Editing List of working titles for Marilyn Manson material

This is a '''list of working titles''' for material published by rock band [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]], such as songs and albums in [[Marilyn Manson discography|the band's discography]].

== ''Portrait of an American Family'' ==
* "[[Dogma]]" was at its earliest, recorded under the name "[[Strange Same Dogma]]". During the recording of ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]'', the song's title was revised to "[[Dogma (Citronella)]]", before being truncated to simply "Dogma".
* The "[[Snake Eyes and Sissies]]" original title was "[[Snakeyes and Boxcars]]".
* The ''Portrait of an American Family'' album itself was originally slated to be called ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''.

== ''Antichrist Superstar'' ==
[[File:acss_alt_tracklisting.jpg|350px|right|''Antichrist Superstar'' working titles]]

* "[[Cryptorchid]]" was given the working title "[[Little Black Spots]]". It was referred to as "Black Spots" on the lyric sheet for the recording sessions.
* "[[Deformography]]" and "[[Apple of Sodom]]" were both spawned from the demo "[[D Is for Dirty]]".
* "[[Wormboy]]" had the working title "[[Wormboy Gets His Wings]]".
* "[[Mister Superstar]]" was spelled "[[Mr. Superstar]]" early in the recording process.
* "[[Kinderfeld]]" had its earliest roots in the form of a song titled "[[Smells Like Children (song)|Smells Like Children]]", although it is uncertain if this name was ever a working title for the revised "Kinderfeld" recording.
* "[[The Reflecting God]]" was referred to as "[[Art of Dying]]" on the lyric sheet for the recording sessions.
* "[[Piss in the Wound]]", an outtake from the sessions. A completely different song was also called "Piss in the Wound" and "Crippled Groom" in 1993.

== ''Mechanical Animals'' ==
* ''[[Mechanical Animals]]'' was tentatively given the name ''Great Big White World'', which would have made "[[Great Big White World]]" its title track, rather than "[[Mechanical Animals (song)|Mechanical Animals]]".

== ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' ==
* "[[Born Again]]" had the working title of "[[Valley of the Dolls]]", a recurring lyric towards the end of the track.
* "[[King Kill 33°]]" was originally recorded under the name "[[Gun Factory]]".
* The album was originally conceived without the "Holy Wood" prefix, and was to be called ''[[In the Shadow of the Valley of Death (album)|In the Shadow of the Valley of Death]]''.

== ''The Golden Age of Grotesque'' ==
* "[[Para-noir]]" was given the working title "[[The Fuck You Song]]", following the tradition of "[[The Fight Song]]", "[[The Love Song]]" and "[[The Death Song]]", as a result of having so many instances of the word "fuck."
* "[[The Golden Age of Grotesque (song)|The Golden Age of Grotesque]]" was originally titled "[[Third Nostril]]", a line which appears in the song.

== ''Eat Me, Drink Me'' ==
* "[[They Say Hell Is Not Hot]]" was a working title of "[[They Said That Hell's Not Hot]]".
* "[[Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)]]" was recorded under the truncated name "[[When the Heart Guides the Hand]]".
* "[[Mutilation Is the Most Sincere Form of Flattery]]" was originally titled "[[Rebels without Applause]]".
* ''Putting Holes in Happiness'' and ''When the Heart Guides the Hand'' were two known working titles for the ''[[Eat Me, Drink Me]]'' record.

== ''The High End of Low'' ==
* "[[Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon]]" originally had an alternate spelling, "[[Armagoddamotherfuckingeddon]]".
* "[[I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell]]" was intended to the the title track of ''[[The High End of Low]]'', and so was naturally also titled "[[The High End of Low (song)|The High End of Low]]".
* "[[Leave a Scar]]" began in the form of a demo titled "[[maybeharmfulifswallowed]]".
* "[[WOW]]" initially had a slightly longer title, "[[The WOW]]".
* "[[Wight Spider]]" was initially meant to be titled "[[White Spider]]"; the title was changed after the song was recorded, but it wasn't necessary to record it again because of the same pronunciation of the two words.

== ''Born Villain'' ==
* The album was originally recorded with the title ''Co-Morbid'' in mind, but this was scrapped in favor of ''Born Villain''. This was due to the word "morbid" in the title coming off as too 'death metal.'
* "[[Overneath the Path of Misery]]" was given the working title "No Reason".

== ''The Pale Emperor'' ==
* The album was originally titled ''[[The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles (album)|The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles]]'' after the song of the same name, but was eventually changed to the current title.

== ''Heaven Upside Down'' ==
* Marilyn Manson announced in an interview on July 18, 2016 that the new album will be titled ''[[Say10 (album)|Say10]]''. He later announced the new title ''[[Heaven Upside Down]]'' on May 8, 2017.
* "[[Revelation 12|Revelation #12]]" was originally conceived without the "#12" suffix, and was to be called "[[Revelation]]".
* "[[JESUS CRISIS]]" was the original title for "[[JE$U$ CRI$I$]]".
* "[[We Know Where You Live]]" is the original title for "[[WE KNOW WHERE YOU FUCKING LIVE]]".

== See also ==
* [[:Category:Working titles]]

[[Category:Lists]]