More songs that sound like Hall & Oates' "You make my dreams", please.

January 22, 2024 5:00 PM

Can you suggest other songs that sound like Hall & Oates' "You make my dreams", please? Thank you!
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators to Media & Arts (23 answers total)

I think that's going to be pretty subjective in terms of comparison and perception of similarity, but to me "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers has a similar energy.
posted by virve at 5:32 PM on January 22 [5 favorites]

Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
posted by STFUDonnie at 5:34 PM on January 22

For the 60s motown-y bounce performed in the late 1970s/early 1980s, the phil collins version of ‘You can’t hurry love” is pretty damn close, or ”town called malice” by the Jam.
posted by umbú at 5:41 PM on January 22 [8 favorites]

I know they're also from the same time period, but I find that Driving My Life Away by Eddie Rabbit and I Love a Rainy Night by Eddie Money have a similar vibe. Might have just been the hair.
posted by typetive at 5:45 PM on January 22 [3 favorites]

The B-Side for You Make My Dreams is the pretty much unknown Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect, Perfect). It's not as good, more angular, less soul, less peppy but it's got something. (Have you listened to the rest of Voices, the album You Make My Dreams is from? Is has Your Kiss is On My List.)
posted by vunder at 5:46 PM on January 22 [1 favorite]

George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set on You" fits the bill maybe!
posted by knile at 6:15 PM on January 22 [12 favorites]

The Ducktales theme song!
posted by synecdoche at 6:24 PM on January 22 [9 favorites]

Maybe also Our Lips Are Sealed by the Go-Gos, or a variety of Cars songs, maybe Good Times Roll.
posted by vunder at 6:27 PM on January 22 [2 favorites]

Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
posted by fussbudget at 6:37 PM on January 22 [3 favorites]

More thoughts:
I’m Alright by Kenny Loggins
Movin Out (Anthony’s Song) by Billy Joel
posted by vunder at 6:40 PM on January 22 [1 favorite]

James by the Bangles.
posted by vunder at 6:45 PM on January 22

Response by poster: Thanks for these so far.

The song is definitely bouncy, but it is an odd kind of bounce.
(You may be able to tell I lack the relevant vocabulary for this question!)

Anyway, please keep them coming.
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 8:25 PM on January 22

Doobie Brothers, ie., What a Fool Believes or Takin it to the Streets
posted by ojocaliente at 8:31 PM on January 22 [6 favorites]

I leaned into that lurchy pulse based on your last comment.

No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
Lovecats - The Cure
Brazil - Wire
Back to Life - spoon
Girl u want - DEVO
Dance This Mess Around - b-52s
Goody two shoes - Adam Ant
Mr Blue Sky - Elo
Sometimes I Make You Sad - Supergrass
Gotta Get Up - Harry Nillson
posted by SoundInhabitant at 9:28 PM on January 22 [3 favorites]

Billy Joel? Tell her about it, or Movin’ out (Anthony’s song), or Big shot
posted by cotton dress sock at 9:29 PM on January 22 [1 favorite]

What I like about you - The Romantics
posted by bluedora at 10:23 PM on January 22

Wikipedia's Blue-Eyed Soul page may have some apt suggestions.
posted by Sauce Trough at 11:39 PM on January 22 [1 favorite]

There's a band out of Sweden called State Cows, marketed as a Swedish yacht rock band, but I'd put a lot of their music more in the 1980s sitcom theme song category. When You Smile has that same bouncy feel as You Make My Dreams Come True.
posted by emelenjr at 5:43 AM on January 23 [1 favorite]

Huey Lewis and the News, The Power of Love (and maybe others by them)
posted by D.Billy at 6:06 AM on January 23 [1 favorite]

It's not the same lurchy feel, but something about the tone of the opening hits reminds me a lot of Back Pocket by Vulfpeck.
posted by bassooner at 7:48 AM on January 23 [1 favorite]

I mean, why not go straight to Daryl's House? Ceelo Green - F*ck You
posted by credulous at 9:51 AM on January 23 [2 favorites]

Walkin' on Sunshine, Katrina and the Waves
posted by Wild_Eep at 9:52 AM on January 23 [3 favorites]

Response by poster: Thanks, everyone. Will be giving everything a listen over the weekend, starting with the many that I don't know.
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 1:55 PM on January 25