I remember a snippet of a song from years and years ago, but have no idea who sang it, what song it was, or even what “genre” of music or era. Can I dig it up with Google or some other tool? The phrase was “wrapped up like a deuce”, I think.
This is a splendid job for Google, actually, particularly its ability to search for phrases rather than just collections of words. Let’s just jump in and search for the phrase you list, but make sure that we surround it with quotes:
Unlike most people with tenuous memories of songs, you remembered the lyrics right, congratulations! The first match is from the site Am I Right?, where they state that this particular lyric from Manfred Mann’s song “Blinded by the Light” is commonly misheard (or misremembered) as “wrapped up like a douche”. There’s also some confusion about whether it’s “wrapped up” or “revved up”. Since a “deuce” is slang for a particular kind of hot rod (remember the Beach Boys “little deuce coupe”?) the latter makes a bit more sense to me…
We’ve already found your match, though, the song is Blinded by the Light and it’s by Manfred Mann. A bit more digging and you’ll find that it was originally written by a far more successful [and talented, but that’s just my opinion] musician, Bruce Springsteen, in the early 70’s and Manfried Mann recorded their cover version in the mid 70’s.
One great place to dig around for music and song information, by the way, is Gracenote.com, where you can find that there are a surprising 350 matches in the database to “blinded by the light” and where I confirmed that indeed “Manfred Mann” was also known as “Manfred Mann’s Earth Band”. I thought so. 🙂
Go back and look at those Google results, though. There’s an upload on YouTube of Manfred and his gang playing the song from back in 1976. It’s not pretty, but here it is:
The second match back at our original Google search is also quite interesting, it’s an article from Cecil Adams for his splendid The Straight Dope column on the lyrics to this very song. In his short piece Cecil explains that Springsteen’s original lyrics were “cut loose like a deuce” and that Mann changed it to “wrapped up like a deuce”, then he bails and admits he has no idea what any of it means. Uh, okay, Cecil. We’ll let you slide on this one.
Finally, if you really can’t live without the song, you can Google something like “blinded by the light” free mp3 download and try your luck with the various sites listed. More likely than not, the copy you’d get would be illegal, but then again, if I hadn’t done that Google search myself I wouldn’t have learned that Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) did a cover of the song too…
Now, for practice, try to figure out which song the lyric “you put the lime in the coconut” comes from, the singer/band, when it was first recorded, how many people have recorded this particular song and, as a bonus, find a link to it as a video on YouTube (and double-bonus if it’s a muppet singing the song). Now hold on, don’t scroll down to read the answers from other readers first: that’s cheating!
Too easy? Here’s a tougher one: who was the first woman to record a song with the lyrics “nice work if you can get it”, and which of the many recordings by female singers was the most successful by sales or based purely on the popularity of the singer?
im wandering who is the artist who sang the 80s hit pop song day by day it was a english band out of england i think i luv the song
Canadian band Doug and The Slugs sang Day By Day. 1984.
THIS SONG MY MOTHER SANG BACK IN 1948, SHE GOT WORDS FROM INDIANAPOLIS STAR PAPER. HERE ARE SOME OF THE WORDS: TWO YOUNG MEN MET UPON THE STREET THEY WERE BROTHERS I COULD SEE ONE SEEM FAIR TO ME ON WAS DRESSED IN A UNIFORM WITH GODS LOVE IN HIS HEAT SAID BROTHER WE MUST PART, OH WON’T YOU COME WITH ME TO NIGHT AND GIVE GOD YOU HEART AND GO WITH ME WHERE WE NEVER MORE SHALL PART. THAT IS PART OF THE SONG. ANYONE HAVE A CLUE?
Please find the singer of this song its country song it came out in the 1970s the name of the song is ,Smoky Mountain memories,some of the lyrics…talkin about them smoky mountain memories,about my home in Tennessee,and they keep calling me home…..i sure hope you can find it ,I know he only made one album and he passed away …..Thank You .
In the early to mid 1990’s I heard a song on a popular local radio station (in Chicago, IL; 107.5 WGCI). I actually tape recorded the tune, but never heard the title of the song mentioned or who sang it. I’m fairly certain that the song is by a woman and she probably was just beginning to make an attempt at a solo career.
