# What's the name of this piece of music?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-piece-of-music/796774>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 20, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-piece-of-music/796774 "2017-09-20T00:52:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-piece-of-music/796774/1 "2017-09-20T00:52:38Z")

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I’ve heard it a thousand times, but drawing a blank!

[https://youtu.be/Fqy2XTkVT5k?t=5m48s](https://youtu.be/Fqy2XTkVT5k?t=5m48s)

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**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 20, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-piece-of-music/796774/2 "2017-09-20T01:28:10Z")

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“Pata Pata”

It’s in the comments.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-piece-of-music/796774/3 "2017-09-20T09:04:47Z")

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The late, great Mama Afrika, Miriam Makeba: [Pata Pata](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNeP3hrm__k).

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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-piece-of-music/796774/4 "2017-09-20T15:16:10Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> The late, great Mama Afrika, Miriam Makeba: [Pata Pata](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNeP3hrm__k).

Great stuff!!