# Song ID help - with bonus little to go on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325 "2009-08-04T19:40:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MishMash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@MishMash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MishMash)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/1 "2009-08-04T19:40:31Z")
I’m trying very hard to remember a song from the late 90s. It’s an alternative song with a female singer, kind of melancholy. I don’t really remember any lyrics but I think she says something about waiting for a stupid man who doesn’t understand her and maybe something about being on her knees. Any help or leads would be tremendously appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/2 "2009-08-04T19:46:13Z")
Nothing about “lying naked on the floor”? Possibly [Torn](http://www.mp3lyrics.org/n/natalie-imbruglia/torn/), recorded by Natalie Imbruglia and released in 1998? ---
**Author:** ![MishMash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@MishMash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MishMash)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/3 "2009-08-04T19:51:47Z")
No. I think it may be a more obscure song. The radio station I listened to played more obscure stuff. WDST in upstate NY if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/4 "2009-08-04T20:07:15Z")
Could it be [Ricochet in Time](http://www.mp3lyrics.org/s/shawn-colvin/ricochet/) by Shawn Colvin? (Except that that’s late 80’s, I believe). ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/5 "2009-08-04T20:36:31Z")
Fade into You - Mazzy Star Stupid Girl - Garbage Not an Addict - K’s Choice Angel - Massive Attack 6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps All is Full of Love - Bjork Lot More - Portishead Any of these close? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/6 "2009-08-04T20:44:36Z")
That honestly sounds like every 90s alternative song sung by women. I’ll try to think of some that haven’t been mentioned yet. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/7 "2009-08-05T01:00:36Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > That honestly sounds like every 90s alternative song sung by women. That’s what I was thinking! Did it have a thin melody and no rhythm section? ---
**Author:** ![MishMash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@MishMash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MishMash)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/8 "2009-08-05T03:00:36Z")
Its not any songs that have been mentioned. I know it sounds so very 90s chick rock cliche. I even went through every performer who played the Lilith Fair. The melody was very basic I don’t remember much about the rhythm. I want to say it was kind of acoustic. It didn’t have as much instrumentation as the songs that have been mentioned so far. ---
**Author:** ![Satsuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@Satsuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satsuma)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/9 "2009-08-05T03:40:02Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t really remember any lyrics but I think she says something about waiting for a stupid man who doesn’t understand her and maybe something about being on her knees. Maybe Frente’s cover of “[Bizarre Love Triangle](http://www.lyrics.com/lyrics/frente/bizarre-love-triangle.html)”? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/10 "2009-08-05T04:49:01Z")
Maybe A Sorta Fairytale by Tori Amos? Except she never specifically says the guy is stupid or anything about being on her knees. Then again I really have no idea what she’s singing about in that song but it sounds purdy. ---
**Author:** ![Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dilton_Doiley_Philosopher_King)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/11 "2009-08-05T12:46:31Z")
> [@MishMash](#): > > and maybe something about being on her knees. > > Any help or leads would be tremendously appreciated. [QUOTE=Jewel] This is my heart bleeding before you, This is me down on my knees [/QUOTE] Perhaps “Foolish Games” by Jewel? ---
**Author:** ![MishMash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@MishMash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MishMash)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/12 "2009-08-05T14:38:08Z")
I appreciate all of the guesses. I don’t think the was is that mainstream. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/13 "2009-08-05T15:02:11Z")
In the Arms of an Angel - Sarah Maclachlan? “It’s easier to believe in this sweet madness oh This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees” I May Know the Word Lyrics - Natalie Merchant? “If I’m on my knees, I’m begging now If I’m on my knees gropin’ in the dark” Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - Indigo Girls? Good God man! Are you going to make us Google the term “knee” for every 90s female alternative singer songwriter?! ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/14 "2009-08-05T15:23:36Z")
My guess: [#1 Crush](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=locBtYh90-0) by Garbage? Not very Lillith Fair-y, though. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/15 "2009-08-05T22:23:10Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Nothing about “lying naked on the floor”? > > Possibly [Torn](http://www.mp3lyrics.org/n/natalie-imbruglia/torn/), recorded by Natalie Imbruglia and released in 1998? Going this route, my guess would be Imbruglia’s “Big Mistake” (which was not released as a single in the US, so it could be considered ‘obscure’): "Close your eyes think of all the bubbles of love we made and you’re down on your knees it’s too late. Oh don’t come crawlin’ and you lie by my feet. what a big mistake. " [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DqbUZHEpWIg/hqdefault.jpg "Big Mistake") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqbUZHEpWIg) To the OP: is there anything else you can remember at all about it? Can you describe her voice at all? What made you think of it or why you liked it? ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/16 "2009-08-06T02:02:16Z")
Serena Ryder’s “Weak In The Knees”? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Rdn9Y_XDbU4/hqdefault.jpg "Serena Ryder - Weak in the Knees") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn9Y_XDbU4) "Would you mind if I pretended we were somewhere else Doin’ something we wanted to? ‘Cause all this livin’ makes me wanna do Is die 'cause I can’t live with you And you don’t even care. " … Chorus: “I’m weak in the knees for you But I’ll stand if you want me to My legs are strong and I move on But honey I’m weak in the knees…” -DF ---
**Author:** ![MishMash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@MishMash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MishMash)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/17 "2009-08-06T02:16:42Z")
I remember there was a feeling of desperation, which is why I am jonesing to find it. Her voice I think was raspy. The whole knee thing wasn’t as prominent as was the part about waiting for a stupid man. I think she was waiting on the bed or a bed was mentioned somewhere in the song. ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/18 "2009-08-06T02:29:14Z")
“Stupid Thing” by Aimee Mann? ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/19 "2009-08-06T02:38:32Z")
> [@MishMash](#): > > I remember there was a feeling of desperation, which is why I am jonesing to find it. Her voice I think was raspy. The whole knee thing wasn’t as prominent as was the part about waiting for a stupid man. I think she was waiting on the bed or a bed was mentioned somewhere in the song. More lyrics from Weak in the Knees: “I wanna take you home to bed, Oh would you change your mind?” Serena’s voice is pretty rough, so it might be her. Or not if it still isn’t familiar to you -DF ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325/20 "2009-08-06T06:16:18Z")
Shot in the dark…? Concrete Blonde (Johnette Napolitano)- [Someday](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEbOm_QyUr4) or possibly, [Joey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEYZ8N8Hj6E&feature=related) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-with-bonus-little-to-go-on/505325.md?page=2)