# For the love of God, PLEASE help me ID a song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813 "2010-02-13T03:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/21 "2010-02-13T05:44:15Z")
[Like The Sun - I Mother Earth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHuQ287Rfy0) ---
**Author:** ![bettyporkta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@bettyporkta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bettyporkta)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/22 "2010-02-13T05:45:38Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Can you hum a few bars? i can’t, but i’ll check a few out for you if you like …! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/23 "2010-02-13T05:51:21Z")
> [@original6dan](#): > > It could either be [noparse][this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0)[/noparse] or perhaps you are just a dumbass? RickRolls aren’t helpful and neither are insults. Don’t do this again. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/24 "2010-02-13T06:03:04Z")
“The Way” by Fastball? They made up their minds And they started packing They left before the sun came up that day An exit to eternal summer slacking But where were they going without ever Knowing the way? ---
**Author:** ![Diz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Diz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/25 "2010-02-13T06:12:54Z")
How about [Light and Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxTwwhdMFw) by The Polyphonic Spree? No idea if they sound like the bands listed, but it does include the line “reach for the sun.” ---
**Author:** ![Homo\_litoralis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homo\_litoralis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homo_litoralis)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/26 "2010-02-13T06:33:07Z")
I will boldly venture _Drive_ by R.E.M. on the assumption that you not only misplaced the song by nearly a decade but also completely imagined all that business about the sun. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Um2C0uEDDZg/hqdefault.jpg "Drive") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um2C0uEDDZg) ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/27 "2010-02-13T06:37:15Z")
Not the right time period and only vaguely close in style, but any chance it’s [Cold Day in the Sun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-_HOsKvOks) by Foo Fighters? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/28 "2010-02-13T06:38:15Z")
“Rio,” by Duran Duran? ---
**Author:** ![arjee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@arjee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arjee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/29 "2010-02-13T06:42:09Z")
My guess - Eddie Vedder’s version of “Hard Sun.” [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpkeJWXY4ZA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpkeJWXY4ZA) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/30 "2010-02-13T06:43:33Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > “The Way” by Fastball? > > They made up their minds > And they started packing > They left before the sun came up that day > An exit to eternal summer slacking > But where were they going without ever > Knowing the way? That’s what came to my mind, too. Well, that and “Rio” by Duran Duran. ETA: How about [“Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiSkyEyBczU) ---
**Author:** ![bramma23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@bramma23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bramma23)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/31 "2010-02-13T06:56:29Z")
Actually, it’s none of the above. I randomly managed to think of it myself. It’s “Caught in the Sun” by Course of Nature. You can listen to the song for yourself and see how accurate my vague recollections were and probably not as much as I’d like. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NtgatISYmRw/hqdefault.jpg "Caught in the Sun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtgatISYmRw) Thanks for everyone’s help. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/32 "2010-02-13T14:20:03Z")
No … , that’s not it … 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/33 "2010-02-13T17:20:32Z")
The only think I can think of is Smash Mouth’s [Walkin’ on the Sun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmKNklN_GKc), but that was released in 1997. ETA: Oops, see that was already mentioned and said not to be it. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/34 "2010-02-13T18:14:54Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > “Rio,” by Duran Duran? Post #6 ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813/35 "2010-02-13T18:28:37Z")
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden? ETA: Sorry, Cat Whisperer - missed you suggesting this on first pass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-please-help-me-id-a-song/528813.md?page=1)