# Song ID help please? popular song with melody like "Lift Every Voice and Sing" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-please-popular-song-with-melody-like-lift-every-voice-and-sing/808411 "2018-02-08T03:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-please-popular-song-with-melody-like-lift-every-voice-and-sing/808411/1 "2018-02-08T03:13:36Z")
Song ID help please? I’m really not very familiar with current music, classical is more my thing. Recently, in the store, I heard on the radio a popular song with a chorus that uses a melody very similar to “Lift Every Voice and Sing”: The first time I heard it I thought “that’s a tune I know”. Then when I heard it again I recognized several lines that sound like “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, with just a few variants. It’s a male singer–maybe Bruno Mars? It reminded me a little of his “When I was your man.” I don’t remember any of the words but I think it was a love song. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-please-popular-song-with-melody-like-lift-every-voice-and-sing/808411/2 "2018-02-10T05:50:55Z")
I heard it on the radio again tonight, came across it while changing channels. It’s the chorus of “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran, which must be quite popular right now–when i moved on to another channel it came up again. Looking at the chords, both songs use combinations / variations of C B G Em.