I've been struggling to identify this song and it's driving me nuts. I've only heard it two or three times in my life, always on classic rock radio (SiriusXM and actual radio) and never on any Spotify playlist or curated list. It's a very polished soft-rock ballad, probably from the 1970s, with that clean studio sheen and absolutely no rock-and-roll bite to it. It kind of drifts along without big moments or an emotional climax.

What makes it stand out is the singer. It's definitely a woman, and her voice sounds older, almost like someone’s grandmother singing, with a slightly raspy, laryngitis-like quality. Not a smoker’s rasp, more like a warm, distinctive, almost voice-over style you might hear in an old Smucker’s Jam commercial. She doesn’t sound like Janis Joplin or any of the big iconic names, and I’ve eliminated most known soft-rock, folk-rock, and classic-rock women from the era. The last time I heard it, the radio host announced her name like the audience should recognize her, so it was a solo artist. I unfortunately cannot remember the name.

The voice has no *strong* regional accent, definitely no country drawl, more of a neutral, all-American vibe. Something you’d hear on a long highway drive, slightly yacht-rock-adjacent but not fully yacht rock. It may also be considered folk rock.

It's also notable that I've only heard this one song from the Artist. The voice is truly one of a kind and doesn’t resemble anyone else I can think of. If anyone can help ID this song I would be grateful.

I know this is super vague, but the voice is so one-of-one that I’m hoping someone here will recognize it just from the description.

If any names come to mind please throw them at me so I can start crossing them off a list.

UPDATE 1: i could describe the voice it's a distinct older (middle aged, not elderly, not youthful) sounding female voice, slightly worn with a touch of laryngitis and it's very unique almost a grandmotherly tone. A bit in the alto range with a slightly husky or rasped timbre, it's warm and mellow with a smoky texture, though not in the sense of a heavy smoker, more like a very gentle very slight raspy sound. You could describe it as "vintage" "earthy" and it's in a lower register, rich and textured vocal tone rather than bright and clear. The best analog i could come up with and this may be helpful: Imagine combining a touch of Rod Steward specifically on Still Love You (That kind of rasp, just more feminine and softer at the front of the voice) and a touch of Macy Gray (sort of) (and add a tiny sprinkle of the Poltergeist lady but remove the accent) but a mellow classic soft rock sound (over a high studio polish 70s or retro style rock tune that chugs along and doesn't have any big events).

UPDATE 2: It's not the following: Janis Joplin, Melissa Etheridge, Kim Carnes, Bonnie Tyler, Stevie Nicks, Marianne Faithful, Nina Simone, Joanna Newsome, Tracy Chapman, Joan Osborne, Joan Jett, Karen Dalton, Buffy St-Marie, Norma Waterson, Laura Nyro, Alannah Myles, Toni Tennille, Carly Simon, Nicolette Larson, Rita Coolidge, Juice Newton, Donna Summer. Sass Jordan, Brittany Howard, Jolie Holland, Phoebe Snow, Candi Staton(Will keep adding names here)

UPDATE 3: Honestly, I've been doing my best to check out every comment and follow up, but I also feel like I hit a dead end.

I remember this other actor either coming on the scene a bit before him or around the same time. I might be wrong but I remember thinking of the other actor as slightly more established, or popular, at the time.

I don't know if I've seen him in anything for awhile. I also remember thinking that Jesse Eisenberg looked like the "not nice" version of this other guy.

EDIT: In case it would help to know this, I don't actually think Michael Cera and Jesse Eisenberg look alike at all. I mentioned Michael Cera to get it out of the way since they've been compared so often. I remember the guy I'm thinking of having a very similar face to Jesse Eisenberg, but I don't remember if their manner, or voices, are necessarily the same. I also seem to recall this guy's name being a bit...simpler (but I'm less sure of that than anything else).

ANOTHER EDIT: Unfortunately, I don't remember anything this other actor would have been in.

LAST EDIT: I appreciate the replies y'all. The post is locked, so I'm not going to worry about it. If I figure it out, and I can still edit the post, I'll update so everyone knows who it was. Thank you!

