# Id this \[Robbie Robertson?\] song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981 "2013-10-22T23:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/1 "2013-10-22T23:34:49Z")
One of the B-52 girls sang part of it, mostly toward the end, as I recall. I can’t find anything with Robertson and Cindy or Kate, though, so I could be confusing that with something else. I’m reasonably sure it probably mid to late 1990s, after “Somewhere Down the Lazy River.” Maybe it’s not Robertson, but I’m reasonably sure it was one of the B-52s, who also contributed some vocals. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/2 "2013-10-22T23:55:30Z")
Shiny Happy People by REM? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/3 "2013-10-23T00:14:18Z")
Thanks, but no. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/4 "2013-10-23T00:17:22Z")
“Candy” by Iggy Pop? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6bLOjmY--TA/maxresdefault.jpg "Iggy Pop - Candy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bLOjmY--TA) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/5 "2013-10-23T00:19:51Z")
Never mind, I misread the OP ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/6 "2013-10-23T00:23:50Z")
Well, isn’t that embarrassing! I had thought that “Somewhere Down a Lazy River” had male background vocals. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/7 "2013-10-23T00:25:54Z")
I thought you were looking for _Somewhere Down The Crazy River_, not a song that came out after it. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/8 "2013-10-23T00:54:09Z")
So, it wasn’t “Candy”? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/9 "2013-10-23T01:15:56Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Well, isn’t that embarrassing! I had thought that “Somewhere Down a Lazy River” had male background vocals. It did. From the lead singer of The Bodeans. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/10 "2015-07-10T01:58:58Z")
How doubly embarrassing! Sorry, **Accidental Martyr** , yes, you were correct. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/11 "2015-07-10T02:25:16Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > How doubly embarrassing! Sorry, **Accidental Martyr** , yes, you were correct. Woo hoo! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/12 "2015-07-10T02:54:51Z")
Why do you always end up down at Nick’s Cafe? ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-robbie-robertson-song/671981/13 "2015-07-10T04:20:38Z")
I don’t know, the wind just kind of pushed me this way. (That’s a really good album.)