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Musical Dice -- 4-Letter Words

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     This article is all about one-word song titles that have exactly four letters in them--hence, 4-letter words. Now I admit I'm probably missing some of them that hit the top ten, but here's a partial list of 4-letter-word song titles:


4-Letter-Word Song Titles

  • "Adia" -- Sarah McLachlan (1998, #3)

  • "Amen" -- The Impressions (1965, #7)

  • "Babe" -- Styx (1979, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Baby" -- Brandy (1995, #4)

  • "Bent" -- Matchbox 20 (2000, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Beth" -- Kiss (1977, #7)

  • "Burn" -- Usher (2004, #1 for 8 weeks)

  • "Cars" -- Gary Numan (1980, #9)

  • "Dazz" -- Brick (1977, #3)

  • "Don't" -- Elvis Presley (1957, #1 for 5 weeks)

  • "Easy" -- The Commodores (1977, #4)

  • "Emma" -- Hot Chocolate (1975, #8)

  • "Fame" -- David Bowie (1975, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Fame" -- Irene Cara (1980, #4)

  • "Fire" -- The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (1968, #2 for 1 week)

  • "Fire" -- The Ohio Players (1975, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Fire" -- The Pointer Sisters (1979, #2 for 2 weeks)

  • "Hair" -- The Cowsills (1969, #2 for 2 weeks)

  • "Help!" -- The Beatles (1965, #1 for 3 weeks)

  • "Hero" -- Mariah Carey (1993, #1 for 4 weeks)

  • "Hero" -- Enrique Iglesias (2001, #3)

  • "Hero" -- Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott (2002, #3)

  • "Iris" -- The Goo-Goo Dolls (1998, #9)

  • "Java" -- Al Hirt (1964, #4)

  • "Jean" -- Oliver (1969, #2 for 2 weeks)

  • "Jump" -- Van Halen (1984, #1 for 5 weeks)

  • "Jump" -- Kriss Kross (1992, #1 for 8 weeks)

  • "Kiss" -- Prince (1986, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Lady" -- Styx (1975, #6)

  • "Lady" -- The Little River Band (1979, #10)

  • "Lady" -- Kenny Rogers (1980, #1 for 6 weeks)

  • "Legs" -- ZZ Top (1984, #8)

  • "Liar" -- Three Dog Night (1971, #7)

  • "Lola" -- The Kinks (1970, #9)

  • "Name" -- The Goo-Goo Dolls (1996, #5)

  • "Pony" -- Ginuwine (1996, #7)

  • "Pray" -- M.C. Hammer (1990, #2 for 2 weeks)

  • "Rise" -- Herb Alpert (1979, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Roam" -- The B-52's (1990, #3)

  • "Roni" -- Bobby Brown (1989, #3)

  • "Sara" -- Fleetwood Mac (1980, #7)

  • "Sara" -- Starship (1986, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Sing" -- The Carpenters (1973, #3)

  • "Stay" -- Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs (1960, #1 for 1 week)

  • "Stay" -- Shakespear's Sister (1992, #4)

  • "Tusk" -- Fleetwood Mac (1979, #8)

  • "Wait" -- White Lion (1988, #8)

  • "Weak" -- SWV (1993, #1 for 2 weeks)

  • "Yeah!" -- Usher (2004, #1 for 12 weeks)

  • "YMCA" -- The Village People (1979, #2 for 3 weeks)


     SPECIAL NOTES: I didn't include such songs as "Jump" by the Pointer Sisters, "Time" by Culture Club, and "Lady" by the Commodores, because each of them include subtitles that disqualify them from this list. "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" is the full title, as is "Time (Clock Of The Heart)." "Jump (For My Love)" is the full title of the Pointer Sisters song -- added, apparently to distinguish it from "Jump" by Van Halen. The song was initially scheduled to be released at the same time as the Van Halen song, but the release was instead delayed about three months. Both were in the Top 40 together for a few weeks, regardless.