# Songs everyone will recognize, but no one know the name of. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273 "2003-05-24T20:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/1 "2003-05-24T20:08:53Z")
Just the other day I hear _Celestial Soda Pop_ by Ray Lynch. It is a great little song that I guarantee most of you have heard before, but never knew the title of. What are some other examples of this? I think that _O’Fortuna_ could fall under this category. ---
**Author:** ![J\_String](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@J\_String](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_String)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/2 "2003-05-24T20:24:26Z")
For a helluva long time I didn’t know the name or even the artist of a really cool (in my opinion) song. Turned out to be Peter Gabriel’s **Solsbury Hill**. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/3 "2003-05-24T20:56:55Z")
That song that Michael Jordan used to come out to. I have no clue what it is called. That Whoo Hoo! song from Starship Troopers. That one I do know Song #2 by someone. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/4 "2003-05-24T21:04:26Z")
That would be _Woo Hoo_ by Blur. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/5 "2003-05-24T21:10:23Z")
Don’t know about “everyone” and “no one”, but a lot of people think [Space Oddity](http://www.teenagewildlife.com/Albums/SO/SO.html) is called [Major Tom](http://home.jps.net/~khoyt/peter/l-mj.html). I guess anytime you give a pop song a title that’s not in the lyrics, you’re asking for trouble. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by J String \* > \*\*For a helluva long time I didn’t know the name or even the artist of a really cool (in my opinion) song. Turned out to be Peter Gabriel’s **Solsbury Hill**. \*\* Definitely cool. > [@](#): > > {i}Muad’Dib\* > … **I think that O’Fortuna could fall under this category.** > Is that the penny whistle version of “O Fortuna”? ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/6 "2003-05-24T21:12:25Z")
Nice italicizing, TW. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/7 "2003-05-24T21:17:15Z")
The “Woo Hoo” song is actually called _Song 2_. What Michael Jordan song are we talking about? ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/8 "2003-05-24T21:34:15Z")
The Chicago Bulls player intro song, which I think is Sirius, by the Alan Parsons Project. At least it used to be. It fits the topic well. I think Green Onions by Booker T and the MG’s would fit in here. I had to actively seek it out. ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/9 "2003-05-24T22:24:09Z")
There’s Perpetuum Mobile by the Penguin Café Orchestra. A really great song that everyone’s heard but no-one knows the name of. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/10 "2003-05-24T22:36:34Z")
For those who listen to 70s radio stations, there’s the 1970 song “Tighter, Tighter” by the one-hit wonder Alive & Kicking. It the one that goes like this: \*Hold on Just a little bit tighter now, baby I love you so much and I can`t let go, no no no Hold on, a just a little bit Tighter now, baby \* … Another one from around the same era was the Ides of March tune “Vehicle”. Almost everyone recognizes the song, but most everyone who hears the song a) doesn’t know the title, and b) thinks it’s Blood, Sweat and Tears – it’s a pretty close sound-alike: \*I`m your vehicle, baby I`ll take you anywhere you wanna go I`m your vehicle, woman By now, I`m sure you know That I love you (love you) I need you (need you) I want you, got to have you, child Great God in heaven You know I love you \* ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/11 "2003-05-24T22:44:45Z")
Thought of another one … Greg Kihn’s first top-10 hit. No … not “Jeopardy”, but this driving rocker with a twinge of surf-influenced rhythm guitar: \*We had broken up for good Just an hour before Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh And now I`m staring at the bodies As they`re dancing cross the floor Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh And then the band Slowed the tempo and The music gets you down Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh It was the same old song With a melancholy sound Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh They don`t write em Like that anymore They just don`t write em Like that anymore \* What’s the title? The tune is familiar to classic-rock fans, but the artist and title usually are not. It’s “The Breakup Song (They Don`t Write `Em)”. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/12 "2003-05-24T23:30:40Z")
The prelude to Act 3 of _Longerin_ by Wagner. Used as heroic rescue music today, it was the prelude to what happened below. “The Bridal Chorus” in the same opera was written for the bridal chamber scene in which intrigues were revealed. Are you familiar with the Who song with the famous synthesizer play at he beginning? No not “Won’t be Fooled Again”, the one with the much better opening riff, with “It’s Only Teenage Wasteland” in the chorus. Yep, that’s “Baba O’Reily”. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/13 "2003-05-25T00:29:02Z")
Okay, I always thought that the Ides of March recorded “Vechile,” then Blood, Sweat, and Tears covered it. That cover is the one we’re all familar with or so I thought. Are you sure BST didn’t record a version, **bordelond** , I swear the lead singer of the version I’m thinking of is David-Clayton Jones (isn’t that his last name? I’m drawing a blank). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/14 "2003-05-25T00:35:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wolfian \* > \*\*Okay, I always thought that the Ides of March recorded “Vechile,” then Blood, Sweat, and Tears covered it. That cover is the one we’re all familar with or so I thought. Are you sure BST didn’t record a version, **bordelond** , I swear the lead singer of the version I’m thinking of is David-Clayton Jones (isn’t that his last name? I’m drawing a blank). \*\* It’s David Clayton Thomas, and as far as I know, BST never covered “Vehicle.” ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/15 "2003-05-25T00:47:40Z")
The Bob Dylan song with the refrain “Everybody must get stoned” is actually titled _Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35_. What most people call “the Charlie Brown music” is titled _Linus and Lucy_. ---
**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 25, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/16 "2003-05-25T01:18:12Z")
_Spanish Flea_ by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It’s most often referred to as “The Dating Game theme”. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/17 "2003-05-25T01:26:35Z")
“Classical Gas.” I’d heard it dozens of times, but I didn’t know the name of it until I saw an infomercial for “best instrumentals.” Same with “Run, Don’t Walk.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/18 "2003-05-25T01:35:55Z")
> [@](#): > > “Everybody must get stoned” Not only does nobody know the real name of the song, everybody hears that line and goes “Huh huhuh, stoned. He’s talking about pot!” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/19 "2003-05-25T02:19:15Z")
_Suicide Is Painless_. Yes, there are people who know that the theme music to M_A_S\*H is actually a song, but those who know (or heck, those who can sing it) seem to be a minority. _Through early morning fog I see_ _Visions of the things to be…_ ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273/20 "2003-05-25T02:41:18Z")
_O fortuna?_ The music from from the omen?? if so then its by Carl Orff, and is from a piece of music called Carmina Burana… I think anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-everyone-will-recognize-but-no-one-know-the-name-of/177273.md?page=2)