x4o3MaKaVeLiX writes:
Hey I came across your site through searchin thorugh the internet. I can't find the name of this song. I am really annoyed because I cant find this song anywhere. This song was featured on the movie "Glitter". It is sort of like a techno-ish beat. And the beat is repetitive. If you saw the movie. I think they play it when she's about to go on the date with the DJ. This song sounds awsome. Its like this really cool beat. Its not on the soudntrack so that's why I can't find it. Im really dying to know what this song is called so I could hear it, since I don't have the movie. The movie is not my type of movie, but I DJ and I feel that that beat incredibly. Please help me out. Email me back as soon as possible. Thankz a bunch if u kno. Please Help Me!!1..Becase this beat is in my head and I finally realized its from that horrible movie...lol..Ok thankz!

Thank goodness we only had to check out chapters 7 & 8 on the DVD.
PCM called it out right away.
It's "Moments In Love" by Art of Noise.
It is often used as a cut/beat for mixing.
-Music Guy

tropicalfish46@hotmail.com writes:
Hey Musicguy,

When you speak of pop culture....are you taliking about MUZAK? If so,I have a dilema concerning this issue. I was in a store the other night and while I was in the bathroom....yes the bathroom of all places, I heard this really cool song and of course I did not know the name of the song or who it was buy.....So I talked to three people in the store and low and behold I was told it's MUZAK...piped music. Well my question is how in the hell do I find out who sang that song and the name of the song? If you have any suggestions at all I would be so thankful.
I live in Portland,Oregon if that helps any.

Thank You ,

Debra

Well, there's good news and bad news.
The good news, it probably wasn't "Muzak" you were listening to.
Real Muzak is generally instrumental versions of songs or classical music for the background of elevators, stores and offices.
The term "Muzak" is often used for any piped in background noise/music you hear in stores today, usually taped.

"Xerox" has the same problem. While XEROX is a specific copying machine company, many people use the term for any copier.

The bad news is, it could be any song in the world. The more good news is, if you can, you could check with the manager of the store, and he MAY show you the disk or tape(s) they played recently.

Sometimes they use the same tapes/cd's for weeks, months, even years.
Most have a handful that they play over and over.
Some get a monthly or quarterly subscription for the recorded music.

Then again, they could be using some kind of satellite music. More research on your end may be needed if that's the case, once you know the source of the music, and your song in particular.

I once heard a cool song involving a girl who wanted to be a skateboarding punk rocker, or something like that in a 7-11.
It took several years, but eventually I found that the song was Anchorage, by Michelle Shocked.

When I finally found it, I discovered I didn't like the song all that much after all!
Then again, it could have been the 5 years of anticipation!

Good Luck!
-Music Guy

HELLO70@worldnet.att.net writes:

Q: Debbie Boone sang Light up my life. Was this ever a top hit? Celine Dion, was her song in the Titanic ever a top hit?
Also one more question. Which one was played more often: Celine, Titanic or Debbie's Light up my life?

A: You Light Up My Life was a # 1 hit for ten weeks, and in the Top 40 for 21 weeks.
My Heart Will Go On, by Celine, was a # 1 for 2 weeks, and in the top 40 for 16 weeks.
As much as we thought we heard Celine a few years ago, Debbie has her beat, by far.
-Music Guy

could you possibly tell me the specific name of the song that you are trying to remember for example any lines from the song or when you heard it is it new ten years old or even fifty years old or what kind of music it was pop rock slow country or even the kind of singer helps girl group guy plus run on sentences make it hard to figure out what you are trying to say please use periods and punctuation even capitol letters it helps a lot quotations help too I get a lot of letters like this and sometimes I waste hours looking for the wrong song thanks
- Music Guy

Here’s ten beauties for you.

From L.A. to New York – Patsy Gallant
Telephone Man – Meri Wilson
Clouds Across the Moon – Rah Band
Summer the First Time – Bobby Goldsboro I Was Made for Dancin’ – Leif Garrett.
Mississippi – Pussycat
Don’t Give Up on Us – David Soul
Black Eyed Boys – Paper Lace
New York New York – Gerard Kenny
Lucky Stars – Dean Friedman.

