# What is the name of this song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-song/260880 "2004-08-21T20:02:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-song/260880/1 "2004-08-21T20:02:11Z")
This is kind of hard because, well, I can’t sing it to you, but here goes: It’s a song that typically features a trombone and is often featured in kid’s music. it goes something like this: na na na, na na na, na na na na naaaaaaaaaa-aaa (trombone part) naaaaaaaaaaa-aaa(trombone part) it’s kind of like the trombone is ‘racing’ or dueling. It’s a fast paced song. help? ---
**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 21, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-song/260880/2 "2004-08-21T20:24:32Z")
> [@Bad News Baboon](#): > > This is kind of hard because, well, I can’t sing it to you, but here goes: > > It’s a song that typically features a trombone and is often featured in kid’s music. > > it goes something like this: > > na na na, na na na, na na na na > naaaaaaaaaa-aaa (trombone part) > naaaaaaaaaaa-aaa(trombone part) > it’s kind of like the trombone is ‘racing’ or dueling. It’s a fast paced song. > > help? Not Katchaturian’s “Sabre Dance”, is it? Here’s a [midi file](http://www.geocities.com/the_midimania/MIDI/sabre_dance.mid%5B/url) of it. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-song/260880/3 "2004-08-21T21:19:12Z")
You rock! That’s the one! Thanks. 🙂 ---
**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 21, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-song/260880/4 "2004-08-21T21:24:34Z")
It was those trombone glissandos that nailed it for me. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-song/260880/5 "2004-08-21T21:39:11Z")
Woooooo…synchronicity…two minutes after reading this thread, the documentary on Maxin Vengerov that I’m watching showed him playing the Sabre Dance… ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-song/260880/6 "2004-08-22T08:00:09Z")
The proper notation is: da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da dudela da da dudela da da dudela da da dudela da da daa daa daa daa daa daa daa daa daa daaaaaaaaaaaayaaaaaaaa… ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-song/260880/7 "2004-08-22T16:34:40Z")
The movie this was most famously (and quite humorously) used in was Billy Wilder’s indispensable **One Two Three** with Jimmy Cagney. And “Sabre Dance” is from A.K.'s Gayaneh ballet, which also contributed a very different, more mournful and heart-breaking piece to Kubrick’s **2001: A Space Odyssey**. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-song/260880/8 "2004-08-22T22:46:05Z")
I believe people think of it as the ‘plate spinning music’. Gee, what ever happened to plate spinning? I haven’t even seen it on “Is This Anything?” ---
**Author:** ![zippyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/839c29/32.png) [@zippyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zippyh)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-song/260880/9 "2004-08-23T01:01:57Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I believe people think of it as the ‘plate spinning music’. I always think of trained poodles when I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-song/260880/10 "2004-08-23T06:57:44Z")
Well, apparently during my husband’s childhood, there were some sock puppets on PBS (KERA) that used that song. Everytime he hears it, he mentions them, followed by how he can’t recall their name. He can only recall one white sock and one black one. We hear the song a LOT because one of our daughter’s toys has that as a song, so I hear about the stupid socks a LOT! Anyhow, I’ve bet him a foot rub that I would be able to find out the name of the puppets or a picture or something… ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-song/260880/11 "2004-08-23T12:46:39Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Gee, what ever happened to plate spinning? Have you seen **The Terminal**? > [@](#): > > I haven’t even seen it on “Is This Anything?” mmmmm… Grinder Girl sorry, what were we talking about?