# A song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582 "2011-11-20T22:04:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theworldisright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@theworldisright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theworldisright)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/1 "2011-11-20T22:04:48Z")
Hi Folks Does anyone know a song that may have been released back end of 2005 or early 2006? I can only remember a soft female voice sing something like ‘shiny people’ or ‘happy people’ (possibly lol) then she says ‘feels right’ I think. There’s a strange instrumental bit part-way through it that doesn’t last very long. The song was quite catchy. The female voice sounds a bit like the vocals on ‘In My Memory’ by DJ Tiesto. It’s driving me nuts not knowing!!! ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/2 "2011-11-20T22:17:25Z")
Gotta be “Shiny Happy People” by REM I’d think. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7s) ---
**Author:** ![theworldisright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@theworldisright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theworldisright)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/3 "2011-11-20T22:28:41Z")
Sorry Miss Vixen, definitely not - it’s a female voice sininging a club-pop song. Not REM, but thanks for the reply x ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/4 "2011-11-20T22:59:42Z")
> [@theworldisright](#): > > Sorry Miss Vixen, definitely not - it’s a female voice sininging a club-pop song. Not REM, but thanks for the reply x I honestly can’t tell if she was messing with you or not. I think [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6JHZWT8eew) is what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![theworldisright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@theworldisright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theworldisright)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/5 "2011-11-20T23:21:37Z")
Sorry Elfkin, but that wasn’t it either. The singer may not have said ‘happy’ or ‘shiny’ but she definitely said ‘people’. There is a whirly kind of instrumental bit that almost ruined the song, but i’m sure she says ‘feels right’ twice a few times - catchy tune i thought, slightly disco-ey, clublandish ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/6 "2011-11-20T23:28:59Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I honestly can’t tell if she was messing with you or not. Not. In fact I’m appalled that there is more than one song referencing shiny/happy people! ---
**Author:** ![theworldisright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@theworldisright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theworldisright)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/7 "2011-11-20T23:32:44Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > Not. In fact I’m appalled that there is more than one song referencing shiny/happy people! Your appallment may be my fault, misquoting a song I can’t remember! ---
**Author:** ![kjckjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/8 "2011-11-21T00:12:08Z")
> [@theworldisright](#): > > Sorry Miss Vixen, definitely not - it’s a female voice sininging a club-pop song. Not REM, but thanks for the reply x I just want to double check that you listened to the song Miss Vixen linked. Yes, it is REM, an all male band, but most of the song is sung by Kate Pierson from the B-52s who was collaborating with them. If you did, in fact listen and rule it out, then just ignore me with my apologies. ---
**Author:** ![theworldisright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@theworldisright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theworldisright)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/9 "2011-11-21T00:21:06Z")
thanks, kjc - my wording could have been better, but shiny happy people is fairly recognisable to most people and didn’t require me to listen to it, so i ruled it out in that way, unless there is another shiny happy people that is a softer, disco/clubland version lol 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/10 "2011-11-21T03:03:20Z")
Is it this song - [Stereo Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Z3YrHJ1sU&ob=av3e)? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/11 "2011-11-21T03:19:58Z")
Nelly Furtado? ---
**Author:** ![theworldisright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@theworldisright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theworldisright)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/12 "2011-11-21T22:22:16Z")
Sorry guys, we’ve drawn a blank ☹ Guess Ill probably happen on it one day, many years from now! Cheers, though x ---
**Author:** ![Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acorns.but_not_Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/13 "2011-11-21T22:37:45Z")
Do you remember the genre? That’d narrow it down. ---
**Author:** ![theworldisright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@theworldisright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theworldisright)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/14 "2012-01-02T00:31:18Z")
Hmmm, if you listen to In My Memory by DJ Tiesto, the singer Nicola Hitchcock has an almost identical vocal - may even be the same singer, but I can’t find the song! ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song/603582/15 "2012-01-02T01:05:58Z")
There’s an Ernesto vs Bastian track called [Shiny Appy People](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__m30TAtfvk), but I don’t there are any actual lyrics.