# Help identify this song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/995554>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [January 3, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/995554 "2024-01-03T16:33:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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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:** [January 3, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/995554/1 "2024-01-03T16:33:13Z")

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I can’t believe I can’t find this song with the information I have. I was at this place and part of this song looped over the PA. I’m pretty positive these lyrics are Correct:

_It was a cabaret,  
down in the islands  
???  
???  
lovers were praying bodies were swaying  
you may be the one for me  
love is all around  
searching for common ground_

The words are in English (obviously) but the singer might not be. The song as a whole has a middle eastern feel.  
The solo seemed to be a violin but sounded like an oboe.  
The whole song had a slurry feel - or maybe it was a bad recording?

Ring any bells?

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/995554/2 "2024-01-03T16:36:47Z")

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Is it this?

> **[SuperHeavy – Common Ground](https://genius.com/Superheavy-common-ground-lyrics)**
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> \[Jr. gong:\] / Greetings to the world / \[Joss Stone:\] / Oh what's the first enchanted tear / Crystal drop? little ra-ain / Then along came.. your face and / I'll never be the same

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/995554/3 "2024-01-03T16:39:31Z")

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Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwU0RAyw91M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwU0RAyw91M)

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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:** [January 3, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/995554/4 "2024-01-03T16:44:47Z")

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Yes, thank you, that’s it. I missed it because the only part I knew was the center section and the beginning has a different sound.

Is that Mick Jagger!?

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/995554/5 "2024-01-03T16:47:04Z")

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Unfortunately so. Joss Stone, Mick Jagger and Jr. Gong (a.k.a. Damian Marley, youngest son of Bob) are the singers here, with Mick notably worse than the other two.

Still - three minutes to find the song. **BOOM**