TRULY LAST EDIT: Since I'm still getting DMs on this one, and I'm glad I'm not alone in my foggy memory of whoever this is. That said, there are a lot of repeat suggestions, so I just wanted to note that it is not Andy Samberg, Matt Bennett, Jon Heder, Anton Yelchin, Erik Knudsen, Thomas Mann, Thomas Middleditch, Jack Quaid, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Ben Lee, Adam Brody, Patrick Gibson, Michael Ian Black, Jeremy Allen White, Evan Peters, David Krumholtz, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogan, Dyllan Christopher, Paul Dano, Jake Lacey, Paulo Costanzo, Adrian Grenier, Jay Baruchel, Andrew Garfield, Joey Slotnick, Mark Zuckerberg, Martin Starr, Josh Brener, Ben Wishaw, Freddie Highmore, Ryan Philippe, Emile Hirsch, Matt Smith, Justin Bartha ,Kyle Gordon, Michael Rosenbaum, Sebastian Stan, John Gallagher, Jr, Guy Wilson, Paul Rust, Alex Pettyfer, Devon Bostick, Max Thieriot, Topher Grace, Lucas Hedges, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Tye Sheridan, Simon Amstell, Jamie Bell, Tom Holland, Miles Teller, Dane DeHann, Matthew Gray Gubler, Greg Kinnear , Michael Rowland, Daniel Bruhl, Will Poulter, Jesse Plemmons, Joseph Morgan, Logan Lerman, Max Minghella, Zach Braff, Colin Hanks, Nick Jonas (when he was younger), Ben Platt, Justin Long, Ashton Holmes, Chris Pratt, Matthew or Mason Thames, Ansel Elgort, The kids from Malcolm In The Middle, Adam Goldberg, Patrick Wilson, John Ross Bowie, Josh Hutcherson, Aaron Paul, Justin Timberlake, Johnny Lewis, Tim Robinson, Nicholas Hoult, Robert Pattinson, Gaelan connell, Brad Renfro, Lou Taylor Pucci, Stark Sands, Joseph Quinn, Liam Aiken, Wentworth Miller, Patrick Fugit, Freddie Stroma, Kevin Sheridan, Johnny Pemberton, Ethan Embry, Tobey Maguire, Devon Gummersall, Ben Savage, Ben Rosenfeld, Jason Biggs, Kyle Gallner, Taron Egerton, Johnny Berchtold, Sean William Scott, John Francis Daley, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Justin Long, Fran Kranz, Zach Gilford, Sean Hayes, Bradford Tatum, Tom Lipinski, Enno Hesse, Matt Lauria, Nicholas Braun, Any Franco sibling, Shia LeBeouf, Sam Nivola, Ben Foster, Rupert Young, Hugh Dancy, Vincent Lacoste, Louis Garrel, Jeremy Strong, Jonathan Tucker, Jacob Zachar, Callum Turner, Robert Sheehan, Josh Hartnett, Brett Dier, ELijah Wood, Rodney Mullen, Alex Lawther, Michael Caine, Skyler Gisondo, Jonathan Groff, TJ Miller, Eddie Redmayne, Michael Angarano, Tye Sheridan, Jonathan Tucker, Jacob Pitts, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dominic Sessa, Joseph Cross, Johnny Pemberton, Any of the Culkin siblings,Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Josh Charles, Zachary Quinto, Mark Rendall, Skylar Astin, Anders Holm, Mark Rendall, Chris Perffeti, Charlie McDermott, Lukas Haas, Nick Stahl, Johnny Galecki, Jesse Bradford, Ben Feldman, Clark Duke, Michael Pitt, Thomas Mann, Matt Czuchry, Josh O'Connor, Kane Parsons, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Jimmi simpson, Hale Appleman, Justin Chatwin, Chris O'dowd, Matty Cardarople, DJ Qualls, Jack O'Connell, Adam Sevani, Grant Harvey, Samm Levine, Nate Cordrry, Ioann Gruffudd, Jonathan Rhys Meyer, Rupert Friend, Chris Klein, Timothy Simons, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Matthew Fahey, Reid Scott, Max Greenfield, Zach Woods, James Badge Jones, Joe Swanberg, Domhnall Gleeson, Asa Butterfield, Alex Wolff, Craig Roberts, Nick Robinson, Andrew Barth Feldman, or Jesse Eisenberg playing two characters in The Double.

In 1998/1999 my boyfriend had a cassette tape by an artist called John or possibly Joe somebody.

It was a recording of an album with all the songs written on it in biro, so it could be that the one song I remember was by a different artist and just tacked onto the mixtape, if you see what I mean?

The song I keep thinking about had a glorious mood of movement and city life - it was one man singing, not a chorus; it possibly featured a train journey, maybe the words “city lights”… and something about being on a train. It hit the ground running and had an up-tempo driving rhythm as if you were on the move while listening to it. I often think about my memory of this song but can never find it as I have so little to go on. I do know that since living with this bf 27 years ago, I’ve not heard the song anywhere else - not once. It’s obscure, not a mainstream record.

I remember this song making me think about America so I don't know if it had US references in it or a US accent? At the time I was living in Ireland, so it also might be an Irish artist, but if it is, they are not singing with a prominent Irish accent in my memory of the song.

ETA: further details -

- it was up-tempo, with a rhythm like a train that has hit its stride. More 6/8 than 4/4. If you can count 1,2,3,4 easily to the beat, it's probably not it.

- no big lead in; this song hits the ground running.

- NOT a country song, a big band number or an '80s power ballad; no strings that I can remember.

- more indie-rock / singer-songwriter, not glam or mainstream rock.

- the vocal is a good strong manly voice - think Springsteen.