Here are the lyrics to the song, as best I can decipher…
MALE VOICE: This-this-this… This heart’s for you.
VERSE ONE:
I saw you drivin’ in my car
With two girls, wrapped up on your arm
You noticed I was walkin’ by
Explaining? Don’t even try!
BRIDGE:
Sometimes love- It ain’t the way we planned
You’ll fall in and out of love again
CHORUS:
This Heart
Belongs to you
These dreams
Will soon come true
This Heart
Belongs to you
VERSE TWO:
You say your love for me is strong
So tell me, why you treat me so wrong
I give a love no one else gave to you, no
I don’t know what more I can do, baby yeah…
BRIDGE:
Sometimes love- It ain’t the way we planned it
(No, no! Oh, ho, no.)
You’ll fall in and out of love again…
Aw, baby!
CHORUS:
This Heart
Belongs to you
These dreams
Will soon come true
This Heart
Sugar, belongs to you! Here’s what we gotta do. Oh! Oh ho…
This Heart
Belongs to you, well
These dreams
Will soon come true
This Heart
Belongs to you
(Break)
MALE VOICE: This-this-this… This heart’s for you. [REPEAT 4 TIMES WHILE LEAD VOCALS AD-LIB “HEART.”]
Oh, Ooh. Oh, Ooh oh whoa. Whoa, oh. O-Oh.
You, you. You-you-you.
O-O-O-O. Oh, whoa.
Baby don’t you see, naw, naw, no no.
CHORUS:
This Heart (Oh, I swear I do, baby do…)
These dreams (Oh, we gotta make ’em come true, baby…)
This Heart (Sugar, belongs to you- Here’s what we gotta do….)
(Oh, this heart’s for you…)
AD-LIB CHORUS
Better believe it.
I’m gonna give it to you.
Gotta believe it.
I’m gonna give it to you.
I know many of the lines to this song from the 80s or 90s but can’t find it anywhere. I think it’s called Find Your Way.. Here is the first verse:
When you come to conclusions
that your life is an illusion
Then don’t think of your troubles
you’ll hear plenty from all others
Looking for a song about 25 years ago. Male singer. It was just a kiss didn’t mean anything. Song was about a husband and wife getting a divorce because she kissed another man. Please help if you can.
My pastor is looking for a song. This is what he said about it: That’s just a part of the song “an out of control car ran out of gas before it came my way today” something like that. The entire song is about God working behind the scenes with His providential hand. I have no idea who wrote it. Only heard it once and that was 12-15 years ago.
Can you find it? Thank you!!!!!!!
Looking for a very old song by a male singer. Probably before 1960.
Some of the lyrics are: “It would take as many teardrops as it takes to fill the sea, For I’d walk a million miles, I’d smile a million smiles, I’d cry a million tears, I’d wait a million years”
I have the song but don’t know the singer’s name or the name of the song.
Please help! It is driving me crazy not knowing
Thanks
Anyone know the song and artist of this song, some of the lyrics here:
say what you want, i’m just not buying it. the spark is gone, there’s no denying it, you say we’re fine but i know you’re lying, i won’t be fooled this time. you look at him even when we’re together, i’m not so sure you even know my name. i thought you said that we would be forever, but now there’s nothing left to say.
I’m really drawing a blank here.
it’s the 60’s pop group known as the Grass Roots!
How to find a song I have heard around 1972 – 75 male artist, starting with lyrics “Once upon a time” with good drum beat. Help?
i got this disco 70s song that i cant figure out the artist or the title.i have a snippet of the song,it goes”dont know why our love dont stay together” or i dont know why my love dont stay together” something like that..help its a male artist or a group with a male lead vocalist.thanks
Hi guys
not being a native speaker, I might get it wrong but I would like to find out a song for which I seem to understand the following snippets ” another” “each other” “what’s been going on” “future” (not in this particular order).
