# Confirmation of song title/artist **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 1999, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-of-song-title-artist/8535 "1999-09-27T19:52:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 1999, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-of-song-title-artist/8535/1 "1999-09-27T19:52:00Z")
I _think_ the artist is “After the Fall,” and they had a hit about 10 years ago called “The Promise” or “I Promise.” If anyone can confirm this, thanks. (I know it is NOT “After the Fire,” who recorded “Der Kommissar.”) ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 1999, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-of-song-title-artist/8535/2 "1999-09-27T19:55:00Z")
The Promise was recorded in the 80’s by When In Rome (I have it on CD and MP3) * * * Don’t let the loveless ones sell you a world wrapped in grey. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 1999, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-of-song-title-artist/8535/3 "1999-09-27T19:57:00Z")
That’s it! That’s it! Thanks. If I can’t find it anywhere, wanna sell??? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 1999, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-of-song-title-artist/8535/4 "1999-09-27T20:25:00Z")
Actually it’s on a lot of 80’s compilation CD’s I also found the CD at Amazon for 12 buckshttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000WGM/o/qid=938463908/sr=8-2/002-7026904-5592630 * * * Don’t let the loveless ones sell you a world wrapped in grey. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 1999, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-of-song-title-artist/8535/5 "1999-09-27T20:57:00Z")
I just sold that CD on E-bay… Rats!!! Just a little too late 🙂 check this: [http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=167027347](http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=167027347) * * * I’m very lucky. The only time I was ever up shit creek, I just happened to have a paddle with me. –George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 1999, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-of-song-title-artist/8535/6 "1999-09-27T21:20:00Z")
Speaking of song titles/artists, anyone know who sings the song “If I could fly” about a man who’s obsessed with a 16 year old? “If I could fly/I’d pick you up/I’d take you into the night/and show you a love/like you’ve never seen.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 1999, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-of-song-title-artist/8535/7 "1999-09-27T21:37:00Z")
“Into the Night” by Benny Mardones (sp?). ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-of-song-title-artist/8535/8 "1999-09-28T08:54:00Z")
Isn’t “Der Kommissar” by Falco ? Or was he in that band ? Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-of-song-title-artist/8535/9 "1999-09-28T10:46:00Z")
Yes, by Falco. Was he Austrian? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-of-song-title-artist/8535/10 "1999-09-28T10:48:00Z")
Austrian indeed. Major other hits: Rock me Amadeus and Jeanny (creepy & beautiful song !). He was killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic last year. Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-of-song-title-artist/8535/11 "1999-09-28T13:21:00Z")
Falco did the original. After the Fire did a remake a year or so later. There was also some gal that did a version a year or so after that. I know that only because a local radio station sometimes played a mix of the three.