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?
I’m trying to find a song or artist of a song that goes like this. “The sun comes up, the sun sets , it’s what you put in the middle of it. This day is magic, this day is ours, this day is wonder and full of love. Oh lets just run around (awhile) or (wild).” It was featured in part 2 of the reality show “Sister Wives” on TLC network from Mykelti and Tonys wedding while the bridal party were walking down the aisle to the alter prior to the couples vows. Please help. Thanks in advance!
I am looking for the song title and artist that was portrayed in the TV miniseries Waco where David Koresch is seen singing in the window when the generator comes back on…one line is “I still believe”
If you can try checking the end credits of the episode. Sometimes songs used in the show are listed there.
that’s what you get for loving me, my heart, soul, everything, the rest of my life, i’ll be right here—- which female artiste sang this in the 90’s
Hey did you find this song? I’m still looking for it.
Only remember a small part, it is a fairly new country song. ends with I’ll be your forever man, baby say yes to me
i am looking for I;LL BE ALRIGHT TODAY….I SHALL SOON SEE HIS FACE…MY PAST MY TRANSGRESSION SHALL ALL BE ERASED… I;M AT PEACE TODAY. Rev Benjamin Cone is speaking on a WIDOW’S LOVE the mississippi mass choir only sings the chorus.
would like to teach this whole song to my choir
pop song was big in the mid 90’s with main lyrics like this” seems like nothing would change’,, then a iiiii iiiii iiiii iiiii girls chanting the letter I , anyone ? thnax rick chew folida
Spell – Superstar – 1994
Holy crap, I have been looking for this song for 20+ years! Thank you so much!
Superstar, by Spell – 1994
Hi! looking for an old disco song from the 80’s.
Lyrics said: you have driven my love away, by pushing (push), by pushing (push push).
Hello: I’m looking for a song and I do not know to many of the words. It was made in the 70’s. It is an R&B song and in the main chorus she says ” One day at a time, I’m gonna reach up to the sky. One day at a time my soul will be for peace. That’s all I have. Hope you can help. Thanks
I am looking for a country song whose on lyrics I remember are Uncle Sam don’t have much use for a boy who doesn’t dig.
These are part of the lyrics from a country song playing now. I never hear the stations mention the artist or the name of the song. The partial lyrics I have are “like that cigarette, that shot of hundred proof, no matter how much i get, I am always crazy
Looking for song: with words that go:
come into my heart and let me love you baby,
come into my heart and let the day go by,
you do not need to feel that you are lonely,
you are to sweet to be alone and cry
many nights i’ve walked the streets, searching for my peace of mind,
many nights I’ve been alone like you,
I just wanted to say – I know where your comin from
and I hope that there is something I can do,
come into my heart and let the day go by,
you do not need to feel that you are lonely,
you are to sweet to be alone and cry
I just saw your face, I thought you might just need a friend
I just saw your face and then I knew
you were hurting and your dreams were at an end
and I hope that there is something I can do
Hi, I’m looking for a song my sister remembers from when we were young. I don’t know any of the lyrics, but I do know some “events” that happen in the song.
– it’s a country song
-the singer talks about them as a kids
-the mama and the kids run around like an Indian to the little brother’s room
-they grew up a bit
-one brother smoking marijuana
-mama sitting under the tree in the back yard
My sister and I have both tried Googling it, nothing that fits. Any ideas?
Thanks!!
its a tracy larance Time marches on
tracy Lawrence Time marches on?
There was a kind of a country song from about the mid ’70’s about a guy who was sick of his wife and I think it said he moved away up to Alaska, 250 miles from the nearest person(or something) and one lyric was “Every time you said that(or made that face) I just wanted to punch you right in the mouth”
Me and my Dad got a kick out of that song whenever it played on the country station I think it was(KRAK Radio AM – Sacramento) but we can’t remember who it was.
Any idea Dave? I’d sure appreciate it Brother finding this old song again and who it was.
Let me know if you have any ideas or it rings a bell.
Sincerely,
Steve Curry
Trouble locating a song with the lyrics “i am a sweet magnolia blossom and you are a buzzing bumble bee, if you want some of this honey honey you’re gonna have to come to me. you’re gonna have to walk, might just have to crawl, might even have to get down on your knees. just go the extra mile, i’ll make your trip worth while but baby you’re gonna have to come to me”
things that use to worry me, worry me no more, I’m not filled with jealously like i was before.
The lady singer talks she liked a beer buzz in the morning and music is pretty funky
Sheryl Crow every day is a winding road
Hi Dave. I’m having trouble finding a song, it is an older song sung by a black choir I believe back in the 80’s The words are show me Jesus show me show me the way one verse says: sometimes my way gets mighty hard (show me) but I’m not worried I’m gonna keep my trust in God (show me) Dave will you or someone looking please help me find who sings this song or at least the lyrics?
