# Identify this 80s dance song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243 "2004-09-27T03:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/1 "2004-09-27T03:14:00Z")
I think its from the 80s; female vocalist. All I remember is this: “Can you hear me” “Can you hear me” (sort of echoed) then something about “running through the night” or something. I’m pretty sure this song has been DJed up a few types in dance mixes. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/2 "2004-09-27T03:18:12Z")
Female vocalist? Not Mike and the Mechanics and “Silent Running”? [Lyrics here](http://mike-and-the-mechanics.lyrics-songs.com/lyrics/26167/) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/3 "2004-09-27T04:56:11Z")
“Words” by Missing Persons? ---
**Author:** ![DVsickgirlDV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DVsickgirlDV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVsickgirlDV)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/4 "2004-09-27T05:07:35Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > “Words” by Missing Persons? The opening to this song goes: Do you hear me? Do you care? Probably not it… ? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/5 "2004-09-27T05:47:36Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Female vocalist? Not Mike and the Mechanics and “Silent Running”? > > [Lyrics here](http://mike-and-the-mechanics.lyrics-songs.com/lyrics/26167/) Sounds like the OP is talking about Silent Running to me as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lodoen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@Jeff\_Lodoen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lodoen)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/6 "2004-09-27T07:49:40Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > Sounds like the OP is talking about Silent Running to me as well. Possible. A quick AMG look shows a cover by “Sandra”. She was the singer for Enigma, her husband’s group. You may have heard the ‘new age’ hit Sadeness; that was her. The only other cover I see was by “Allan Mcloud” on an electronica compilation. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/7 "2004-09-27T14:02:25Z")
Here’s another possibility. “Flavor of the Month” by [The Posies](http://lyrics.duble.com/P/posieslyrics/posiesflavorofthemonthlyrics.htm). I just heard this song on Live 365 and it could be the song, although I wouldn’t call it a dance song. It’s also from 1993. I believe the singer is male, but the voice is high-pitched. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/8 "2004-09-27T16:09:16Z")
I instantly thought of this mouldy old tune. Possibly there’s a dance mix I am sailing, I am sailing, home again 'cross the sea, I am sailing stormy waters, To be near you, to be free. I am flying, I am flying, Like a bird 'cross the sky I am flying, passing high clouds To be with you, to be free. **Can you hear me, can you hear me Thro’ the dark night far away** I am dying, forever trying, To be with you who can say. We are sailing, we are sailing, Home again 'cross the sea We are sailing stormy waters To be near you, to be free. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/9 "2004-09-27T16:12:57Z")
That “Silent Running” song looks promising, but I’m at school right now so I can’t verify. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/10 "2004-09-27T16:16:35Z")
BTW, that song is called ‘Sailing.’ It’s been recorded by Leo Sayer and Rod Stewart and possibly others. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/11 "2004-09-27T19:15:52Z")
I’d like to point out that neither **Sailing** nor **Slient Running** are _dance_ songs from the 80s. Just because it was on the radio in the 80s doesn’t make it a dance song, kids. ::scratching head:: How would you dance to either of those songs? I don’t think I could slow dance to either of those songs… ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/12 "2004-09-27T19:19:28Z")
Sailing was originally recorded by the Sutherland brothers, and not a lot of people know that. Song in question is ‘Running with the night’ Lionel Ritchie, he does the ‘can you hear me’ bit as an ad-lib and its not in the official lyrics ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/13 "2004-09-27T19:24:19Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > How would you dance to either of those songs? Pish tosh. As a high schooler in the 80s, I danced in a very uncoordinated and spastic way to things much less danceable than Mike and the Mechanics! ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/14 "2004-09-27T19:29:25Z")
My guess? How about - **Our Lips Are Sealed** by the Go-Go’s, IIRC - the words start with “Can you hear me” or maybe “can you hear them”. Definately a female singer and definately a dance song from the 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![DVsickgirlDV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DVsickgirlDV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVsickgirlDV)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/15 "2004-09-27T19:37:37Z")
> [@Reloy3](#): > > My guess? How about - **Our Lips Are Sealed** by the Go-Go’s, IIRC - the words start with “Can you hear me” or maybe “can you hear them”. Definately a female singer and definately a dance song from the 80’s. Still doubtful… opening is: Can you hear them? They’re talking about us Telling lies Well that’s a surprise no echoes, and nothing else about the night time. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/16 "2004-09-28T00:22:41Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > I’d like to point out that neither **Sailing** nor **Slient Running** are _dance_ songs from the 80s. Just because it was on the radio in the 80s doesn’t make it a dance song, kids… which is why I added the words “maybe there’s a dance mix.” ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/17 "2004-09-30T20:14:38Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > I’d like to point out that neither **Sailing** nor **Slient Running** are _dance_ songs from the 80s. Just because it was on the radio in the 80s doesn’t make it a dance song, kids. > > ::scratching head:: > > How would you dance to either of those songs? I don’t think I could slow dance to either of those songs… Unless we’re still not in agreement on the right song, I’d certainly say the song I’m thinking of in my OP is a dance song. And it’s not the Go-Go’s. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/18 "2004-09-30T20:34:10Z")
Maybe it’s [Kiss the Rain](http://www.lyrics007.com/Billie%20Myers%20Lyrics/Kiss%20the%20Rain%20Lyrics.html)? I know it’s not an 80’s song, but there’s been a “dance remix” (I use the term loosely, since it’s the same song played a tiny bit faster with a techno backbeat) of this playing at the gym a lot lately. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/19 "2004-09-30T20:44:07Z")
The first thing I thought of was “Bad Connection” by Yaz. Although the lyrics are bit different and there is nothing about running through the night, it is a dance hit of the 80’s and has a female vocalist (the wonderful Alison Moyet). Probably not, but worth a shot. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243/20 "2004-09-30T20:47:45Z")
[Linky Loo](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Bad-Connection-lyrics-Yaz/E6131945C31C07814825697300081CBB) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-dance-song/266243.md?page=2)