# Fiendishly hard song id (last ten years or so) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517 "2012-04-12T00:48:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/21 "2012-04-14T20:53:13Z")
“Joyride” by Roxette? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xCorJG9mubk/maxresdefault.jpg "Roxette - Joyride (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCorJG9mubk) It has some vaugely carnivalistic sounds in the song mix. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/22 "2012-04-14T22:33:07Z")
Here’s the first thing I thought of: [“The Show Must Go On” by Three Dog Night.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs7F7qwGuTM) mmm ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/23 "2012-04-15T00:46:46Z")
More saloon than circus. [Kid Rock - Cowboy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPOQE_LUESs#t=02m22s) Links right to interlude. ---
**Author:** ![cyrush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@cyrush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cyrush)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/24 "2012-04-15T20:11:37Z")
The High Road by Broken Bells ---
**Author:** ![Jilaad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jilaad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jilaad)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/25 "2012-04-16T00:07:58Z")
Could it be [Everything Counts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t-gK-9EIq4&ob=av2e) by Depeche Mode? It’s an older song, however it’s popular enough that they could possibly play it in Outback and it’s obscure enough that you could have gone 20+ years without hearing of it. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/26 "2012-04-16T02:03:21Z")
Something off of Leon Russell’s _Carney_ album? ---
**Author:** ![cyrush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@cyrush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cyrush)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/27 "2012-04-16T02:42:12Z")
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWBG1j\_flrg&ob=av2e](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWBG1j_flrg&ob=av2e) ---
**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/28 "2012-04-16T03:25:58Z")
“Roses are Free” by Ween? That breakdown is carnival/video game sounding, but I would be surprised if it was played at Outback. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/29 "2012-04-16T03:37:43Z")
I was going to suggest [“Life”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOB5vw7aNGc) by Sly & the Family Stone but that might be too old. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/30 "2012-04-16T03:51:44Z")
Rick Astley’s [“Never Gonna Give You Up?”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4QL_W5jVaQ&feature=related) ---
**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:** [April 16, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/31 "2012-04-16T14:59:44Z")
Havent’ had time to review the new contenders, but if there’s a hit, I’ll reply. I’m familiar with the songs by Astley, Roxette, and Three Dog Night, and it’s not those. (But thanks!) ---
**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:** [April 17, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/32 "2012-04-17T13:10:04Z")
Thanks for the responses, but not are a hit. I’m surprised, though, on how close some of them did sound. ---
**Author:** ![atlantic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@atlantic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atlantic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/33 "2012-04-17T13:12:53Z")
Just heard [MGMT’s “Kids”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PFR359KEck) on Pandora and thought of this thread … not sure if it fits the description, though. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517/34 "2012-04-17T13:37:17Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Thanks for the responses, but not are a hit. I’m surprised, though, on how close some of them did sound. It might also help us if you let us know which sounded close. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-hard-song-id-last-ten-years-or-so/618517.md?page=1)