# Name This Tune

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/2596>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 17, 1999, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/2596 "1999-08-17T16:20:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![GasDr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@GasDr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GasDr)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 1999, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/2596/1 "1999-08-17T16:20:00Z")

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I recently heard a relatively new song on the radio. I missed the name of the song and the singer. Name this tune (via some of the lyrics).

No matter what I say  
No mater what I do  
I would never do bad things to you  
I was looking for an invitation  
blah blah blah etc…

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Pete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pete)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 1999, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/2596/2 "1999-08-17T16:40:00Z")

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That could be one of about 10,000 songs with the same lyrics.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 1999, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/2596/3 "1999-08-17T16:43:00Z")

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Right on Pete.

Anyway, just cut & paste some lyrics into any search engine & presto! The answer.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 1999, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/2596/4 "1999-08-18T05:21:00Z")

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Sounds kinda like ‘Out of my Head’ by Fastball. If it is, you’ve got the lyrics a little garbled, though.

‘Don’t matter what I say, only what I do  
I never mean to do bad things to you’

## The ‘invitation’ bit is actually before that part, not after.

‘They couldn’t hit an Elephant from this dist…!’

Last words of General John Sedgwick

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**Author:** ![GasDr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@GasDr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GasDr)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 1999, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/2596/5 "1999-08-18T05:46:00Z")

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THAT’S IT! Thanks.

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**Author:** ![beefymeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@beefymeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beefymeg)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 1999, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/2596/6 "1999-08-17T19:49:00Z")

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…and it’s not “invitation,” it’s “indication.” That song was stuck in my head for three straight weeks last month (see some of my previous posts), but it’s a great in-the-car sing-along song.

I hear the rest of the album is decent, too.