# Help me identify this 90's song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 16, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602 "2021-07-16T02:38:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/1 "2021-07-16T02:38:40Z")
I can’t remember much. It was a simple serene song. I know nothing about music, unfortunately. I have a difficult time humming to Google what I hear in my head. It’s sung by a female. When I say “something” I don’t know the words. It goes: “Something something on a Saturday night” Then it goes something like: “What, what, what do you mean?” That’s all I can say. I’m pretty sure the “Saturday night” part is accurate. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/2 "2021-07-16T12:15:14Z")
Maybe this will be helpful: [https://www.lyrics.com/serp.php?st=saturday+night&dec=1990](https://www.lyrics.com/serp.php?st=saturday+night&dec=1990) Maybe the Spice Girls song on that page? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/3 "2021-07-16T12:35:09Z")
Whigfield - Saturday Night? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8DNQRtmIMxk/maxresdefault.jpg "Whigfield - Saturday Night (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNQRtmIMxk) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/4 "2021-07-16T12:53:51Z")
JFC, that’s fucking awful. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/5 "2021-07-16T12:55:27Z")
I know, and I’m kinda sorry for posting it, but it fits the OP. Those were the nineties… ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/6 "2021-07-16T14:10:50Z")
That “She’s a Maniac” song from Flashdance starts with the line “Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night” ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/7 "2021-07-16T14:13:18Z")
My first thought was of that song that goes “Sweet love something on a Saturday night”. It turns out that: 1. I was thinking of “Whenever I Call You Friend” 2. That’s not what they’re saying (“Sweet love flowing almost every night”) In conclusion, I can’t help you. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/8 "2021-07-16T15:13:26Z")
Is this a pop song? Rock? Country? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/9 "2021-07-16T15:14:39Z")
Thanks to those who are trying. When I say “serene song”, I mean it was pretty simple and soothing. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/10 "2021-07-16T15:15:53Z")
I don’t know what genre it would fall under. ☹ Easy listening? ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/11 "2021-07-16T22:35:06Z")
Would it fit in the same category as any of these… Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion Those are among the most popular female artist of the 90s. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/12 "2021-07-17T02:27:00Z")
No. I don’t think so. Oh well. Thanks for trying. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/13 "2021-07-17T03:14:06Z")
I went to a party last Saturday night. I didn’t get laid, I got in a fight, uh-huh! It ain’t no big thing! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kIt3OGra3Lo/maxresdefault.jpg "Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIt3OGra3Lo) ---
**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:** [July 18, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/14 "2021-07-18T04:50:11Z")
Well, 20 years earlier, Elton John thought Saturday Night was Alright for Fightin’ And I’ve always wondered this about that song: If his best friend floats in the bottom of a glass, is he on the surface or the bottom. Seems to me, if you floating, you on the surface, but if you on the bottom, you done sunk. So, which is it Dwight? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/15 "2021-07-18T04:59:39Z")
Could it be Sheryl Crow? > I dropped acid on a Saturday night just to see what the fuss was about [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XOw-ak2aJS8/hqdefault.jpg "Sheryl Crow - "There Goes the Neighborhood" - music video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOw-ak2aJS8) ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/16 "2021-07-18T05:24:29Z")
No… that’s not a serene song. I’m talking lullaby/meditation music. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/17 "2021-07-18T07:00:48Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Could it be Sheryl Crow? Double Crow. There’s also _Leaving Las Vegas_ Pretty sure it’s not the answer, but I think it’s her best song. So why not enjoy? _Palm sweat, black jack on a Saturday night_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xkc-en0_LGY/maxresdefault.jpg "Sheryl Crow - Leaving Las Vegas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkc-en0_LGY) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/18 "2021-07-18T16:08:14Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > No… that’s not a serene song. I’m talking lullaby/meditation music. Well, that’s kinda the problem. In pop music, Saturday night is no time for serenity. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/19 "2021-07-18T16:25:43Z")
😃 It’s a simple, but good song: I still can’t even be sure she said “on a Saturday”. Not sure about the, “What, what, what do you mean,” part either. It could be “Come, come, come to me.” I heard it before when I was in a noisy art class in Middle School, (it played on the radio when we worked,) or later in my life when it played on the speakers of a noisy grocery store I worked at. I hope to one day find it. It would really take me back. Once again: “Something something on a Saturday Night” What, what, what do you mean?" ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602/20 "2021-07-18T21:42:08Z")
While reading this I was listening to Emotion by Destiny’s Child. I doubt it is the song but… It’s early 2000’s. So, it’s 90’s-ish. A serene song. “Something something on a Saturday Night” - Nobody left in this world to kiss goodnight. “What, what, what do you mean?” - And where are you now. It could be “Come, come, come to me". - But if you don’t come back, Come home to me [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-90s-song/946602.md?page=2)