Questions tagged [identify-this-song]
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Progressive Rock song, c.2002, "girl with brown hair" "standing there in my dream" [closed]
I heard this song on 99.7 KY in 2001 or 2002, when I was stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. It was on a Sunday. I contacted the station and have a list of all the songs played from 2002-2003, but ...
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French song that quotes several 60's era songs in English [closed]
When I was taking French in high school my teacher played a song for us that I think was a popular song at some point (I took French in 2003, but I suspect the song was a lot older than that - maybe ...
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What's the name of this french song by Dalida? [closed]
I've been looking for the name of this Dalida's song for two hours and because I don't know French, it's a very hard job.
Can you please tell me its name?
I want to find its lyrics and their ...
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What is the origin of the common bell chime motif? [closed]
There is an 8-note motif that is used by the chimes on bell towers, clocks and doorbells throughout the western world.
It is A-F-G-C, C-G-A-F then repeated.
It can be hard at the beginning of Miles ...
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Simon and Garfunkel - Song with Random Words [closed]
Around 1997, I borrowed one of my parents' Simon and Garfunkel CDs (might of even been a cassette tape). It was pretty awesome and have lots of great songs on it.
There was one particular song, that ...
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Traditional Christmas carol in modal key with lots of "fa la la..." [closed]
I'm trying to find out the name of a traditional Christmas carol I remember. It's in the harmonic key and contains the chorus "fa la la la, fa la la la la la la la, fa la la la la la la la la la la ...
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Ident Romeo and Juliet song [closed]
I can’t find the cruddy radio copy mp3 I used to have anymore but the first verse goes like this:
My Juliet..
I was your Romeo you were my Juliet
and we were so in love.
It was instant ...
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Music video comic/cartoon like, detective and woman and mob [closed]
I'm looking for song, probably years 80's/90's. What i remember is music video that was cartoon-like, but technique was comic-like. Pictures was rather static - movement seemed as painted for comic. ...
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Guitar song from the movie The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) [closed]
In the movie The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014), there is a scene where the sheriff is alone with a girl, and he puts a tape on and one of the best bluesy intros to a song I have ever heard comes on,...
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Old song with lyric "Number 9 with a brass plate on the door" [closed]
My grandfather often used to sing a snippet of an old song. My mother and I are curious as to what the song is, but we've not been able to find it with Google. I wondered if anyone here happened to ...
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What metal song is used in this trailer for the animated movie *The Secret Life of Pets*? [closed]
I saw this in the trailers before The Peanuts Movie, it cracked me up. Just wondering if it's a "real" song or if it was written for the movie (I can't see it ending up on a soundtrack for a kids ...
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Rock song with lyric "walking in your shoes", gruff voice singer like Linkin Park [closed]
There's a rock (or metal) popular song, not recent probably. It has these phrases (sort of).
"walking in your shoes"
"something i am not gonna say to you"
"i love you"
"and every second i"
Can ...
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March at the end of Jean Michel Jarre concert [closed]
At the end of Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe VII, in the album Les Concerts en Chine, after the applause, a march or anthem can be heard. Does anyone know its name?
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Identify female vocal country/rock song when search for lyrics yielded no exact matches - "you say I won't forget you"? [closed]
I'm trying to identify a song which the lyrics say something like "you say I won't forget you" // "you say that I don't love you" (something like that, I was at the gym and couldn't write it down or ...
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Long narrative set to music, recorded in oil tank, storm called "Honolulu Lou" [closed]
Back in the 60's I heard a long musical piece that I can't call a song, rather it was more a story set to music. I can only remember bits of what I heard.
There was a tropical storm in the Pacific ...
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Slow and deliberate, hauntingly beautiful classical piece (identify from score) [closed]
Slow and deliberate, hauntingly beautiful. Can you tell me the name and composer of this piece of classical music I've tried to recreate from memory? I'll be eternally grateful, of course.
