# Is this the same band?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-same-band/15284>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 29, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-same-band/15284 "2000-03-29T19:45:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![saucy\_potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saucy\_potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucy_potato)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-same-band/15284/1 "2000-03-30T06:32:00Z")

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I have an old 80’s song stuck in my head.

‘I was only dreaming,  
I was only trying to catch your eye.  
I was only wishing you would notice me,  
instead you said goodbye.’

Now, is it by the same band that sings this song?

‘I touch you once,  
I touch you twice,  
I won’t let go at any price…’

If so, who is it by? Nobody ever seems to know the song I’m talking about. I didn’t think it was that obscure…

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‘When I feel friendship for you, I am ashamed.’

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**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-same-band/15284/2 "2000-03-30T06:35:00Z")

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Not too sure of the first one but the second is OMD, or Orchestral Manuevers in the Dark.

The song was a big hit after being on the Pretty in Pink soundtrack. (My all-time fave 80’s movie BTW).

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I am not deliciously saucy.

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**Author:** ![Havoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Havoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Havoc)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-same-band/15284/3 "2000-03-30T06:41:00Z")

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The first song is “Dreaming”, also by OMD.

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**Author:** ![saucy\_potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saucy\_potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucy_potato)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-same-band/15284/4 "2000-03-29T19:45:00Z")

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Yay! Thankyou both. Now I know what to look for.  
🙂