# Can you name this piano instrumental? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166 "2014-06-19T20:01:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/1 "2014-06-19T20:01:41Z")
I’ve made a brief snippet of a few notes from a piano instrumental I’ve heard occasionally over the years. Do you know what it is? (Forgive my bad guitar interpretation!) [https://joker49.tripod.com/instrumental.mp3](https://joker49.tripod.com/instrumental.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/2 "2014-06-19T20:10:29Z")
I got this message when I clicked your link: > [@](#): > > This file is hosted by Tripod, a Lycos®Network Site, and is not available for download. Please check out Tripod’s Help system for more information about Remote Loading and our Remote Loading policy. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/3 "2014-06-19T20:19:58Z")
Sorry about the link. However, it does work if you copy and paste it. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/4 "2014-06-19T20:49:54Z")
I feel like I should know that song, but I can’t place it. It will turn out that I’ve never heard it. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/5 "2014-06-20T00:53:00Z")
Theme of the second movement (Andante cantabile) from [Symphony number 5 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5,_Op.64_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr_Ilyich)). ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/6 "2014-06-20T01:54:54Z")
I finally figured out that the song I was trying to remember was “[You Belong to Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw3Yi8kmp98).” I’ve never heard it as an instrumental, and it’s not super close, but I thought I’d throw it out there just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/7 "2014-06-20T03:02:15Z")
I was wrong, it is not Tchaikovsky. I searched the opening seven notes (the first phrase of 7 notes) on [Melody Catcher](http://www.melodycatcher.com/), and the only result it returned was — guess what, **jsgoddess** —“You Belong to Me.” Then I searched on the first 14 notes (the first 2 phrases) and the result I got was Shakatak’s “Night Birds.” Both of these share a certain melodic contour with the mystery tune, but neither of them really matches it. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/8 "2014-06-20T03:21:49Z")
Thanks for trying guys, but I know it wasn’t the Jo Stafford song, and Johanna I downloaded the second movement from your link, and I don’t hear it there either. I guess my guitar interpretation must need a lot more finesse, although I’m pretty sure the note sequences at least are accurate. But thanks for the suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/9 "2014-06-20T03:26:13Z")
Whatever it was, I had to have heard it on the radio. It was definitely piano. It wasn’t something that got played much, but I liked it and it had to be on some easy listening pop station, because that’s all I ever used to listen to. That or “oldies.” I think I heard someone play it once in a piano bar too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/10 "2014-06-20T04:16:09Z")
It sounds familiar to me, too. You need to be a bit more specific. What year was it? Is the part you played the beginning or just a random piece of it? ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/11 "2014-06-20T04:46:07Z")
Wild guess, but it sounds vaguely like a tune from the _Last Tango in Paris_ movie soundtrack by Gato Barbieri called “She Is Michelle” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G0SZ4rE-QJo/hqdefault.jpg "Gato Barbieri-She Is Michelle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0SZ4rE-QJo) ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/12 "2014-06-20T04:48:22Z")
I don’t know what year. Sorry, I can’t be more specific. That theme was repeated several times, and ended the song as well. There was a “bridge” too, but I can’t remember it well enough to reproduce it. It should be recognizable with what I posted, if someone knows what it is. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/13 "2014-06-20T04:51:03Z")
No Ellis, that’s not it. The melody was exactly like I played it, albeit with more timing finesse. And it was piano. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/14 "2014-06-20T14:49:55Z")
Speaking strictly of the melody (without reference to a piano version), it sounds a bit like “[And I Love You So](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEmGoT7A3jg),” a Don McClean song that Perry Como had a hit with in the early 70s. But it’s also reminiscent of “[Welcome to My World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOCCvN8YDuc)” by Jim Reeves. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/15 "2014-06-20T15:01:35Z")
> [@DChord568](#): > > Speaking strictly of the melody (without reference to a piano version), it sounds a bit like “[And I Love You So](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEmGoT7A3jg),” a Don McClean song that Perry Como had a hit with in the early 70s. That is pretty darned close. [Here’s an instrumental version.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqj-6MyazPg) The notes are a little different, but it’s a similar feel to the OP’s song. > [@](#): > > But it’s also reminiscent of “Welcome to My World” by Jim Reeves. Ooo…another good one. I wonder how many songs fit the bill. It’s a pretty common progression, but I’m having a devil of a time thinking of songs with similar melody contours. You’ve gotten two good ones. There’s gotta be a bunch more, but I’m struggling. All I could think of was the Beatles “From Me to You,” but that similarity breaks down quite quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/16 "2014-06-20T15:07:44Z")
Sure, I’ll name it “Lick My Love Pump”. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/17 "2014-06-20T15:55:13Z")
It’s “The Homecoming” [http://youtu.be/xXeHIfMBZtQ?t=29s](http://youtu.be/xXeHIfMBZtQ?t=29s). ---
**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:** [June 20, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/18 "2014-06-20T16:00:37Z")
> [@K364](#): > > It’s “The Homecoming” [http://youtu.be/xXeHIfMBZtQ?t=29s](http://youtu.be/xXeHIfMBZtQ?t=29s). Ooo… I think we have a winner! OP to confirm? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/19 "2014-06-20T16:09:57Z")
That has to be it. And I have heard that song, too. (But I still have “You Belong to Me” running through my head.) ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166/20 "2014-06-20T16:14:18Z")
Yes, got to be it based on the four-note bit at the end of the first “verse.” Still, I wonder how he didn’t run afoul of the composers of the two I posted. There are so many similarities. EDIT: I see the artist, while born in Indiana, was known primarily in Canada, where this song was a big hit. It made it to #41 on the U.S. Pop charts (#6 Easy Listening), but I must confess that I had never heard it before today. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-piano-instrumental/691166.md?page=2)