Thanks!
Clarence
I remember a few lines from a song back the late 70’s to mid 80’s, I think the title of it was “I think about you”. I thought it was by the Spinners, but I can’t find it. Some of the lyrics went like this;”Coming home from work, tired as I can be! And I think about you!” Then a few bars later:”You’re my sunshine in the daylight! You’re my mystic moon around about midnight! You’re the beginning of a brand new day! And I think about you!” And the background repeats, “Think about you!” This has been driving me nuts for years! Can somebody help me? Thank you!
– Arthur Lewis
Is it Chris Norman – All alone. ?
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i think it was the chilites that sang a song in the 70’s that had a rapping part in it. he was talking about a woman at a party and the part of the rap i remember is SHE’S JUST A JAZZY JAZZY OLE BABE. It was a slow song.
Who sings the song ya ya ya and we danced all night long tell the sun come up
Hi, there is a song from the 80’s don’t know name can only remember a couple of lyrics
You know what love is, love is…she talks that part. If anybody knows what song I mean please let me know…
I’ve Never been To Me by Charlene. It came out in 1977 but had a resurgence in 1982.
oldies song, “chu gotta be left or right, chu gotta be left or right, chu gotta be left or right”
I’ve been wondering for years, about this song, it was on a juke box in my fathers bar, around 1961 or 62, I believe the name was A LOT OF PRETTY LIES, when I google the name, it brings up one that isn’t even close. But some of the lyrics were A lot of pretty lies are all you told me, a lot of pretty lies, and then goodbye, when memories of you reach out to hold me, all I get is a lot of pretty lies, the first one was the night you said you loved me, you said it, but it wasn’t from your heart, you swore there’d never be another for you, and thats how every pretty lie would start. I would like to know who sang it, cause it seems to be erased from history, may have been a one hit single. I was only 14 or so at the time, and of course didn’t pay close attention to details back then.
heard this song on you tube truck wrecks video can find nothing on it sounds like hip hop or smooth rap? anyway I will link the song and here is how it starts the song begins 2 minutes into the video — now here’s the moment that you didnt expect do you rise up if ya break your neck and do the work stand up and speak with your chest your dream is now reality can you survive the test you better be ready to fight……
Artist- Rogelio Douglas Jr
Song title- be careful
IN THE LATE 50S THE WORD WERE ,BUT AKE ME FORGET YOUR LOVE ITS GONNA TAKE MUCHN TIME MUCH MORE THAN TIME. I THIN SOMEONE SUNG IT BY NAME OF CHARLIE SOMETHING . TIMECAN DO A LOT BUT NOT FORGET YOUR LOVE
I have forgotten the name of the song, but some of the lyrics were ” Tick Tock I’m the new barber…let yourself fall farther”. If anyone knows it would be a great help.
Would like to find out the song title and the artist who played the early 80’s highly erotic number with lyrics ” I am so wet” & “get it on night tonight”.
I can remember 2 lines and just can’t think of song and artist. “Everybody’s leaving town” and ” you’re not a kid at 33″. I c and sing the tune but just can’t remember artist and name of song.
“Goodtime Chalie’s Got the Blues” circa Summer 1972
WHO SANG AND/OR RECORDED ‘IT AIN’T BEEN EASY BUT IT’S BEEN FUN’
Hello.There’s a R & B song I believe it was the 1070’s.The man lyrics are somebody played a tear jerker and I began to cry.So i thnk the title of the song is somebody played a tear jerker.I can’t find it anywhere.Thanks…
I heard a song and I really want to know the title and the artiste that sing it the lyrics goes like this’ your love is the best that I have why you treat me so bad and I want and I need only you’ the bride goes like this’ please don’t go please don’t go away’ could anyone help me find the name of the song please
I’m looking for this too…
I have been searching for these two songs for a couple of decades and cannot seem to get any help. I only know a few lyrics from each song;
‘…yes i’m looking for a love, that’s free from all man-made obstacles, yes i’m looking for a love, a love that true, a love sent from above…’
I thought this was done by Evelyn “Champagne” King but it is not. this song came out by someone who sounds like her around the same time she was singing
this next one is by an R&B/jazz artist
‘…once we were together, our love was to be true, now we’re far apart, what do I do…’
I thought this was done by Roy Ayers but cannot seem to locate it or if he is the actual artist. this song was done sometime in the 70’s
if you can help I will pay for it
Would it be “What am i gonna do” TYRESE
I’m in need of the song the lyrics goes like ” is it true what u feel for me … ” its house music I think its from 2009
need to find the song that goes far across the deep blue water, lives an old germans daughter, on the banks of the old river Rhein.
