# Please identify the song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-the-song/720252 "2015-05-17T18:08:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-the-song/720252/1 "2015-05-17T18:08:09Z")
Playing quietly in the background [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maHAlaN3McM) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-the-song/720252/2 "2015-05-17T18:36:45Z")
Do you mean _My Way_, by Frank Sinatra, or the meandering nebulous noodling before it? ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-the-song/720252/3 "2015-05-17T18:54:24Z")
Ummm, the meanering nebulous noodling. It’s a standard from the forties or fifties I think. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-the-song/720252/4 "2015-05-17T20:43:05Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Ummm, the meanering nebulous noodling. It’s a standard from the forties or fifties I think. Yeah, I just hear noodling. Any “real” song would have cost a fortune to license and even more to get onto a DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-the-song/720252/5 "2015-05-17T20:44:11Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > Yeah, I just hear noodling. Any “real” song would have cost a fortune to license and even more to get onto a DVD. Oh, and near the end of the scene here’s Sinatra doing “My Way”… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-the-song/720252/6 "2015-05-17T20:48:16Z")
The recurring melody that I can make out sounds kind of like “Dream a Little Dream of Me” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-the-song/720252/7 "2015-05-17T21:01:48Z")
Here’s a soundtrack listing for the episode. > **["Mad Men" The Strategy (TV Episode 2014) - Soundtracks - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3709286/soundtrack/?ref_=tt_ql_trv_7)** > > "Mad Men" The Strategy (TV Episode 2014) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... I think it’s this: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xZqWY6M1Ovg/hqdefault.jpg "LOS INDIOS TABAJARAS Maria Elena.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZqWY6M1Ovg) ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-the-song/720252/8 "2015-05-17T21:05:40Z")
[quote=“Peter\_Morris, post:7, topic:720252”] Here’s a soundtrack listing for the episode. > **["Mad Men" The Strategy (TV Episode 2014) - Soundtracks - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3709286/soundtrack/?ref_=tt_ql_trv_7)** > > "Mad Men" The Strategy (TV Episode 2014) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... I think it’s this: [/QUOTE] I think you’re right! (But “Maria Elena” does have a distinct melodic echo of “Dream a Little Dream of Me” that I never noticed before). ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-the-song/720252/9 "2015-05-17T21:57:33Z")
[quote=“Peter\_Morris, post:7, topic:720252”] Here’s a soundtrack listing for the episode. > **["Mad Men" The Strategy (TV Episode 2014) - Soundtracks - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3709286/soundtrack/?ref_=tt_ql_trv_7)** > > "Mad Men" The Strategy (TV Episode 2014) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... I think it’s this: [/QUOTE] Thanks Peter!