# What was this song? 80s or early 90s, female singer. Mainstream pop. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072 "2010-12-22T14:24:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072/21 "2010-12-23T01:20:00Z")
OK, I’m sure this can’t be it, but it fits your description other than the female vocals: [The Way You Make Me Feel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzZ_urpj4As) by Michael Jackson? I’m sorry for insulting your intelligence, but every other bit of your description fits pretty much. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072/22 "2010-12-23T01:26:50Z")
Haha I almost wrote "it sounds the same as _The Way You Make Me Feel_ in the last post, but I figured one song for comparison was enough. Good ear. Keep thinking along those lines, people. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072/23 "2010-12-23T02:30:25Z")
Even if this isn’t it, it’s worth linking to. Duffy, [Mercy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ZEVA5dy-Y). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072/24 "2010-12-23T02:46:51Z")
OK…I’m hoping this is it: [True Blue](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntIrUwR6F_E) by Madonna? The chorus even ends “True blue, baby I love you.” This has got to be it, no? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072/25 "2010-12-23T02:51:14Z")
Yeah, that’s it. Thanks. I knew someone would get it sooner or later. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072/26 "2010-12-23T02:57:26Z")
After all that, it is Ma freakin’ donna? No mind, there are some reminders of good old songs in the thread. And thanks to Poysyn, I remember that song, Hold Me Now but couldn’t remember the name of the group that sang it. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072/27 "2010-12-23T03:00:59Z")
Ugh. I was so sure it was going to be “I’m Your Baby Tonight” by Whitney Houston! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072/28 "2010-12-23T03:02:48Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Yeah, that’s it. Thanks. I knew someone would get it sooner or later. Woo hoo! “Cherish” was my initial Madonna guess, but the lyrics didn’t quite fit, so I went down the catalog to see if I could find another popular shuffle by her. Lots of hit shuffles in the 80s, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072/29 "2010-12-23T04:50:13Z")
‘True Blue’ trivia! The song is about her then-husband Sean Penn, and since they divorced Madonna has refused to perform it live or include it on any greatest hits compilations, despite it being a number one hit. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072/30 "2010-12-23T05:46:59Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > And thanks to Poysyn, I remember that song, Hold Me Now but couldn’t remember the name of the group that sang it. See, now this is what I like to stumble across when reading threads like this 'un. I was thinking of _Hold Me Now_, same name but totally different song, done by The Thompson Twins, and was pleasantly surprised, as I’d never heard this one before. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![KatieMuffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@KatieMuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KatieMuffin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072/31 "2013-06-24T02:57:45Z")
Its called hold me now by one to one and its taken me 4 years to figure that out. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072/32 "2013-06-24T03:19:45Z")
I’m going to guess that Pictionary and Charades are not your games, are they, Katie? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-song-80s-or-early-90s-female-singer-mainstream-pop/565072.md?page=1)