# Another '80s song question...

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-80s-song-question/94351
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 20, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-80s-song-question/94351 "2001-11-20T05:38:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![ChrisM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@ChrisM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisM)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-80s-song-question/94351/1 "2001-11-20T05:38:28Z")

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So what is that '80s song they used in that old Listerine commercial, where the bottle is swinging through the jungle? The only line I can remember is “Jungle nights are something something something.”

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### Author: ![Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bedrosian_Bixby)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-80s-song-question/94351/2 "2001-11-20T05:41:00Z")

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oooga, chaga, ooga, chaga…IIIIIIIIIIIIII’m hooked on a feeling!!!

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### Author: ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-80s-song-question/94351/3 "2001-11-20T05:41:26Z")

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“Tarzan Boy” by Baltimora.

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### Author: ![ChrisM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@ChrisM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisM)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-80s-song-question/94351/4 "2001-11-20T05:48:56Z")

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Thanks, Otto.

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### Author: ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-80s-song-question/94351/5 "2001-11-21T05:08:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Otto \*  
> \*\*“Tarzan Boy” by Baltimora. \*\*

I have the extended-single version of that song, on vinyl!  
I was trendy back then.

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### Author: ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-80s-song-question/94351/6 "2001-11-21T05:10:27Z")

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Ya’ll kill me saying “back when” when referring to the eighties! 😃

Sorry. But it was to laugh.