# Duhbuh duhbuh di di di oh-oh(Song ID)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 5, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189 "2013-11-05T23:14:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/1 "2013-11-05T23:14:19Z")

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Please identify this song.

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/2 "2013-11-05T23:21:02Z")

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Give us something to go on.

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**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/3 "2013-11-05T23:21:17Z")

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Wwdddoo.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/4 "2013-11-05T23:29:37Z")

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Smoke on the Water.

If all you have is the beat, EVERY song sounds like Smoke on the Water.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/5 "2013-11-05T23:33:43Z")

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“No, no, Nanette.”

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**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/6 "2013-11-05T23:59:50Z")

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[Isaac or Fuzz](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rS8Pm15E0A).

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**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/7 "2013-11-06T00:03:47Z")

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That’s all I have. If I had to guess an artist, it would be Enya. Thread title is sort of a chorus. Rhythm is

```auto

Duhbuh duhbuh di di di oh-oh
EE EE Q Q/Q qr qr qr/EE

```

E-eighth note  
Q-quarter note  
qr-quarter rest

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**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/8 "2013-11-06T00:46:26Z")

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All I’ve got is Do do do, da da da by The Police. Catchy tune from the 80’s.

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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/9 "2013-11-06T00:51:31Z")

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It’s this one:

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**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/10 "2013-11-06T01:54:30Z")

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I think this rhythm is a better fit.

```auto

Duhbuh duhbuh di di di oh-oh
SSSS E E Eer qr / EE

```

E-eighth note  
S-sixteenth note  
qr-quarter rest  
er-eighth rest

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/11 "2013-11-06T02:44:40Z")

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Where did you hear it? What instruments were playing it? Did you recognize the artist?

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/12 "2013-11-06T03:11:24Z")

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I started to post that there still wasn’t enough info to even guess, but then I suddenly remembered something.  
Shot in the dark, maybe this?: [No More I Love Yous](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiYF7pUPuFs)

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**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/13 "2013-11-06T03:51:01Z")

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> [@Doug\_K](#):
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> I started to post that there still wasn’t enough info to even guess, but then I suddenly remembered something.  
> Shot in the dark, maybe this?: [No More I Love Yous](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiYF7pUPuFs)

Right song or not, that is a hell of a guess from so little information.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/14 "2013-11-06T05:40:09Z")

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Something by Gilbert & Sullivan.

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**Author:** ![mbetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mbetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbetter)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/15 "2013-11-06T05:47:26Z")

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Something in the Acuff-Rose catalog, perhaps?

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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/16 "2013-11-06T06:05:28Z")

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> [@duality72](#):
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> Right song or not, that is a hell of a guess from so little information.

No shit. I can even see her style in this song being mistaken for Enya in some parts.

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/17 "2013-11-06T06:17:42Z")

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[Damned For All Time](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhwXgd5kVao), from **Jesus Christ Superstar**?

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**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/18 "2013-11-06T09:03:41Z")

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> [@Doug\_K](#):
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> Shot in the dark, maybe this?: [No More I Love Yous](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiYF7pUPuFs)

Ho Le Fuk

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/19 "2013-11-06T09:47:57Z")

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incredible. that has got to be correct.

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**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duhbuh-duhbuh-di-di-di-oh-oh-song-id/673189/20 "2013-11-06T21:45:33Z")

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> [@Doug\_K](#):
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> I started to post that there still wasn’t enough info to even guess, but then I suddenly remembered something.  
> Shot in the dark, maybe this?: [No More I Love Yous](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiYF7pUPuFs)

Thanks. This is it.

ETA: Way off on Enya guess.

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