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This is a list of working titles for material published by rock band Marilyn Manson, such as songs and albums in 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 Portrait of an American Family album itself was originally slated to be called The Manson Family Album.

Antichrist Superstar

• "Kinderfeld" had its earliest roots in the form of a song titled "Smells Like Children", although it is uncertain if this name was ever a working title for the revised "Kinderfeld" recording.

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".

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.

The Golden Age of Grotesque

• "Para-noir" was given the working title "The Fuck 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" was originally titled "Third Nostril", a line which appears in the song.

Eat Me, Drink Me

• "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.
• "They Said That Hell's Not Hot" was originally given the name "They Say Hell Is Not Hot".^[1]

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".
• "Leave a Scar" began in the form of a demo titled "maybeharmfulifswallowed".
• "WOW" initially had a slightly longer title, "The WOW".

References

1. ↑ [1]. Rock Mag. March 14, 2007.