I'm looking for a specific song with whistling in it. I heard it in a bar so I couldn't catch the lyrics but the song had a singing chorus and then a whistling chorus that it started and ended with (I think). It had had an upbeat tempo and seemed to only consist of drums, a bass line and vocals (as well as the whistling). The singing seemed to be in a monotone style except for the singing chorus. Any ideas?
posted by crios on Nov 5, 2009 - 17 answers

Can anyone identify one of these songs I have stuck in my head? (Links below) - Please help! [more inside]
posted by cdenman on Oct 27, 2009 - 6 answers

Please help me ID a song from the 80's! [more inside]
posted by bookmammal on Oct 24, 2009 - 3 answers

Please help me identify a song I heard about 10-12 years ago. Not much to go on inside. [more inside]
posted by Lucinda on Oct 24, 2009 - 7 answers

Anyone remember a non-Carole King version of the song "Chicken Soup with Rice"? [more inside]
posted by camcgee on Oct 16, 2009 - 2 answers

Please help me figure out the name of this birthday song. [more inside]
posted by fellion on Oct 15, 2009 - 0 answers

Does anyone know the song from this faux-trailer? I've tried all the obvious avenues, to no avail. [more inside]
posted by Ash3000 on Oct 7, 2009 - 3 answers

[SongFilter] What the heck is this song playing on my local college radio station? [more inside]
posted by jordanlewis on Oct 7, 2009 - 8 answers

Help identify this song! [more inside]
posted by kitty teeth on Oct 6, 2009 - 8 answers

I heard a song playing on the sound system in a restaurant that I would like to track down if I can identify it. It was sung in Spanish, in a Cuban musical style (similar to the more ballad-like tracks on many of the Buena Vista Social Club artists' records). The vocalist was most likely male, singing in that kind of 1930's/40's croony sound with a high tenor with lots of vibrato, or possibly a woman with a lower voice. What was distinctive about the track is that it prominently featured a cello, which is not something I'm used to hearing in Latin music. I do not know if it was actually an old song or a modern pastiche, and I didn't get any lyrics.
posted by matildaben on Oct 5, 2009 - 8 answers

A friend and fellow music teacher taught me this song, telling me it was "in the folk tradition." But I can't find anything out about it and he can't tell me anything more. Do you recognize it? [more inside]
posted by argybarg on Oct 4, 2009 - 2 answers

Do you speak Thai? Can you translate this song into English?* This mp3 link is performed by the original artist, who remains unknown, and was infamously plundered by the Butthole Surfers in 1987 to create the track "Kuntz" on the album Locust Abortion Technician. [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Oct 3, 2009 - 6 answers

[Musical Theatre Filter] I've been out of the musical theatre world for a few years while I was in college. I'm thinking about audition for a production of "Nunsense: The Mega Musical" but don't know what to sing. I will be auditioning acapella, typically sing alto or mezzo, am 21, and can't dance! So what should I sing? [more inside]
posted by firei on Sep 29, 2009 - 6 answers

I'm going to sing a song for my sister at her wedding, but can't find any good songs about sisters from brothers; most are from sister to sister. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by KantGoOn on Sep 27, 2009 - 18 answers

What is this song? [more inside]
posted by defmute on Sep 18, 2009 - 2 answers

Name-that-tune-filter: I am looking for the title a song I heard recently. lyrics: "I wake up when I wake up, I sleep when I lie down, I eat when I find food" [more inside]
posted by gavtaylor on Sep 18, 2009 - 1 answer

Track ID needed (late 80s/90s popular music) - Reward for the finder! [more inside]
posted by groovinkim on Sep 14, 2009 - 29 answers

Name that song filter [more inside]
posted by DieHipsterDie on Sep 13, 2009 - 3 answers

So Something by The Beatles (Harrison not Lennon/McCartney), Layla and Wonderful Tonight both by Clapton in one form or another were all written about Pattie Boyd. Are there other examples of a person being the subject of more than one song by more than one artist? [more inside]
posted by holdkris99 on Sep 11, 2009 - 38 answers

What is the best love song you've ever heard? Not sticky-sweet or sappy, but genuinely romantic. Any genre will do.
posted by jjg on Sep 10, 2009 - 189 answers

Anyone remember who sang a 1950s (maybe early 60s)-era song about a wooden soldier and a doll of clay? [more inside]
posted by Oriole Adams on Sep 4, 2009 - 2 answers

Is this a Jimi Hendrix song, and if so, which one? [more inside]
posted by XiBe on Aug 26, 2009 - 18 answers

What's that movie in which two male thieves synchronise the timing of their heist by whistling jazz songs? [more inside]
posted by oxit on Aug 23, 2009 - 14 answers

Looking for a song I heard in a commercial today... "Hold On" in the Healthtex advertisement. [more inside]
posted by fogonlittlecatfeet on Aug 17, 2009 - 4 answers

What is the song dropped at 1:20?
posted by fac21 on Aug 15, 2009 - 2 answers

Looking for songs in the musical/strumming vein of DCFC's "I'll Follow you Into the Dark" and Earlimart's "The Little Things". [more inside]
posted by XiBe on Aug 15, 2009 - 7 answers

