# Help me figure out this song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904 "2014-06-16T13:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/1 "2014-06-16T13:43:28Z")
1. It’s slower 2. It has a ‘haunting’ quality to it 3. Prominent lyrics include “come on come on” 4. I heard it at Tops Friendly Markets Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/2 "2014-06-16T13:57:50Z")
[“Come On”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TduTAwDVFc) by Lucinda Williams? (note: NSFW lyrics) . ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/3 "2014-06-16T14:19:42Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2wJ-p0jyPx8/hqdefault.jpg "Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wJ-p0jyPx8) Mary Chapin Carpenter? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/4 "2014-06-16T14:24:25Z")
Help narrow it down; country, rock ballad, folk, what kind of instruments, gender of singers? ---
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/5 "2014-06-22T02:41:14Z")
The singer is a male. I’m not sure what genre it would fit into. A type of rock maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/6 "2014-06-22T03:12:47Z")
[The Verve-Come on?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGATIHKZUc) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/7 "2014-06-22T03:32:17Z")
[Blur - Tender?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-OS8oi3hGE&feature=kp) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/8 "2014-06-22T04:57:10Z")
The Raspberries’ “[Go All the Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swicdtaddy0)”? (Skip to 2:04 in the linked video.) The “come on, come on” part of this song is loosely based on the Beatles’ “Please Please Me.” ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/9 "2014-06-22T05:04:05Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > The Raspberries’ “[Go All the Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swicdtaddy0)”? (Skip to 2:04 in the linked video.) The “come on, come on” part of this song is loosely based on the Beatles’ “Please Please Me.” A great song, but not one I would describe as “slow” or “haunting.” ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/10 "2014-06-22T06:02:10Z")
Scott Hardkiss-“Come on, Come on”? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a5NB_Y39gbk/hqdefault.jpg ""Come On, Come On" by Scott Hardkiss") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5NB_Y39gbk) ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/11 "2014-06-23T17:10:26Z")
Not what I’d call haunting but [Paul Westerberg, My Daydream?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7IhM_Tva1U) ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/12 "2014-06-25T23:28:44Z")
It’s not [Imitation of Life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkfiCDv4Jbk) by REM, is it? By slower do you mean a slow tempo or just something that doesn’t have a driving beat? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/13 "2014-06-26T01:49:01Z")
Persuasion, by Crowded House (Tim Finn)? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4QkNE4qMUkw/hqdefault.jpg "Tim Finn - Persuasion Live on the Steve Vizard Show 1993") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QkNE4qMUkw) ---
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/14 "2014-07-23T12:55:48Z")
Those aren’t right, unfortunately. It might be by some nobody that only gets play on in-store radio stations. I’ve been waiting to hear it again to see if I can get some more lyrics, but I haven’t heard it in a long time. Here’s another one. It’s by a lady and it goes (I’m pretty sure) “and we’ll go up, and we’ll go up, and we’ll go up up up up up up.” She sings in a high pitched voice and it’s a pretty cheery sounding song. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/15 "2014-07-23T15:06:38Z")
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c3d7QgZr7g](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c3d7QgZr7g) _Stranglehold_? Ted Nugent ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/16 "2014-07-23T15:19:52Z")
> [@Cardboard](#): > > Here’s another one. It’s by a lady and it goes (I’m pretty sure) “and we’ll go up, and we’ll go up, and we’ll go up up up up up up.” She sings in a high pitched voice and it’s a pretty cheery sounding song. Left-field candidate, but could it be [“Pulled Up” by Talking Heads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJdPS4RYzWM)? It fits the “cheery-sounding” description, and David Byrne sings it in very high-pitched voice that I suppose could be mistaken for a female vocalist. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/17 "2014-07-23T15:31:58Z")
> [@DChord568](#): > > Left-field candidate, but could it be [“Pulled Up” by Talking Heads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJdPS4RYzWM)? > > It fits the “cheery-sounding” description, and David Byrne sings it in very high-pitched voice that I suppose could be mistaken for a female vocalist. That was the first thing I thought of too. As for the first tune, how about [Hang On Sloopy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO2Y2sGZ1dk) by the McCoys? “Come on come on” starts right around the 2:00 mark. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/18 "2014-07-23T15:49:26Z")
_Shout_ by Tears for Fears? Thinking of the “come on, I’m talking to you, so come on” bit. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/19 "2014-07-23T15:59:50Z")
“Kashmir” by _Led Zeppelin_? It has some “come on come on let me take you there” moaning toward the end. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904/20 "2014-07-23T16:39:38Z")
This fits none of the description except the C’mon part, but hey, why not: **Von Bondies - [C’mon C’mon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFGo5cqcxP4)**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-this-song/690904.md?page=2)