Thanks for writing!
The songs on the list are made up by votes from our internet visitors, so please don't hold me personally responsible!
:-)
Lucky for you, you never heard Muskrat Love, but I 'm sorry that old tape is stuck in your car.

On your submission, officially only David, Bobby & Leif qualify for the official list.
I have a rule that only Billboard Top 40 artists qualify for the Best/Worst lists, mainly because there are a lot of really bad songs out there, that nobody ever heard of, and I want the visiting public to know what songs we are talking about, or at least the singers. Then again, DEAN FRIEDMAN could very well be on the list, due to the sheer volume of "bad sing" suggestions we get with his name attached!

My personal favorite is from the mid 1970s. I only have a scratchy 45, but the frolicking tune goes like this:

It's Okay To Die
by John Palumbo
some lyrics:

" ... When Raymond comes home tonight,
he'll crack up on his bike,
fracture his skull
and he will die... (da dum dum dum dum)
... and Raymond and Jesus will
dance like a vaud-e-ville team
up to the sky...
It's OK To Die.. Dancing Partners in the sky..."

(A few other young folks die in sad ways as well in this tune)
Yikes!-Music Guy

Do you know if there's anywhere I can look up when a
specific song was released to the public. I thought
that Billboard charts might have a search engine for
that, but I couldn't find one. I just want to know
exactly when specific songs came out.
Thank you -Sergio

That's a hard thing to find.
For example, "What A Wonderful World" first "came out" in 1967.
It cracked the Billboard chart in 1988.
"Mony Mony" by Tommy James was recorded in 1966 or so, and was a hit in the Pittsburgh area then, available for the public.
It made the Billboard charts in 1968.
Same with Billy Idol's "Mony Mony". It "came out" in 1981, but became a hit in 1987.
It wasn't just that song though.
Philly band "the Hooters" did similar in the 1980s with "All You Zombies".
Which date is really important?

Then you get into the "which country" was it released first in?
Most Abba songs were over a year old when first released in the US.
Europe got them first.

Dozens of people recorded Mac the Knife in 30+ years before Louis Armstrong & Bobby Darin, but I couldn't name them myself.
If you need to know "release dates", it's almost impossible to gather a complete list.
You may want to look into the copyright dates. Then again, many songs just sit for years before recorded and released.

Otherwise, your best bet would be to go to google.com, and start searching with terms like "Mony Mony 1965" "Mony Mony 1966" (qoutes in song title only---NOT date) etc, going forward and backward until you run of dates that have a response.

If it is 1 or 2 songs, I may be able to help or steer you in the right direction, but you are looking at many hours of research for most songs.

What is it you are trying to do?

Good Luck!
-Music Guy

COMMENT:
Abba´s "Dancing Queen" is no 1977 hit!
The single and the album were released in mid 1976 and had their chart peaks in 1976!
If you have heard "Dancing Queen" for the first time in 1977 you must have lived on the moon. ;-)

Regards
Christian :-)

RESPONSE:
Hi Christian, I 'm not sure if you were aware, but we use the U.S. charts for the basis of release dates and availability. Our visitors make requests and suggestions to compile the song rankings. That's our rule, because without rules, there'd be chaos.

Sometimes there are months or even YEARS separating the release dates of songs between different countries and continents.

According to Billboard Magazine, the song hit number one on January 22, 1977.
In the US, it was released in early November, 1976, but any song that comes near the end of the year can be counted in the following year, if it "peaks" then.

While we were on the moon, you were in a time machine, apparently.
Thanks for writing!
-Music Guy
BTW: "Dancing Queen" is still the # 2 all time hit on the moon!

QUESTION:
Recently I was on holidays in Greece, where I heard this song playing in a bar as I walked by it. It was a female singer and every second line of the song was something like "I go I go someday" (or sunday?). It sounded like an oldie, had a disco-y rhythm to it, and was not a slow tune. It's stuck in my head and I would really appreciate if you have any ideas about it.