I’d say it is an 80s or beginning 90s.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Hi,
I heard a female vocalist who kinda’ sounded a little like Annie Lennox who sang a refrain at the end of the song with the lyrics ” …and tell me what? …but I couldn’t hear other lyrics as the sound system was horrible.
It was definitely not Beyonce nor Madonna nor the Spice Girls.
The music was streamed so it wasn’t on a radio station.
It wasn’t from the 60’s or 70’s but could have been from the 80’s or even today.
I wish I had more to share but could anyone please guess which female vocalist this might have been?
Thank you!!!
trying to find a song that is a female vocalist. she just hums or “aah” the entire song and there are no words. She hits incredible highs and lows. I have no clue as when this was recorded but it has played on sirius xm. Please help if you can
I think your talking about a Pink Floyd song titled Great gig in the Sky (off of their Dark Side of the Moon album). Awesome song…
Hi guys I really need a hand as I can’t seem to find the song I’m looking for.
The song contained lyrics such as “do you believe” and “cause were taking the long way out” or “taking the long way round” sorry I can’t be more helpful but if anyone knows from just those lyrics please let me know
I am looking for a song from the late 1940’s or early 1950’s. Most sites seem to think an old song is from the 1970’s. I have check the usual sites with no luck. Any suggestions?
hey everyone! I strongly need help. I’m looking for the name of a Christmas song. I do believe the genre is country because the man who sings kinda sounds like Waylon Jennings but I don’t think that’s who it is. the man is singing slow and steady while a woman who is redneck as hell is talking about how her day was. I seem to remember her mentioning something about a sears catalog and milk money maybe. I don’t know all I know is I need to find out the name of this song. PLEASE HELP!
Heey…would you please help me find this RnB song. It goes something like “now it’s all long gone”. And it’s been sung by some songtress I have never known. Please help:-(
am searchin for this song ;thats what you get for lovin me my heart my soul:
Please be specific please.
I am searching for an old jazz song, female vocal and the lyrics go “Once i had a little bird put him on the ground, i let go he flew away and he’s never been found. Once i had a silver fish took him to the sea, i let go he swam away found a part of me. Once i had a lovely feeling way down in my heart, i let go now i’m afraid what i might have started.
ohio mike said, on December 10, 2012 8:06 AM:
i’m looking for a song performed by a female vocalist, which i heard about 5yrs ago with this chorus ‘you’re the one i give my heart to every day and everynight. that’s what you get for loving me, my heart, soul, everything, the rest of my life, i’ll be right here, thats what you get for loving me’
I wasn’t able to find anything based on what you are describing. I did find some songs that did have a part of the lyrics that you are looking for, but I didn’t really consider it to be a possible match as the rest of the song lyrics didn’t seem to be what you are looking for. Here’s a link below that has each years top 100 songs in both a list and and a video. Try listening to the video to see if you can find the song you are looking for. Also check some of the years surounding the linked year. I have it set at 2007. Ifr the song was popular it should be in one the the year’s top 100. If the song is a bit more obscure then it probably won’t be there.
http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-of-the-year/?year=2007
If that fails then next thing to try would be to change the words in the search engine with similar words. Also try adding and subtracting words while doing this. The general idea here is to pretend that you are a lawyer who is cross examing a witness in court. While doing this you will want to word things in a way that is similar to the original search but different. The idea is to try and find some links that will at the least will give you clues about what it is you are searching for such as someone paying homage to the artist you are trying to find. Also try putting in different parts of the lyrics and leaving out other parts and then change it the parts that are in and out. Hope that will be of help to you in your search to find the song you are looking for.
