# Help with a song - what is this

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-song-what-is-this/1028273
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** movies, music
**Created:** [March 7, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-song-what-is-this/1028273 "2026-03-07T01:44:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-song-what-is-this/1028273/1 "2026-03-07T01:44:02Z")

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> **[Tanny on Instagram: "I'm so dead 😭😂 
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> 94K likes, 690 comments - tannyadetifa on March 5, 2026: "I'm so dead 😭😂 
> Bro was just trying to help 😂
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> SpongeBob SquarePants song 
> \#viralvideo #funnyvideo #spongebobsong #memesdaily #relatable".

I know I know I’ve heard it, but I don’t know if I’ve ever known it.

To be clear, I mean what he’s playing on the uke.

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### Author: ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-song-what-is-this/1028273/2 "2026-03-07T01:44:46Z")

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Spongebob.  
Or, more specifically. 12th Street Rag.  
 ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xlrcNtH5pu8/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/xlrcNtH5pu8?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDxlrcNtH5pu8

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### Author: ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-song-what-is-this/1028273/3 "2026-03-07T01:49:05Z")

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Here’s the Spongebob version:  
 ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/S6BJoeSoeJg/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/S6BJoeSoeJg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDS6BJoeSoeJg

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### Author: ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-song-what-is-this/1028273/4 "2026-03-07T01:52:26Z")

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Great! Thank you.