# Long shot, but can help me identify this song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414 "2016-06-03T19:34:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teddybound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@teddybound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teddybound)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/1 "2016-06-03T19:34:03Z")
I have no sample or whatsoever… it’s an old song - probably 70s or 80s I guess… Singer is not that famous - this is the only song I know done by the singer… Goes something like Johnny Hertz or something like that… The melody is very catchy and goes something like wanting to go back in time I heard this song early today and even googled the name… but now at home - it slipped my mind and I am dying from the curiosity to recall the name again. Any help or wild guesses appreciated! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![yearofglad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b782af/32.png) [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/2 "2016-06-03T19:37:49Z")
I can’t really help except to say that if you heard it on the radio, some radio stations keep a log of their playlist on their website, so you could review the playlist around the time you were listening and probably figure it out that way. What style of music was it? Long shot: was it “Take This Job and Shove It” by Johnny Paycheck? I would like it to be. Happy Friday. Also, you can view your browser history, usually with Ctrl+H although different browsers may be different, and see what you Googled earlier today. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/3 "2016-06-03T19:49:20Z")
**Moderator Action** Moving thread from General Questions to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/4 "2016-06-03T19:58:52Z")
Are you saying the singer’s name sounds something like Johnny Hertz? Here’s my WAG - Ah Leah! by Donnie Iris. ETA: I’m assuming it’s not as simple as Back in Time by Huey Lewis. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/5 "2016-06-03T22:28:53Z")
That Bon Jovi song. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/6 "2016-06-03T23:16:24Z")
[_I Wanna Go Back_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0JqC2UDpoE) by Eddie Money? (1986) ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/7 "2016-06-04T00:52:36Z")
_Rio_ by Duran Duran? I heard it about 20 minutes ago. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/8 "2016-06-04T02:41:55Z")
\*Heroin Girl \*by Everclear mentions wanting to go back in time… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/9 "2016-06-04T03:09:57Z")
_Time Passages_, by Al Stewart? ---
**Author:** ![teddybound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@teddybound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teddybound)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/10 "2016-06-04T05:54:25Z")
Thanks for the replies, but sadly not those mentioned… It’s sung by a guy - and it’s not Johnny Hertz but the name sounds something like that… I am sure the song is famous! Another clue - the song title is the first sentence of the chorus… if it helps? ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/11 "2016-06-04T11:41:54Z")
Could it be Jim Croce’s Time in a Bottle? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/12 "2016-06-04T11:52:42Z")
Pop tune? Folkie? How do the guitars sound? ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/13 "2016-06-04T13:52:44Z")
Johnny Hates Jazz “[Turn Back The Clock](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51NAFhGDIYw)”? ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/14 "2016-06-04T19:39:58Z")
Tyrone Davis’s Turn Back the Hands of Time? ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/15 "2016-06-05T02:47:21Z")
Try googling any part of the lyrics that you remember in quotes and then add “lyrics”. I once found a 70’s song that I only remembered two words from and found it. I was very pleased with myself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/16 "2016-06-05T21:59:17Z")
> [@teddybound](#): > > I heard this song early today and even googled the name… but now at home - it slipped my mind and I am dying from the curiosity to recall the name again. If you were signed in to Google, you might be able to search your history and find your previous attempt to find this song. If you heard the song on YouTube, just go to your history there and scroll down until you find it. If you heard it on the radio, most radio stations now put their playlists online. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/17 "2016-06-05T23:01:42Z")
> [@yearofglad](#): > > Also, you can view your browser history, usually with Ctrl+H although different browsers may be different, and see what you Googled earlier today. This apparently bears repeating. If you googled it before, the answer is in your browser history. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/18 "2016-06-05T23:28:35Z")
_ **’65 Love Affair** _ by Paul Davis is from 1982, is catchy and mentions going back in time. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/19 "2016-06-06T05:35:45Z")
_I wanna go back To my little grass shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii!_ ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414/20 "2016-06-06T09:45:56Z")
The only thing that fits about this is that the melody is catchy and it contains the phrase “going back” but… [Never Going Back Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKj1EFeU-cM)? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414.md?page=2)