Comments on: What's this song I vaguely remember?

Question: What's this song I vaguely remember?

flatluigi — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:49:36 -0800

Can you help me identify this song? Whenever I listen to Message In A Bottle by The Police, the intro strongly reminds me of another song that I remember hearing in the past. Unfortunately, I can't remember any of the lyrics except for a single piece. It's a female vocalist, perhaps sounding like Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders singing "oh my-my, oh my-my, Oh My-Myyy." I want to say that what immediately follows sounds like "myst'ry dreamer," but I might be wrong.

I'm probably being too vague about this to get any leads, but any help in identification would be strongly welcomed.

By: hal_c_on

hal_c_on — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:59:32 -0800

You know what...I also get a weird song from that intro. Mine is "2000 miles" by the Pretenders. Is that what you're talking about?

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:07:31 -0800

No, it's definitely at a higher tempo.

By: Karlos the Jackal

Karlos the Jackal — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:12:12 -0800

The Pretenders have a song called "Mystery Achievement" on their self-titled album.

By: stefanie

stefanie — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:13:25 -0800

Yeah, I think you might be thinking about Mystery Achievement. Listen here.

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:14:24 -0800

Thank you! That's exactly what I'm looking for!

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:51:02 -0800

(I guess I was right when I thought it sounded like The Pretenders. *cough*)

By: ochenk

ochenk — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:33:32 -0800

(I guess I was right when I thought it sounded like The Pretenders. *cough*)

Yep, but to clarify, it looks like the Police song was released in 1979 and the Pretenders song in 1980. Of the many many times Sting has lifted material from other sources, this might not be one of them.