# Help me identify this sample

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-sample/501321
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 29, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-sample/501321 "2009-06-29T05:48:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-sample/501321/1 "2009-06-29T05:48:26Z")

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Alright, this is silly, but it’s been bugging me. In [this song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mYyrD3o5AA), where is the electronic tune that comes in at 1:25 from?

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### Author: ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-sample/501321/2 "2009-06-29T05:59:05Z")

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I believe that’s a sample from a Postal Service song… hang on…

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### Author: ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-sample/501321/3 "2009-06-29T05:59:59Z")

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Sounds slightly a little bit like the _Square Pegs_ theme, but I imagine it’s actually from a Nintendo game.

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### Author: ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-sample/501321/4 "2009-06-29T06:03:43Z")

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Yes, [Brand New Colony,](http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=2522329&id=2522333&s=143441) by The Postal Service.

(Warning: iTunes link)

ETA: Errr… unless _they_ got it from somewhere else?

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### Author: ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-sample/501321/5 "2009-06-29T06:04:55Z")

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Wow, quick. I did come to have a dim feeling it was from a Postal Service song, for what it’s worth. Thanks.

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### Author: ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-sample/501321/6 "2009-06-29T06:09:14Z")

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Anytime. 😉

I know what it’s like to have a tune stuck in your head, but you just can’t identify it.