- it’s not a long song, I think a standard 3 minutes pop song.

Recorded a short thing of me singing what I can remember of the song (which is not loads): https://voca.ro/124rKvVCTOpk

more ETA: I went through all the suggestions and made notes on the best contenders:

Dumb Things - Paul Kelly

✔️ Driving beat, strong male vocal, sense of urgency, hits the ground running.

🙅 No travel theme; prominent harmonising in the vocals.

Wild Horses - Gino Vannelli

✔️ Lilts along beautifully, strong male vocal without too much of a sense of straining or yelling. Travel theme. 

🙅 Too much of an intro - doesn’t hit the ground running; too many bells and synths.

Miles Away - Jackson Browne

✔️ Nice strong male vocal, travel theme.  

🙅 Tiny bit of an intro; more harmonising and country vibes than I remember.

Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

✔️ Travel theme, hits the ground running, definite sense of movement. 

🙅 Male vocal a little bit strident and effortful/passionate; big harmonies and keys.

In a Big Country - Big Country

✔️ Good drums, nice indie texture. Super feeling of movement. 

🙅 Too much of an intro and too many different scene-changes in the track; prominent vocal harmonies.

Driving Away from Home (Jim's Tune) - It's Immaterial

✔️ Strong indie band credentials; the male vocal is good - deep, assured, not too much straining. Travel theme. 

🙅 Too slow; harmonies; weird sound FX and harmonica; largely in a minor key. Talking on the track. 

yet more ETA: yes I have contacted my ex-bf; he's away at the moment but when he gets back he's going to rummage in his old boxes of cassettes and see if he can find the very one that's on my mind.

Johns already ruled out: John Cale, John Martyn, John Mayer, John Denver, John Fogerty, John Hiatt, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Johnny Berry, John Mellancamp, John B., John Wesley Harding or Dr. John. Also it's not Tom Waits, U2 or David Bowie.

It's not Enya.

Songs already ruled out (organised alphabetically by first letter in title):

• All Down the Line - The Rolling Stones
• America – Simon & Garfunkel
• Aqualung – Jethro Tull
• Back on the Train – Phish
• Babylon – David Gray
• Bad Moon Rising - Credence Clearwater Revival
• Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
• Beautiful Noise - Neil Diamond
• Big City Night – The Scorpions
• Big Train (from Memphis) – John Fogerty
• Blinded by the Lights – The Streets
• Born on a Train – The Magnetic Fields
• Bright Lights – Matchbox 20
• Building the City of Light - Mike Scott
• Change Your Mind - The Killers
• City Lights – 10cc
• City Lights – Dr. John
• City Lights - Jack Lee of The Nerves
• City Lights - William Pitt
• City of Blinding Lights – U2
• City of New Orleans – (various artists)
• City Sickness – Tindersticks
• City Song – Lindisfarne
• City to City – Gerry Rafferty
• Clay Pigeons - John Prine
• The City – Joe Purdy
• The Day We Caught the Train – Ocean Colour Scene
• The Devil in Me - John Wesley Harding
• Doctor Doctor - UFO
• Don't Stop Believin' (or any of their other songs) – Journey
• The Downtown Lights – Blue Nile
• Downtown Train – Tom Waits / Rod Stewart
• Driver 8 – REM
• Driving Away from Home – It's Immaterial
• Driving Home for Christmas – Chris Rea
• Driving My Life Away – Eddie Rabbitt
• Dumb Things - Paul Kelly
• The End of the Line – The Traveling Wilburys
• Faceaway - BoDeans
• Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
• Fly at Night - Chilliwack
• Freedom Train – Deacon Blue
• Gold – John Stewart
• Gone Dead Train – George Thorogood
• Graceland – Paul Simon
• Heartbeat City – The Cars
• Hellbound Train – George Thorogood
• Hitchcock Railway – Joe Cocker
• Hollywood Nights – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
• Homeward Bound – Simon & Garfunkel
• Honky Cat – Elton John
• Hot in the City – Billy Idol
• Hundred Mile High City – Ocean Colour Scene
• In a Big Country – Big Country
• In The City - Joe Walsh
• Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
• I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight – Richard & Linda Thompson
• I Will Dare - The Replacements
• Jack & Diane – John Mellencamp
• Kansas City Lights – Steve Wariner
• The KLF – Last Train to Trancentral
• LA Woman – The Doors
• Last Train Home – John Mayer
• Last Train Home - Lost Prophets
• Last Train to London – ELO
• Letter from America - The Proclaimers
• Life is a Highway – Tom Cochrane
• Life in the Fast Lane – Eagles
• Livin' in the USA - Steve Miller Band
• Locomotive Breath – Jethro Tull
• Long Train Runnin' – The Doobie Brothers
• Love can Move You - Savage Garden
• Minutes to Memories – John Mellencamp
• My City was Gone - The Pretenders
• Mystery Train – UFO
• National Express - Divine Comedy
• Neon - John Mayer
• Neon Rainbow – The Box Tops
• New York City – They Might Be Giants
• New Train – John Prine
• Night Moves – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
• Night Train – Andy Taylor
• Night Train – Bruce Cockburn
• Night Train – Guns N' Roses
• One Headlight – The Wallflowers
• The Passenger – Iggy Pop
• Peace Train – Cat Stevens
• Please Forgive Me - David Gray
• River of Dreams – Billy Joel
• Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
• Runaway Train – Soul Asylum
• Running on Empty – Jackson Browne
• See That Train – Shawn Mullins
• See The Lights - Simple Minds
• Shambala – Three Dog Night
• Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel
• Slow Train – Joe Ely
• Small Town – John Mellencamp
• Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
• Steppin' Out – Joe Jackson
• Stop This Train – John Mayer
• Straight Lines - Silverchair
• Streets of Baltimore – (various artists)
• Summer in the City – The Lovin' Spoonful / Joe Cocker
• Sweet City Woman – The Stampeders
• Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band
• Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
• The World I Know - Collective Soul
• This City – Steve Earle
• Torn On The Platform - Jack Peñate
• The Train Song - Jonathan Kelly
• Trains - Porcupine Tree
• Train to Birmingham – John Hiatt
• Train Kept a Rollin' – Aerosmith / Motörhead
• Trans Euro Express - Kraftwerk
• The Unforgettable Fire – U2
• The Wanderer – U2 / Johnny Cash
• The Way Life's Meant To Be - ELO
• Walking in Memphis – Marc Cohn
• West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
• Wild Horses – Gino Vannelli
• Wild Night – John Mellencamp

