# Hey, Look, Its an Identify This Song Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-an-identify-this-song-thread/110445 "2002-05-23T05:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-an-identify-this-song-thread/110445/1 "2002-05-23T05:08:12Z")
Okay, I think this song was recorded during the late 60s/early 70s by an English group, but I’m not sure. The song didn’t have any lyrics, just a male voice singing, “Monominap” followed by a female voice singing, “Do do di do.” The muppets did a cover of it on _The Muppet Show_ one time. Anybody know the name of the song and who recorded it? ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-an-identify-this-song-thread/110445/2 "2002-05-23T06:19:09Z")
Believe it or not, this was originally a sound track for an Italian porno movie. The composer was Piero Umiliani and the film was the 1969 “Sweden Heaven and Hell” (at least that’s the translation of the Italian title.) Haven’t found the performers for the original recording yet, but will report back soon. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-an-identify-this-song-thread/110445/3 "2002-05-23T06:40:49Z")
From [this site](http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/disq/sc/V.htm) it seems the original singers were Edda Dell’Orso and Alessandro Alessandroni. ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-an-identify-this-song-thread/110445/4 "2002-05-23T07:18:30Z")
Ok, according to iMDB, it was originally titled _Svezia, inferno e paradiso_ and came out in 1968. As far as I have been able to determine, the voice on the soundtrack is that of Mr. Umiliani himself. (Alessandro Allesandroni did record a later version of it.) If you search for more info, be aware that the title has been variously spelled: Mahna Mahna, Mah-na Mah-na, and various different hyphenizations (and with varying diacritical marks) of the above. The soundtrack is available on Easy Tempo CD 901 at [this](http://www.footlight.com/product.cfm?product_id=8910) site. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-an-identify-this-song-thread/110445/5 "2002-05-23T07:51:22Z")
“Mahna Mahna?” I thought it was “Phenomenon.” I [guess](http://www.chaoskitty.com/t_chaos/news/piero.html) I was [wrong.](http://www.bigmeats.net/index.php?meal=meat&dinner=21) So [very](http://www.geocities.com/pieroumiliani/) wrong. Does the guy sound like Leslie Nielson or is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-an-identify-this-song-thread/110445/6 "2002-05-23T12:38:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MisterThyristor \* > \*\*this was originally a sound track for an Italian porno movie. . \*\* No, no, no. according to Brahe’s first link, it’s a “soft core documentary”. 😃 Thanks for raising the question, Tuckerfan, I never would have imagined. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-an-identify-this-song-thread/110445/7 "2002-05-23T18:05:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by betenoir \* > \*\* > > No, no, no. according to Brahe’s first link, it’s a “soft core documentary”. > > 😃 > Thanks for raising the question, Tuckerfan, I never would have imagined. \*\* Yeah, can you imagine the looks on people’s faces if they’d have known the song from _The Muppet Show_ that junior was singing, came from _anything_ with “soft core” in the description! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-an-identify-this-song-thread/110445/8 "2002-05-23T18:16:17Z")
Well the first place I heard the People’s Court theme song was in a porno movie (that is, if I watched those things). It took me a while to get that image of Judge Wapner, Rusty, and Doug having a 3-way out of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-an-identify-this-song-thread/110445/9 "2002-05-23T18:52:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Why A Duck \* > \*\*Well the first place I heard the People’s Court theme song was in a porno movie (that is, if I watched those things). It took me a while to get that image of Judge Wapner, Rusty, and Doug having a 3-way out of my head. \*\* The name of that movie wouldn’t happen to have been _Never So Deep_ would it? Because that movie happens to have _The People’s Court_ theme in it. (And I have to say, realizing that the film was using _The People’s Court_ theme was the high point of the film.) ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-an-identify-this-song-thread/110445/10 "2002-05-23T19:21:49Z")
Actually it was _The Saisfiers of Alpha Blue_, a sci-fi/porn classic. The theme was used during the mandatory orgy scene at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Neptune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@Neptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptune)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-look-its-an-identify-this-song-thread/110445/11 "2002-06-27T05:04:35Z")
Back in my university days, I always had a song in my heart, even in philosophy class. When studying Phenomenology, I’d sing to myself “Phenomena, boo doo bo-dupee” My theme song for Existensialism was “Let’s get … metaphysical, metaphysical”.