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edit 3 - me humming the melody https://voca.ro/1fiQl9tlBHoh I also want to stress again it wasn't a slow or chill song. It had energy very similar to I Feel For You by Chaka Khan, and the melody I'm humming was made up by what sounded like the opening piano in Head Over Heels by Tears For Fears, except in major. The singer's vocals also complimented the melody since the vocals had a similar intonation as the melody I'm humming. I only caught one or two words but I swear she says "nothing really matters" or "nothing ever matters" "nothing truly matters" or "nothing matters"

It's an 80s pop/dance/house song. There's this dancy, warm electric bass that's constantly in the background. The electric bass sounds like this (4:15 minute mark) the melody of it (the bass part) also sounded a little similar to what is in that video.

Then there's this very 80's instrument that plays in it between some lines, that's also very weird. It goes like "DU-NA-NU-NAAHH-NAAA" in quick succession. It's a sharp highish pitched synthetic/electronic sound. It sounded like something from this old game called Road Trip Adventure. It (referring to that one instrument/electronic sound) had a similar soundfont.

There's also a piano sound that's kind of low pitched. Sounded electronic/like a synth, but close to a real piano with the sound being held on to a little longer. I also remember the singer saying "yoouuuu" in a high pitched way.

The song is very energetic and sounds like something you'd hear at a party or disco. It also sounded a little romantic. I heard it in a shop earlier and now it's driving me mad lol. ChatGPT keeps saying it's a 90s Madonna song, but that's not it. It is a very euphoric and nostalgic sounding song even though I've never heard it before. It almost sounds like she's celebrating in the song.

The vibe/emotion/energy it gave is most similar to I Feel For You by Chaka Kahn, especially the later part. It was also fast-ish.

== edit ==

The song MAY have had this weird "get, get get down!" line in it, or something that sounded similar to that (I was talking to someone in the shop so my memory of it is muffled) but I am not 100% certain.

The song wasn't slow and sounded heavenly.

== edit 2 ==

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. The piano sounded similar to the piano in Head over Heels by Tears for Fears except it sounded like the major version of it if that makes sense?

What it isn't

  • Madonna - Nothing Really Matters

  • 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

  • Queen Bohemian Rhapsody

  • Sinead O’Connor Nothing compares to you

  • What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson

  • Platinum Blonde’s “It Doesn’t Really Matter”

  • Janet Jackson - Doesn’t Really Matter

  • nothing really matters by David Guetta

  • Since You’ve Gone” – Belinda Carlisle (1986)

  • Basia - New Day For You

  • Ain’t Nobody by Rufus and Chaka Khan

  • PROM - Nothing Really Matters Anymore

  • D-Mob feat. Cathy Dennis - That's The Way Of The World

It wasn't a slow or chill song, it was a song you'd hear at some dance party.

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[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The song has been posted but here is the only version of Bohemian Rhapsody that I will accept:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=thyJOnasHVE

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] db2@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

To meeeeeeeeee

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

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

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

His voice is pretty high...

[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago

Not the song I heard though..

[–] db2@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

https://youtu.be/xG3yGdQYwqg

That isn't it but your description there made me think of it.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I assume it's not, but are you thinking of the end of the first part of Bohemian Rhapsody?

[–] randomwizard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I do not have the answer, but your post triggered a memory. When I was a kid, I received a dual tape recorder boom box as a gift, and I started recording songs from the radio. I kept one of the tapes for a long time. Even played it in my car when I got older, back when cars had tape players in the radio. I lost the tape, but I still to this day, remember the song sequence...

Sheila E. A - Glamorous Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zqtl8azCs8

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW0sxgYAmLM

Shannon - Let the Music Play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-0sUuGufmw

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 8 points 2 days ago

Was it dolores o'riordan? That might be a bit early for the cranberries

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sinead O'Connor Nothing compares to you?

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Love Janet Jackson but nope, that's not it. The song sounded very nostalgic 80s and almost sounded heavenly.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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'

Tiësto & Becky Hill - Nothing Really Matters

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[–] TuEstUnePommeDeTerre@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 days ago
[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't have an answer but I do have a few followup questions:

  1. Do you know for sure that it's an 80s song? As opposed to a song from later that sounds 80s?

  2. How confident are you on the lyrics? Could you be remembering the cadence and misremembering the words?

  3. Was the "get get get get down" part the singer herself or some kind of sample?

  4. Was the "nothing truly matters" lyric a one-off line or part of the refrain?

  5. Would you consider whistling the melody on vocaroo.com?

[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)
  1. I'm 90% sure it was an 80s song. If it's new, it was very convincing as a classic 80s pop hit.
  2. Nothing really matters, nothing ever matters, nothing truly matters. I'm confident about the nothing matters part, some uncertainty of the middle part
  3. Might've been a sample
  4. I only heard it once, but I was in a shop and didn't listen to the full song before I walked out
  5. 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.
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[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you ever figure it out, you have to update us!

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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe it's a lesser known cover/lift of an 80s song?

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[–] Jarr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Breakout - Swing Out Sister - 1996

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It doesn't fit all of your criteria, but Platinum Blonde's "It Doesn't Really Matter" comes to mind.

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[–] Another_username@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s not a girl, but nothing really matters by David Guetta sounds like it… https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nySdj533Iqs

[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 days ago

Sounds nothing alike

[–] phj4ymv4kr@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Self Control by Laura Branigan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0_8J7uxhs

It probably sounds familiar because it was in the GTA Vice City soundtrack.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Jump for my love by the Pointer sisters? That has the super high pitched yoo oo oo at the end (that honestly kind of ruins it) and bouncy dancy lady singing song

[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 days ago

Great classic, but no

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