Spelling Song

"You wanna S - P - E - L - L In a song that rhymes on a bell? Don't despair in your lair There are plenty of songs there Where you can S - P - E - L - L"

Compare Phone Number Jingle.

Music
"I am a C, I am a C - H I am a C - H - R - I - S - T - I - A - N And I have C - H - R - I - S - T in my H - E - A - R - T And I will L - I - V - E - E - T - E - R - N - A - L - L - Y"
 * Campfire songs presented by G.O.Y.A.:
 * "I am a C":

"D-O-W-N...Let me see you get down"
 * "Let Me See You Get Down":

"B - I - N - G - O B - I - N - G - O B - I - N - G - O And Bingo was his name-o"
 * Children's songs:
 * (The most current version of) "Bingo":

"R-A-T, T-L-E, S-N-A-K-E spells rattlesnake!"
 * Also, "Rattlesnake":

"K-I-S-S-I-N-G..."
 * And the classic:

"L-O-double L-I P-O-P Spells lollipop, lollipop and B-U-B-B-L-E-G-U-M Spells bubble gum, bubble gum"
 * Wait, what about the Lollipop song?

"Be aggressive! B-E aggressive! B-E A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E!"
 * "Now I know my ABC's/Next time won't you sing with me."
 * "A.k.a.i-d-i-o-t" by The Hives.
 * Also "T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S."
 * "Be Aggressive" by Faith No More (with cheerleaders singing along):

"B Double E Double Are You In?"
 * Which is from a cheerleading chant that predates the song.
 * "Beer Run" by George Jones and Garth Brooks.

"Do the D-A-N-C-E 1, 2, 3, 4, fight Stick to the B-E-A-T Get ready to ignite"
 * "C-I-T-Y", by John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band.
 * "D.A.N.C.E" by Justice:

"D-I-S-C-O! (x3) She is D-I-S-C-O!"
 * "D.I.S.C.O." by Ottawan:

"Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E Becomes final today Me and little J-O-E Will be going away And I love you both but this will be Pure H-E-double-L for me Oh how I wish that we could stop This D-I-V-O-R-C-E"
 * "D - I - V - O - R - C - E" by Tammy Wynette.

"His Q-U-A-R-A-N-T-I-N-E starts today Both my wife and my wee little dog Will soon be hauled away That's why I spell out all of these words So as my dog can't hear But I must admit That dog is acting Q-U-E-R queer"
 * Or the Billy Connolly version...

" D, world destruction Over an overture N, do I need Apostrophe T, need this torture?"
 * "Don't Let's Start" by They Might Be Giants:

"G-h-e-t-t-o-m-u-s-i-c-k stay down O-u-t-k-a-s-t (oooh yeah) just know that we won't play round"
 * The suitably mental "F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E." by Pulp.
 * The Cure's "Fire in Cairo" spells the song title in the chorus. Repeatedly.
 * "Ghettomusick" by Outkast:

""G - L - A - M - O - R - O - U - S, yeah G - L - A - M - O - R - O - U - S""
 * "Glamorous" by Fergie:

"G-L-O-R-I-A! GLOOOOOOORIA!"
 * "Gloria" by Them:

"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"
 * "Lola" by The Kinks.
 * "Yoda" by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
 * R - O - C - K in the USA!!
 * "L - O - V - E" by Nat King Cole:

"L is for LOVE, baby O is for ONLY you that I do V is for loving VIRTUALLY everything that you are E is for loving almost EVERYTHING that you do R is for RAPE me M is for MURDER me A is for ANSWERING all of my prayers N is for KNOWING your loverman's going to be the answer to all of yours"
 * "Loverman" by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds manages to make it seem sinister:

"B is for the beauty that I only see in you, L is for the laughter that I hear the whole night through, I is so infatuated with you, oh my dear, M is for the music that I hear when you are near, P is for the passion that I feel for you each day, H is for the horror if you ever went away, T is for the trust I put in you all else above, Put them all together now and that.... spells.... BLIMPHT!
 * "BLIMPHT" by Bill Oddie (in the third episode of the radio series "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again") is decidedly less romantic
 * M-I-S S-I-S S-I-P-P-I to remember how to spell the US state."

