# Anyone know which song this is? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615 "2016-02-09T13:58:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/1 "2016-02-09T13:58:30Z")
This one’s driving me mental, hopefully someone can put me out of my misery. Can only remember the intro of it, it sounds a bit like the [Girl From Ipanema](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJkxFhFRFDA), but a little slower, pitch shifted down a bit with a few notes changed, played on a sax. That’s the best description I’ve got, though I’m fairly sure it’s recent and a big enough song to play on the radio. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/2 "2016-02-09T14:47:44Z")
Probably not what you’re thinking of but Estelle’s [American Boy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic5vxw3eijY) always reminds me of TGFI (just the melody; feel free to ignore Kanye). Where did you hear your song? I mean, on the radio? If so, what type of station? Were there vocals? I love the TGFI and would welcome anything that sounds similar. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/3 "2016-02-09T15:51:07Z")
I’m pretty sure that [The Girl from East 9th Street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JONK-WYM5_M&list=PLHyky5SR7eidOfXrKE4hP3QLYYafqX4KU) by Paul Desmond is not exactly what you’re looking for but the album (Bossa Antigua) has some tunes that remind me of the sound of the Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes song. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/4 "2016-02-09T16:54:11Z")
Don’t know if this is it, but your post made it run through my head. Now I’m sharing the earworm. [George Michael, Neva gonna dance.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7x9UUMmuTw) ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/5 "2016-02-09T17:17:11Z")
Not recent but… [O Grande Amor ?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAM0R2zyi4k) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/6 "2016-02-10T01:59:41Z")
Thanks for the replies fellas, sounds very very familiar although none of those ring a bell (and now I have Never Gonna Dance Again stuck in my head, so thanks for getting one tune out of my head in exchange for another!). Heard it on a station that usually just plays top 40 stuff. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/7 "2016-02-10T02:51:01Z")
[I’m Worth It](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBHQbu5rbdQ) ? ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/8 "2016-02-10T23:15:38Z")
Not very recent, but any chance it’s the Al Jarreau version of [Aguas de Março](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4MKUTyslC8) ---
**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:** [February 11, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/9 "2016-02-11T01:16:16Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Don’t know if this is it, but your post made it run through my head. > > Now I’m sharing the earworm. > > [George Michael, Neva gonna dance.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7x9UUMmuTw) Heh. That’s exactly the song that was going through my head upon reading the OP, too. (Except under “Careless Whisper.”) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/10 "2016-02-11T03:01:38Z")
_Stranger on the Shore_, perhaps, although it’s a year older than _The Girl from Ipanema_?: And, um, it's actually a clarinet playing, not a saxophone. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/11 "2016-02-11T03:04:05Z")
Might you be looking for [_O Pato_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1zZqBEorIM)? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/12 "2016-02-11T05:42:32Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Heh. That’s exactly the song that was going through my head upon reading the OP, too. (Except under “Careless Whisper.”) _Careless Whisper_ was the song that made me realise how great a lyricist George Michael is. Even the title is poetic. I compare all pop song lyrics against the prose of George Michael. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-which-song-this-is/745615/13 "2016-02-12T12:33:14Z")
Nope…sorry lads, it’s gone, try to think of it now and get brain 404’d. Appreciate the valiant effort though.