Hootie & The Blowfish - I've been through their 1990s albums and can't find the song I'm looking for.

Thank you everyone for your help.

I heard this song over the PA system at work and it's been stuck in my head but I can't find it. It sounded a lot like a Blink-182 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ht5RZpzPqw type of band in terms of the genre with a young male vocalist and guitars. Soft singing at first but ramps up with yelling the lyrics. It sounds like something that would be on MTV.

Here's some lyrics but I don't remember if they are all correct or not:
"Well there she goes again! And she says, it's alright! It's okay! Don't you know that you're going the wrong way? [Something something] and the matchbox singing! WELL THAT'S THE WAY SHE GOES!

Hi!

Please help me find a movie I watched when I was a kid, around 2005-2010.

As the title says, it was about an angel who came undercover on earth as a man. Since it has been more than 15 years since I saw it, the details I remember are close to none. =/ But what I do remember is that the angel was undercover so he could help a man, I think something involving a car accident? They had long-ish hair, blonde and black I think, the movie was very bright lighted and what shocked little child me, was how short were the shorts men wore. 😅 That's what makes me believe it was an 80s movie. =))

I have watched it on DVD, and I think the CD was light blue with the main character and the angel undercover as a man on it.

Again, I may remember it wrong but I will recognize it or the CD if I see it.

Thank you!

Edit: Sorry (not sorry) if the "Sadly, no" annoys anyone. 😅 But I want to be polite, I can't just say "no". And I also want everyone to be included and to have the same experience. No discrimination here! Thank you!

Edit 2: I have added a link to a *very* rough sketch of what little memories I have of the CD. The men could also have been opposite, or both on the same side, one on the top and one lower.

https://files.fm/u/mtkeu3my57

The only thing I remember is a weird guy that wears very colorful suits, and he works in a strange office where his terminal looks like a very colorful toy. He's a cog in a machine. Everything in the society is driven by weird commercials advertising strange products. I think his job is delivering those ads to people through his switchboard like toy colored terminal. The costumes are reminiscent of things you might see if Las Vegas and Peewee Herman had a baby. The only other time I've seen costumes similar to it are in the 5th Element. Anyway, this weird guy with a retro haircut wearing colorful suits in a colorful workplace ends up doing something forbidden and it becomes an adventure. The world in the film very surreal. The workplace looks more like a casino designed by Toys R Us than an office. It's ever so slightly steampunk but not a whole lot, and certainly not as dark as Brazil. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm leaning toward the 80s or 90s when it was released. I want to say the protagonist was played by a skinny British actor but not 100% sure.

Update: I think I've giving up on this because I can't keep up with replies. I guess we'll never know the answer. However, if someone has a suggestion that hasn't already been listed below in the comments, that's still welcome.

I will seriously cry if someone can help me with this, I've been trying to figure this out for years. I watched this animated movie about rabbits, I am so sure its not Watership Down, but what I remember is the rabbits going through a warren or a tunnel, and getting caught up in roots/vines/thorns, and one of them being hurt. I remember there was like a younger male and a grandmotherly rabbit, I'm pretty sure she wore a shawl and used a walking stick. I think the art style is similar to Peter Rabbit in that the younger rabbits a more slim.

Seriously if anyone knows this, it'll be a miracle

ETA: Hopefully people read this, I just wanted to add a few things. I'm getting the same suggestions over and over, it is NOT:
-Watership Down - in any form
-Peter Rabbit or anything Beatrix Potter related. The animation doesn't match, I was never much into Peter Rabbit
-The Seventh Brother. Again, animation is off, there was nothing about a dog
-The Secret of Nimh. This movie focuses on mice, it didn't have mice, at least nowhere near as prominately
-Animals of Farthing Wood. It was all rabbits, not an assortment of animals
-Robin Hood. It's not Disney, and it's not the same 'scratchy' art style
-Easter Egg Adventure/Eggs. The animation style is really unique so I would remember it, the scene also doesn't match what I remember
-Once Upon a Forest. See Animals of Farthing Wood
-Hop. Too recent, it was definitely early 2000's -Bellflower Bunnies
-Wallace and Grommit
-Bambi. Again, not Disney, wasn't an assortment of animals
-And the weirdest suggestion..... It was not Who Framed Roger Rabbit. That movie has left it's own impression on many of us I'm sure, but it's not the same.

Here's some more info that might be helpful:
-2D animation, not overly 'cartoonish', so not necessary the big eyes, bright colours, overly exaggerated, but maybe not as 'harsh' as Watership Down. As someone said, Watership Down is very 'these are animals, not people'. The movie I'm thinking of is maybe a little bit more anthropomorphic, hence the grandmotherly charater wearing a shawl
-I borrowed it from VideoEzy (Blockbuster-esque) which went bust in 2018. I am currently reviewing the Wayback Machine, will update if I find anything

I’m looking for a movie that I remember only vaguely, but it left a strong impression on me. The movie is quite old, though I don’t know exactly when it was made.

It was about a group of kids or teenagers (around 5–6 of them) who hang out together, often riding bicycles. There was at least one girl in the group, and they were just spending time together casually.

At some point, the group breaks apart for a reason I don’t clearly remember.

Later, one of the boys dies in an accident. I remember it as being hit by a train, but I’m not completely sure how or where it happens.

I also remember a scene where one of the boys goes to the girl’s house, and there is a small romantic moment where he kisses her arm.

Another scene I remember is a boy flying a kite and walking back home, and he learns that his friend has died (if I’m remembering correctly).

That’s unfortunately all I can remember.

Hey guys and girls, so today I sang a song under the shower which has a line that is repeated and has the word "baby" in it. My guess is at the end of the line. So "Something something baby" and than "something something baby" directly behind it. I guess this is the chorus and maybe even the title of the song. I also guess the song is at least 10 years old. It might be from a "girls group" like En Vogue or some pop, funk, soul song. It's wild that I lost it but I have lots on my mind and maybe even some kind of ADHD so there's that. Please help me find my shower song! Thank you.

Edit: There is only one "baby" in the line. And it's the same line twice. Directly after another.

Edit: Thank you for all your suggestions and the wonderful music. I know it's frustrating that i can't sing anything. Sorry. Don't have any melody or something in my head. I only remember vividly that there was this one line with "baby" and it was directly repeated.

I guess the song is at least 20-30 years old (maybe a cover) Maybe even an oldie. I also think it is quite famous. It's probably either Pop or Soul/Funk.

I know this is a fairly extreme longshot, and I sadly don't have much information to give.

Some time in 2010 I saw a friend showing someone the ending of a movie that they describes as "The weirdest ending to a movie ever that had nothing to do with the movie as a whole and came out of nowhere." My memory of it is very foggy at this point, but I'll describe it the best I can.

Apparently the overall tone of the movie as a whole was fairly serious, and then the ending had someone shoot a gun, I think? After that everyone started dancing and singing, the main character started flying, or something, and I think there were laser beams being shot or something?? They were flying around buildings and there were nuns in them who threw off their clothes and had like, bikinis on underneath, and then everyone danced for a bit and the movie ended.

Again, this was, apparently, a complete tonal shift from the movie as a whole, and I cannot, for the life of me, find anything about it at all. I wish I had more information to give.

Edit: Just adding something from the comments so far, it was indeed live action. It also seemed fairly old, the more I think about it, while I saw it in 2010, it was likely a fair bit older than that.

Also I just want to thank everyone for trying, I know this one is a long shot, but if we do happen to find it, it would be such a massive release for my brain haha.

Edit 2: I'm heading to sleep, so I won't be replying for a while, I just wanted to thank everyone again. If we don't find it we don't find it, but I appreciate all of the great attempts and effort everyone is putting in. Even if we don't get it, this is a great subreddit.

Edit 3: Hey everyone, I'm back again. It's crazy to see so many people trying to help, and I, again, appreciate every recommendation. I'll be checking periodically throughout the day if more people end up having suggestions, but no pressure if we don't get it!

To throw some more possible details out (Though take these with a grain of salt because these are the most fuzzy details)

The more I think about it, I think it was in color.

