# help identifying song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-song/125044 "2002-08-22T06:56:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-song/125044/1 "2002-08-22T06:56:51Z")
I’m haunted- I have the melody and refrain from a somewhat recent song stuck in my head, but I can’t remember the rest of the song, its title, or who sang it. Please help me. The refrain goes something like this: “I saw the stars…I saw them shine for you…for everything you do…and they were all yellow…” Deductive reasoning leads me to believe the song is probably titled “Yellow”, but then, you just never know with these wacky new bands. Any clues? ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-song/125044/2 "2002-08-22T06:59:42Z")
Cold Play’s Yellow, man. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-song/125044/3 "2002-08-22T07:15:11Z")
Yep. _Yellow_ by Coldplay, from the album **Parachutes**. ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-song/125044/4 "2002-08-22T13:45:10Z")
Thank you! 🙂