# Yet another song ID thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-thread/693221>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 15, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-thread/693221 "2014-07-15T21:25:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-thread/693221/1 "2014-07-15T21:25:56Z")

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Please help me ID the half-remembered song running through my head before it drives me batty! I heard it on the PA system at the grocery store a couple days ago and what little I remember of it has been my earworm ever since.

It’s a country-poppy kind of song with a male singer. Fairly upbeat tempo. The only parts of the lyrics I remember are “come back” or “come on back” and then “the things you said got to me” or “got through to me” or maybe “what you said” instead of “the things you said”.

Vague enough? 😃 I’m not even sure that what I have here is correct. My google-fu is failing me, no wonder since this is all I have on the lyrics. Thanks for helping to save my sanity!

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**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-thread/693221/2 "2014-07-16T11:30:52Z")

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[Poppy, up tempo, with a male singer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPVRzKCWlGI&feature=kp) and some of the lyrics… but probably not what you’re looking for. No idea if they had any US success. But, equally, I’ve given your question a bump for others to take a shot at.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-thread/693221/3 "2014-07-16T17:54:13Z")

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Nope, that’s not it. Thanks though! This is driving me nuts. My co-workers are going to ask what I did on my vacation and I’ll have to tell them I spent it trying to figure out a song!

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**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-thread/693221/4 "2014-07-16T18:18:08Z")

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Aha! I found it!! Barenaked Ladies- Boomerang. Finally!

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nTDgy9EdIl8/maxresdefault.jpg "Barenaked Ladies - Boomerang (Official Lyric Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTDgy9EdIl8)

How I missed the whole “boomerang” part when I heard it in the store is beyond me. Good song! And yes, I know, they’re not country. That’s probably why it took me so long to find it. 🙂