Thanks a lot.
Cheers,
dipban

ANSWER: It took some thinking, then some translating.
What gave it away is the fact that it was stuck in your head.
The song is called "Iko Iko", first done by the Dixie Cups, who also sang "Chapel of Love" believe it or not.
Some other groups have sung it since, including the Belle Stars in 1989.
It's a St Loius/Mardi Gras classic.
-Music Guy

QUESTION: Billy Idol's Mony Mony wasn't a hit until the late 80s, so wouldn't that move Grover up to #1? - dblankenship

ANSWER: Almost!
The studio version came out in 1981. (# 107 on Billboard charts)
I get a lot of sticklers for that kind of detail.
As a general rule, I use the first year a "single" was released in the U.S..

(The only three exception songs at this point on my lists are "Stairway To Heaven" and "Nights In White Satin", which were never commercially distributed as US singles, and "What a Wonderful World" was originally a "B" side, so I didn't count it until the later release)

The "live" version of MONY MONY came out in 1987, with the studio version as the flip side. Many more people are familiar with the second release, but I have to stay with the official, original single release date.

Thanks for asking though!
-Music Guy

QUESTION: We are looking for the title of the song that they play at every sporting event from high school to pro.
It goes like this.....
da da da daaaaaaaaa da da. da da dada da hey! da da da da hey!
Can you help? - Carbajal009

ANSWER: That would be the # 2 EVENT SONG of all time! Rock and Roll Part 2, by Gary Glitter. For those really big fans of Gary, Part 1 has the words!

QUESTION: My boyfriend and I recently heard an oldie but goodie song on the radio and we can't figure out who sang it. I think it was a female and male duet. She sounded a little like Stevie Nicks. I 'm sure the song is from the early or mid 70s. The main lyrics are:
sweet love born on a saturday night
you know forever, we'll be doing it... doing it right
Any ideas? Thanks for your help!! -Bonnie

ANSWER: Here You Go...
Whenever I Call You Friend was performed by Stevie Nicks & Kenny Loggins.
Written by Kenny Loggins, Melissa Manchester
It hit #5 on the Billboard Charts
-Music Guy

QUESTION: I would like more information, if you have it, on the original 1934 version of "I Only Have Eyes For You". Was it from a movie soundtrack?
Thank you - Ken

ANSWER: It was written in 1934 for the Warner Brothers Film, Dames.
Lyrics: Al Dubin & Charles Dunn
Music: Harry Warren
Original publisher: Remick Music Corp.

ANSWER: Words by Berthold Brecht and Music by Kurt Weill. The english words added by Marc Blitzstein, The Three Penny Opera started out as "The Begger's Opera", in 1828, and was re-discovered and re-written in 1928.
Mack the Knife is also known as "Theme From the Threepenny Opera" and first sung in that production by Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya.

In the modern era it was recorded and hit Billboard's Top 40 by the following (by year):
1956 -
Dick Hyman Trio
Richard Hayman & Jan August
Lawrence Welk
Louis Armstrong
Billy Vaughn|
1959 - Bobby Darin
1960- Ella Fitzgerald

I'm sure it was recorded on 78s before that by many, many other people as well.
--Music Guy

QUESTION: I am looking for the name of a song. It was sung in Japanese or possibly Chinese. I just remember that I heard it first in the sixties. Can you tell me what the name of this song is and where I could get a copy of it? -Mahaleylyn

ANSWER: I 'm 99% sure that this is the song you're looking for: The biggest Japanese Hit in America was "Sukiyaki", a catchy song by Kyu Sakamoto in 1961, later done by A Taste of Honey in 1981. It cracked Billboard's top ten both times. There are many other recordings of it as well. The Japanese original is a bit tougher to find ($45.00 plus, for the Import CD), but the Taste of Honey version is absolutely fine!
- Music Guy

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