# What's this song?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song/434277>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 20, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song/434277 "2008-01-20T18:21:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song/434277/1 "2008-01-20T18:21:32Z")

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Sounds like a 70s song.  
Features cowbell.  
The refrain starts out something like:

_Don’t wait for signs in the middle of the night_

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**Author:** ![Desultourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Desultourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desultourist)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song/434277/2 "2008-01-20T18:46:19Z")

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Climax Blues Band - Couldn’t Get It Right

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song/434277/3 "2008-01-20T19:53:53Z")

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Yes! Thats it!

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aaPgMFthO4)

What this song needs…is…_more COWBELL!_

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**Author:** ![Desultourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Desultourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desultourist)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song/434277/4 "2008-01-20T20:14:36Z")

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Sigh. After I _so_ restrained myself from including _that_ reference. 🙂