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All too often I get about 5 seconds of a song in my head, but there's a few problems: I don't know what song it is
I don't know who sings it
Yet again, I seem to have misplaced my pants
the only part of the song I remember is the part where they say "yeah baby"
However, no matter
how horribly you screw up trying to hum a part of a song, someone, SOMEWHERE in the world would know what song you're talking about. Unfortunately for you, that person is not anyone you know. Here's the intersection where problem and solution meet (that could be a slogan for a company, hmmm...).
This website, uglyheadmug.com or whatever you want to call it, will enable people to post the few words they can remember from the song, audio files of them attempting to "hum" or "sing" the mystery song, or post erotic fan-fiction of Squarebob Spongepants. Other users can then respond with their thoughts of what the song could be, berate the poster for having ugly shoes even though they can't see their shoes, or even eat tacos while reading.
CBC Radio One: Basic Black's "Humline"
http://radio.cbc.ca..._black/humline.html
Been baked for nine years on CBC-1... [MrWrong, Sep 16 2001, last modified Oct 17 2004]
songs identified by description here
http://www.mojo4music.com
[snarfyguy, Sep 16 2001, last modified Oct 17 2004]
Baked
http://news.bbc.co....1681000/1681395.stm
[hippo, Nov 29 2001, last modified Oct 17 2004]
For selement
http://www.google.c...l%22%2B%22lyrics%22
Take your pick. [DrBob, Jul 16 2002, last modified Oct 17 2004]
Baked in full.
http://www.name-this-tune.com/
[Cedar Park, Oct 17 2004]
Another one
http://www.wildbits.com/tunatic/
Tunatic [RayfordSteele, May 12 2006]
'Na Na Na' by Cozy Powell
http://cozy-powell-...s.com/Na-Na-Na.html
For selement. [DrBob, May 12 2006]
YouTube: "Melody" by "Boys Brigade", 1983
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yoaBdVzF0J0
For twruble. [jutta, Jan 31 2007]
midomi
http://www.midomi.com/
Music search by humming. [jutta, Feb 04 2009]
/r/TipOfMyTongue
https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue
A subreddit for this sort of request (not just music) [notexactly, Apr 23 2019]
[link]
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Croissant for you, if you agree to include soundbites from films. |
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Evil Interrogator: "Svpill your svecrets, Britisher pig, or we are playing another fifty sound files from uglyheadmug.com!" |
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Captured Spy: "No! Sweet baby Jesus, not more humming! AAAAHHHHH!" |
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Hummm, hummm, hummm-hum
hummmmmm, hum-hum-hum, now.
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[DrBob], that was "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies |
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I could've sworn it was "I Wanna Be Sedated" ... |
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No, no, 1percent. Anything Ramones is far too good for this sort of thing. I had in mind something much more hideous. |
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The Plasmatics? They blew things up
How about 'Blow Up' by the Dils (I think) |
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Heard a song on the radio I haven't heard in a looong time. Detachable Penis by King Missle. Thought I Was one of the only people on earth to have heard it, and then they go an play it on the radio. Wow, brings back memories. |
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Yes! King Missile, haven't heard that band in several years. Better fire up Morpheus.... |
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I was thinking the same thing about the Plasmatics.
Oh, the hum-hum-hum bit is "illusion", if that helps. |
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Do you think they could also provide a service that could drive evil songs out of ones head? I once had Cher's 'Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves' stuck in my head for a whole day! You start praying for death! |
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Count yourself lucky. I've had Kylie Minogue singing "Na na na, na na na na na" incessantly in my head for most of the last week. |
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I've got a song that'll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves, I've got a song that'll get on your nerves, get, get, get on your nerves... |
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At first I thought <DrBob's> song was "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol, but he shattered my "illusion." |
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I'd forgotten all about this. Just in case anyone was really hung up on this, it was the middle bit from When A Child Is Born. Sorry! |
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Could it handle the songs used in TV commercials? I want to know what that very wonderful song is in the current (U.S.) Jaguar Type-S commercials. |
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According to Adcritic.com, if it's the one where 'Sting dreams about driving in an S-Type Jaguar' it's the second track on his CD 'A Brand New Day', which seems to be named 'Desert Rose'. |
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Glad to be of service....