"We keep the party movin' till the broad daylight G-E-T-L-I-V-E AAAIGHT!"
 * "Shopping" and "Minimal" by Pet Shop Boys
 * Beastie Boys' "Puttin' Shame in Your Game":

""M" is for the million things she gave me, "O" means only that she's growing old, "T" is for the tears she shed to save me, "H" is for her heart of purest gold; "E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining, "R" means right, and right she'll always be, Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER," A word that means the world to me."
 * "M-O-T-H-E-R" by Howard Johnson:

" M is for the Massive guilt she gave me; O is for the Outbursts that she had; T is for her Total domination; H is How she drove out dear old dad; E is for the Eumuch that she made me; R is my Respect she stripped away; Put them all together, they spell MOTHER -- The reason I'm so fucked-up today!"
 * Parodied in this Narbonic Sunday strip.
 * So subverted in Mad Magazine:

"Y - O - U - apostrophe - R - E - G - O - double N - A - D - I - E die /You are gonna diiiiiiiiiieeeeee!!"
 * William Shatner's "You'll Have Time":

"O - H - M - Y - G - O - D - I - M - O - N - F - I - R - E S - O - M - E - B - O - D - Y - P - U - T - M - E - O - U - T F - O - R - C - R - Y - I - N - G - O - U - T - L - O - U - D"
 * "ohmygodimonfire" by Logan Whitehurst:

"Word to the R to the O to the B to the O-T-C to the A to the T"
 * Also used in "Robot Cat":

"M M-O M-O-P M-O-P-P Mopp M-O-P-P Mopp mopp mopp mopp R I say R-A R-A-G R-A-G-G Ragg R-A-G-G M-O-P-P, ragg mopp"
 * "Rag Mop" (sometimes spelled "Ragg Mopp" due to the lyrics):

"Oh, I say D I say D-O D-O-D D-O-D-G D-O-D-G-E-R-S Team, team, team..."
 * And its parody:

"Q I said Q-U Q-U-I Q-U-I-T Quit! Q-U-I-T Quit quit quit quit R I said R-A R-A-G R-A-G-E Rage! R-A-G-E Q-U-I-T Ragequit!"
 * Here's another parody, relating to online gaming:

"R - E - S - P - E - C - T Find out what it means to me R - E - S - P - E - C - T Take care, TCB"
 * "Respect" by Otis Redding, popularized by Aretha Franklin:

"S! A! T-U-R! D-A-Y! Night!"
 * "Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers:

"B-A-Y, B-A-Y, B-A-Y, C-I-T-Y, ''With an R-O-double-L, E-R-S, Bay City Rollers are the best!"
 * Parodied/Tributed here: T-H! E G-A! R-A-G! E! ( http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&Video ID=42221950 )
 * The Bay City Rollers also had an accompanying chant to the tune of "This Old Man":

"I love that T-E-double N-E-double S-double E G-I-R-L."
 * "Shopping", also by the Pet Shop Boys. This and "Minimal" above were mashed up together wonderfully during the 2006 tour.
 * Snoop Dogg often refers to himself in his songs as "S - N - double O - P" or "D - O - double G".
 * "Tennessee Girl" by Sammy Kershaw:

"K - A - L - A - M - A - Z - O - O - O - Oh what a gal..."
 * "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" by Elvis Presley, later covered by Travis Tritt.
 * "THIS SHIT IS BANANAS, B - A - N - A - N - A - S!"
 * The not-often-played-on-the-radio intro to the Guess Who's "American Woman" takes its dear, sweet time spelling out the song's title.
 * Parodied in "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Albuquerque": "I said A! (A!) L! (L!) B! (B!) U! (U!)...........Querque! (Querqueeeeeee!)
 * And who can forget: "We got three-day stubble/Our name spells trouble:/T-R-U-B-B-L!"
 * Kalamazoo:

"Cause I'm in E-F-F-E-C-T a smooth operator operating correctly"
 * V! A! C! A! T-I-O-N! In the summer sun!
 * Fun fact: Connie Francis recorded various foreign-language versions of this song, but they kept the spelling bit the same as the English version.
 * A completely separate spelling song called "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N" was recorded by Puffy AmiYumi (well technically, just Yumi; it was recorded as a solo song that appeared on a double album called "solosolo")
 * "Microphone Fiend" by Eric B. & Rakim