i’m looking for a song performed by a female vocalist, which i heard about 5yrs ago with this chorus ‘you’re the one i give my heart to every day and everynight. that’s what you get for loving me, my heart, soul, everything, the rest of my life, i’ll be right here, thats what you get for loving me’
Did u hapn to find this song???? I am looking for the same exact song
Hey ohio mike, the name of the song is that’s what you get by Sera
I had been searching for it for years but it was uploaded on youtube about a month ago. The artiste Sera debut album: Sera was from the year 2002
corey said, on January 5, 2012 1:18 AM:
Im trying to find this song maybe late 90s or 20s with a girl singing and i techno remix, i only know a few lyrics ‘ in this world i have seen’ help
This might be what you are looking for, I’ve Seen All this World I Care to See by Alice In Chains. Here’s a link to the lyrics:
http://www.elyrics.net/read/a/alice-in-chains-lyrics/i_ve-seen-all-this-world-i-care-to-see-lyrics.html
horace daniels said, on January 30, 2012 5:22 PM:
this song has been killing me for sometime, its kinda 70s ish, soul/r&b type, kinda sounds like telma jones or gladdis knight or one of those good r&b/soul female singer of the 70s, and all i can remember in the lyrics is; “our (dreams) will never die, we can work it out if we only try…………. its a brand new day” note,(dreams) could also be (love)not realy sure. thanks for your help, keep up the good work
The closest I could come to what you are describing was a song by Diana Ross that came out in 1992 called If We Hold On Together. Here’s a link to the lyrics:
http://www.azlyricdb.com/lyrics/Diana-Ross-If-We-Hold-On-Together-84881
mandi said, on June 10, 2012 7:42 AM:
lyrics from a song being used for a car tv advert recently, feels like i’m just to close to love you, there is nothing i can really say (or do).other lyrics to this song are i cant hide no more, i cant lie no more ,got to be true to myself.
This appears to be what you are looking for, Too Close by Alex Clare. Here’s a link to the lyrics:
http://www.metrolyrics.com/too-close-lyrics-alex-clare.html
Arcosanti said, on October 2, 2011 3:32 AM:
Here’s a song from 1991 that I can’t seem to find. All I can remember is a part of the chorus. “Looks like I kind of wish the rain would fall.” The artist was a male and the tune used for the song sounded vaguely like the tune from Charly McClain’s song Sleeping with the Radio On. Some people have suggested Rod Stewart and Phil Collins, but it is neither of those two. Anyone have any ideas?
I finally tracked down this song. I had misheard part of the lyrics, which is a common problem. The song in question is done by After 7 and is called Nights Like This. Here’s a YouTube link of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc6q5C5JEUU
Firose asked about a “fast dance techno or disco hit song from early 80’s, with lines like this, ‘AAH HOO HOO AAH HOO HOO AAH’, which come in every interlude.”
Since I don’t have you email address, I can’t email you an answer. The song you are probably thinking of is Tarzan Boy by Baltimora. Here’s a video link of the song:
http://www.wat.tv/video/baltimora-tarzan-boy-1brtd_2hqfx_.html
Hi there, I wonder if you can help. I remember a song that used to get played in our car on long journeys. I can’t remember any of the main lyrics. I do remember that it was a male voice singing a verse and then a female chorus which sounds like Do Do, Do Do pa Do Ya, Do Do Pe ay, or something like that. I have asked my mother, however she can not remember. Please can you help. I think the year would have 1984 – 1988 possibly. Cheers.
James
I was in a club and I heard a song can’t remember it very well it’s club song the chorus says:
I’m missing love you love you… (female)
the song and the artist sound like pitbull
Can anyone kindly tell me which R&B group in the nineteen nighties sang a song with these lyrics: “I just wanna say good things good things good things to you”?
I need you to help me get the name of the female artist and the tithle of her song which started with the verse..what you gonna do u do……..Part of the chorus is…don’t talk about my business I won’t talk about yours..precisely it was sang either 1996,97,or 98…thanks so much
To Paul Samreny…
re: ” partial lyrics “follow your heart and you will find your love…”
That’s “Walk With The Wind” by The Fidelitys
Hi Dave
I had a song on tape in the late ’70 early ’80 It was sung by a lady with a beautiful voice and this is part of the lyrics I remember. “Ten million snow white wings were folded tenderly, as the angels watch Jesus died for me. Silence so deep around the throne as God the Father watch His Son, hang on that rugged cross alone and all for me…” I have search all over the web, but no one knows this song. Could you please help!!!!
