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.
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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.
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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
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Madonna - Nothing Really Matters
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Missing You by Diana Ross
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How Can I Ease the Pain by Lisa Fischer
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Gotta Tell You by Samantha Mumba
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Electric Feel by MGMT
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Don’t Walk Away by Jade
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Tell Me by Groove Theory
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Right Here by SWV
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Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
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Sinead O’Connor Nothing compares to you
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What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson
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Platinum Blonde’s “It Doesn’t Really Matter”
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Janet Jackson - Doesn’t Really Matter
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nothing really matters by David Guetta
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Since You’ve Gone” – Belinda Carlisle (1986)
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Basia - New Day For You
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Ain’t Nobody by Rufus and Chaka Khan
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PROM - Nothing Really Matters Anymore
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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.
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
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
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
His voice is pretty high…
Not the song I heard though…
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.
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.
Might be a stretch… D-Mob ft Cathy Dennis - That’s The Way Of The World
Nope :(
I think there’s a good chance you’re vividly misremembering the lyrics.
A few weeks ago I was looking for a song I was POSITIVE had the lyric “got to get my baby back” and it wasn’t until days later I remembered another lyric, found the song, and realized the lyric was actually “got to get a hold of this” (RJD2 - Through The Walls, by the way)
I have an insanely good musical memory so I was 100% sure on the lyric until proven otherwise lol
Does the melody I hummed ring a bell at all? https://voca.ro/1fiQl9tlBHoh I tried tapping the melody on a song finding site but can’t find it either. The vocals matched the melody too.
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Breakout - Swing Out Sister - 1996
Nope
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
Great classic, but no
Nope. The song I heard makes that song sound flat in comparison. The vibe/emotion/energy it gave is most similar to I Feel For You by Chaka Kahn, especially the later part.
Just use AI! Lol
I did and it kept saying it was a 90s Madonna song. I listened to the Madonna song on YouTube and that wasn’t it.
Are you sure it’s not a remix of the madonna song?
Yes. I’ve listened to remixes of the Madonna song. The voice isn’t the same, only similarity is in this song the singer said that line or a very similar one (like “nothing else matters”) in the nothing really maaaaatt-ers way, but in the song I heard, the singer sounds very happy like she’s celebrating. it sounds euphoric and has a lot more energy. Overall the song I heard sounds very happy, gives you a strong urge to dance happily, and also a bit romantic and very nostalgic. The Madonna song sounds flat in comparison.
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)
Not a very experienced whistler, I think! It takes practices for sure, and not everyone can do it. Maybe humming or “Doo Doo Doo” or even scatting would be more helpful?
Here’s me humming the melody https://voca.ro/1fiQl9tlBHoh
Could it be “Woodcabin” by Saint Etienne? If not, how close is it?
Not close at all, way too chill and slow and the melody is way different, sorry
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
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.
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.
Nope
I assume it’s not, but are you thinking of the end of the first part of Bohemian Rhapsody?
Nope
Sinead O’Connor Nothing compares to you?
Nope