""The D88, the E, the F, the I, the A, the N, the C, the E A mind of a revolutionary"
 * Also "Know Your Enemy"

"Do I have to spell it out? C-H-E-E-S-E-A-N-D-O-N-I-O-N-S oh no-o-o..."
 * "Cheese and Onions" - The Rutles:

"La-dee-doh-dah La-dee-dah (S-H-A-N-G-R-I-L-A) Here we are In Shangri-La (L-E-X-I-C-O-G-R-A-P-H-E-R) La-dee-doo-dah (Lexicographer?!) La-dee-dah (Sorry, folks!)"
 * Watch it with the animated video. It's awesome.
 * Also, in "Shangri-La". If you listen really, really hard, you can hear a background singer spelling out 'S-H-A-N-G-R-I-L-A' in the last verses. Then spoofed soon before fading out.

"Are we not MEN? WE ARE Devo Are we not MEN? D-E-V-O"
 * "Jocko Homo":

"B-A-B-Y, that spells fun Because at our house we have one... It's easy, you see, when you can spell good as me... K-I-S-S spells "Hello" to me, H-O-M-E, Dad and Mommy, But most important is L-O-V-E: That spells Family!"
 * And, of course, that same piece of the song used in Weird Al's "Polkas on 45".
 * Not a Rapper's Read a Book. (Link not worksafe!) R-E-A-D-A-B-O-O-Kaaayy!!
 * Let's not forget The B-I-B-L-E.
 * A song from Brite Music has lines like these:

"B-A-D Bad, make your mom and daddy sad B-A-D Bad, It's the bloody fix you do, the bloody fix you do"
 * "B.A.D." by W.A.S.P.:

"L-O, V-E, All I need's my love machine"
 * Also "L.O.V.E. Machine":

"Misfits, twilight zone, R-A-M-O-N-E-S, R-A-M-O-N-E-S Ramones!"
 * R.A.M.O.N.E.S. by Motorhead

"M-O M-O-R M-O-R-N-I-N-G W-O-O-D"
 * 'A-U-S-T-R-A-L-I-A... Australia!'
 * Morningwood's "To The Nth Degree" involves a lot of spelling of the band's name:

"W-A-S-H-I-N-G T-O-N, baby, DC!"
 * "Washington, DC" by Magnetic Fields:

"M-E-T, H-O-D MAAAAAAAN"
 * Lootpack's "On Point" cranks this Up to Eleven, with two full verses of spelling. It's taken to the point where I can't even post the lyrics. Just hear it yourself.
 * "Method of Modern Love" by Daryl Hall and John Oates
 * M-E-T-H-O-D-O-F-L-O-V-E, it's the method of modern love
 * Same goes for Wu-Tang Clan's "Method Man", which samples the above song:

"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."
 * Y - M - C - A !
 * Megadeth's "Hook in Mouth"

"Upon a cross a nun will be hanged, she will be raped by an evil man Knock spikes through her hands, things will come she won't understand You're a nun, you haven't had no fun, living your life as a virgin queen I'm gonna change it, and I'll get it done, tomorrow you won't be a virgin queen C. U. N. T.! That's what you are! You're C. U. N. T., yeah!"
 * Mercyful Fate's "Nuns Have No Fun"

"P - O - L - Y - S - I - C - S Or-die-or-die-or-die-or-die!"
 * "Polysics Or Die!"

"L-O-V-E's just another word I never learned to pronounce."
 * 3OH!3 and Katy Perry's "Starstrukk":

"S is for the simple need, E is for the ecstasy, X is there to mark the spot, 'cause that's the one you really want!"
 * ...although they actually say "love" in the previous line.
 * No Doubt's "Staring Problem."
 * S.E.X. by Nickelback.

