# Yet another request for identifying a 70s pop song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013 "2003-11-30T03:55:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/1 "2003-11-30T03:55:11Z")
If anyone here can halt the painful burrowing motions that the ignorance of this song creates, I’d be most thankful. It seems to be a mid-late 1970s tune, if I judge correctly by the synthesiser and the snare drum used. The only lyrics I remember (sung by a low tenor/high baritone voice) of this rather obscure tune (I think) are: _I said what? She (or is it I?) said who-who-who-who-who_. The note letters of these lyrics are as follows: ```auto I said what? A# A# F(gliss)A#[sup]8va[/sup] She (or *I*?) said who-who-who-who-who A# A# D D# F D A# ``` The notes then, if I remember, are used in a sawtooth synthesiser riff that I think is part of the chorus (the basic notes I remember follow): A# A# A# A#A#A# G (repeat twice) A#[sup]8va[/sup] G F D# D C The key seems to be in A#, the tempo is around 102 bpm. Does anyone know? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/2 "2003-11-30T04:06:11Z")
Sounds like _Undercover Angel_ by Alan O’Day. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/3 "2003-11-30T04:19:52Z")
That’s it - beat me to it, **Czarcasm**. [Number One in July 1977.](http://www.superseventies.com/1977_4singles.html) Fun fluff. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/4 "2003-11-30T04:43:02Z")
Yep—both right! Thanks so much; it’s amazing how one bit of fluff will cause such anxiety… Now, if only I may help others as I’ve been helped in this regard… ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/5 "2003-11-30T04:50:05Z")
Well thanks a whole hell of a lot. Now this insipid song, which I thought I had permanently banished from my head, will be bouncing around in there for the next two days. I’ll get you all for this. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/6 "2003-11-30T05:16:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frankd6 \* > \*\*Well thanks a whole hell of a lot. > > Now this insipid song, which I thought I had permanently banished from my head, will be bouncing around in there for the next two days. > > I’ll get you all for this. \*\* INSIPID!? That song my friend is the GREATEST one hit wonder of all time. And I’ll not have you insult it on this message board. “May the fleas from a thousand camels invade your armpits”.😃 ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/7 "2003-11-30T06:58:36Z")
I dunno—it’s a pretty good song. Plus, the synthesiser sound is rather hip (if for the day), and the drummer is none other than Jeff Porcaro. I tend to like pop for the musicians that play on the songs, and little more. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/8 "2003-11-30T07:31:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rolandgunslinger \* > \*\*INSIPID!? > That song my friend is the GREATEST one hit wonder of all time. > And I’ll not have you insult it on this message board. > “May the fleas from a thousand camels invade your armpits”.😃 \*\* No. _Midnight At The Oasis_ is the greatest one hit wonder of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/9 "2003-11-30T07:52:15Z")
Nah. _Come On Eileen_ (Dexy’s Midnight Runners) and _Video Killed the Radio Star_ (The Buggles) are tied for the spot. Of course, if you want to get nitpicky, _All Along the Watchtower_ (Jimi Hendrix) was the greatest one hit wonder of all time. But anyone who thinks of Jimi Hendrix as a one hit wonder is a complete loser. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/10 "2003-11-30T16:00:58Z")
BTW, Alan O’Day also wrote the haunting Helen Reddy classic “Angie Baby,” a story about a disturbed girl who traps a stalker. Won’t say where she traps him, though. That would be spoiling it. ---
**Author:** ![shannablu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@shannablu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannablu)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/11 "2003-11-30T16:25:55Z")
I love that song, it brings back a lot of memories. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/12 "2003-11-30T16:33:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\*No. _Midnight At The Oasis_ is the greatest one hit wonder of all time. \*\* Interestingly, listeners to the Rollye James show recently voted _Midnight at the Oasis_ “the worst song of all time”. (Also, Ms. Muldaur was actually a “two-hit wonder”, as “I’m A Women” reached #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Earl Snake-Hips Tucker \* > **Won’t say where she traps him, though. That would be spoiling it.** in her bedside radio(!) ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/13 "2003-11-30T17:52:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whitetho \* > \*\*Interestingly, listeners to the Rollye James show recently voted _Midnight at the Oasis_ “the worst song of all time”. ] \*\* I’ll have to gently disagree with them. I personally find the vocals a tad enthusiastic, but I’m a sucker for “jazz”-type chords. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-request-for-identifying-a-70s-pop-song/216013/14 "2003-11-30T19:32:33Z")
Worst song of all time? This really does deserve it’s own thread, doesn’t it? I’m off to start one.