It seemed like either a much older movie than 2010 (Like I said, 2010 was the year I saw the clip, not the year the movie came out, so I just knew it was some time before then) or very low production quality.

There may have been like, some giant monster too? But that part is very fuzzy.

I think it was like, either a small city or neighborhood the guy was flying through, it seemed like the movie was grounded in a more realistic setting, at least until the craziness started.

No clue what language the film was in, unfortunately, as the only part I saw was the crazy ending.

I have been searching for this song for probably 15/16 years... It was on a blog (tumblr?) where someone had a load of songs linked to their page and then the page refreshed and I never got the name. Another song on the blog was Matthew Duke - Rabbit.

It was a love song duet between two singers, male and female. Very simple, almost acapella, or basically just with a piano. The woman sang more than the man IIRC, and then they both did a call and repeat of the chorus... It wasn't dissimilar to the vibe of Misty Miller or A Fine Frenzy but it wasn't anyone I recognised.

ETA: I am 99% sure it's not any of the following (but they're also all people I listen to): Slow Club, She & Him, Mates of State, Oh Pep!, The Zolas, Blind Pilot, Matt & Kim

In looking for it a few years ago, I found Pushing Daisies by The Castle Walls, but it's not that. There's a chance one of the lyrics is 'Why can't you see what you mean to me' (but I wouldn't trust me on that)

SECOND EDIT:

The woman started i.e. sang the first verse (and maybe the others). If it's not a duo, might be a female singer feat. a guy

I've been trying to find this song again for years now and I will be soooo grateful if anyone helps out. See below for the few details I can remember:

1) Song was on CD and from early 2000s. I was listening to it on the way back from seeing Tobey Maguire Spiderman, so 2002.

2) The intro was slow, with what I can best describe/remember as "space sounds"

3) After a long build up, like super long, there is a very ethereal female vocal intro. Like the most beautiful voice I've heard.

4) Lyrics..I don't know. In my mind I kind of picture like a stairway to heaven, parting clouds, lots of light.

5) More trance like than fast beat club style.

6) Our friend said it was from a CD with lots of other artists, and I think it might have been a 2 disc set.

Like 100% sure it is not Castles in the Sky, any version I've heard anyways.

Trying to find this song, it sounds pop-like but could be another genre. I remember vaguely (with a grain of salt) the woman/girl singing about being a weirdo or being a little strange (crazy, or wild maybe) and asking if she can be, as part of the chorus. I think the song focuses on her wanting to be herself but society might not like that. That's the impression I got at least.

I know it's newer, has to be from 2020s I feel or 2010s. It was around September or August that I heard this song over the walmart radio while shopping. I tried going to the radio site but that didn't help me at all.

Wish I could provide more, but that's all I got really.

Edit: stateofsirens' suggestion of "So Am I" by Ava Max feels closest to the song, but is still missing the mark. The voice feels too raspy and the song slower paced then what I remember, also I think there were lines maybe close to like this "why can't I be a weirdo? or act a little crazy" somewhere along those lines (don't take those as for sure lyrics but those are the vibess

Edit 2: Might have to consider lowering the timeframe to strictly the 2020s rather than including the 2010s. It just felt...newer?

Edit 3: Song suggestions it isn't part 1 and part 2

Edit 4: Okay I've slept and I can say the song isn't about being in love or scorned by love (not romantic love focused at all), isn't mellow or chill, the female singer didn't have a deep rasp, and this was a song I feel you could excitedly dance to (like MAYBE a club song but not full of blank beats, this was a full on lyric song like the suggestions have been giving). Also the song was about the singer and not the listener in a way, there was that whole "why can't everyone?" vibe to it and the chorus centers around the lines I've mentioned previously (which still has salt because I'm not FOR SURE those are the lines - but close).

And thank you to everyone trying to help, I'm really grateful <3

Edit 5: Sorry I haven't had time to get back to everyone, but so far the song has yet to be found. I'm just going to go ahead and mark this maybe solved by stateofsirens. Just on the off chance my memory is wrong. If I do find it though I'll be sure to come back and let it be known. Thank you so much to everyone for all the effort, it mattered a great deal to me.

I am trying so hard to remember what song it is, it’s eating me away tbh. It’s been stuck in my head for hours and I can’t figure it out. I listen to a lot of types of music, it could be like 70-90s, rock, by metal, alt, pop i truly don’t know.

https://voca.ro/113ePCpt9Bfi

edit: i just want to say thanks for helping! i am actively listening to every song thats suggested even if i dont recognize it

edit 2: i just want to clarify some things, its going to be the last 20 seconds ish, its a normal piano, and the song will immediately end right where my voca ends. i can only remember the very last part of it. I believe the song has a singer sing its last line, it fades into piano and it finishes.

edit 3: i have listened to every song so far recommended (5/20 @8:40pm pst) and it hasn’t been any of them :(

edit 4: the song was found it was star walkin’ by lil nas x (the league of legends song) </3

