# Help identify this song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920 "2003-11-12T22:32:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/1 "2003-11-12T22:32:24Z")
I have this song stuck in my head. I don’t know any of the words, or who sang it, or when, but I can’t get it out of my head. It goes: Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum DUM dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum du-u-u-m. Please help. ---
**Author:** ![Lipid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Lipid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lipid)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/2 "2003-11-12T22:45:04Z")
sounds like a dum song ---
**Author:** ![Psifireus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Psifireus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psifireus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/3 "2003-11-12T23:08:56Z")
No, no, no, it’s a dum _solo_… ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/4 "2003-11-12T23:59:40Z")
I know what you’re talking about, I’ve heard it in a commercial. I have no idea what it is, though. ---
**Author:** ![wakimika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@wakimika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wakimika)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/5 "2003-11-13T02:28:10Z")
It’s that Tums commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/6 "2003-11-13T03:17:15Z")
_Flower Dum Song_ ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/7 "2003-11-13T03:33:42Z")
wtf? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/8 "2003-11-13T08:23:18Z")
I dunno. Why don’t you dum a few bars and I’ll try to guess. ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/9 "2003-11-13T09:03:56Z")
I know the one you’re talking about. The chorus is like la la la la hmm hmm la la la la hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm da da dee la la la laaa right? I know I’ve heard it, but I can’t remember what it’s called. Somebody help us! ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/10 "2003-11-13T16:54:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyomara \* > \*\*I know the one you’re talking about. The chorus is like > > la la la la hmm hmm > la la la la hmm hmm > hmm hmm hmm da da dee > la la la laaa > > right? I know I’ve heard it, but I can’t remember what it’s called. > > Somebody help us! \*\* YES! That’s it! Now, what is it? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/11 "2003-11-13T21:23:21Z")
Its so obvious what the song is that this must be a joke and I’m not going to woosh myself by posting the song title! Can’t fool me! * * * She told me she loved me like a brother. She was from Arkansas, hence the Joy! ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/12 "2003-11-13T23:15:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\*Its so obvious what the song is that this must be a joke and I’m not going to woosh myself by posting the song title! > > Can’t fool me! \*\* Bastard! I actually did have a song stuck in my head yesterday, and did post the “dum’s” in time to the music. I really didn’t think anyone could help me. So it is a joke. Just a little disclaimer to show that I’m not an idiot, I’m a loser. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/13 "2003-11-14T00:34:23Z")
Hey, maybe we can make a new game outta this! I’ll start it off with a couple that should be fairly easy (and with the added hint that both pieces are featured in the same movie, this should be a dead giveaway). Piece 1: dum, dum, DUM… **DA-DUM!** (bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom, bom) Piece 2: dum dum dum dum dum, deet deet, doot doot dum dum dum dum dum, deet deet, doot doot ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/14 "2003-11-14T01:17:38Z")
I’ll play too. What’s this? Dum, dum, dum, PISH! Dum, dum, dum, PISH! Dum, dum, dum, PISH! etc. The intro on the first song from a near perfect debut album. Should be pretty easy… ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/15 "2003-11-14T01:21:34Z")
**Cabbage** , if we’re actually playing a game… The first is “Also Sprach Zarathustra” and the second is “The Blue Danube.” ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/16 "2003-11-14T01:26:00Z")
Oh, and is that “Bone Machine” by the Pixies, **Hüsker Düde**? ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/17 "2003-11-14T01:40:53Z")
Nope, it could’ve been though, but that wasn’t the song I was thinking off. Hint: The Pixies recorded a cover version of another song by this band. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/18 "2003-11-14T01:51:09Z")
**Lisa-go-Blind** > [@](#): > > The first is “Also Sprach Zarathustra” and the second is “The Blue Danube.” What gave it away? Was it the oh-so appropriately placed comma in “(bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom\*\*,\*\* bom)”? 😉 Here’s another one: dummm-dit donnalit down, bah din, bah din-din Hint:It’s one of the most famous guitar licks of all time, by the most famous rock band of all time It’s an interesting challenge to see if you can capture enough of the rhythm, without reference to melody, to make it recognizable. ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/19 "2003-11-14T02:28:41Z")
Hmm… Try the new one by the White Stripes… think its them… I actually know a song that starts with Dum Dum Dum etc. ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920/20 "2003-11-14T11:17:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lisa-go-Blind \* > \*\*Oh, and is that “Bone Machine” by the Pixies, **HEker DEe**? \*\* No, no, that would be boom boom CHA boom boom CHA boom boom boom CHA boom boom CHA How 'bout this one (another first track on a great album), Beavis and Butthead style. Raise your fists in the air: ja ja, ja ja, ja ja, ja ja jajajaja ja ja, ja ja, ja ja, ja ja jajajaja hint: By the same guy who recorded the above Pixies track [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/212920.md?page=2)