# Yet another "identify this song" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133 "2009-11-27T15:31:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/1 "2009-11-27T15:31:08Z")
This song was played some on alternative radio in the late 90s, but it was not a major single. The band was one of those jangly frat-boy rock bands like Blink 182 or Lit, but I can’t remember who it was. The song itself was short, only about 2 minutes long, and was a much heavier and harder-hitting sound than the band was generally known for. The problem is that I know NONE of the words. I went through iTunes and listened to every song from all the similar bands that sounded like it might have been it, and didn’t come up with anything. Help! ---
**Author:** ![Monocracy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monocracy/32/4493_2.png) [@Monocracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monocracy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/2 "2009-11-27T21:56:26Z")
[All I Want](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFF14JBtmu8) by The Offspring? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/3 "2009-11-27T22:43:14Z")
It definitely wasn’t The Offspring. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/4 "2009-11-28T01:13:16Z")
The only thing I can think of would be ‘Song 2’ by Blur. ---
**Author:** ![Dorothea\_Book](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dorothea\_Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorothea_Book)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/5 "2009-11-28T01:15:53Z")
Can you remember what the song was about? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/6 "2009-11-28T01:19:26Z")
Besides being 3:00 long, [RPM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_bMySFaxBA) by Sugar Ray fits your description. Cool song too. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/7 "2009-11-28T01:22:24Z")
Nope, not Song 2, not nearly as popular. I can’t remember anything about what the song is about–I don’t think I could make out many lyrics. The Sugar Ray song is very much the same idea (it was definitely a band in that vein), but not it. ---
**Author:** ![Dorothea\_Book](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dorothea\_Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorothea_Book)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/8 "2009-11-28T01:26:23Z")
How well known was the band? One album? Two? Two plus? One hit wonderish? ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/9 "2009-11-28T01:29:16Z")
Vaseline by Stone Temple Pilots? Well, I think that’s more early/ mid 90’s, but everything else fits. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/10 "2009-11-28T01:29:39Z")
You don’t know the group, or any of the words, or even the general subject matter. Hmmmm… did it go da da da, da da da da?😛 ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/11 "2009-11-28T02:55:56Z")
> [@MissSwitac](#): > > Vaseline by Stone Temple Pilots? Well, I think that’s more early/ mid 90’s, but everything else fits. Sex Type Thing was their first single, and it was probably their heaviest as far as I’m concerned. IMHO, heavy and hard-hitting don’t describe that song. I really hope people don’t think they are in the same category as Blink 182 and Lit. ---
**Author:** ![Dorothea\_Book](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dorothea\_Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorothea_Book)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/12 "2009-11-28T03:16:47Z")
Okay, total shot in the dark: “Sex and Candy” by Marcy Playground (not exactly hard-hitting perhaps but then I’m not really sure what that means to you). I guess a heavy and hard-hitting song from this period could be the Toadies’ “Possum Kingdom” but that its pretty long IIRC. (Great song though…) ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/13 "2009-11-28T04:03:38Z")
[The only one I know](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADXrjwe6exg) by the Charlatans? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-identify-this-song-thread/519133/14 "2010-04-22T13:13:24Z")
Bumping this ancient thread to let everyone know that I FINALLY figured it out. This morning, I remembered a line from it, and that was all I needed. The song (drumroll please) was “Anything” by Third Eye Blind. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/glPS5I40xsU/hqdefault.jpg "Third Eye Blind - Anything") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glPS5I40xsU)