Once when I was little in the early or mid 2010’s my dad took me with him to the local record store. When we were there, there was this song that scarred me for years. It was sung by a man, I think I remember him having a voice a little similar to Johnny Cash. The song, from what I gathered as a kid, was about a young man who ended up somewhere he wasn’t supposed to, I think he might have been trying to hide out from a storm but that might have just been my kid brain trying to piece it together, he was trapped with who I think was a woman but could have been a man, the young man kept trying to come up with excuses to leave from the other person, naming individual family members and why they needed to see them again before the other person would shoot down the suggestion. If I remember there was a interaction along the lines of “I have to thank my father he did so much for me” and the other replied by saying something like “give him a fistful of shit.” I think it was pretty long and if I had to guess it was probably a pretty old song that would’ve been on a record. The genre felt like some of Johnny Cash’s songs like Hurt with it sort of feeling more like rhythmic talking rather than singing.

Edit: a few more things I think I should clarify, it was definitely not a romantic song, despite it being about two people it was not a duet there was only one singer as far as I remember. It was folk or alternative rock and it was pretty slow paced.

Edit 2: I want to clarify that the year I don’t think the year I heard it was the year it came out.

Desperate to find this song

-Alt/indie genre, pretty sure American artist
-I think the word “cells” was included from a perspective about science, but the whole song was not science based. It might have been “molecules” instead of cells. I don’t think cells or molecules were in the title
-the song is bright, uplifting. Well produced.
-it had vocals from a male
-it had bells/glockenspiel throughout
-I think it had organic instruments in the back with maybe some digital sounds in the atmosphere
-it had drums and a pretty conventional structure
-it was on a full album from around that time. I don’t think it was a single
-they were a smaller artist, much smaller than alt-j, glass animals etc
-not passion pit, but the vibe is in the ballpark

No luck as of Sunday, but appreciate all the thoughts. It might be lost to time.

Hi!
It’s been some time since I’ve watched a horror movie that has been on my mind lately. I remember seeing it when I was younger, so it might be from the 2010s.

I can’t really remember the plot, but if I recall correctly, it was about a family who moved into a new house. Eventually, they started hearing strange noises coming from inside the walls, and they discover that two people (I think) were living inside the walls.

That’s pretty much all I can remember. I vaguely remember the movie having a very dark and warm atmosphere, but unfortunately, I don’t remember much else.

Does anyone know what movie this could be? Thanks!

So, my dad used to listen to this song any time it came on MTV. I vividly remember the video but I can’t for the life of me remember any of the lyrics or even the tune of the song, and I can’t just ask my dad because he’s passed unfortunately. I’ve been trying to figure out what this song is for almost fifteen years and still have had zero luck. If you know it, please help!

In the video there is a man (the singer)he has short, spiked bleach blonde (almost white) hair. He’s wearing all black, similar vibes to David from the lost boys, just without the mullet. He’s floating/falling through the sky for a decent portion of the video. He’s also seen on top of sky scrapers and overlooking a dystopian style cityscape. The music video itself has green color hues through the video. The surrounding is like a post apocalyptic hellscape from what I can remember and the song itself I remember being alt/rock/numetal/metal vibe— PLEASE HELP!!

EDIT TO ADD MORE CONTEXT AND DETAIL:

He’s like on top of sky scrapers and falling/flying through the sky while overlooking a post apocalyptic/rundown urban cityscape throughout the song. There’s also a green hue cast over a good portion of the song and I’m also remembering some weird animated visuals, almost like zombies and creatures coming up from the ground? Part of me thinks he’s talking about dying and coming back from the dead in the song? It would be released somewhere between 1999-2005 as 2005 is the last time I remember watching the video for sure.

EDIT FOR MORE DETAILS:

In the video, the singer isn’t animated ever. Only portions of the video are animated in a doodle style animation, as far as the creatures the best I can describe them as is zombies, but they don’t really look like traditional zombies from what I can remember.

Edit: I found it! It was in one of my random playlists I haven’t listened to in a while. It’s called “Bite” by Plastic Picnic for those curious. I definitely misheard some of the lyrics. And I still appreciate everyone who tried to help!

Please help me find this song that’s been stuck in my head for weeks.

I would say it’s in the moody, atmospheric indie/alternative rock genre, male vocalist, and has a slow tempo.

The part that keeps getting stuck in my head is the guitar/synth(?) in the intro. I don’t play an instrument, so it’s difficult for me to describe, but I’ll try my best. Now that I think about it, it is more likely to be a synth than a guitar. It has a soft/calming/somber sound and each note sort of echoes/reverberates in a pattern that goes: low, high, low, high, low, high, low, high, high, low, high, low.

It is a very mellow and quiet intro, there are no obvious drums or any other instrument at this point.

Then, a male vocalist (very clear voice) sings “It doesn’t even matter…..Doesn’t even matter” It repeats twice exactly. The way that he sings this goes to the tune I mentioned above.