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1978 disco song with lyrics "Keep on, keep on, keep on dancing" [closed]
I'm looking for a 1978-1979 disco song where the lyrics went "Keep on, keep on, keep on dancing". I believe it was on a compilation cassette in 1978 where one of the last songs was Exile's "Kiss you ...
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Identify this "answer waiting" bossa nova song in Russia [closed]
I can't find a full version of this bossa nova song that features in a Russian comedy show (only the small piece starting from 1:17).
It looks like Brazilian Portuguese, I hear words (but not sure).
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What era and/or genre do these classical pieces recorded by violinist André Rieu belong to? [closed]
What era do these pieces belong to? Links are to orchestral recordings by André Rieu.
The Second Waltz
Bolero
Amazing Grace
They are neither classic nor baroque, but are they romance ?
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James Rhodes plays Chopin during Front Row interview, but can you identify the piece? [closed]
On BBC Radio 4 2015-08-31 Front Row did an interview with James Rhodes
At 18m20s he introduces a piece he played for an agent, which he describes as a ridiculously difficult piece by Chopin. ...
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Country music about cascading of love and help [closed]
It's been more than 15 years since I heard this beautiful country music.
The song tells us the story of a man (or a lady) that gets in trouble by having a flat tire that they can't repair, then some ...
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Can you identify the song from this video frame? [closed]
Apple recently launched Apple Music, in their "home for music" video: https://youtu.be/Y1zs0uHHoSw they show the following music video frame: https://i.stack.imgur.com/qts9u.jpg
The video appears to ...
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What is the song overlayed on this Café Muller excerpt video? [closed]
What music is used in this youtube video?
It shows an extract of an opera of Café Muller by Pina Bausch and the uploader Miriam di primo put a nice piece of music over it. The music is played by ...
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"Are you going to leave me here alone and forsake your own country?" [closed]
I'm trying to remember a folk song I heard (recorded, sung by a man with a guitar) as a child. The only part I can remember now is from the refrain, which goes
Singing Jimmy, dearest Jimmy,
On ...
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What piano piece is this? [closed]
https://youtu.be/Q21DmLCluhs this is a video I took of someone playing this song and I really want to know what it is so I can learn it.
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Japanese Folk Song "Sunayama" [closed]
There is a Japanese folk song called Sunayama and I think it is very beautiful but I cannot find any reliable information upon it. I know there are a few songs on iTunes of it but pretty much nothing (...
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Violin melody - 2/4 time, D major [closed]
I'm looking for a piece for violin and accompaniment (piano or orchestra, I can't remember). The violin has a tune which, as far as I can remember, goes like this.
Neither http://www.themefinder.org/ ...
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Techno-House theme where interpreter naming Roman Emperors in the lyrics [closed]
I was reading this question on Christianity StackExchange and suddenly I remembered hear a song which:
It was interpreted by a female (I suppose that by her voice).
The music's genre was electronic ...
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Identify the music on Australian advertisement for Sidchrome spanners [closed]
Back in the 1980s or 90s, there was an advertisement on Australian TV for Sidchrome spanners. It showed a collection of spanners being made, starting with red hot metal being stamped out, then cleaned ...
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Country song, c.1999 - "Love is ___" [closed]
I heared this song in 1999 in Saudi Arabia. It was performed by a man. Aired on 91.4 FM local Dhahran Station (Aramco Radio).
It could be a country song, but I could be wrong.
The part of lyrics I ...
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What is the Blink-182 song that The Chainsmokers beat to death in Tuscon? [closed]
In the song "Closer" by The Chainsmokers they mention another song by Blink-182. The lyrics go:
Play that Blink-182 song
That we beat to death in Tuscon
Is there any way of knowing which song ...
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Instrumental waltz music used in old "Popeye" cartoon (unknown music from 30's or earlier) [closed]
I have an animated video featuring waltz music: Popeye COLORIZED 007 "The Dance Contest" (November 23, 1934).
It looks similar to The Ink Spots' With Plenty Of Money And You, but it isn't it.
Can ...
