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* The HipHop group Music/{{Natas}}. The name is '''N'''ation '''A'''head of '''T'''ime '''A'''nd '''S'''pace. It's also "[[TheDevil Satan]]" backwards.

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* The {{Horrorcore}} HipHop group Music/{{Natas}}.[]Music/{{Esham}} Natas]]. The name is '''N'''ation '''A'''head of '''T'''ime '''A'''nd '''S'''pace. It's also "[[TheDevil Satan]]" backwards.
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* In 1965 songwriter and producer Bert Berns started a new label with Creator/AtlanticRecords executives Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler as investors and minority partners, called '''Bang''' Records. In this case, Bang stood for '''B'''ert, '''A'''hmet, '''N'''esuhi and '''G'''erald. They also partnered in a publishing firm called '''WEB IV''' Music, with WEB standing for '''W'''exler, '''E'''rtegun and '''B'''erns (and IV because there were four of them).
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* "'''F'''reaky '''U'''ndulations ~'''N'''oble '''K'''nights '''o'''f '''T'''une~" by Indonesian musicians Jehezukiel and KURORAK is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkot funkot]], an Indonesian genre of electronic dance music.

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* Music/{{KISS}}, despite being in all caps, it's just the word - even if it coincides with the concept of '''K'''eep '''I'''t '''S'''imple, '''S'''tupid. Given the [[TheSeventies time period]] in which they got their start, MoralGuardians were quick to adopt them the title '''K'''nights '''I'''n '''S'''atan's '''S'''ervice or '''Ki'''nder '''[[ThoseWackyNazis SS]]''' (when both Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are Jewish, and even remade their logo so the double S would be closer to "ZZ" than [[StateSec Schutzstaffel]]).

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* Music/{{KISS}}, despite being in all caps, it's just the word - even if it coincides with the concept of '''K'''eep '''I'''t '''S'''imple, '''S'''tupid. Given the [[TheSeventies time period]] in which they got their start, MoralGuardians were quick to adopt them the title '''K'''nights '''I'''n '''S'''atan's '''S'''ervice or '''Ki'''nder '''[[ThoseWackyNazis SS]]''' (when both Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are Jewish, ''Jewish'', and even remade made [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KISS_alternate_logo.svg a modified variant]] of their logo so the double S would be closer to "ZZ" than [[StateSec Schutzstaffel]]).Schutzstaffel]]; the latter was used in countries where the lightning-bolt KISS logo would be considered illegal such as in Germany and Simmons' native Israel).


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* Fundamentalist Christians latched onto the Disco craze of the seventies by coming up with the backronym '''D'''ancing '''I'''n '''S'''atan's '''C'''ompany in their effort to associate the worldly, hedonistic music genre with the snares of the devil. Then again, by that time people have been [[DiscoSucks burned out]] by the oversaturation of the genre anyway.
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* D.A.R.K. are a {{supergroup}} consisting of '''D'''olores [[Music/TheCranberries O'Riordan]], '''A'''ndy '''R'''[[Music/TheSmiths ourke]], and Olé '''K'''oretsky.

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* D.A.R.K. are were a {{supergroup}} consisting of '''D'''olores [[Music/TheCranberries O'Riordan]], '''A'''ndy '''R'''[[Music/TheSmiths ourke]], and Olé '''K'''oretsky.
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* ''Hempton Manor'', the final album by UK Main/ElectronicDanceMusic act The Shamen released on the One Little Indian label, has the first letters of its tracks spell out "''Fuck Birket''", referring to label founder Derek Birket, who wanted the group to move back into more commercial territory after ''Axis Mutatis''.

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* ''Hempton Manor'', the final album by UK Main/ElectronicDanceMusic act The Shamen released on the One Little Indian label, has the first letters of its 10 tracks spell out form an acrostic for "''Fuck Birket''", referring to label founder Derek Birket, who wanted the group to move back into more commercial territory after ''Axis Mutatis''.
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* D.A.R.K. are a group consisting of '''D'''olores O'Riordan, '''A'''ndy '''R'''ourke, and Olé '''K'''oretsky.

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* D.A.R.K. are a group {{supergroup}} consisting of '''D'''olores O'Riordan, [[Music/TheCranberries O'Riordan]], '''A'''ndy '''R'''ourke, '''R'''[[Music/TheSmiths ourke]], and Olé '''K'''oretsky.
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* Beulah's album ''Yoko'' has semi-title track, "'''Y'''ou're '''O'''nly '''K'''ing '''O'''nce" - the initialism has also been interpreted as an oblique reference to Music/YokoOno and the [[YokoOhNo public perception that she'd caused]] Music/TheBeatles to split up - in interviews Beulah had said it was a strong possibility this would be their last album, which it was.

