What song is this

October 1, 2024 7:54 AM

I have a song stuck in my head, from a dream, yet which I think is real. I think the chorus is a long "Tonight" followed by something like "you don't care about us". Female singer. 6/8 time, maybe. I recorded what I remember the melody as (and version with what the chord root notes maybe sound like to me). Does anyone know this song?

Please excuse the sound recording quality, I did it with two phones and a piano on a website.

posted by lookoutbelow to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

Maybe not, but Blondie's "Atomic"?
posted by praemunire at 8:28 AM on October 1

Not a close match, but shares some words, tempo and melodic ideas: Tracy Ullman's "They Don't Know"
posted by bendybendy at 8:30 AM on October 1 [3 favorites]

Sounds like the same minor scale in Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us" - melody kicks in around 40 sec in
posted by SoundInhabitant at 10:32 AM on October 1 [1 favorite]

Is it obvious that you already ruled out You Don't Care About Us by Placebo?
posted by VirginiaPlain at 3:54 PM on October 1

Tracy Ullman's "They Don't Know "

Or the Kirsty MacColl original.
posted by donpardo at 5:06 PM on October 1 [2 favorites]

Or the Leslie Carter cover.
posted by donpardo at 5:08 PM on October 1 [1 favorite]

Can you tell us anything more about the style, like is it old or new, pop, rock, folk or anything else?
posted by umbú at 7:42 AM on October 2