# Can you help identify this song, with no information?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-song-with-no-information/706636
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 8, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-song-with-no-information/706636 "2014-12-08T05:45:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-song-with-no-information/706636/1 "2014-12-08T05:45:43Z")
Well, _almost_ no information 🙂
It got stuck in my head like an earworm, but I can only remember the abstract aspects.
I heard it playing while I was on vacation, and had no access to Shazam or any way to record it. Here’s what I remember:
[ul]
[li] It is in a modern synth-pop-like style – I would say last 5 years, and may even be “current”[/li][li] Soft, “cutesy”, somewhat “breathy” female vocals[/li][li] Almost sounded like Rihanna or Ke$ha, but softer[/li][li] Female vocals only, plus the synth, no male vocals[/li][li] Chorus/hook had something about “take my love to the sky” (misheard lyric warning…that may not be exactly it)[/li][li] “Pop” sounding, catchy, repetitive, strong hook, though obviously not strong enough for me to remember it![/li][li] I remember a little Autotuning on the vocals but subtle, not overwhelming[/li][/ul]
Much googling but nothing so far. Infuriatingly, I can occasionally “hear” a perfect section of it in my head, but then it vanishes.
I know it’s a long shot, but I know there are experts at “name that tune” out there.
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### Author:  [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2014, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-song-with-no-information/706636/2 "2014-12-08T06:27:46Z")
Lorde?
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### Author:  [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-song-with-no-information/706636/3 "2014-12-08T06:38:55Z")
Excellent guess…but, I don’t think it’s her. At least none of the “greatest hits” from here: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN-bVZwwjC4)
Definitely in the right ballpark.
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### Author:  [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-song-with-no-information/706636/4 "2014-12-08T08:31:23Z")
First impression is Ellie Goulding. And from your description of the song, maybe [I Need Your Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtKZKl7Bgu0).
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### Author:  [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-song-with-no-information/706636/5 "2014-12-08T17:55:08Z")
That one does fit my description very well!
Alas, not it. The one I heard was softer, “dreamier”. Similar style though. Aaargh.
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### Author:  [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-song-with-no-information/706636/6 "2014-12-08T18:06:50Z")
OMG WAIT!!!
**Saturn Dreams** you nailed it. It _is_ Ellie Goulding, but a different song: [Burn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGyEd0aKWZE)
i don’t know how on earth you got it from my vague description, but **thank you!** You can’t imagine how many hours I’ve spent trying to remember googlable fragments of this. The only thing worse than an earworm is a partial earworm where you can’t remember enough to locate the song.
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### Author:  [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-song-with-no-information/706636/7 "2014-12-09T04:22:18Z")
Ah, it was the “shining up to the sky” part of the lyrics. I’m happy you’ve found it.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-song-with-no-information/706636/8 "2014-12-09T04:49:08Z")
> [@DarrenS](#):
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> **Saturn Dreams** you nailed it. It _is_ Ellie Goulding, but a different song: [Burn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGyEd0aKWZE)
Sounds like Coldplay.