Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
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Oh good, this was the song I kept playing in my head while reading OPs description and now I can stop racking my brain trying to figure out what it was.
Nope, this was sung by a solo female singer with a pretty high vocal range and it was the type of song you'd hear at some 80s party or disco
Sinead O'Connor Nothing compares to you?
Nope
Was it dolores o'riordan? That might be a bit early for the cranberries
Maybe Janet Jackson - Doesn't Really Matter?
Has lyrics with 'doesn't really matter' and some drawn out 'yoouuuu' bits plus the backing music is vaguely synthish and upbeat like your example and description.
Not an 80s song, but it checks the boxes.
Love Janet Jackson but nope, that's not it. The song sounded very nostalgic 80s and almost sounded heavenly.
Any chance it is Tina Turner song, or similar to someone's voice even if it isn't the right person?
Any additional lyrics you remember? So many songs have nothing really matters/nothing truly matters and drawn out youuuuu.
Heck, this not very old song is pretty close except for not having the 'youuuuuu'
I was talking to someone while trying to listen so I only got the lyrics I mentioned. I can remember the melody parts vividly in my head.
Nope, that's not it. If you listen to I Feel For You By Chaka Kahn that's the type of vibe the song I heard gave me, had the same energy, especially as the song gets even more lively towards the end. I even wondered if Chaka Kahn might've sung it. Thanks though
I think I got it this time: Diana Ross - Swept Away
Sadly not it, I thought it was at first, the vibe and energy is VERY similar. Thanks though, you're helping to narrow things down
The song has been posted but here is the only version of Bohemian Rhapsody that I will accept:
I don't have an answer but I do have a few followup questions:
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Do you know for sure that it's an 80s song? As opposed to a song from later that sounds 80s?
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How confident are you on the lyrics? Could you be remembering the cadence and misremembering the words?
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Was the "get get get get down" part the singer herself or some kind of sample?
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Was the "nothing truly matters" lyric a one-off line or part of the refrain?
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Would you consider whistling the melody on vocaroo.com?
- I'm 90% sure it was an 80s song. If it's new, it was very convincing as a classic 80s pop hit.
- Nothing really matters, nothing ever matters, nothing truly matters. I'm confident about the nothing matters part, some uncertainty of the middle part
- Might've been a sample
- I only heard it once, but I was in a shop and didn't listen to the full song before I walked out
- I can't really whistle, but the part of the melody I remember most went like this https://voca.ro/17IhmkCs2oHu there was this piano that sounded a bit synth that made up much of that melody. There was also an electric bass sound. The melody was slightly slower than my whistled version of it.
I assume it's not, but are you thinking of the end of the first part of Bohemian Rhapsody?
It doesn't fit all of your criteria, but Platinum Blonde's "It Doesn't Really Matter" comes to mind.
Nope. Was definitely sung by a female singer who sounded American.
Is it maybe:
Missing You by Diana Ross
How Can I Ease the Pain by Lisa Fischer
Gotta Tell You by Samantha Mumba
Electric Feel by MGMT
Don't Walk Away by Jade
Tell Me by Groove Theory
Right Here by SWV
These are all older songs, some from the 80s, but also some from the 90s.
None of them match, but thanks. The melody went like this and was played by a piano (similar to the sound in Tears for Fears head over heels) https://voca.ro/17IhmkCs2oHu so, just imagine my whistle as a slightly more higher pitched/happier version of that sound. The song I heard was a lot more energetic and faster while the ones on that list are slower and more chill.
We Don't Need Another Hero by Tina Turner? I dunno, I'm out of ideas. Good luck though! You've got me curious to figure it out.
Nope. thanks though, I hope I can find it because if I do I'm going to play it all day lol. It's kinda buggin me now
It’s not a girl, but nothing really matters by David Guetta sounds like it… https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nySdj533Iqs
Sounds nothing alike
Ok so everyone tried chatgpt. My possible result: 🎵 “Since You’ve Gone” – Belinda Carlisle (1986)
Nope. The voice in the song I heard was higher, it was more dance-y, warm and euphoric. It was also faster and Since You’ve Gone sounds a bit slow
Damn, sorry frirnd and good luck!
Was it something by BKS? https://www.discogs.com/artist/14346-BKS This was early 90s, but the feel seems about right?
Listened to a few songs just now, but no. I've updated my OP and have a vocaroo of me whistling the melody of it, which was done via a piano that might've been a synth since the sound dragged on for a bit. The actual melody was slightly slower than how I whistled it. Also I can't whistle very well so I'm sorry.
Madonna? I think they remixed the absolute hell out of this, so you may be thinking of some over-produced derivative from a coattail-riding DJ as well.
The song I heard sounded very different. I whistled (well, tried to) the melody here https://voca.ro/17IhmkCs2oHu the melody was made up by a piano sound that seemed like a synth or an electric piano (sounded similar to a normal piano, but the sound dragged a bit longer hence why I think it might've been electric or a synth)
There was also this electric bass sound in the background of the melody, which sounded like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mmj0txco0Q&t=260s (4:15 minute mark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mmj0txco0Q&t=260s (4:15 minute mark)
Ah. The Barney Miller funk setting on the Roland. Nice find.
I'm stumped, but now I'm on a mission.
I can't help but think that the whistling sounds a bit like Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper but the rest doesn't really match.
Overall, I'm getting vibes that match a Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Pat Benatar, Cher, or Olivia Newton-John feel.