# ID songs heard in drugstore, Googling lyrics no help **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963 "2014-11-18T15:33:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/1 "2014-11-18T15:33:14Z")
We’re all familiar with the “radio stations” groceries, drugstores, and other retailers play throughout business hours. It’s not Muzak – it’s the original version of hit songs from the past few decades or so. Adult contemporary and light rock are popular choices. Anyway, I’ve heard two songs in recent weeks that I cannot identify, even after Googling snatches of the lyrics. Let describe them here and see if the house has better luck: 1. Lyrics: “_I know / We are / Two of / A kind …_”. A breezy, breathy female voice over very herky-jerky music. The music seems to have loads of brief, half-note pauses all throughout it (the slashes in the lyrics above are pauses). The music has an “island” feel as in “Carribean island” – but is not reggae-like at all. No steel drums, nothing like that. It’s the pacing and “feel” of the piece that is “island”, not the instrumentation or genre. The woman’s singing, to me, sounds kind of throwback, like a 1950s singer singing something contemporary. 2. Lyrics: “_It’s two in the mornin’ / two in the mornin’_”, “_sweet thaaaang …_”. Twangy country song. Male singer with a higher voice than someone like Toby Keith. Singer is very reminiscent of the guy from The Georgia Satellites. Sounds like post '80s country, not like something from a previous generation. Song has a faster pace than most country songs I’m familiar with … probably a popular country-dancing hit. Well, thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer! ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/2 "2014-11-18T16:07:04Z")
God I hope someone can get that first one cause it’s driving me crazy. Though in my head, I’m hearing Gerry Rafferty like 1970’s song. …and there might be a “cause” at the beginning of “I know. We are.” ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/3 "2014-11-18T16:14:50Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > …and there might be a “cause” at the beginning of “I know. We are.” I believe this is correct. Might even be a full “_Because / I know …_”. Those vocal pauses throughout the chorus are really distinctive and make this song a most annoying earworm 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/4 "2014-11-18T16:21:53Z")
I don’t know Basia’s music at all, and can’t listen to YouTube right now, but could “Baby You’re Mine” (from _London Warsaw New York_) be it? _Baby you’re mine You are blowing my mind We are two of a kind Baby you’re really mine_ Is that sung in a broken up style like so? _Baby / you’re mine / You are blowing / my mind We are / two of / a kind Baby / you’re really mine_ ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/5 "2014-11-18T16:49:24Z")
In my head the tune goes like this: C----C-----G-F-------G-F-----E-F-F-F----- Be-Cause-I-Know-We-Are-Two-Of-A-Kind The lyrics are probably wrong which is why we can’t find it, but that’s the tune I hear. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/6 "2014-11-18T19:07:00Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > In my head the tune goes like this: > > C----C-----G-F-------G-F-----E-F-F-F----- > > Be-Cause-I-Know-We-Are-Two-Of-A-Kind > The lyrics are probably wrong which is why we can’t find it, but that’s the tune I hear. Well, shit…if we can’t find that song, I’ll just write around the chorus I hear in my head and sell it as a romcom end theme. I’ll give the OP cowriter credit. In another key: F#–F—C#-B-C#-B—A#-B–B—B– ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/7 "2014-11-19T18:49:58Z")
Thanks for trying, **Dale**. Sometimes, these are just that tricky. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/8 "2014-11-19T19:02:14Z")
I swear, I’m gonna break down and get a smartphone just for the app that identifies a song that’s playing. That sort of thing drives me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/9 "2014-11-20T00:15:17Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I swear, I’m gonna break down and get a smartphone just for the app that identifies a song that’s playing. That sort of thing drives me nuts. Tried it…didn’t work. The song I’m thinking of probably doesn’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/10 "2014-11-20T01:26:42Z")
I had something like this about a year ago. I had the app and tried to use it in the store. It didn’t have it. I asked on here, I googled, nothing. My wife actually emailed someone at the corporate office and they gave her the playlist. Apparently this happens quite often. I was able to find the song that way. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/11 "2014-11-20T23:44:18Z")
Is it Sue Thompson, “Two of a Kind”? I guess if not then the lyrics were heard incorrectly, which prevents from IDing this song. Nothing I find fits the description for the second song. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Tess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/12 "2014-11-22T19:50:13Z")
The country one \*might \*be Keith Urban’s [Sweet Thing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgCdd0Db_fM). The words ‘two in the morning’ aren’t used, but depending on how noisy the store is, something could have been muddled. ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/13 "2014-11-24T09:25:28Z")
Since we have established that the lyrics may not be entirely accurate I am just gonna throw this out there because it fits your description of the music: [Paris Hilton - Stars are Blind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icpqB22c4G8) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/14 "2014-11-24T18:11:59Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > 1. Lyrics: “_I know / We are / Two of / A kind …_”. A breezy, breathy female voice over very herky-jerky music. The music seems to have loads of brief, half-note pauses all throughout it (the slashes in the lyrics above are pauses). The music has an “island” feel as in “Carribean island” – but is not reggae-like at all. No steel drums, nothing like that. It’s the pacing and “feel” of the piece that is “island”, not the instrumentation or genre. The woman’s singing, to me, sounds kind of throwback, like a 1950s singer singing something contemporary. OK, this one ID’d now that I checked it out carefully on YouTube - it is, in fact, Basia’s “Baby You’re Mine”. Googling the lyrics led me to that song early on, but when I played it on YouTube initially, I only listened to the first 30 seconds or so and dismissed it. The part that stuck in my ear is about 1:15 into the song. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-songs-heard-in-drugstore-googling-lyrics-no-help/704963/15 "2014-11-24T18:17:16Z")
> [@Tess](#): > > The country one \*might \*be Keith Urban’s [Sweet Thing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgCdd0Db_fM). > > The words ‘two in the morning’ aren’t used, but depending on how noisy the store is, something could have been muddled. Thanks for trying – YouTube says no, though.