# Tip of my tongue: What 80s song sounds eerily similar to this song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881 "2013-09-15T02:27:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/1 "2013-09-15T02:27:20Z")
I swear to god this song sounds like an archetypal 80s song…like…its at the school dance…and the boy and the girl are looking for eachother…then all the sudden they make eye contact and this song’s melody breaks in…Jesus christ, I know the song is out there but I don’t know the name of any big 80s electro artists…anyway, check it out, and listen to the rest of Little Dragon if you get the chance. They’re pretty dope. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DnEw7c1Ozh8/maxresdefault.jpg "Little Dragon - Feather") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnEw7c1Ozh8) ninja edit: when the melody first breaks in and when the chorus breaks in is what I’m most thinking about ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/2 "2013-09-15T02:41:21Z")
One of these perchance? [Til Tuesday - Voices Carry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP9DbEIm7ns) [The Cars - Who’s Gonna Drive You Home](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3K1vBlFCaY) [David Bowie - Loving the Alien](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65EJCzqOzdc) ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/3 "2013-09-15T03:05:39Z")
One more suggestion: [Broken Wings by Mr. Mister](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejz9UVXhlwk) ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/4 "2013-09-15T03:10:50Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > One of these perchance? > > [Til Tuesday - Voices Carry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP9DbEIm7ns) > [The Cars - Who’s Gonna Drive You Home](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3K1vBlFCaY) > [David Bowie - Loving the Alien](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65EJCzqOzdc) Oh its definitely Who’s Gonna Drive You Home. Sounds super similar and has been featured in a shitton of stuff. Thanks dude! ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/5 "2013-09-15T03:29:26Z")
Cool!! Yes, the Cars song was a staple of dances for a long time - always played at the end of the night because the lyrics would entice single people to pair up for the drive home. ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/6 "2013-09-15T03:36:27Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Cool!! Yes, the Cars song was a staple of dances for a long time - always played at the end of the night because the lyrics would entice single people to pair up for the drive home. Bow chicka wow wow https://www.youtube.com/embed/xLb9jPuDS9Y?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/7 "2013-09-15T08:52:55Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > One more suggestion: [Broken Wings by Mr. Mister](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejz9UVXhlwk) That was the first song I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/8 "2013-09-15T13:04:29Z")
I like that song. Proceeding to download Little Dragon music. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/9 "2013-09-15T13:05:29Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Cool!! Yes, the Cars song was a staple of dances for a long time - always played at the end of the night because the lyrics would entice single people to pair up for the drive home. Hey - making the video for that song is how Rick Ocasek, leader of The Cars and notoriously tall, gaunt and with the largest Adam’s apple known to man, met and hooked up with Paulina Porizkova, pretty much the hottest supermodel ever. There’s hope I tell you! (They’re still married). ---
**Author:** ![Mclovin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@Mclovin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mclovin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/10 "2013-09-15T16:17:59Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > One of these perchance? > > [Til Tuesday - Voices Carry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP9DbEIm7ns) > [The Cars - Who’s Gonna Drive You Home](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3K1vBlFCaY) > [David Bowie - Loving the Alien](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65EJCzqOzdc) Actually, the title of the song is simply, “Drive” ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/11 "2013-09-15T19:05:40Z")
The part of the song starting at about 0:24 reminds me a lot of Elton John’s [Nikita](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKmXRwjWYUM). ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/12 "2013-09-15T19:30:15Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > One of these perchance? > > [Til Tuesday - Voices Carry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP9DbEIm7ns) Wow, Aimee Mann’s hair! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/13 "2013-09-15T19:36:23Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Cool!! Yes, the Cars song was a staple of dances for a long time - always played at the end of the night because the lyrics would entice single people to pair up for the drive home. Notable also because the lead was sung by Benjamin Orr rather than Ric Ocasek. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/14 "2013-09-15T19:43:05Z")
Not an '80s song, but it sounds a little like the beginning of Radiohead’s “Creep”. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/15 "2013-09-15T23:10:00Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BrzzR-3PPqw/hqdefault.jpg "Foreigner - I've Been Waiting For A Girl Like You (HQ Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrzzR-3PPqw) ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/16 "2013-09-16T01:37:42Z")
Darude - Sandstorm 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-of-my-tongue-what-80s-song-sounds-eerily-similar-to-this-song/668881/17 "2013-09-16T02:10:37Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Notable also because the lead was sung by Benjamin Orr rather than Ric Ocasek. R.I.P. Orr died in 2000.