Another fun song ID question

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Heard part of a song on the radio the other day (I’ve already checked the stations online playlist, but it doesn’t go back far enough). Overall sound of the vocal reminds me of late George Harrison, definitely a late 70s-era croony/soft-rock vibe, but it might be intentionally retro.

The only lyrics I’ve retained are that the refrain has something in the vein of “I had to feel you, I had to be with you” with a later repeated line “It had to be you, it had to be you.” In both pairings, “had to” could also be “got to.” There are, I’m pretty certain other lyrics in between those quoted lines, and possibly even in between the two parts of each quoted part.

Googling song lyrics with “had to be you” in it has been fruitless as I am not, croony vibe notwithstanding, looking for the old standard “It Had to Be You.”

Thanks in advance!

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Probably not it but Harrison’s own My Sweet Lord has very similar lyrics in the chorus.

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Damn, that’s probably what’s got George Harrison in my head. You’re correct on both counts: very similar lyrics, but not it. Upon giving “My Sweet Lord” a listen, I have to revise my earlier comment: the singer’s voice is much smoother and rounder. Also, I’m pretty sure I’d have recognized that Harrison riff better than the lyrics. This song is fairly nondescript, which is probably a bad thing to say in a thread in which I’m asking people to help me identify it out of the blue. :wink:

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Little bit of irony there, calling it “Harrison’s own”…

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Maybe it’s He’s So Fine by the Chiffons?

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I’m about 99.9% sure it’s a male singer. The overall vibe of the song is in the vein of “True” by Spandau Ballet, but not quite so … ethereal. It’s slow to mid-tempo.

Sorry, I’m really not trying to drag out the helpful hints, I’m just adding them as they come to me.

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Maybe something by Brian Ferry/Roxy Music?

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Not gonna rule it out. I’m not intimate with those discographies.

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My guess is “It Might Be You” by Stephen Bishop:

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This is a great guess!

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Yeah, my Chiffons comment was a joke playing off the infamous George Harrison plagiarism lawsuit. It would be the height of irony if you were trying to ID a song that reminded you of Harrison and it turned out to be He’s So Fine!

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Sorry!

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Oh, if only, but no. It’s got the right sort of general vibe, though, so I agree that it’s a good guess.

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I don’t know that it was ever released as a single but the lyrics remind me of this Gerry Rafferty song.

I gotta see you, I gotta be with you
We’ll make it better now in every way
It’s gotta be you, it’s gotta be you
Yes from now on I’ll tell you everyday.

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THAT IS 100 PERCENT IT.

Thanks, lobotomyboy63! You’ve given me a chance to rest my mind on this. According to Wikipedia, it was released as a single in the US, making it to 28 on the Hot 100. This was in the heart of my “America’s Top 40” listening period, so I’m sure that’s where I know it from.

Any my apologies to Gerry Rafferty for calling his song nondescript.

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Wow, glad I was able to help. That’s an excellent album, btw. I remember Baker Street and Right Down the Line being hits in my locale.

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It definitely sounds kinda George Harrison-y.

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I always felt a bit of a Beatles’ vibe when listening to some of Gerry Rafferty’s songs. Especially these lines from Right Down the Line.

I know how much I lean on you
Only you can see
The changes that I’ve been through
Have left a mark on me