<Hey, does this mean I get another chance at the email thing?> |
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Anyone else who needs a song identified should take a break from the 'Bakery and head over to the website of the British music magazine Mojo. There's an on-line community over there in a section called "Enlightenment," which has a subsection called "What's that sound?" |
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It's pretty much all people saying "What was that song in the car commercial where..." or "It starts with a tuba and the guy sings about shirts" or whatever. Pretty much all queries are resolved by a very knowledgeable crew. |
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In other words, baked, except for the audio files part. |
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Aha! Nope, it's not Sting. Must be a different Jag spot (I haven't seen that one). A friend identified the song for me. The music on the Jaguar spot I'm talking about is by Chris Isaak from his album "Heart Shaped World." The song is called "Wicked Game." I'm going to buy it. |
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Ag! Ik! Ptoo! I HATE that song... |
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...not so much for the song itself, but because it was played -constantly- around here when it was new, and people apparently threatened to storm and burn down the radio station... |
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Fortunately I heard it first on the Jag spots and have getting sick of it at my own pace to look forward to. I have never even heard the entire piece yet. |
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It's actually a good song, but as StarChaser mentioned, the "good song gone bad" potential is pretty high. If I remember, the video was banned from MTV for a while, and that was a really long time ago... |
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Thanks for that Mojo link - hadn't thought to look it up on net - it is a great magazine. Wicked Game is a very easy song to play/sing - if I remember correctly he recorded demo in his kitchen where he had come up with the song moments before or something to that effect. |
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This song has been in my head for days and it is driving me crazy! I think it is from the 80's- |
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Starts with .... "There was a girl"
chorus .. Melody(?) danced away right into my heart. Melody took my heart and danced away" |
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I can't remember any words from this song, what it's called, or who it's by. All I know is that it's been in my head all week. I'll try to 'na' it. |
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Na, na na na, na na na, na na, naa, na na,
Na na na,
Na na na na na na, na na, na na |
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Can anyone help me? I know it's hard.... |
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Selement, I think the tune is na na na na, na na na na, hee-eey, goodbye. By Bananarama. Who were a completely crap pop group in the eighties, whose only useful purpose was to annoy everyone so much that we all went out, took ecstasy and invented techno cos it had no words. |
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No...that's not it. I was 'na-ing' the tune, it doesn't actually say 'na' in the song. Sorry... I wasn't very clear. I think I have a different way of finding out though. If anyone here still wants to try and help then I can tell you that it's a very old song. |
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I can't remember lots of songs. |
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If I get a song in my head and I can't remember the performer, about the last thing I would do is waste the next half hour trying in vain to remember who it was. Instead, I just jam a bamboo skewer in my ear and swish it around until the song isn't in my head anymore. MMmmm... bamboo good me music forget. |
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[UnaBubba] - I agree about the Wiggles, they should be
hung with their coloured turtlenecks. But if you think
"hot potato" is bad, you should hear their version of the
(Australian) national anthem brrr... |
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[briandamage] - hey I like Bananarama :p |
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this is so strange, I had a dream last night where I was singing a song (well typing it) on the HB to find out what is was but the last bit went 'to di do di do' and i apologised because I shouldn't have mentioned it as it was instrumental. The annoying thing is I can't remember what the song was (although I vaguely knew at the time). |
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Imagine my surprise when I opened up this topic this morning (which I have never seen until now)! |
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I think it might have been something by Iggy Pop but I really couldn't be sure... |
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I heard this la-la-la-la-la on a DJ cassette that was in Phil Fearon & Galaxy's "What Do I Do" and am wondering if it is really part of the 12" version. |
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I was at a party a while back when someone was asking for a tune to be named. In the end we phoned directory enquiries whoh new the answer after the first couple of notes |
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I was at a party a while back when someone was asking for a tune to be named. In the end we phoned directory enquiries whoh new the answer after the first couple of notes |
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this is kinda baked, there is a phone number u can call like shazam or something but the song has to be PLAYING. huh, when i tried to hum it they hung up. |
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if you're ever unsure what that song is whilst in the UK, dial 2580 on your mobile and let your phone listen to the tune. After 20secs it'll hang up and text (SMS) you the name and artist. Brilliant service. |
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Dammit, I'll never get to sleep
now, I've got a Bananarama/
Wiggles/Iggy Pop supergroup
rehearsing in my head |
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Brilliant. Would be vastly improved by a top10 list of "most incomprehensible renditions" of people trying to hum a song who can't find their vocal cords with both hands. |
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Reminds me slightly of this service they have in the UK. You dial 2580 from your mobile and hold it up to the loudspeaker for a few seconds then hang up. Using some biviefious computer they manage to 'tag' the song and text you the details; song title, artist, album. If they cant find it you dont pay for the service. I've used this many a time. Maybe your idea can be adapted to something like this. |
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I usually remember songs when appropriate and it doesn't bother me. Like when I'm playing a game, just hum some rock song in your head :) |
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I remember the song Space jam, from that movie with the cartoon characters (bugs bunny, daffy duck, michael jordon). My friends and I used to whip beanie babies at each other, until they started to burst. We frequently listened to that song, and I remember that I thought the words were: "Dance with your pants to the space jam". People thought it was funny :) |
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Basically baked. See Tunatic for this. |
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Looks the end of "Hey Jude" to me. |
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I saw a demonstration of a song recognition program - you could hum a few lines of the melody, and it would present you with the most likely contenders. That was 10 years ago, so it should be thouroughly baked now... |
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I vaguely remember seeing an iphone commercial where someone held a phone up to the radio and the automated voice gave them the title and artist of the song. |
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Jscotty, you're referring to an iPhone app called "Shazam" that does exactly as this idea describes. |
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You can't hum the tune for Shazam, it has to be the actual song. |
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A service called "midomi" purports to do humming (see link). |
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Wow. It got "I vow to thee my country" in about three
seconds. |
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So do I get money from this thing now? |
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No, sorry, you missed the window. Nobody cares for more than 10 seconds anymore as another song is only a click away. Progress huh? |
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