# Yet another song ID (most likely from musical) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638 "2020-05-29T03:12:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638/1 "2020-05-29T03:12:30Z")
Tonight I watched the movie _All For Nikki_. In the very beginning, the song [_Delilah_ by Tom Jones](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dfvmV-9-5yU) was playing. There is something about the tune/rhythm of the first few verses of that song that made me think of another song similar in those aspects, and I spent the whole movie and beyond trying to pull it off the tip of my mind. At first I was thinking it was a villan song from a (most likely non-Disney) animated movie, breifly thought it was an introductory song for one of _The Letter People_ (but Youtube didn’t deliver anything) and now I’m thinking it is more of a lament, some character singing about failure at something. I can _almost_, but not quite, hear some of the words. Help? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638/2 "2020-05-29T03:21:45Z")
Minor key with brisk triplets. Something Chim-Chim-Cher-ee? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638/3 "2020-05-29T03:22:26Z")
Several of the songs in Little Shop of Horrors have similar riffs in the background. Most closely is [Now (It’s Just the Gas)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SXF85u8vsQ). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638/4 "2020-05-29T03:45:53Z")
It is something like the “DAH dah dah dah, dah dah DAH dah dah dah” pattern. Still almost seeing the scene–maybe somebody challenging a bad guy more powerful than them and being slapped down, sung by the bad guy? Again, pretty sure animated, but not Disney. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638/5 "2020-05-29T04:05:36Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > now I’m thinking it is more of a lament, some character singing about failure at something. I can _almost_, but not quite, hear some of the words. > Help? [In the glass I saw a strange reflection; was that lonely woman really me? Those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end; we’d sing and dance forever and a day; we’d live the life we choose, we’d fight and never lose…](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t1I7worJxfI) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638/6 "2020-05-29T04:11:38Z")
Appreciate the attempt, but it is 99.999 percent likely an original soundtrack song for a movie (less likely TV episode). Stand-alone songs are a non-starter. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638/7 "2020-05-29T04:12:53Z")
The third line of the verses has the melody and chords of Bésame Mucho. Edited to say never mind if it’s not a standalone song. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638/8 "2020-05-29T04:20:00Z")
Is it [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkU23m6yX04)? It is Disney, but it’s what came to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638/9 "2020-05-29T05:32:46Z")
Finally figured it out–[a scene from an episode of _American Dad_](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g5ciBWNwjsY). (So not an original song.) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638/10 "2020-05-29T12:02:35Z")
\*\*This \*\*is what I immediately thought of: \*\*Olé!\*\* :cool: