# Identify this song, please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/698051 "2014-09-10T03:13:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/698051/1 "2014-09-10T03:13:52Z")
Heard on the radio today. Good driving guitar work. One part of it has what sounds like synth drums that do a fast roll, stop abruptly, but preceded (or possibly followed) by by high voices yelling “ow!”, or maybe “oh!”; so sort of like "Oh! ::fast roll-stop:: Oh! repeat. In part of the song it seems they’re repeating the word “slow”, especially at the end of the tune. I think I also heard a lyric about “put a left foot forward”. I’m sure somebody will nail this immediately from my clear description. :o ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/698051/2 "2014-09-10T03:30:02Z")
Well, there’s no guitar at all, but this fits the rest: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hQKVc-DnqI) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/698051/3 "2014-09-10T03:39:36Z")
Not even close, I’m afraid, but thanks for trying. This is definitely a rock song and could even be from the 80s with that synth sound. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/698051/4 "2014-09-10T03:56:46Z")
[Is this it?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/698051/5 "2014-09-10T04:08:57Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > [Is this it?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) Oooooh, you’re an evil bastard! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/698051/6 "2014-09-10T04:16:14Z")
Could it possibly be [Ghost, by The Presets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di5AT4MI6BY)? Not much guitar in this one, but it sounds like it might meet the rest of the criteria… ETA: Never mind…that’s the same song that was in \*\*TruCelt’s \*\*link. Are you sure you don’t want to change your answer? ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/698051/7 "2014-09-10T04:18:15Z")
[QUOTE=Son of a Rich] Is this it? [/QUOTE] Reported. j/k 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/698051/8 "2014-09-10T12:45:17Z")
[The Stroke](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69fPof-ZTnU) by Billy Squier? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/698051/9 "2014-09-10T13:59:25Z")
> [@Number](#): > > [The Stroke](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69fPof-ZTnU) by Billy Squier? Bingo! “Stroke”, not “slow”. Even cranked up in the car, I couldn’t make out the word. At least I got the decade right. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/698051/10 "2014-09-10T14:12:31Z")
This Board never ceases to amaze and amuse me!Well Done!