Oscar Mayer. I guess it just can’t be helped.
Sarah: I agree. It’s the only part of the song I ever get right too. A few months ago I was driving and passed the actual Oscar Mayer Weinermobile. I was a little stunned and then for some reason got pretty excited. The rest of the day I could not get that song out of my head. Even as I’m typing this I’m finding myself humming it.
Does anyone know the song where V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N is spelled out? I’m trying to find out who sings it and what the title is…
Please help! 🙂