starting a whole new song id thread for that 'dum da da da dum' pop house song cos it never got solved on the other thread and now i really want to know

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track id please: "dum/ da da da dum/ da dum/ da da da dum/....daa daa daa daa... daaa daaa daa daa.... daaa daa daa daa..." (this is sung.... and there are piano chords. haha let's see if anyone gets it) btw this is NOT melodie mc.

here is how it goes if we pretend it's in C:
"dum/ da da da dum/ da dum/ da da da dum/""....daa daa daa daa... daaa daaa daa daa.... daaa daa daa daa..."

" C / G G GC / G C/ G G GC /""...G F Eflat D... G F E flat D... G F Eflat D....."

― minna (minna), Friday, 7 November 2003 03:31 (twenty-two years ago)

here is some more pasting:

Minna you're not talking about Opus III's "It's A Fine Day" are you?

-- Tim Finney (tfinne...) (webmail), November 3rd, 2003 8:08 PM. (Tim Finney) (later) (link)

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i was wondering whether it was the opus III
-- the surface noise (electricsoun...) (webmail), November 3rd, 2003 8:13 PM. (electricsound) (later) (link)

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But that's not how "It's A Fine Day" goes at all! That one goes (starting from C):
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
C C C C C Ab G F G C C C C C G F G F

-- Dan Perry (djperr...) (webmail), November 3rd, 2003 8:22 PM. (Dan Perry) (later)

― minna (minna), Friday, 7 November 2003 03:32 (twenty-two years ago)

its a female vcl though? its not that dance version of the susan vega song is it?

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 7 November 2003 03:54 (twenty-two years ago)

nooo

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 7 November 2003 03:56 (twenty-two years ago)

yes it's a female vocal, but no it's not the susan vega one

― minna (minna), Friday, 7 November 2003 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)

is it sung quite quickly? or are the notes kinda held?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:00 (twenty-two years ago)

the only way i'm gonna get this is if minna sings it and posts an audio link.

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:01 (twenty-two years ago)

are you sure it's not Australian? someone like josh abrahams or paul mac or someone like that?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

colin to thread!

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

it's sung pretty quickly. this is driving me nuts, too. please help.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:06 (twenty-two years ago)

yes as lauren sez it is quick, and no i am not singing! :)

― minna (minna), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:16 (twenty-two years ago)

not groove armada, there is a ga song which fits this description

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:17 (twenty-two years ago)

it's a lot older than groove armada, though exactly how old i'm not sure. it could be from any time from late 80s to mid 90s, i'm inclined to think ~91 or 92. lauren do you know this?

― minna (minna), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:20 (twenty-two years ago)

its driving me nuts now. whats the track like? its poppy you say...english? or a mainstream act copping house sounds? or...

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

it's similar in feel to something like pasilda by afro medusa but a bit less latin-y, if not english maybe euro? it has those italo-house chords happening. it was quite a big hit. i guess that susan vega remix isnt so far off. someone must know this!

― minna (minna), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:29 (twenty-two years ago)

(all i have for reference is a remembered tune in my head, i feel as though i could be quite wildly innaccurate without realising - it's like as soon as someone names the right tune everyone else will say 'whuh?? it sounds nothing like pasilda, wtf was she on about?!')

― minna (minna), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I just feel insulted to not know it.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:34 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm sure i'm gonna kick meself

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Colin's here, and he has the answer:

http://www.mareesalbumlyrics.com/Dum_Da_Dum.html

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 7 November 2003 05:44 (twenty-two years ago)

er colin

btw this is NOT melodie mc.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 7 November 2003 05:45 (twenty-two years ago)

oh.

colin's leaving now. sorry.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 7 November 2003 05:46 (twenty-two years ago)

when come back bring pie

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 7 November 2003 05:50 (twenty-two years ago)

If minna will not sing it and post, will lauren?

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 7 November 2003 06:02 (twenty-two years ago)

gilette w/ 20 fingers -- lick it?

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 7 November 2003 08:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Wasn't "Lick It" with Roula, not Gilette? That went boom ba da-da da-da boom, anyway.

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 7 November 2003 08:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Minna I've fucking got it! Although I'm pretty sure it was mid-90s - just need to ring my friend Carl and sing it at him down the phone, cos I know he owns it.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 7 November 2003 10:07 (twenty-two years ago)

what is it charlie?????

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 7 November 2003 10:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Gahhhhh! He's bloody engaged! Perhaps someone should try singing it at shazam?

Just to double-check:

down, dow dow do-down x3
down, down, down, down?
(clickety house beat comes in, punctuated with the odd "whooh!")

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 7 November 2003 10:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Charlie, your description makes it sound an awful lot like "Get Get Down" from 1999, which I initially thought of when I put the notes into a MIDI composer and played it...

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 7 November 2003 11:06 (twenty-two years ago)

(NB I am not suggesting that this is the answer, I know it isn't)

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 7 November 2003 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

oh shit, is that not it then? b-but Minna's description creates precisely that in my head! How is that even possible? How can we all be so wrong? My mind is going...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 7 November 2003 11:15 (twenty-two years ago)

In my case, being profoundly tone-deaf's the cause. But I do know this song minna's talking about.. argh!

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 7 November 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

i was going to suggest 'Lick It' as well, but i've not followed the note pattern. it does actually sound a LOT like Paul Johnson's 'Get Get Down' based on minna's original description.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 7 November 2003 11:45 (twenty-two years ago)

it is so NOT lick it. and i am so NOT singing.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 7 November 2003 13:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Minna, did you try that link off the other thread? I'm seriously going to download every single song that charted between 1990 and 1992 off that list that I don't recognise....

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 7 November 2003 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)

: D
i love this thread! i'm going to try the 'get get down' one first, it seems right!

― minna (minna), Friday, 7 November 2003 14:44 (twenty-two years ago)

it's the one!!!!!!!!

sorry for misleading you all with the early to mid 90s clue - i knew this would happen! i had even early 90s-ified the production in my head. i can't believe it's from 1999 but listening to it of course it is.

― minna (minna), Friday, 7 November 2003 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I did think Paul Johnson but was thrown by that yes. I'm not that big a fan of it I must say.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 7 November 2003 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm too happy just knowing what it is to critically appraise it :)

― minna (minna), Friday, 7 November 2003 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Early 90s-fying the production would be a big improvement, wouldn't it?

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 7 November 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Well thank fuckery for that. I was starting to think I'd gone totally mental...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 7 November 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah it kind of was edward :-/

maybe someone should do a period style remix

― minna (minna), Friday, 7 November 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

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