Thanks a mill.
i am desperatly trying to figure out this song that i got stuck in my head. i think it is from the 90’s and it is sung by a guy. the only line i know is: me myself myself ya it’s just me myself and i. and all the matches that have come up on google with that line in it are not the right song. it’s driving me nuts that i can’t remember the song title, singer, or any other lines!!! please someone help me if you know anything about this song. i will more than appreciate it.
A good way to find a song using partial lyrics is SongClue.com
It’s a reggae song…it starts with
HUT duh duh duh duh duh duh duhd udh duh duh duh HoLD MEH……
i dont know the lyrics and its driving me crazy….
not sure what or where to look please help
lyrics from a song being used for a car tv advert recently, feels like i’m just to close to love you, there is nothing i can really say (or do).other lyrics to this song are i cant hide no more, i cant lie no more ,got to be true to myself.
hello everyone, i’m looking for one track for a long time and instead of this track i found this site, i saw that many people were assisted so please if anybody knows this track help me out, it’s litle bit house little bit minimal the few words i remember is it’s like i don’t need your love try to ….. something i don’t remember any more. pleaseee hellllp
thank you in advance!
The above video no longer available its deleted can you please give me another URL, i wanna check the lyrics
Thanks
I’m looking for a late 50’s early 60’s oldies style ballad by a group with the partial lyrics “follow your heart and you will find your love…” or possibley “follow your dream and you will find your love…” hope somebody remembers this song. Thanks
@Naévio
I am pleased to announce the track you are referring to, but I have some good news and I have some bad news…
The good news is the ORIGINAL track is called “Moto Nujazz” (which was supposedly mixed on) Magix AG. And it is very easily obtainable online. Just search for “Magix AG – Moto Nujazz”.
Now the bad news is the song has been remixed quite a few times, so the original verson you’re looking for may not be the original one! (one of the remixes that I know of is “Tony foxx – Heart of South America, Around The World”)
My dad’s been looking for the lyrics and title to a song from the 60’s or 70’s, he’s not sure which. All he can remember is…”my wife and I got 16 kids, finally figured out just what we did now she’s taking a little green pill…”
Children of the 80’s by D.J. Infinity is the WHHOA song i have been searchin for & found hours after my post above.
I have been searchin a techno song from 2002, it was pretty hardcore at the time. I always called it the WHHOA song & its not Zombie Nation, they say Ohhh ohhh not WHHOA, there is a difference! Peas help me, im am so frustrated!
i keep hearing this song in a store– it goes “ohhh i cannot love you” and just keeps sayin that what the hell is it called its driving me crazy!!!
this song has been killing me for sometime, its kinda 70s ish, soul/r&b type, kinda sounds like telma jones or gladdis knight or one of those good r&b/soul female singer of the 70s, and all i can remember in the lyrics is; “our (dreams) will never die, we can work it out if we only try…………. its a brand new day” note,(dreams) could also be (love)not realy sure. thanks for your help, keep up the good work
i need to know this song my parents played it to me when i was little it was a christian song or maybe gospel. it starts out “robert did you take the trash out?” “i broke it!!” The hazards of this life really get me down” then as the song keeps going the chorus goes.”it’s so good to get away,i find myself each day and talk to you…tell you what on my mind” that is all i remember. DO you think you can help? kristen did u find the name of this song i have been looking for this song for a long time. another song on the album has the song “we’ll be going home any day now” as the chorus.
does any one knw this song starts like..
“hey lady lady come to the party woo ooooo”
its kina hip hop beatsto it plzz sum one tel me which song is ths
hiphop/r&p song from a male singer that came out in the past few years. he uses “girlfriend girldfriend…standing at the bar all by yourself” often in the song. it was a very popular song. i cant find it. please help
Hello, I’m Brazilian and saw your page when i was doing some search in google, because I can’t find the name of two songs i heard.So i saw the guy asking about musics to you and i want to know if you could help me…i’m looking for two eletronic songs, House songs, one there’s a woman who keeps singing “Keep the music playing through the night”, and the other ther’s a vocal that says “show what you want”, the first is from 2010 and the other is from 2011.I’m crazy about this songs, if there’s a way , i could send one track of this songs for you. i have it in one djs set, but i don’t have the track list… so if you could help me i could think you forever…