"You and me sitting in a tree *-U-C-K-I-N-G."
 * also in Everything I Wanna Do where between the verses and the chorus you can hear softly in the backgound the lines

"C is for the Christ child, born upon this day H for Herald angels in the night R means our Redeemer I means Israel S is for the Star that shone so bright..."
 * Fergie's "Fergalicious" manages to do this somewhat, but manages to misspell an incredibly simple word in the song - specifically, "tasty" as "tastey".
 * No mention of S-S-S-S A-A-A-A F-F-F-F E-E-E-E T-T-T-T Y-Y-Y-Y?
 * Eddy Arnold's "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S", covered by a lot of artists in the '50s.

"My name is Nick, H-E-X-U-M"
 * 311's "Sick Tight"

"P-E-R-S-P-E-C-T-I-V-E. It's no mystery."
 * And "Juan Bond", which spells out the song's title.
 * Aztec Camera's "How Men Are"

"Your life spells dead Well, the D is for destroy (under the gun) The E is for enforce (under the gun) A is for absolute (under the gun) And D is for darkness Dead (the mark of the gun)"
 * "The Mark of the Gun" by Deathstars:

"You're stupid, S-T-U-P-I-D!"
 * Stupid, by The Sultans of Ping FC:

"S-A-F-E-T-Y Safety! Dance!"
 * "Cactus" by The Pixies has a bridge where the band chanting "P! I! X! I! E! S!"
 * When David Bowie covered it, that section became "D! A! V! I! D!".
 * Elastica's word salady "How He Wrote Elastica Man" has a chorus of the band chanting "E! L! A! S! T! I! C! A!" while Justine Frischmann adds more vocals acrostically (e.g. E! Extra special/L! Last chance).
 * From the extended club mix of "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats:

"K-I-S-S-I-N-G S-E-X-I-N-G C-A-S-I-O P-O-K-E Y-O-U M-E I"
 * Hot Chip has a rather weird one in "Over and Over", which is either just plain Word Salad or a brilliant statement about the stages of a relationship:

"B-L-A-C-K-E-Y-E-D-P to the E Then the A to the S"
 * "L-I-F-E-G-O-E-S-O-N" by Noah and the Whale. Both the trope-example and title of the song.
 * Frank Sinatra's take on "Jingle Bells."
 * From the second verse of "Pump It" by the Black Eyed Peas:

"S - 'Cause we are Super U - You gotta use it P - Is like a passion E-R - Euro E - You feel emotion U - Get up and down R - Because we are O - All right"
 * "Super Eurobeat" by Dave Rodgers ft. Futura.

"S - It's only super U - It is up to you P - Play with me now E-R - Euro E - You gotta beat it U - Just take it easy R - A-Beat-C rules O - All right"
 * As well as:

"L-U-V! Madonna! Y-O-U! You wanna!"
 * Madonna's "Gimme All Your Luvin" includes a cheerleader-chant-like hook:

"H to the izz-O, V to the izz-A"
 * Jay-Z's "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"

"(Jay-Z, in the original) J-A-Y, I flow sick! (DMX, in the original) D-M-X, and my dogs bite! (Memphis Bleek, in the remix) Ay yo, M-E-M-P-H-I-S Bleek! (Beanie Sigel, in the remix) Peep the kid from P-H-I-L-L-Y!"
 * Also, "Money, Cash, Hoes" and its remix have verses that start out this way:


 * The Faint's "Tale Me to the Hospital" spells the last word of its title in increments.

Advertising
"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"
 * "Oscar Mayer Weiner Song":

"The creamiest dreamiest soft ice cream You get from Mister Softee. For a refreshing delight supreme Look for Mister Softee. S-O-F-T Double-E, Mis-ter Softee."
 * Parodied in The Simpsons by a vintage commercial starring Rainer Wolfcastle. The bratwurst the song was about had a ridiculously long second name (Schnackenpfefferhausen).
 * The end of the Mister Softee jingle:


 * "H-O-T-W-I-R-E, hotwire.com!"

Anime
"If time goes by just hit rewind, let's Cele-b-r-a-t-e"
 * M - I - N - A - M - I - K - E! Let's go!
 * The Japanese version of Sonic X: S-O-N-I-C, go!
 * The One Piece Image Song for the hidden background character Pandaman. P-A-N-D-A-M-A-N tsuyoi! P-A-N-D-A-M-A-N sugoi!
 * The Image Song for Muteki Kanban Musume's Nishiyama Kankurou is entirely a spelling song. Considering the song is titled "Remember My Name Nya!", he may have his reasons for making it that way.
 * Funta's "S-U-K-I" for Popotan's end credits.
 * From Pokémon 4Ever...

