# Does this (being long familiar with songs/tunes but not being able to identify) also happen to you?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [November 18, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-being-long-familiar-with-songs-tunes-but-not-being-able-to-identify-also-happen-to-you/993318 "2023-11-18T11:00:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-being-long-familiar-with-songs-tunes-but-not-being-able-to-identify-also-happen-to-you/993318/15 "2023-11-18T21:11:18Z")

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There’s an immense body of songs I’ve heard often enough to recognize them but never knew their names. A tiny handful of those will be songs I like and want to own — or I get really curious about — resulting in one of these threads —

[Name this tune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/389239)  
[Anohther damn “ID This Song” thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-damn-id-this-song-thread/741730)  
[ANOTHER 'nother song identification thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-nother-song-identification-thread/467540)  
[Aaaah, aah, aah ah; Eeeee, ee, ee, ee \<– WTF _is_ this, on radio??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaaah-aah-aah-ah-eeeee-ee-ee-ee-wtf-is-this-on-radio/231340)

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