# Looking for the title of a song... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620 "2008-02-21T21:09:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/1 "2008-02-21T21:09:58Z")
I don’t know anything about it, other than it was played at either Cleveland Indians or Colorado Rockies games this past post-season. All I really know is that it made the crowd go “OOH!” then “AH!” – not long ooohs and ahhhs, but a quick rhytmic OOH, then AH. God, I’m not making any sense. Hopefully someone knows what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/2 "2008-02-21T21:12:48Z")
More… Singer: \ Crowd: OOH…AH Singer: \ Crowd: OOH…AH And so on… ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/3 "2008-02-21T21:47:26Z")
Is it Jim Croce’s **The Faces I’ve Been**? _That’s the sound of the men, working on the chain gang_ _Oh…Ah_ ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/4 "2008-02-21T21:49:59Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] Is it Jim Croce’s **The Faces I’ve Been**? _That’s the sound of the men, working on the chain gang_ _Oh…Ah_ [/QUOTE] Let me listen to that Croce song and I’ll post back. It’s the same sharp OOH, AH as in the chain gang song… ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/5 "2008-02-21T22:03:10Z")
My first thought was Back on the Chain Gang, the Pretenders ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/6 "2008-02-21T22:59:28Z")
Not the Gary Glitter… ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/7 "2008-02-21T23:20:46Z")
David Bowie’s “Suffragette City”? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/8 "2008-02-22T00:01:31Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] David Bowie’s “Suffragette City”? [/QUOTE] Oldie? Five O’Clock World/The Vogues? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/9 "2008-02-22T01:02:34Z")
The theme from _The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly_? ---
**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/10 "2008-02-22T10:14:36Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] I don’t know anything about it, other than it was played at either Cleveland Indians or Colorado Rockies games this past post-season. All I really know is that it made the crowd go “OOH!” then “AH!” – not long ooohs and ahhhs, but a quick rhytmic OOH, then AH. God, I’m not making any sense. Hopefully someone knows what I’m talking about. [/QUOTE] I think I recall hearing this on football (i.e. soccer) matches broadcast on radio in the UK. Is it “Hey Baby”? > **[Bruce Channel - Hey Baby lyrics | LyricsFreak](https://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/alabama/hey+baby_20005073.html)** > > Read or print original Hey Baby lyrics 2026 updated! Heyyyyy, hey baby! / I want to know if you'll be my girl / Heyyyyy, hey baby! / I want ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/11 "2008-02-22T11:06:11Z")
[QUOTE=Ellef] I think I recall hearing this on football (i.e. soccer) matches broadcast on radio in the UK. Is it “Hey Baby”? > **[Bruce Channel - Hey Baby lyrics | LyricsFreak](https://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/alabama/hey+baby_20005073.html)** > > Read or print original Hey Baby lyrics 2026 updated! Heyyyyy, hey baby! / I want to know if you'll be my girl / Heyyyyy, hey baby! / I want [/QUOTE] That’s the one which immediately sprang to my mind. The aural equivalent of waterboarding. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/12 "2008-02-22T13:19:10Z")
[QUOTE=Ellef] I think I recall hearing this on football (i.e. soccer) matches broadcast on radio in the UK. Is it “Hey Baby”? > **[Bruce Channel - Hey Baby lyrics | LyricsFreak](https://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/alabama/hey+baby_20005073.html)** > > Read or print original Hey Baby lyrics 2026 updated! Heyyyyy, hey baby! / I want to know if you'll be my girl / Heyyyyy, hey baby! / I want [/QUOTE] That’s it! Thank you very much! ---
**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-title-of-a-song/438620/13 "2008-02-22T13:25:19Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] That’s it! Thank you very much! [/QUOTE] You’re welcome - I just wish I didn’t have it stuck in my head now!