"P-O-K-E-M-O-N P-O-K-E-M-O-N, Pokémon!"
 * From Pokémon Chronicles and the Johto Pokérap:

"D! Donna toki demo R! Arukitsuzukero A! Eien no ai wo shinjite GO! Tatakaeta GO! GO! GO! N! Enryo wa iranai Futari no mirai wa mugendai"
 * P-R-E-C-U-R-E, song for you, let's dance, Fresh Pretty Cure!
 * H! I! N! A! HINAGIKU! Hai Hai!
 * "Dragon Power Mugendai", the end credits theme song to the Dragonball Z movie "Dragon Ball Z: Super Senshi Gekiha!! Katsu No wa Ore da".

Film
" 'Cause I'm blonde B-L-O-N-D and 'Cause I'm a blonde B-L-I-N-D and 'Cause I'm a blonde B-L-... I don't know!"
 * "'Cause I'm a Blonde" from Earth Girls Are Easy:

"R is for your rotten disposition O is for the odours that you spread D is for the dirt, your happiest condition And E is for your evil eyes of red N is for the nausea you keep causing T is for the trap - we won't go into that Put them all together, they read rodent Just another fancy name for rat"
 * "Ode to a Rat" from Heidi's Song:

"R - E - S - C - U - E Rescue Aid Society Heads held high, touch the sky You mean everything to me"
 * The Rescue Aid Society's anthem from Disney's The Rescuers:

"Uncle fucker, that's U-N-C-L-E-FUCK YOU! Uncle fucker! (Suck my balls!)"
 * Santa Claus Conquers the Martians ("You spell it S - A - N - T - A - C - L - A - U - S, Hooray for Santy Claus!")
 * The song "Unclefucker" from South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut ended with an homage to the title song from Oklahoma

"T-U-R-T-L-E Power! T-U-R-T-L-E Power! T-U-R-T-L-E Power! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!"
 * "Turtle Power" for the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Live Action movie:


 * "C-A-T Spells Cat" from Daddy Long Legs.

Live Action TV
"Why? Because we like you!"
 * The "Harrigan" song (see Theatre) was altered to spell 'Gilligan'.
 * Theme of The Mickey Mouse Club ("M - I - C - K - E - Y - M - O - U - S - E")

"W is for the many Ways that you're served A is for the Admiration you deserve F because you're Fluffy! you're Flaky and Fun! and F is for the Flavor that is second to none L is for how Light you are, you melt in my mouth and E is for Eggs!"
 * Also parodied on the episode of Muppets Tonight guest starring Cindy Crawford. K-E-R (Are we having fun yet?) M-I-T (That's a swell university.) F-R-O-G
 * "The Waffle Song" from Mystery Science Theater 3000:

"C is for that feeling of uncertainty for not quite knowing what ethnic group you're from, R is for the gifts you give me every time you smile. the first E is for, uh, well, I don't really know, but the second E is really a grammatical thing, 'cause otherwise it would be 'Crepy Girl' and where would that leave us? the P is definitely NOT for platonic, and Y? Because I love you! Myyy Cree-hee-eepy Gi-irl!!"
 * "The Creepy Girl Song", also from Mystery Science Theater 3000:

"Wayne: H - O - R - W - A - R - D"
 * Whose Line Is It Anyway?? had a Song Styles in the style of The Village People, where the cast parodied Y.M.C.A. This led to a Crowning Moment of Funny with its hilarity increased by Wayne Brady misspelling the name of the audience member, Howard.

"I guess I'll have another A-B-O-R-T-I-O-N"
 * In a 1984 episode of Saturday Night Live newscaster Edwin Newman, making a guest appearance, did a bit pointing out how many American states have very generic-sounding state songs, usually including a spelling of the state's name at some point.
 * A 2004 episode featured a parody of a infomercial for a country music compilation disc called "Country Roses" that includes a track called "Here We Go Again"


 * The game show version of Monopoly used a Thematic Theme Tune that had a repeated "M-O-N-O-P-O-L-Y". The first two O's were sung by a woman who... well, sounded like she was having a big O.

