# Help finding a song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-song/848266>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-song/848266 "2020-02-20T23:56:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-song/848266/1 "2020-02-20T23:56:55Z")

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OK, this will be a long shot…

I heard this on the radio and wasn’t able to take notes. The song is about a street or more probably ‘avenue’ and (I think) things that happened there. I can’t remember who it was by but I think it was somebody like The Decemberists.

Sorry I know that’s not much but I’d appreciate any help.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-song/848266/2 "2020-02-21T00:05:07Z")

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I’m pretty sure the name of the song was the name of the street - 5th Avenue (for example)

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-song/848266/3 "2020-02-21T00:06:48Z")

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Jackson Browne’s Boulevard and Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing both mention boulevards. Not avenues, but it was the first thing that came to mind for me.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-song/848266/4 "2020-02-21T00:08:20Z")

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Thank you for the suggestion but I found it: [The Wallflowers - 6th Avenue Heartache (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXDiGtgPL6E)

Wallflowers. Isn’t it way, I looked for an hour before I posted then stumbled across it?

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-song/848266/5 "2020-02-21T00:08:37Z")

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> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#):
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> I’m pretty sure the name of the song was the name of the street - 5th Avenue (for example)

10th Avenue Freeze Out by Bruce Springsteen?  
6th Ave Heartache by The Wallflowers?  
Positively 5th Street by Bob Dylan?

ETA Ninja’d

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-song/848266/6 "2020-02-21T00:10:11Z")

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Thanks Joey.

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**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-song/848266/7 "2020-02-21T00:11:48Z")

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First song with “Avenue” in the title to come to mind was “Electric Avenue” by Eddie Grant. Nothing like The Decemberists, but it’s been covered by many artists.