Words and music go together like peas and carrots, chocolate and strawberries, and vowels and consonants.
Word lovers are often music lovers as well. And, when you listen to songs about words, well, something magical happens! The folks here at ProEdit shared some of their favorite songs about words, writing, and Word People. Enjoy the videos!
- Rewrite by Paul Simon
- Hemingway’s Whiskey by Kenny Chesney
- When I Write the Book by Rockpile
- Love Letter by Mates of State (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds cover)
- One of These Days by Neil Young (about writing letters to your old friend)
- Words Get in the Way by Gloria Estefan
- Write about Love by Belle and Sebastian
- Friend is a Four Letter Word by CAKE
- The Word by The Beatles
- Did You See the Words by Animal Collective
- All of the Words by Kutless
- Word Up by Cameo
- It was Written Down by Toots and the Maytals
- Ten Thousand Words by The Avett Brothers
- Words by Missing Persons
- More than Words by Extreme
- Words by Hawk Nelson
- Words (Between the Lines of Age) by Neil Young
- Words of Love by The Beatles
- Writing to Reach You by Travis
- Words by Ryan Adams
- Letters to Elise by The Cure
- I Write the Songs by Barry Manilow
- Paperback Writer by The Beatles
- Everyday I Write the Book by Elvis Costello
- Write this Down by George Strait
- Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield
And in the spelled-out words category …
- RESPECT by Aretha Franklin
- L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole
- Chicken by Mississippi John Hurt
- R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. ” by John Mellencamp