I think you want “Fraulein” by Bobby Helms.
I have been looking for years,even calling oldies radio stations…. I’m guessing 60’s sung by a female with the words “my competition is a little red motor car”.
Who made this 80’s song? “Crazy ’bout you baby
Ooo you make me smile
I knew when I first met you
You were the one for me
I had to make you see
Things will be right for the rest of your life
I had to make you see
You’re my baby
Very random and not a lot to go on but it was a 90’s dancy club tune that had the following lyrics in the chorus
‘Just give me, a little, just give me, a little.
(I thought it was just give me only toast!:)
The ‘little’ part was elongated
Any ideas?
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the song im wanting to know is some if the lyrics u must hsve seen me from s bubble gum tree baby baby baby baby i found someone to take away thenhrartache to take away the lonlinrss i was feeling since u been gone … not got a clue wat its calked maybe u can help me ?? x
my father used to sing snippits of ta song many years ago, all I remember are: the first time i asked her to say yes or say no, she took up her broom and said yes you may go. So i made up my mind to take things as they come. My father has been gone these many years now and I would realy love to find this song. Hoping someone can help me reclaim this wonderful memory of my Daddy.
The song i am looking for is a love song but I don’t know the year. The chorus goes like this. Is there any body here. I know it must be a ooh in my heart. Can I have the artist please
IN THE LATE 50S CALLED TIME WITH THE WORDS,TIME CAN DO THIS AND TIME CAN DO THAT BUT TO MAKE ME FOR GET YOUR LOVE ITS GOING TO TAKE MUCH MORE THAN TIME,MUCH MORE THAN TIME
Looking for artist and title for an old (70’s) C/W song…..
“…treating me sober so nobody wins. Looks never hurt me, even when you smiled, after the last goodbye.
Chorus:
“Singles bars and another one night stand, taking comfort anywhere (or any way) you can. Looking for love in an old lovers eyes, after the last goodbye.”
Can anyone help?
There is a song with most of these lyrics, especially in the chorus.
After The Last Goodbye by Gus Hardin.
Check it out on YouTube and see if that is it. If not, we’ll have to try again.
Good luck!
Just to let you know, the answer I gave you is a country song.
Dear Leeanne Johnson,
The song you are looking for is by Moving Pictures – “Winners” https://youtu.be/z1muAL7r-gk
There is a song that I cannot seem to find anywhere on the internet. the thing is.. I know the name of the song and the artist but still I cant find it. the song is “Do u remember” by Janet Jackson. some of the lyrics are “heavenly father..i reach for you (oooh) to tell my baby the way I feel (ooh) do u remember when (u use to hold me) do u remember me (in your heart boy) do u understand how much I love u. It is a beautiful song and I have done countless searches for it and I cannot find it anywhere. I am shocked that a song from such a major artist like Janet Jackson cannot be found anywhere. please help me find it
Hi, I am looking for a song with the lyrics, I have been waiting for you, I dont know/care how long it take, I have been waiting for you tonight, now more than ever, now more than ever… It was a man sounded just like Chris Brown. I have been searching for it, but could not find it, so please help.
Can you tell me about a song I heard when much younger? It had the words puckering tree ..
Something like hey up there in the puckering tree come on down and dance with me. Thank you
There’s this song that I heard (vocal and instrumental version) back in 1997-1998. Not sure the title of the song but it starts out, “a little boy, without his dad, his big brown eyes are really sad. He was afraid. He said I don’t know what to do” but the chorus part is ” Just stand your ground, plant your feet. Commit yourself, your roots are deep. Don’t be afraid to let your heart light shine. And when you feel like the world is on your shoulders. you’re not alone, so never retreat.”
Heard a song on the radio last night. Never heard it before its indie kinda blues and brass sounds. Here are the lyrics i can remember
chorus:
Hi de hi hi de hi your momma dont rock and your daddy dont roll.
and there is one like, ‘ your daddy eats crow.’ it was a male and female duo
Hey I heard this country song on the Radio and forgot the name name and artist it start
“Hey Girl
What’s up? I know it’s late
But I knew you’d pick it up
No I ain’t drunk
Ok maybe I had a little buzz but…”
That’s all I remember please reply quick as possible! It’s driving me insane! LOL THANKS
-MADI
PAIGE
There is a song I heard a year ago. Nice mellow acoustic, solo, free flowing style, guy with a deep voice. Lyrics in song went “and I sometimes wonder, do you ever think of me” (followed by the relaxes, drawn out guitar- in comes next line;) “Ill keep chasing dolphins, in the sea”( sings that line higher at the end).