# Song. Stuck. In. Head. Must. Identify. NOW. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251 "2005-05-10T17:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/21 "2005-05-11T01:09:13Z")
It’s not Caribou. No other guesses? Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/22 "2005-05-11T01:41:01Z")
Got it. Look [here](http://movies.quadratic.net/Muppet_Show_Manamanah.mpeg). With video no less! Takes a while to download, so be patient. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/23 "2005-05-11T03:13:40Z")
**AugustWest.** You’re killing me, dude. \>Shakin’ my head.\< ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/24 "2005-05-11T04:03:57Z")
I’ve been having trouble identifying a song that has only been guessed as something by Echo-Whiskey–er, EW&F. [Here’s a clip of the beginning portion](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/Joe_K/mysterysong.mp3); does this sound like the song, per chance? Oh, and please don’t mind the jingle, etc. I clipped it from an old jingle demo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/25 "2005-05-11T04:18:08Z")
Or could it be Serpentine Fire? I had a hard time making out anything discernable, and it sounded scatological. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/26 "2005-05-11T04:18:55Z")
**Joe K.** That’s “Serpentine Fire” by Earth Wind and Fire. Gonna tell a story, morning glory? I bet if I saw your face in the morning sun, it’d spark me to shine. Agsin, not the song I’m looking for but I’m glad I could help you. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/27 "2005-05-11T04:21:46Z")
Wait—I’m confused now—The link I posted _isn’t_ the song you’re looking for, but _is_ the song _I’m_ looking for? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/28 "2005-05-11T04:27:16Z")
A wild shot: Could it be Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66? Song: Mas Que Nada? Can it be that it sounded without lyrics because it was a song in Portuguese? A new cover by Tamba Triocan be found here: [http://www.mp3.com/tracks/2912059/dl\_streams.html](http://www.mp3.com/tracks/2912059/dl_streams.html) Ignore the “not found” message, scroll down and click the “play song clip” button. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/29 "2005-05-11T04:32:59Z")
**Joe K.** It appears so. I think a lot of people might be confused because they think I’m transcribing musical notes as “Ba y yi. Ba yi ya.” No. they are vocalizing with their voices. EW&F are singing those sounds in harmony. In fact when the song starts off its a capella and the music kicks in after the first verse. It’s really sweet and mellow and spiritual but short and hard to find and I’m sad because I have to GO TO BED without knowing what this song is and people like\*\* AugestWest \*\* and \*\*Happy Scrappy Hero Pup \*\* are toying with my emotions… _sob!_ OH PLEASE, WON’T _SOMEBODY_ THINK OF THE LITTLE BOY INSIDE ME? _sniffle_ **GIGObuster** : You know, I don’t think it’s Serio Mendes but you might be on to something that it’s in Portuguese or some language I don’t recognize. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/30 "2005-05-11T04:57:25Z")
**Askia** : [Try this page, lots of clips](http://home.comcast.net/~blueeyedman/urbanZ/C_H/earthwindandfire.html) I think it’s the one called “Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude)”, from the “All N All” CD – first one. [Direct Link to the streaming clip](http://a420.v8383d.c8383.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/420/8383/3b858b51/mtvrdstr.download.akamai.com/8512/wmp/3/393/7437_1_6_04.asf) ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/31 "2005-05-11T05:30:44Z")
**Monstre, that’s it!** Oh, thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou. Phew. Glad that’s over. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/32 "2005-05-11T06:24:10Z")
And solved by a pasty-ass white-boy Monstre, no less… 😃 (who’d never heard of this song until now ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/33 "2005-05-11T07:48:54Z")
You’re pretty fly for a white guy. \>grin\< Make that _any_ guy. I was able to convert the .asx file you linked to an Mp3 so I finally have this song on my Mp3 player. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![mdr1014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mdr1014](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdr1014)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/34 "2025-10-01T20:04:49Z")
It’s EW&F Brazillian Rhyme Live from their Live in Rio Album. That has been killing me for weeks! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/35 "2025-10-01T21:24:42Z")
Is it Rio by Duran Duran? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251/36 "2025-10-01T22:44:54Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Rio by Duran Duran Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup beat you to the joke by 20 years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251.md?page=1)