What up, word nerds? It's time for our March Madness: The 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee! Today's the written test and since the cameras don't getting rolling on ESPN3 until Wednesday, we thought we'd get you in the mood for some hardcore i-before-e action with thirty-two songs that spell out words. Enjoy!
Song: Aerosmith, "What It Takes"
Word(s) spelled: Fine
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Song: Bay City Rollers, "Saturday Night"
Word(s) spelled: Saturday
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Song: Cameo, "Word Up"
Word(s) spelled: Word
Song: The Cure, "Fire In Cairo"
Word(s) spelled: Fire, in, Cairo
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Song: Elastica, "S.O.F.T."
Word(s) spelled: Soft
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Song: The Fall, "C.R.E.E.P."
Word(s) spelled: Creep
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Song: Faith No More, "Be Aggressive"
Word(s) spelled: Be, aggressive
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Song: Fergie, "Fergalicious"
Word(s) spelled: Fergie, tastey (not an actual word), delicious
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Song: Aretha Franklin, "Respect"
Word(s) spelled: Respect
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Song: Hall & Oates, "Method Of Modern Love"
Word(s) spelled: Method, of, love (but not modern)
Song: Ray Wylie Hubbard, "Redneck Mother"
Word(s) spelled: Mother
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Song: Ke$ha, "Dinosaur"
Word(s) spelled: Dinosaur
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Song: The Kinks, "Lola"
Word(s) spelled: Cola, Lola
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Song: Len, "Steal My Sunshine"
Word(s) spelled: Later
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Song: LL Cool J, "The Boomin' System"
Word(s) spelled: Coolin (not an actual word), frontin (also not an actual word)
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Song: Janet Jackson, "Miss You Much"
Word(s) spelled: Miss
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Song: John Cougar Mellencamp, "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A."
Word(s) spelled: Rock (and USA if you count that as a word)
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Song: Men Without Hats, "Safety Dance"
Word(s) spelled: Safety
Song: Morrissey, "Ouija Board, Ouija Board"
Word(s) spelled: Steven, push, off
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Song: Van Morrison, "Gloria"
Word(s) spelled: Gloria
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Song: Pixies, "Velouria"
Word(s) spelled: Velouria
Song: Pulp, "F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E."
Word(s) spelled: Feeling, called, love
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Song: Ramones, "Pinhead"
Word(s) spelled: Dumb
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Song: Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Magic Johnson"
Word(s) spelled: Magic
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Song: R.E.M., "Harborcoat"
Word(s) spelled: React
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Song: Spoon, "Quincy Punk Episode"
Word(s) spelled: In, the, ground
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Song: Squirrel Nut Zippers, "Hell"
Word(s) spelled: Damnation
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Song: Gwen Stefani, "Hollaback Girl"
Word(s) spelled: Bananas
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Song: They Might Be Giants, "Birdhouse In Your Soul"
Word(s) spelled: Lite
Song: Violent Femmes, "I'm Nothing"
Word(s) spelled: Nothin (not an actual word)
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Song: Tammy Wynette, "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"
Word(s) spelled: Toy, surprise, divorce, Joe, hell, custody
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Song: XTC, "Your Dictionary"
Word(s) spelled: Hate, kick, fuck, slap, cold, shit
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