# Obscure Song Hunt **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495 "2006-12-09T19:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/1 "2006-12-09T19:49:13Z")
I have a song I’m looking for: Early 90’s (circa 1992-1994) Not even a one-hit wonder girl group or female singer (so no, it’s not Carly Simon) Think pop like Bangles or Bananarama About a breakup and she is sitting/waiting/standing/something by his gate. Almost stalkerish I’ve been trying for 6 months and no one seems to find it. If you don’t know, do you at least have an idea of who to contact like a radio station that specialized in late 80s early 90s or someone who is an expert in the field? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/2 "2006-12-09T19:58:13Z")
Was it “Missing” by Everything But The Girl? [Lyrics here. Annoying runabout ad, too.](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/coldfeet/missingtoddterryclubmix.htm) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/3 "2006-12-09T22:55:15Z")
Moved to Cafe Society, our home for the Arts. **samclem** ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/4 "2006-12-10T03:06:26Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] Was it “Missing” by Everything But The Girl? [/QUOTE] Nope. That and the Carly Simon song are the two that EVERYONE sends me to. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/5 "2006-12-10T03:24:22Z")
[“Insensitive” by Jann Arden?](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/jann+arden/insensitive_20069926.html) Maybe too acoustic. [“Stay” by Shakespear’s Sister?](http://www.lyricsdownload.com/shakespear-s-sister-stay-lyrics.html) Maybe too goth. You have piqued my interest. I am the Boston-to-NYC undefeated champ of “Name that Tune” and my Google-fu is strong. Please, give me as much information as you have. One lyric and I’d probably get it from memory. Who does this band sound like? What songs does their sound resemble? Are you SURE it was the 90’s? Are you SURE she/they were one-hit wonders? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/6 "2006-12-10T03:59:06Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] [“Insensitive” by Jann Arden?](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/jann+arden/insensitive_20069926.html) Maybe too acoustic. [“Stay” by Shakespear’s Sister?](http://www.lyricsdownload.com/shakespear-s-sister-stay-lyrics.html) Maybe too goth. [/QUOTE] No lyrics available except for some implication that she is by his gate (or maybe driveway). It’s for my girlfriend and she adds that it was 1992 to 1994 in Antelope Valley, California. The group never even made it to one-hit wonder status but this song did get some airtime for about two weeks. It wasn’t quite bubblegum pop, she compares it more to the girl singers/groups that Prince started in the 80’s. I’ll try those other two songs and see if they’re the ones. If you can get this, I owe you a beer next time you’re in L.A. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/7 "2006-12-10T04:28:36Z")
[Hmmm standing & waiting](http://home.comcast.net/~cpeek001/LM.mp3) ( 3 meg mp3) 😉 [Or in the original German](http://home.comcast.net/~cpeek001/LMG.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/8 "2006-12-10T06:17:51Z")
I had no idea Lili von Shtupp was based on Marlene Dietrich. Well, whaddaya know. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/9 "2006-12-10T07:48:05Z")
I’m going wayyyy out on a limb here, but could it be a Lush song? I’m thinking of lyrics that maybe sound similar, though they’re not quite on, something like _500 (Shake Baby Shake)_? Just lines like “looking now at your famous shape, they don’t make them like you anymore” and later she sings about “I can’t be with you so I’m at the railway station” - yeah, I know, way out there, I’m just thinking of lyrics that may have been jumbled or misunderstood over the years, and thinking of a song that has her waiting… Anyway, probably not, but worth a shot in the dark, I guess. I remember you started a thread like this before, and it’s been bugging me ever since (else I dreamed it up). Now I _must_ know the answer, as well! :eek: On preview: No, it’s probably not. _500_ was released on _Lovelife_, which came out in early 1996. But I’ll leave the idea out there. I don’t recall Lush ever hitting it huge on this side of the pod, though I could be mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/10 "2006-12-10T08:14:14Z")
I doubt it’s Stay, here’s a [link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2BnXhLlLz8) to the video though. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/11 "2006-12-10T08:20:35Z")
Huh, the only pop group from early-90s AV is All-4-One\*, but that wouldn’t be a female singing, then. I’m intrigued, as well. \*I only know because I live here, not because I’d actually be caught dead listening to it. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/12 "2006-12-10T11:39:13Z")
shakespeare’s sister? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/13 "2006-12-10T11:40:16Z")
[QUOTE=Common Tater] shakespeare’s sister? [/QUOTE] As I said, I doubt it. Check the link in my post number 10. It isn’t the song at all. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/14 "2006-12-10T14:56:02Z")
Cyndi Lauper’s cover of “I Drove All Night?” This is killing me. Was it a group? Was it a new-jill-swing kind of sound or an R&B kind of sound? Was the artist from CA or was that just where she heard the song? On what station did she hear the song? That will help me narrow down formats. And please, see if you can shake even one lyric out of her. Are the words “gate” or “driveway” in the song? Was it guitar-driven? Synth-driven? Were there harmonies? Strings? You, sir or madam, are ruining my studies. Help a pup out over here. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-song-hunt/383495/15 "2006-12-10T19:22:39Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] Cyndi Lauper’s cover of “I Drove All Night?” Was it a group? Was it a new-jill-swing kind of sound or an R&B kind of sound? [/QUOTE] She doesn’t remember. She knows that it was a woman but concedes that it could be a girl group. As for style, the Bangles. > [@](#): > > Was the artist from CA or was that just where she heard the song? On what station did she hear the song? That will help me narrow down formats. It was the (yes “THE” not “a”) rock station in Lancaster. I don’t think it was a local band, just a song that had a little success but didn’t get up to hit status. > [@](#): > > And please, see if you can shake even one lyric out of her. > Are the words “gate” or “driveway” in the song? I’ve tried. Normally when she does this, I get one lyric and can find the song in a few minutes. I’m thinking of taking her into hypnosis to remember. > [@](#): > > Was it guitar-driven? Synth-driven? Were there harmonies? Strings? Typical love song of that time. There were only what? 30 billion of them at that time? :smack: > [@](#): > > You, sir or madam, are ruining my studies. It’s been ruining mine for six months and this is the only one I havn’t been able to track down. Thanks for the help.