Theater
"O - K - L - A - H - O - M - A!"
 * Occurs (predictably enough) in several of the songs in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
 * Naturally, in Oklahoma!:

"H - A - double-R - I - G - A - N spells Harrigan"
 * "Harrigan" from the musical Fifty Miles From Boston:

"Greek Chorus (in fugal counterpoint): T - R - A - G - E - D - Y, tragedy, oh, yeah..."
 * "Schadenfreude" from Avenue Q ends with "S - C - H - A - D - E - N - F - R - E - U - D - E!"
 * "Tragedy" from PDQ Bach's dramatic oratorio Oedipus Tex:

"S-U-P-E-R; C-A-L-I-F; R-A-G-I-L; I-S-T-I-C-E-X-P-I-A-L-I-D; O; C-I-O-U-S"
 * "U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D." from Starlight Express.
 * "The Name's LaGuardia" from Fiorello!, in which the title character not only spells his name but informs voters that T-A-M-M-A-N-Y "spells tyranny like R-A-T spells rat" and sings a Yiddish verse spelling his name in Hebrew letters.
 * In the stage show version of Mary Poppins, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is spelled not only in song, but in dance as well.

"I've been L-U-M-B-E-R-E-D lumbered, And I don't L-I-K-E it one small bit. I'm too young to be a father; There are lots of things I'd rather be, Like working down a coal P-I-T pit!"
 * The Most Happy Fella has a song about "big D, little A, double L, A, S," which, of course, spells Dallas.
 * "Lumbered" from Stop the World, I Want to Get Off:

Video Games
"G-I-N-T-E-G-G"
 * The song "G.I.A.N.T.E.G.G." from Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg—actually, they spell it wrong:

"D to the A to the A to the N to the N to the C to the C to the E, dance, baby!"
 * Not exactly, the singers just don't enunciate very well between the 'I' and the 'A'.
 * In "My Only Shining Star" from Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA, nobody had the heart to tell them they added a few extra letters...

"V-I-C-T-O-R-Y S to the U to the R to the V to the I to the V to the A to the L!"
 * From Super Robot Wars MX:
 * "Survival", the Varrigan Station music from MadWorld:

"We went from M - A - R - I - A - G - E To D - I - V - O - R - S - D You broke my little H - A - R - T Now I'm in M - I - S - R - E"
 * Parodied in a song that occasionally plays during the credits of You Don't Know Jack: The Ride:

"S &middot; I &middot; SI &middot; G &middot; A &middot; M &middot; I Shishigami Bang, Bang!"
 * In addition to his Theme Music Power Up, Bang also gets his own character song to the tune of his track, Kaze and Gale respectively:

"N - O - M - A - F - I - A, oh baby..."
 * In Sam and Max: The Mole, The Mob, and The Meatball, in Ted E. Bear's Mafia-Free Playland and Casino:

"N! I! S!"
 * Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 gives us Nippon Ichi's Hot-Blooded song:

Web Comics
"W - A - L - U - I - G - I am the best, Waluigi!"
 * In "Carol of the Waa" by Brawl in the Family,

Web Animation
"Homestar: M is for milk. The real stuff, not soy. A is for not-organic apples. Pesticides ahoy! R is raisins - they give me bad gas. ''Z is too hard, so at this one, I'll pass. I is for inchildas, and... Strong Bad: Homestar! Homestar: Yeah, what's up? Strong Bad: That's not a love poem! That is a lavishly produced grocery list!"
 * Homestar Runner:
 * Strong Bad Email #195:

"Coach Z: R-A-P S. O-N-G yes. Yes, y'all, And you don't stap. Coach Z and Peacey P cold rappity rap!"
 * "Rap Song" (accidently feat. Peacey P), not to be confused with Crack Stuntman's Very Important Rap Song.