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* Beulah's album ''Yoko'' has semi-title track, "'''Y'''ou're '''O'''nly '''K'''ing '''O'''nce" - the '''O'''nce". The initialism has also been interpreted as an oblique reference to Music/YokoOno and the [[YokoOhNo public perception that she'd caused]] caused the breakup of]] Music/TheBeatles to split up - in interviews Beulah had said it was a strong possibility this would be their last album, album together as a band, which it was.
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* Music/TheBeatles song '''L'''ucy in the '''S'''ky with '''D'''iamonds, whose acronym, [[WordOfGod according to John Lennon]], is [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs just a coincidence]], referencing a drawing from John's son Julian about his classmate Lucy O'Donnell.

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* Music/TheBeatles song '''L'''ucy in the '''S'''ky with '''D'''iamonds, whose acronym, [[WordOfGod according to John Lennon]], is [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs just a coincidence]], coincidence, referencing a drawing from John's son Julian about his classmate Lucy O'Donnell.
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* ''Hempton Manor'', the final album by UK Main/ElectronicDanceMusic act The Shamen released on the One Little Indian label, has the first letters of its tracks spell out "''Fuck Birket''", referring to label founder Derek Birket, who wanted the group to move back into more commercial territory after ''Axis Mutatis''.
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* The rapper Pitbull's debut album, M.I.A.M.I., stands for "'''M'''oney '''I'''s '''A''' '''M'''ajor '''I'''ssue.

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* The rapper Pitbull's debut album, M.I.A.M.I., stands for "'''M'''oney '''I'''s '''A''' '''M'''ajor '''I'''ssue.'''I'''ssue".



* Kansas City indie rapper Music/{{TechN9ne}} has a knack for naming his songs and albums this way. One of his albums is titled "K.O.D." It stands for '''K'''ing '''O'''f '''D'''arkness.

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* Kansas City indie rapper Music/{{TechN9ne}} has a knack for naming his songs and albums this way. One of his albums is titled "K.''K.O.D." '' It stands for '''K'''ing '''O'''f '''D'''arkness.
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* Music/TechN9ne has a song called "F.U.N." It stands for '''F'''uck '''U''' '''N'''iggas.

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* Music/TechN9ne Kansas City indie rapper Music/{{TechN9ne}} has a song called "F.U.N.knack for naming his songs and albums this way. One of his albums is titled "K.O.D." It stands for '''F'''uck '''U''' '''N'''iggas.'''K'''ing '''O'''f '''D'''arkness.
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* Music/LLCoolJ's ''G.O.A.T.'' - [[LongTitle the full title]] as printed on the album cover is ''G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith: The Greatest of All Time''.

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* Music/LLCoolJ's ''G.O.A.T.'' - [[LongTitle the full title]] title as printed on the album cover is ''G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith: The Greatest of All Time''.



* Music/DaftPunk have a [=DVD=] consisting of music videos from the album ''Homework'', which has the LongTitle ''D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes''. The title refers to prominent elements of the five featured videos: "Da Funk" and its sequel video "Fresh" have an anthropomorphic dog as a main character, "Around The World" features dancing robots, "Burnin'" features firemen rushing to the scene of a fire at a skyscraper dance party, and "Revolution 909" includes a montage of tomatoes being farmed, packaged, shipped, purchased, and turned into tomato sauce.

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* Music/DaftPunk have a [=DVD=] consisting of music videos from the album ''Homework'', which has the LongTitle title ''D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes''. The title refers to prominent elements of the five featured videos: "Da Funk" and its sequel video "Fresh" have an anthropomorphic dog as a main character, "Around The World" features dancing robots, "Burnin'" features firemen rushing to the scene of a fire at a skyscraper dance party, and "Revolution 909" includes a montage of tomatoes being farmed, packaged, shipped, purchased, and turned into tomato sauce.
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* Beulah's album ''Yoko'' has semi-title track, "'''Y'''ou're '''O'''nly '''K'''ing '''O'''nce" - the initialism has also been interpreted as an oblique reference to Music/YokoOno and the [[YokOhNo public perception that she'd caused]] Music/TheBeatles to split up - in interviews Beulah had said it was a strong possibility this would be their last album, which it was.

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* Beulah's album ''Yoko'' has semi-title track, "'''Y'''ou're '''O'''nly '''K'''ing '''O'''nce" - the initialism has also been interpreted as an oblique reference to Music/YokoOno and the [[YokOhNo [[YokoOhNo public perception that she'd caused]] Music/TheBeatles to split up - in interviews Beulah had said it was a strong possibility this would be their last album, which it was.
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* Beulah's album ''Yoko'' has semi-title track, "'''Y'''ou're '''O'''nly '''K'''ing '''O'''nce" - the initialism has also been interpreted as an oblique reference to Music/YokoOno and the [[YokOhNo public perception that she'd caused]] Music/TheBeatles to split up - in interviews Beulah had said it was a strong possibility this would be their last album, which it was.
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---* Music/YeahYeahYeahs' "Maps" is a famously sad example: the song is about lead singer Karen O's relationship with her then-boyfriend Angus Andrew of the band Liars, which ended shortly after the song was released--with the title being an acronym for "'''M'''y '''A'''ngus, '''p'''lease '''s'''tay".
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