# difficult song i.d. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-song-i-d/163968 "2003-03-25T05:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr\_Salads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mr\_Salads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Salads)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-song-i-d/163968/1 "2003-03-25T05:10:07Z")
Okay, I’ve got a really hard song identification for people who love song identification. 🙂 It’s classic rock. The background rhythm is a keyboard synth. The singer sounds like the guy from Talking Heads; it might even be him. The chorus, which I haven’t deciphered for sure, sounds like “do a little \_\_\_\_, make a little \_\_\_\_\_” with the first blank being a pitch or two higher than the second blank. At the end of the song the chorus becomes a crowd yelling it, similar to how children were used in Pink Floyd. Beyond this, I have no idea what the song’s called or who the artist is. Help welcomed! Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-song-i-d/163968/2 "2003-03-25T05:14:30Z")
_Do a little dance, make a little love Get down tonight, Get down tonight_? KC and the Sunshine Band, Get Down Tonight ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Salads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mr\_Salads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Salads)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-song-i-d/163968/3 "2003-03-25T05:17:08Z")
Hardly! 🙂 That’s not classic rock. The singer also sounds a lot like David Essex, for anyone who’s familiar… ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-song-i-d/163968/4 "2003-03-25T06:47:01Z")
_What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your mamma What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your pappa What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your daughter You do a little dance and then you drink a little water_ Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Give It Away” ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Salads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mr\_Salads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Salads)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-song-i-d/163968/5 "2003-03-25T07:49:33Z")
::presses red button:: Try again! Hehehe… ---
**Author:** ![HeatMiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@HeatMiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeatMiser)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-song-i-d/163968/6 "2003-03-25T11:07:50Z")
Sounds like it could be Don Henley’s _Dirty Money_. The chorus hook, which is chanted by a large crowd of people as the song ends, goes like this: “Kick 'em when they’re up Kick 'em when they’re down” etc. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-song-i-d/163968/7 "2003-03-25T11:26:34Z")
“… kick 'em when they’re sick Kick 'em all around” Henley doesn’t really sound like David Byrne, though. ?? ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-song-i-d/163968/8 "2003-03-25T16:54:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HeatMiser \* > **Sounds like it could be Don Henley’s _Dirty Money_.** _Dirty Laundry_, not money. Lyrics [here](http://www.lyricsdomain.com/lyrics/24705/). ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Salads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mr\_Salads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Salads)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-song-i-d/163968/9 "2003-03-25T19:30:30Z")
You guys got it! Thank you so much! ---
**Author:** ![HeatMiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@HeatMiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeatMiser)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficult-song-i-d/163968/10 "2003-03-26T00:55:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Number \* > \*\*_Dirty Laundry_, not money. Lyrics [here](http://www.lyricsdomain.com/lyrics/24705/). \*\* That’s what I get for posting at 3 am… thanks for the correction and the helpful link.