"Strong Bad: ♪ Ooooh, If you want it to be possessive, it's just I-T-S, But if it's supposed to be a contraction, then it's I-T-Apostrophe-S. Scalawag. ♫"
 * "Trogday 08" includes "The 'S is for Sucks' Dragon Song", which spells out the alphabet.
 * From the SBEmail "local news":

"You people all have to learn/This world is going to BURN!/ BURN!/ It's two Rs. H-O-R-R- right/ BURN!"
 * Humorously inverted in the middle of a Sanity Slippage Song in Dr. Horrible.

Western Animation
""I" is for "imagine" "M" is for "me" "A" is for the letter "a" "G" is for "gee" "I" is for... "imagine" "N" is for "nice" "E" is for "egad! I said 'imagine' twice!""
 * Animaniacs gives us Baloney's "Imagine Song"

"There's the "A", that's first, There's the "C", that's next. There's the "M", you're almost done, There's the "E", that's last, now spell it out, A-C-M-E that's fun!"
 * And there's "The Acme Song"

"R - E - C - Y - C - L - E Recycle! C - O - N - S - E - R - V - E Conserve! Don't you P - O - L - L - U - T - E Pollute the rivers sky or sea Or else you're gonna get what you deserve"
 * The opening theme of The Emperors New School.
 * From a Musical Episode of Rocko's Modern Life:

"A-A-R-D-V-A-R-K!"
 * Rocko eventually attempts to repeat this song to the corporate bigwigs at Conglomo, but he isn't familiar enough to remember the tune. The executives wonder why he's spelling everything.
 * Done in Arthur for a spelling bee:

"I am so smart! S - M - R - T! I mean S - M - A - R - T!"
 * Subverted in The Simpsons, via a Throw It In:

"L, the losers in her wake I, the income she will make T is for her tooth-filled mouth T is for her tooth-filled mouth..."
 * And this song from the "Little Miss Springfield" episode (which, perhaps for the best, we only get to hear the first few lines of):

"Young Rainier Wolfcastle: My bratwurst has a first name, it's F-R-I-T-Z; my bratwurst has a second name, it's S-C-H-N-A-C-K-E-N-P-F-E-F-F-E-R-H-A-U-S-E-N!"
 * And the classic version of the baloney song.

"My bologna has a first name, it's H-O-M-E-R; my bologna has a second name, it's H-O-M-E-R!"
 * And Homer's version:

"F-L-A His name is Ned! E-R-S It's a stupid name! F-L-A Don't yell at Ned! D-E-R His wife is dead!"
 * Everybody Hates Ned Flanders song:

"I saw you last night at the spelling bee. I knew right then that it was L-U-V. Cause I can no longer be a silent "G" I've gotta spell out what you mean to me."
 * When Bart, Milhouse, Nelson, and Ralph form a boy band called The Party Posse, one of their songs goes:

"Spongebob: C.A.M.P.F.I.R.E.S.O.N.G. song C.A.M.P.F.I.R.E.S.O.N.G. song And if you don't think that we can sing it faster then you're wrong But it'll help if you just sing along..."
 * From SpongeBob SquarePants:
 * The Campire Song song.

"F Is For Friends who do stuff together U Is for U and me. N is for aNy thing and anytime at all, Down here in the deep blue sea"
 * The "F.U.N. Song"

"Plankton: F is for Fire that burns down the whole town. U is for Uranium. BOMBS! N is for No survivors when you're-"
 * Plankton doesn't really get it.

"D is for Danger upon which we thrive. A is for Action makes it fun to be alive. W is for Wild things we always do. G is for Gross stuff that's really cool. And S... just makes it plural!"
 * Stunt Dawgs

"T-E-E-N T-I-T-A-N-S. Teen Titans. Let's Go!"
 * From the credits to Teen Titans,

"''L-A-Z-L-O. And Lazlo was his name-o."
 * Frank Sinatra's version of Jingle Bells.
 * Tiny Toon Adventures spoofed the Mickey Mouse Club with "The Buster Bunny Bunch", complete with "B-U-S-T-E-R B-U-N-N-Y" sequences in opening and closing theme songs.
 * The intro sequence for The Comic Strip and its sub-show Mini-Monsters had this.
 * Camp Lazlo


 * Plutos Judgement Day: "G-U-I!/L-T-Y!/Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!/Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!""
 * Phineas and Ferb: "A-G-L-E-T, don't forget it!