# Another fun song ID question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 24, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318 "2022-01-24T17:40:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/1 "2022-01-24T17:40:43Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/2 "2022-01-24T18:16:42Z")
Probably not it but Harrison’s own _My Sweet Lord_ has very similar lyrics in the chorus. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/3 "2022-01-24T18:34:39Z")
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. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/4 "2022-01-24T18:49:11Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Harrison’s own _My Sweet Lord_ Little bit of irony there, calling it “Harrison’s own”… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/5 "2022-01-24T19:03:02Z")
Maybe it’s _He’s So Fine_ by the Chiffons? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/6 "2022-01-24T19:12:49Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/7 "2022-01-24T19:33:24Z")
Maybe something by Brian Ferry/Roxy Music? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/8 "2022-01-24T19:48:32Z")
Not gonna rule it out. I’m not intimate with those discographies. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/9 "2022-01-24T20:04:16Z")
My guess is “It Might Be You” by Stephen Bishop: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vTsRP8PW0_o/maxresdefault.jpg "Stephen Bishop - It Might Be You (Official Lyric Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTsRP8PW0_o) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/10 "2022-01-24T20:10:58Z")
This is a great guess! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/11 "2022-01-24T20:16:51Z")
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_! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/12 "2022-01-24T20:24:35Z")
Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/13 "2022-01-24T20:25:12Z")
Oh, if only, but no. It’s got the right sort of general vibe, though, so I agree that it’s a good guess. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/14 "2022-01-24T23:15:14Z")
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. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y_F47TRI7pU/hqdefault.jpg "Gerry Rafferty--Home and dry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_F47TRI7pU) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/15 "2022-01-24T23:38:13Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/16 "2022-01-24T23:40:40Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > THAT IS 100 PERCENT IT. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/17 "2022-01-24T23:56:46Z")
It definitely sounds kinda George Harrison-y. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318/18 "2022-01-25T15:28:38Z")
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