# Help me identify this pop instrumental please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468 "2011-11-01T06:10:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/21 "2011-11-01T20:53:33Z")
Is it [Joy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S8jd8WhxoI)? ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/22 "2011-11-01T21:28:45Z")
Can you offer any other info? Was it a hit? Was it happy or sad or mysterious? Was it fast, slow or mid-tempo? Was it in any particular genre? Disco, rock, pop, light jazz, easy listening? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/23 "2011-11-02T01:48:39Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Was it a hit? I think so. Or a frequently played single. > [@](#): > > Was it happy or sad or mysterious? Makes me happy. > [@](#): > > Was it fast, slow or mid-tempo? Mid-tempo, closer to slow than fast. > [@](#): > > Was it in any particular genre? Disco, rock, pop, light jazz, easy listening? I tend to think of it as both pop and easy listening. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/24 "2011-11-02T02:38:52Z")
Not an instrumental, but my guess is [Cool Cool Summer by Bananarama](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGYNvx9lqDQ#t=04s) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/25 "2011-11-02T02:45:24Z")
“No Matter What Shape Your Stomach’s In”?: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP1dYj2hGss) ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/26 "2011-11-02T03:13:52Z")
Well, I found this list from “Ask Billboard” [Instrumentals, part 2](http://www.billboard.com/column-chartbeat/ask-billboard-instrumentals-part-2-1003999115.story#/column-chartbeat/ask-billboard-instrumentals-part-2-1003999115.story) you might wish to peruse, seems like you might find what you’re looking for in there somewhere. I’m not about to listen to all of them and try to guess which is what you’re looking for without a lot more information to go on. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/27 "2011-11-02T05:23:32Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Well, I found this list from “Ask Billboard” [Instrumentals, part 2](http://www.billboard.com/column-chartbeat/ask-billboard-instrumentals-part-2-1003999115.story#/column-chartbeat/ask-billboard-instrumentals-part-2-1003999115.story) you might wish to peruse, seems like you might find what you’re looking for in there somewhere. I’m not about to listen to all of them and try to guess which is what you’re looking for without a lot more information to go on. I’d be shocked if you, or anybody went through all of them. I’m going to try something that might make it easier to figure out. I’ll post back later on it. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/28 "2011-11-02T05:59:01Z")
It’s not [Chariots of Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6IwEG0FYM), is it? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/29 "2011-11-02T07:44:22Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > It’s not [Chariots of Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6IwEG0FYM), is it? Nope, sure isn’t. OK, not that this might be much help, but I tapped out part of the instrumental. If any of you have 16 seconds to spare [take a listen](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2181972994232). If that doesn’t help then don’t worry about it. Keep in mind that the part I’m tapping out is done with a synthesizer/keyboard in the song. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/30 "2011-11-02T09:58:42Z")
_Rise_, by Herb Alpert? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ennMD1fPtXA/hqdefault.jpg "herb alpert - rise 1979") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ennMD1fPtXA) _Morning Dance_, by Spiro Gyra? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/N6IUUWzI7vg/hqdefault.jpg "Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6IUUWzI7vg) ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/31 "2011-11-02T10:08:04Z")
OK, I’ll take one stab at it. There are a zillion versions of this out there, the original is over 10 minutes long. Can’t find the radio edit on YouTube. “Moments of Love” by Art of Noise. Here’s a [7-something-minute remix](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7k4dHhwwX4&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLF79F44894D4D13B8) with footage that shows the xylophone live, along with all the other instruments that were synthed. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/32 "2011-11-02T12:48:44Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Nope, sure isn’t. > > OK, not that this might be much help, but I tapped out part of the instrumental. If any of you have 16 seconds to spare [take a listen](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2181972994232). If that doesn’t help then don’t worry about it. > > Keep in mind that the part I’m tapping out is done with a synthesizer/keyboard in the song. Jeez man, this is not that helpful. 🙂 Can you hum the melody or something? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/33 "2011-11-02T13:47:59Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Nope, sure isn’t. > > OK, not that this might be much help, but I tapped out part of the instrumental. If any of you have 16 seconds to spare [take a listen](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2181972994232). If that doesn’t help then don’t worry about it. > > Keep in mind that the part I’m tapping out is done with a synthesizer/keyboard in the song. If you’re going through that trouble, can’t you at least hum it for us? Anyhow, you can try tapping it with [http://www.songtapper.com](http://www.songtapper.com) and see if comes up with anything. I tried the first two or three bars and couldn’t find a hit that was relevant. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/34 "2011-11-02T17:21:14Z")
I tried humming and felt embarrassed with the results. OK, I have some things I need to do, but I’ll try humming it later and posting the update for you. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/35 "2011-11-03T01:42:59Z")
the 16 seconds of tapping reminded me of that terrible S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y thing by the Bay City Rollers, which of course is (a) not an instrumental and (b) too shitty for anyone to want to remember. ---
**Author:** ![MACRO86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@MACRO86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MACRO86)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/36 "2013-02-28T09:01:02Z")
Alan Tew, The Fence. Your welcome 😃 ---
**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:** [February 28, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/37 "2013-02-28T19:47:01Z")
> [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](#): > > the 16 seconds of tapping reminded me of that terrible S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y thing by the Bay City Rollers, which of course is (a) not an instrumental and (b) too shitty for anyone to want to remember. It took me a lot of effort not to burst out in laughter and bother the guy sitting next to me when I read this. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/38 "2013-02-28T20:07:27Z")
Have you got Shazam on your iPhone… Phone… hone… one… ne… e? ---
**Author:** ![Pelatiah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@Pelatiah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pelatiah)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/39 "2015-10-28T07:43:14Z")
Yo man in a 20 year old Dj from uab and I remember this song from my childhood I fell in love with it from the first time I heard it but if you haven’t found it yet I almost positive it is Paul hardcastle rain forest!!! Let me know I actually made an account just to reply I was look for the song for like 2 weeks and I saw this forum and did some extreme reasearch and I found the artist and felt like he sounded similar so YouTube and Pandora helped! ---
**Author:** ![ChipB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@ChipB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChipB)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468/40 "2016-04-29T23:50:27Z")
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