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Song from dance video on Tudou [closed]
Here is the video link: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/ellbyoTQbHw
In this dance video, from 02:55 to 03:10, the most drastic part.
I can recognize other parts of this dance, but here the speed ...
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Did "On the Media" misidentify this background music? [closed]
A recent "On the Media" segment identifies the background music as Shostakovich's "Second Waltz." I'm certain it's not the "Second Waltz" - at least not the famous one. But ... what is this music?
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Russian anthem, Lord Save the People [closed]
I have heard that there was a popular anthem in Russia from before the revolution called "Lord Save the People", but I have not been able to find much out about it. Does anyone know if there are ...
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Heavy metal song including the "Gayatri" mantra in the lyrics [closed]
Heavy Metal and lyrics has Gayatri mantra "Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥtát savitúr váreṇ(i)yaṃ"
Searching for 3 years now !!
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Trying to Find the Name of a Musical [closed]
I'm hoping on a long shot somebody may know what I'm talking about. I'll definitely add more details if I can recall any.
This is a sarcastic sort of musical, relatively new (within the last 10-15 ...
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What group made a song (on LP) with backwards message "buy 10 copies of this record"? [closed]
Back in early 90's a friend of mine showed me an LP record with a backwards message on it.
The message was "buy 10 copies of this record". This could be heard with a clearly audible voice when he ...
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What piece of waltz is quoted by Victor Wooten in this SMV concert? [closed]
Here is the link to the video (at 47s), from the SMV (Staley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten) concert at the Vitoria Gasteiz Jazz Festival (in 2009).
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60s/70s song, lyrics "Sweet my little baby", possibly Led Zeppelin [closed]
The song is very close to what Led Zeppelin sounds like. If it helps I will try to explain what some of the non words sounds sound like with 0 to 10 with 0 being lowest pitch you can commonly find in ...
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Can you identify cello and piano piece in last scene of Agatha Christie ABC Murders (v. 2018 John Malkovich)? [closed]
I thought I knew my classical music well until I heard this piece in the 2018 BBC/AMAZON PRIME VIDEO production of Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders with John Malkovich as Poirot. It is a cello and ...
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Classical piece used as hold music on call to local GP [closed]
I heard it while on hold calling my local GP. Very familiar sounding. I tried to Shazam it but didn't work.
I put the first few notes into the sequencer.
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Identify melody used in a production of Waiting for Godot for "the dog song" [closed]
I'm exasperatedly seeking the melody behind this scene in a BBC production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, starting here at the 1:04:18 mark. Singing more slowly, with a lilt, feels helpful. ...
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What is this song from The Santa Clause 3? [closed]
This song is featured instrumentally in the "Christmas Sweet" by George Clinton from The Santa Clause 3, and I think it's a traditional Christmas carol. Can anyone identify it?
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Help identifying this orchestral work [closed]
I heard this piece on public radio a few years ago and I haven't been able to track it down. It sounds a bit like Elgar, but I haven't found any pieces that match it.
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80s song with reverb drums, "hu", "ho" vocal sample [closed]
All I remember is it has big drums, pop, dance (maybe), big gated reverb drums. The kick would go then the snare, and on the snare it would have a vocal sample that alternated "hu", "ho", " hu", "ho". ...
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Operetta theme on piano/organ roll [closed]
This beautiful classical overture from opera or operetta has no name. I looked everywhere but can not find this music. If you know the name of this misic, please let me know.
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Identifying Celesta Music [closed]
I'm trying to identify a piece of music which I believe is being played on a celesta. I have heard it in several places but can only find a couple of examples. These can be found here at 0:03
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What are the two hornpipes in "Two Hornpipes" from the Pirates of the Caribbean [closed]
In the soundtrack to the second Pirates of the Caribbean, there is a track titled "Two hornpipes" (Video). I can only hear one in it, and it sounds rather similar to the Lamplighter's Hornpipe, but ...
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Music in Dunkview "Knack" review on YouTube (from the game soundtrack?) [closed]
The song is in the background between 2:11 to 2:15. What song is it?