# Help identify this song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/380409>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 14, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/380409 "2006-11-14T18:04:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/380409/1 "2006-11-14T18:04:35Z")

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[Wav file here.](http://www.patioculture.net/slambang.wav)

Thanks in advance,  
Steven

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**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/380409/2 "2006-11-14T18:39:02Z")

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Sounds like a big band “Go Tell It on the Mountain”.

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/380409/3 "2006-12-10T05:29:26Z")

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Bump.

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/380409/4 "2006-12-10T05:47:15Z")

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All I can say is it’s the theme music to “Slam Bang Theatre,” which you probably knew. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/380409/5 "2006-12-10T06:04:39Z")

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What EE said. It’s “Go tell it on the mountain” by the Slam Bang Theatre orchestra.