# Trying to ID this song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919 "2020-09-06T03:40:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/1 "2020-09-06T03:40:45Z")
Heard it once on fm radio maybe 79/80. Can barely remember it musically, but the frenetic vocalist was almost shrieking out the lyrics: _Gotta get out_ _gotta get out_ _gotta get out_ _gotta get awayeeeyay_ All I got. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/2 "2020-09-06T03:51:24Z")
[Gotta Get Up?](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjLr6eB0NPrAhXSIjQIHW9jBfkQyCkwAHoECBAQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6jRh2PRa1tU&usg=AOvVaw3NHouonChGUPtEWDQIRFcd) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/3 "2020-09-06T03:55:26Z")
I would be very surprised if that wasn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/4 "2020-09-06T04:03:53Z")
Hey, any excuse to listen to Nilsson! \*Put the lime in the coconut \* ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/5 "2020-09-06T04:58:07Z")
I even have the “Son Of Dracula” soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/6 "2020-09-06T05:07:44Z")
Prefer “Jump Into The Fire” myself. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/7 "2020-09-06T06:48:50Z")
Not Nilsson. _His_ voice was easy on the ears. The singer I’m thinking of was considerably more on the psychotic side, especially how he went “a-way-eee-yaaaaaay!!!” - totally aggreived to the point of being at the end of his rope. If I had to take a stab at the genre I’d say New Wave, possibly quirky / atonal No Wave elements, or more Snakefinger / Splodgenessabounds / BB Gabor camp. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/8 "2020-09-06T16:52:25Z")
When I read the lyrics in the OP I heard them in my head in a kind of Steven Tyler screech. But I’m not a big Aerosmith fan so I don’t know if they actually have a song like that. (Sure wish “Gotta Get Up” was on my Nilsson compilation CD. Great song! I remember it being heavily featured in the Netflix series “Russian Doll”.) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/9 "2020-09-06T17:42:31Z")
Could there have been banjo in it? (I’m starting to think) Not that I’m really expecting that to help a whole shitload. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/10 "2020-09-06T17:50:06Z")
Submitted for your consideration: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CZJLKoSmgWw/hqdefault.jpg "U2 - I Threw A Brick Through A Window") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZJLKoSmgWw) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/11 "2020-09-06T18:02:34Z")
Could it have been The Ballad Of Dwight Frye by Alice Cooper? It goes more like I gotta get out of here Igottagetoutofhere IGOTTAGETOUTOFHERE [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FfqrZvKI_1g/maxresdefault.jpg "Ballad of Dwight Fry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfqrZvKI_1g) > **[Dwight Frye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Frye)** > > Dwight Iliff Frye (born Fry; February 22, 1899 – November 7, 1943) was an American character actor of stage and screen. He is best known for his portrayals of neurotic, murderous villains in several classic Universal horror films, such as Renfield in Dracula (1931) and Fritz in Frankenstein (1931). > Frye was born in Salina, Kansas, and studied for a career in music and first appeared as a concert pianist. In the 1920s, he made his name as a stage actor, often in comedies. In 1924, he played th... ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/12 "2020-09-06T23:14:45Z")
About ten minutes after reading this thread a song came on… Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler. It had a lot of "gotta be"s. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/13 "2020-09-06T23:21:01Z")
Looking at the cover of that album makes me wonder, was Harry Nilsson the character model for [Lance](https://s30886.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pulp-fiction.jpg) in _Pulp Fiction_? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/14 "2020-09-07T00:23:40Z")
Wow. I don’t know, but he sure is channeling him. I remember an article about Nillson, and the writer called him “almost proudly slovenly." ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/15 "2020-09-07T00:32:33Z")
I think I know this one! Billy Joel is screeching almost exactly this phrase during the fade-out of “A Room of Our Own.” (The Nylon Curtain is one of my favorite albums.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yDZdNz7Wg0Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Billy Joel - A Room of Our Own (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDZdNz7Wg0Y) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/16 "2020-09-07T01:02:08Z")
Another entry … [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HkEXfVsQpUQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Sedan Delivery (2016 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkEXfVsQpUQ) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919/17 "2020-09-07T01:18:13Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I think I know this one! > Billy Joel is screeching almost exactly this phrase during the fade-out of “A Room of Our Own.” > (The Nylon Curtain is one of my favorite albums.) Well, that was the closest so far, I guess. I’m quite sure that my guy never registered anything on the charts. Late 70’s/early 80’s indie kinda thing, with strong emphasis on the word **indie**. Most definitely a very obscure number, which is probably why I’ve heard it only that one time. Too bad I can’t remember the rest of it worth squat.