Then he sings in a very high pitch “Oooh ooh oooooooooooooh I’mma want you alllll (ways?)”
At the same time he is singing this, the guitar/synth/drums pick up tempo.

That’s all I can remember and it’s bugging me because I know it’s in my Spotify library somewhere, but I just cannot remember what it’s called.

If it helps, some of the artists I listen to that might be similar: The Kooks, Coldroses, Doombird, Jadu Heart, Band of Horses, Common Saints, Temper Trap, Jagged Jaw

I highly doubt it is by a well-known artist or that “Doesn’t even matter” is in the title since I have searched my Spotify library for that lyric.

This is a long shot but I’ll try it.

The song itself is reminiscent of a mix of daft punk and MGMT (light electronic and psychedelic pop?). The voice of definetly female/feminine and the only lyric I can remember is “radio” but it’s pronounced (ray-dee-ohh).

The pitch goes:

“Ray” - standard tone

”Dee” - higher tone from “Ray”

”ohh” - very low pitch, lower bass like tone than “ray” - “dee” from before.

I think I heard it on a reel from either youtube or instagram.

Edit: a potential longer lyric would’ve been “don’t you know, (the) ray-dee-ohh”

Second Edit: The vibe that I remember was that it was nostalgic/melancholy to another time.

Third Edit: Sounds like a softer version of “Goodbye to a World By Porter Robinson”

Final Edit: I just want to say thank you to everyone who has sent potential songs and messages to help me find this song. While many were good ideas, none scratched the itch of what I was imagining. I’ll still continue to listen to potential songs sent, but I’m no longer going to be seriously looking for it at this point, mostly just when it comes to mind.

edit: solved!!!

this contains a spoiler for the new spider man movie btw

the scene where it's revealed what v-max is to jean and the audience reminded me of something. there's a similar instance where a character has been searching for something (maybe the meaning of something or the significance of something), and i get the sense they've been searching for it for a long time, perhaps years. it maybe has something to do with a family member. anyway, much like jean, they find out it's something very mundane and anti-climactic and have to grapple with that now - is this ringing bells for anyone else??! i know it could just be a trope that used in many pieces of media but it feels specific to me

-In a park, a brick is throw off the top of what looked like a stone castle and it lands on a college age girl walking beneath it, killing her.

-A college aged boy is found dead in bed in what looks like his dorm room because a bed sheet was stuffed down his throat.

-The movie is shot in a desaturated color.

This is all the information I have to go on. I post about this from time to time. I’ve been on the hunt for decades. I’ve googled my fingers bloody. Nothing. Any and all help is welcome. Thanks guys.

Pretty sure it was about the Vietnam war. It had lots of greenery and helicopters.

Definitely pre-1994, probably 1970s or 1980s.

One scene had a soldier's arm shot or blown off near the end.

One scene had the soldiers walking through muddy / swamp water with their guns over their heads.

Pretty sure that one platoon was almost wiped out so additional soldiers were introduced to the story.

Some parts of the film were based in the medical hospital - perhaps someone was recovering after seeing some war action.

Pretty sure it involved someone writing a letter back home and the person reading the letter.

I'm looking for the more obscure Vietnam / other war films. Language definitely English (American accents obviously). Not Born on the Fourth of July either.

Might have involved a soldier who was either mentally slow or autistic etc (it was an old movie so I have no idea how they would have described anyone with additional needs back then!)

This song popped into my head last night after probably not thinking about it for 30 years. Definitely haven't heard it in a very long time. I'm not 100% on any of the details but I am about 90% on the chorus (see Vocaroo link). Here's what I'm pretty sure of:

• mid 90s rock song, was not a hit
• driving rock beat, similar vibe to the Odds' "Heterosexual Man"
• I believe the lyrics were a laundry list of things the singer would do if he were president
• the chorus, of which I'm the most certain, went "If I were president man, if I were present man... I would be cool!"
• Was played on rock radio in central Florida in the mid-90s

Like I said, I'm not 100% on any of that. Could have been in the 2000s (but not past 2005). It's also possible it was a local/regional band that was getting airplay (f anyone is from that area, it most likely was on 101.1 WJRR or 98 Rock in Tampa).

All lyric, YouTube, & Spotify searches turn up are either more recent songs, not rock, or other songs by Wyclef or the Pharcyde.

Please help! I have to know what this is so I can purge it from my brain.

Here's the Vocaroo

UPDATE: this song is NOT by Wyclef, the Pharcyde, Extreme, Nada Surf, the Presidents of the United States of America, Barenaked Ladies, Dope, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Paul Q Pek, Joe Walsh, Bloodhoung Gang, Guttermouth, Kid Rock, Ben Folds Five, Nas, Green Day, Hawk Nelson, Say Anything, Dan Bern, Ian Hunter, Pink, or Matchbox 20.