# What song am I thinking of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 22, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208 "2022-01-22T01:52:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208/1 "2022-01-22T01:52:46Z")
Dreamy sounding song that has the word “daydream” in it. Man’s voice. I want to say 2000s or 2010s. This is a long shot but this group is amazing at this kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208/2 "2022-01-22T02:04:42Z")
This is not the answer, but just to stimulate thought, I give you Dreamtime, from 1986. Dreamtime [Daryl Hall Dreamtime - Google Search](https://g.co/kgs/SEbpX1) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208/3 "2022-01-22T03:04:07Z")
Gotta have more info. “Daydream” is a title and subject that is too easily and often rendered as “dreamy” sounding. Hip hop? Indie rock? EDM? Europop? Male voice; okay? Any other voices? Samples, maybe? Where do you remember hearing it? ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208/4 "2022-01-22T03:25:58Z")
Best guess: Ed Sheeran’s “[The A Team](https://youtu.be/UAWcs5H-qgQ)”? Second-best that IMHO could plausibly be confused for 2000s-2010s: David Bowie’s “[Moonage Daydream](https://youtu.be/RPUAldgS7Sg)”? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208/5 "2022-01-22T03:34:20Z")
Too bad it’s not _‘Daydream’_ … but this one’s too old… . [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DpKFmabCjlw/maxresdefault.jpg "The Lovin' Spoonful "Daydream" on The Ed Sullivan Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpKFmabCjlw) ---
**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:** [January 22, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208/6 "2022-01-22T04:37:30Z")
Probably not it, but the first thing that popped into my head was _Fireflies_ by Owl City. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/psuRGfAaju4/maxresdefault.jpg "Owl City - Fireflies (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psuRGfAaju4) ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208/7 "2022-01-22T07:02:57Z")
More along the lines of indie. I heard a song today that reminds me of it and I can only think of a snippet of it. Im racking my brain trying to think of more of the song or other details. Maybe it’s actually late 90s even, ugh. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208/8 "2022-01-22T07:05:18Z")
Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5UXnulANF8g/maxresdefault.jpg "Dream Academy - "Life In A Northern Town" (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UXnulANF8g) ---
**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:** [January 22, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208/9 "2022-01-22T07:16:35Z")
D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/V6QhAZckY8w/maxresdefault.jpg "D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better (1993) (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6QhAZckY8w) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208/10 "2022-01-22T07:45:01Z")
Excellent! How about instrumentation? Guitar? Electric or acoustic? Piano? Strings? Rock drums or techno? Was it a long song or just a regular pop song length? ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208/11 "2022-01-22T07:53:00Z")
I FIGURED IT OUT!!! It was “squares” by The Beta Band. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208/12 "2022-01-22T13:30:54Z")
Woot! The Straight Dope comes thru again! 😝 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kkjg3SgUUkY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Beta Band - Squares (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkjg3SgUUkY)