# extremely vague lyrics, but please help **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158 "2002-10-21T01:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/1 "2002-10-21T01:22:23Z")
I heard it on the radio today (I’ve heard it before too) but now it’s stuck in my head and I have to know the name of it. It’s either from the 70’s or 80’s but i’m pretty sure it’s 80s. It’s an up-tempo fairly moderate rock song. The part i keep hearing over and over is what I THINK is the refrain and it goes: “oh uh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ohhhhh” I know it’s really plain and repetative but it’s really the best I can do, sorry. But if anyone knows this song please help! ---
**Author:** ![Doggeez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@Doggeez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doggeez)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/2 "2002-10-21T01:27:29Z")
“Saved by Zero” by The Fixx? ---
**Author:** ![Bandanaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Bandanaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bandanaman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/3 "2002-10-21T01:28:31Z")
## D’yer Mak’er by Led Zeppelin? Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, you don’t have to go-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh You don’t have to go-oh, oh-oh-ah-ah, you don’t have to go ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/4 "2002-10-21T01:47:09Z")
I know it isn’t D’yer Maker, that song sounds sorta “calypso” to me and definately not the one i’m thinking of. And the “Saved by Zero” is too slow and mellow. This song almost reminds me of something that sounds like a Bon Jovi tune. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/5 "2002-10-21T02:06:58Z")
“Red Skies”, by The Fixx, perhaps? “Wo-oh, wo-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh-ohhhhhh!” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/6 "2002-10-21T02:40:13Z")
Mr. B’s Ballroom by Devo? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/7 "2002-10-21T02:42:06Z")
“Video Killed the Radio Star”? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/8 "2002-10-21T03:00:00Z")
Something by The Cars? Rick popped to mind when I read this. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/9 "2002-10-21T03:19:48Z")
Mr. B’s Ballroom sounded pretty close, but not quite it Red Skies sounded close to with the “oh oh” part, but it was too slow of a song to be right. Video Killed the radio Star is way too high-pitched though. This is like, a really hard “game” isn’t it, if you consider it to be a game that is? ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/10 "2002-10-21T03:33:28Z")
Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer” has a part that sounds similar to that. Well, it says “oh” fairly often. It’s hard to imagine a tune to go with what you wrote, but that’s my best guess. ---
**Author:** ![Entwife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@Entwife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Entwife)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/11 "2002-10-21T04:16:51Z")
“Things Can Only Get Better” by Howard Jones? ---
**Author:** ![Slartibartfastt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@Slartibartfastt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slartibartfastt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/12 "2002-10-21T04:26:02Z")
Maybe it was the Greg Kihn Band, “The Break-Up Song” [http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/gregkihnband.htm](http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/gregkihnband.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Eidolon909](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@Eidolon909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eidolon909)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/13 "2002-10-21T07:35:56Z")
Oh you all suck… its so obvious… Its “TARZAN BOY” by Baltimora. Here’s a snippet: Night to night Gimme the other, gimme the other chance tonight Gimme the other, gimme the other Night to night Gimme the other, gimme the other world Whoa Oh Oh-oh-oh-oh whoa ooohhh ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/14 "2002-10-21T12:15:34Z")
Slartibartfastt got it. That’s the song I was thinking of during the whole 6 hours i was tossing and turning in bed! Thanks everyone for the suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/15 "2002-10-21T14:12:38Z")
They just don’t write 'em like that anymore… ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-vague-lyrics-but-please-help/133158/16 "2002-10-21T18:25:52Z")
Just FYI: Greg Kihn now has a morning radio show in the SF Bay Area. He’s got some pretty wild stories from back in the day, as well as some obscure, but great bootleg-like recordings from his “personal stash”.