SONGS

4-letter Songs

Every song on this page is exactly 4 letters long — full profile for each.

Looking for 4-letter songs? Here are 6 songs that fit — each linked to a full profile.

Letters are counted across the whole name with spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, and diacritics excluded. "Apple Pie" is 8 letters; "Boeuf Bourguignon" is 16.

Table of contents 6 entries
HurtJumpKidsKiss
NumbYMCA

List of 4-letter Songs

    1

    Hurt

    A 1995 Nine Inch Nails song written by Trent Reznor, transformed in 2002 into a defining late-period recording by Johnny Cash.

    2

    Jump

    A 1984 Van Halen single built on a synthesizer hook by Eddie Van Halen, becoming the band's only Billboard Hot 100 number-one single.

    3

    Kids

    A 2007 indie electronic single by MGMT built around a sustained synthesizer hook, looking back nostalgically on a generation's childhood.

    4

    Kiss

    A 1986 Prince single, a stripped funk track with a falsetto lead vocal that originally began as a demo for the group Mazarati.

    5

    Numb

    A 2003 Linkin Park single, a downtempo nu-metal track combining Chester Bennington's sung lead with electronic textures and piano motif.

    6

    YMCA

    A 1978 Village People single, a disco track about the Young Men's Christian Association with a chorus accompanied by a widely-known arm-spelling dance.

About 4-letter songs

That's our current list of songs with exactly 4 letters. Need a different length? Try the browse-by-length pills in the sidebar, or combine with a starting letter — for example, 4-letter songs that start with A.