Do you know this mellow song? A piece of the lyric is "Hey. . .Woman"
July 29, 2009 11:41 AM   Subscribe

Mellow song featuring the partial lyric "hey. . .Wo-man" I hope to identify.

This may be a toughie. I am trying to find a song and can only recall a tiny bit of it. It had a sortof new-agey, mellow feel to it, I think an instrumental intro and featured the beginning (as I recall it was the first) lyric "Hey.......woman......" sung by a guy. The dots here to indicate several beats between the words, with a sortof echoey quality. I'm pretty sure there were more lyrics, but not very many, and a fair amount of non-acoustic instrumentation, (electronic?) though I can't remember anything else. I'd guess this song is 10 or 15 years old, maybe older, something I probably heard on KKSF (back when it was "smooth jazz") enough times to have it stuck in my head. It was fairly popular at the time, as I'm sure I heard it at least 20 times.
I'm almost certain that is not the title of the song, as I have searched those endlessly and only encounter songs that are definitely not even close.
Definitely NOT boogie, Led Zeppelin, Hey Joe, not rap, not rocknroll, way too slow for dancing, not reggae, not country, not acoustic, not bluegrass, not bebop, not disco, not thrash, not soul or R&B, not Stinky Brothers, not Michel Polnareff, not Spacesuit Ballet Dancers, not Artillery, not Rami Kleinstein, not Aut' chose, not Burden Fly.
I don't remember any profound drum beat or piano.
Help? Major bonus points for links to song suggestions.
posted by sugarbx19 to Media & Arts (11 answers total)
 
Best answer: It wouldn't be Porcelain by Moby, would it?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:43 AM on July 29, 2009


Best answer: Empress, that link leads to a notice that the video was removed for violation of the ToS. Maybe this will work instead.
posted by LOLAttorney2009 at 11:48 AM on July 29, 2009


(thanks -- I'm at work and YouTube is blocked, I copied the link off Google.)
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:49 AM on July 29, 2009


Good one, Empress
posted by heather-b at 11:49 AM on July 29, 2009


*meaning, good guess
posted by heather-b at 11:50 AM on July 29, 2009


Might it be "Right Down the Line"?

It has the line:
"It's been you...woo-man...right down the line"

And has non-acoustic instrumentation and is smooth-jazzy.
posted by chiefthe at 11:51 AM on July 29, 2009


Yeah, I have that song on my iPod, but I never would have thought of it in response to this question. If that's the correct song, all credit goes to Empress for the answer!
posted by LOLAttorney2009 at 11:51 AM on July 29, 2009


Best answer: I think "Right Down The Line" has a little too many lyrics, and is also pretty upbeat. The song we're looking for is slower.

"Porcelain" is also from the mid-90's, which puts it in about the right time frame -- plus everything off Play was just so damn ubiquitous that I wouldn't be surprised if it hit smooth jazz stations as well.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:02 PM on July 29, 2009


Woman Beat?
posted by Brocktoon at 12:06 PM on July 29, 2009


(Oh, and thanks for the kudos, folks -- I've done a lot of trivia contests which involve identifying songs based on single-word snippets. I was once able to identify the song "Life In The Fast Lane" by the Eagles based on only hearing the two words "they had".)
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:09 PM on July 29, 2009


Response by poster: Yes! Porcelain is the song. 200 points to EmpressCallipygos (referencing your bootylicious buttocks by chance?).
Kudos to everyone for such immediate responses.

Booby prize for the Mike Myers suggestion; sorry, but he makes me vomit.
posted by sugarbx19 at 12:25 PM on July 29, 2009


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