# It's driving me nuts... what's this song, and who's it by? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050 "2009-01-13T06:09:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/1 "2009-01-13T06:09:06Z")
'Nuff said. I even e-mailed the radio show host to find out… never heard back. Please, someone tell me who’s responsible for this earworm… > **[Google Sites: Sign-in](https://accounts.google.com/v3/signin/identifier?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fsites%2Fsystem%2Ferrors%2FWebspaceNotFound%3Fpath%3D%2Fwhatsthissong%2F&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fsite%2Fsites%2Fsystem%2Ferrors%2FWebspaceNotFound%3Fpath%3D%2Fwhatsthissong%2F&ifkv=AYZoVhcZFGuaW4heIKbSpmWhHyDH-gUhw0UZXI3BBWfEy6o6fOqf1jyp47mMM5mVynh9rNlFPh65&passive=1209600&service=jotspot&flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=ServiceLogin&dsh=S721817911%3A1696154987005455&theme=glif)** > > Access Google Sites with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use). I know it looks kind of sketch, but I didn’t know how else to upload a song… ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/2 "2009-01-13T06:51:54Z")
seriously? that sounds like something done on a cheap keyboard, probably made for the show itself. the sound is pretty bad though so maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/3 "2009-01-13T07:17:39Z")
I can’t tell you what song it is, but the beat puts me in mind of the music the Mexican Homies were playing in Napoleon Dynamite when they pulled up to pick him up for the prom. So maybe you’re making a connection? ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/4 "2009-01-13T07:28:23Z")
yes, the sound is bad, because I used my handheld digital recorder. I think it sounds like Beck… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/5 "2009-01-13T13:55:22Z")
Most likely rights-free production music. Radio stations don’t usually use identifiable songs for PSA, canned announcements, etc. They buy pre-packaged song CDs that they can play without additional licensing fees. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/6 "2009-01-13T14:42:07Z")
Call The Zone. They’ll probably know. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/7 "2009-01-13T16:18:04Z")
Okay. Consider this a Doper challenge… with all the music aficionados on this board, somebody should be able to ID that song. **RealityChuck** , it definitely is a real song. I’ve heard it somewhere else before. All of their bumper music is real. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/8 "2009-01-13T17:09:04Z")
Won’t play for me. I tried with Winamp and WMP. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/9 "2009-01-13T17:21:49Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > It’s driving me nuts In my mind, this statement is always accompanied by a deep, growling “AARRRGGGH.” and a mental image of a pirate with a ship’s helm attached to the front of his trousers. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/10 "2009-01-13T18:18:53Z")
Why? Why do you do this to me? I thought hippies were suppose to be kind, damn you. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/11 "2009-01-13T18:42:37Z")
Does the tune go: Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah baaah Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah baaah Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah baaah Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah Bah bah bah bah bah Bah bah bah baaah Bah bah bah bah bah Bah bah bah baaaah Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah baaah Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah baaah. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/12 "2009-01-13T18:51:37Z")
It’s [“Don’t You Evah” by Spoon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyhYVMRI5BU). ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/13 "2009-01-13T19:08:32Z")
Good ears **duality72**. Now I’m just trying to figure where/when I’ve heard this song. The part from the radio bump sounds so familiar, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard the actual song before. Weird. Oh well, at least I won’t have to jam a pencil in my ear by the end of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/14 "2009-01-13T21:01:03Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > It’s [“Don’t You Evah” by Spoon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyhYVMRI5BU). duality72 RULES!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-driving-me-nuts-whats-this-song-and-whos-it-by/481050/15 "2009-01-13T21:07:48Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > It’s [“Don’t You Evah” by Spoon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyhYVMRI5BU). :smack: And this is probably the one time I regret not having speakers hooked up to my work computer. I have a few Spoon albums on my iPod and would probably have figured that out. (Alternately, if I’d clicked on it this morning before I left for work…)