A thread to discuss the highs and lows of chart hits that are acronyms. There are too many to list, so I’ve gone with a selection of some well known hits from the past few years, a couple which are older, and some which may not have charted in the UK but widely known.

 

For an incomplete list of other acronym hits, try the following links;

 

https://www.songfacts.com/category/songs-with-initial-titles

 

I also discovered a public Spotify playlist containing a selection of acronym song titles;

 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NlMPUuemEyPbZvi9KSmbU

 

If there are songs you wish to be added to the poll, just say in this thread and I’m sure a chart moderator can consider adding them. ^_^

ET, IDGAF and LDN stand out for me in that list.

 

BTW I'm kinda surprised you didn't add SOS by Abba considering it's one of their well known songs! (FTR, I would have voted for that too).

WAP

LDN

RIP

OMG

ET

SOS

THE

LIFEGOESON

XO

FURB

YMCA

PYT

 

 

From those listed

 

And the best one - Drake YOLO

Edited September 22, 20204 yr by Dobbo

Justice D.A.N.C.E would be my favourite from the website you linked - although not sure it is exactly an acronym.

Korn - A.D.I.D.A.S. is a classic :D

I don't know about some of those, but I definitely wouldn't consider LDN (a lazy way of writing 'London') or LIFEGOESON (literally 'life goes on', spelt out) as acronyms

 

[even if they are both great songs! :P]

I’ve added the suggested Abba and Justice - as well as Avicii‘s which is my personal fave from the list now.

are the 6ix9ine singles acronyms? you know like FEFE or are they just made up

 

not sure if Little Mix - DNA also would count?

All these acronyms hurt my eyes!! But most are pretty good songs actually! My faves from that list would be LDN, WAP, SOS (Rihanna & ABBA), YMCA, E.T. and TKN. Take That also have a song called SOS from the Progress album that I believe was a single?

are the 6ix9ine singles acronyms? you know like FEFE or are they just made up

no that’s just him shouting nonsense.

 

(look up what Fefe means on Urban Dictionary... if you really want to know :mellow:)

 

DNA is more of an abbreviation than an acronym but I can add that too.

My picks from that list...

 

IDGAF

GDFR (Forgot all about this, what a banger!)

ET

SOS

LIFEGOESON

DOA

XO

YMCA

LSF

PYT

D.A.N.C.E.

We also have 'GTO' and 'FLM' from the 80s.

And also Kim Appleby's shamelessly cheesy G.L.A.D.

IDGAF, LDN, ET, SOS (Rihanna), GUY and YMCA!

Justice D.A.N.C.E would be my favourite from the website you linked - although not sure it is exactly an acronym.

 

I don't like that one so much any more since it was the song that meant no more Zanmatony in BJSC :(

 

Still picked it in the list as a favourite along with RIP which was one of the best popstep tracks, WMCA which is cheesy but great fun and THE with its interesting sounding production that I liked.

 

What about LFO by LFO, that isn't on the list. :o Discovered that song a while back while looking up official chart archive from the early 90s.

 

 

We also have 'GTO' and 'FLM' from the 80s.

 

Fun fact: what do the songs GTO and WAP have in common?

 

They both use a vehicle sound effect in them.

Edited September 22, 20204 yr by Garden Snake

Thought of another pop blast from the 90s past - MFEO by Kavana!

They've missed off “S.M.D.U.” by Brock Landers.

 

It stood for Smack My Dick Up ( a mash-up of Blur’s “Song 2” and The Prodigy’s “Smack My Bitch Up” ) they bottled it and changed it to the acronym at the last minute and so having failed to generate any commercial draw with its original name, nobody now knew what it was called. Anyway it charted at #49.

 

 

 

'SOS' by ABBA, is the only case in UK Chart History, where both the Title and the Artist are Acronyms.

They are also Palindromes - which are words that read the same both backwards and forwards...

I don't know about some of those, but I definitely wouldn't consider LDN (a lazy way of writing 'London') or LIFEGOESON (literally 'life goes on', spelt out) as acronyms

 

[even if they are both great songs! :P]

 

'TKN' is also just an abbreviation (of Tekken).

Rosalía having less votes than Flo Rida. Okay Buzzjackaren