# What's that tune in a Seinfeld episode? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912 "2001-08-30T12:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![therealblaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@therealblaze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealblaze)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/1 "2001-08-30T12:43:24Z")
Ok, I just finished watching some Seinfeld’s on a tape. In the end of _ **The Wig Master** _ (7th season, episode 128) Kramer is strutting down the street wearing a _Technicolor Dreamcoat_ and a cool tune is playing in the background. So what’s the name of that song and who’s performing it? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/2 "2012-12-28T13:55:36Z")
I’m bumping this ancient thread because I’ve always wanted to know what it was too… ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/3 "2012-12-28T13:59:56Z")
I assume you mean the song in [this clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAEOYwttFbY). Half the comments for that vid are asking for the name of the song, too. No answers. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/4 "2012-12-28T14:05:40Z")
Yeah that’s the one! ---
**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:** [December 28, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/5 "2012-12-28T14:15:42Z")
It’s some kind of funk, that’s all I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/6 "2012-12-28T15:28:47Z")
It was probably composed specifically for this scene by the guy who did the theme music. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/7 "2012-12-28T15:30:38Z")
It sounds like Digable Planets, but if it is I can’t place the song. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/8 "2012-12-28T17:21:44Z")
That’s a “song”? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/9 "2012-12-31T15:50:46Z")
I tried SoundHound (music ID program), but I think the laugh track messes it up. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/10 "2013-01-01T10:51:11Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > It was probably composed specifically for this scene by the guy who did the theme music. There are brief vocals in the track, I think if it was made custom for that scene it wouldn’t have had that. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/11 "2013-01-01T14:58:04Z")
The bass line is reminiscent of Digable Planets’ [Cool Like That](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM4kqL13jGM). The vocals don’t seem to match, though. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/12 "2013-01-01T15:32:18Z")
I would guess it is a piece of a song on a loop. If you have the DVDs, the fine print of the credits would probably have the credit if it is a song that wasn’t composed specifically for the episode. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune-in-a-seinfeld-episode/78912/13 "2013-01-02T03:42:23Z")
[IMDB.com](http://IMDB.com) has no soundtrack entry for this episode, and it usually does if there’s anything other than incidental music: ["Seinfeld" The Wig Master (TV Episode 1996) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0697811/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)