Mad Men TV Commercial Tune [more inside]
posted by bach on Aug 11, 2009 - 4 answers

Please help me put a mixCD together for a friend who was recently dumped by her boyfriend. [more inside]
posted by Solomon on Aug 7, 2009 - 42 answers

What is the "laughter song" in this Spongebob video at 1:40 - 1:49? This is part of the original episode, not added by the YT user. I have heard this tune frequently over the past 25 years in various network programs for anything considered "funny", usually in bloopers and slapstick, and have never been able to identify it.
posted by crapmatic on Aug 6, 2009 - 2 answers

While in Paris, I stumbled upon a group playing quite an impressive strings arrangement, in a Metro station. What song is this?
posted by disillusioned on Aug 5, 2009 - 4 answers

What's that song from my childhood? Late 80's. A band was on TV performing this song. It may have been on local cable access so this is a long shot. It was about the Flintstones. [more inside]
posted by ElmerFishpaw on Jul 30, 2009 - 7 answers

Song suggestions needed for a pseudo striptease! [more inside]
posted by Felicity Rilke on Jul 30, 2009 - 13 answers

[.mp3 Filter] I am looking for an .mp3 of the song "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated" by Thom Willems. [more inside]
posted by sepsis on Jul 25, 2009 - 4 answers

[Spoilers for Song of Ice and Fire books] Why is that Arya Stark... [more inside]
posted by tylerfulltilt on Jul 21, 2009 - 7 answers

Any tips for getting a tune out of your head? There's this damn ice cream truck which makes several passes a day with like a 5 second loop of a tune, and it's been struck in my head for about a week. Can't concentrate on my work. I can only imagine how insane the poor driver is by now.
posted by hungrysquirrels on Jul 21, 2009 - 44 answers

I'm looking for a song I heard in Costa Rica during the summer of 2007. I think it was raggaeton in style and repeated the word "bailando" over and over. [more inside]
posted by pyrom on Jul 17, 2009 - 4 answers

songfilter: I heard the fragment of a song years ago and it is a long shot. Hope me! [more inside]
posted by jadepearl on Jul 17, 2009 - 7 answers

In the song Hotel California by The Eagles, what is there a warm smell of during the opening verse? You can hear it 1:00min into the video linked above. [more inside]
posted by Solomon on Jul 14, 2009 - 8 answers

60s song filter: We are trying to find the song from the 60s (?) that is about a car/motorcycle crash. The song has singing and a narrative part if memory serves. At one point the girl screams: "Lookout! Lookout! Lookout! Lookout!"
posted by Drasher on Jul 12, 2009 - 16 answers

What is this tune? [more inside]
posted by MaudB on Jul 5, 2009 - 6 answers

Country Song-ID help: very little to go on. A friend was in a bar in Nashville last weekend, and wants to ID a song she heard (DJ, not live music). The only lyric she remembers is "stay off my hit list". Not much to go on, I know. I assume it's a recent song, but can't guarantee that. Googling hasn't helped. Thanks for any help you can give! Hmm..posting at 7:30 on July 3rd might not be the best idea. Oh well.
posted by inigo2 on Jul 3, 2009 - 2 answers

Please help me identify this song: it sounds like the Kinks, but I think it's more recent. Has something like "she asks, 'do you love me?' but she means, 'will you respect me?'" in the lyrics. [more inside]
posted by AV on Jul 1, 2009 - 4 answers

I'm trying to find a song I heard a couple of years ago on public radio. All I remember is that it was maybe folk/bluegrass, and it was a guy singing about the red-headed woman that he loved, but in the end he revealed that she was a red-head from all the blood pouring over her blond hair. [more inside]
posted by ictow on Jun 29, 2009 - 8 answers

A little something for my biggest fan... seeking ideas for classical songs that I can sing and record for my 19-month-old nephew. [more inside]
posted by notquitemaryann on Jun 26, 2009 - 16 answers

What are some good songs about baseball? [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on Jun 26, 2009 - 36 answers

Help us sing a song to our Beagle, Chloe. [more inside]
posted by mamessner on Jun 19, 2009 - 22 answers

Looking for songs about fonts... [more inside]
posted by Katemonkey on Jun 10, 2009 - 4 answers

Heard a good song on the radio, but can't find it anywhere... i'm guessing it's from the 60s, because it sounds kind of dylan-y/protest-y and there's a lyric that goes something like "i need someone to help explain the war"... i thought the song title would be I'M A CHILD or I AM A CHILD because the song is made up of lyrics like "I need someone to help me tie my shoes/I am a child, "I need someone to help me lose the blues/I am a child"... I made those up, but you get the idea... ring any bells?
posted by LittlePumpkin on Jun 7, 2009 - 6 answers

I am a music ignoramus. But, I know I really like a man and a woman (a guy and a girl) singing together. Call and response, harmony, part of the lyrics or not, I think it's really amazing when a masculine voice and feminine voice are working together. [more inside]
posted by zeek321 on Jun 6, 2009 - 79 answers

Song suggestions for a pregnancy-themed musical recital? (Broadway or opera preferred) [more inside]
posted by fermion on Jun 3, 2009 - 19 answers