# ID this melody

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-melody/419791>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 19, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-melody/419791 "2007-09-19T21:38:44Z")\
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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:** [September 19, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-melody/419791/1 "2007-09-19T21:38:44Z")

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I wanted to avoid having to ask this, as I usually manage to figure these things out on my own, but I’m completely stumped this time.

There is a car commercial playing here that has this simple melody playing on it, which sounds desperately familiar to me.

I have [made a midi file](http://www.guanolad.com/stuff/whatmusic.midi) via the Melodyhound website which is pretty close, though I’m not very musical so it might be better if you listen to the original ad - the Honda Accord Euro Tourer ad [linked from here](http://www.honda.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/internet/Honda.com.au/Home/Showroom/Accord+Euro/Gallery/?show=false).

It’s just a simple tune, and it sounds like it’s only a small part of a much larger song, but then I may be misremembering even that.

Can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-melody/419791/2 "2007-09-19T21:54:22Z")

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Sure sounds a whole lot like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdFWa_OgciI) (the opening part that is, repeated several times).

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-melody/419791/3 "2007-09-19T21:56:06Z")

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ArchiveGuy’s got it.

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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:** [September 19, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-melody/419791/4 "2007-09-19T21:57:14Z")

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Doggone, Archive Guy, you’re right. It does! And that’s probably exactly what it is!

Thanks.