what is this song?

ubertar · Post by **ubertar** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:25 am

I don't keep up with popular music too much... there's some song which is extremely popular right now; I hear it all the time blasting from cars. That's the only way I've heard it, so I haven't even heard the whole song, just this one part: it's piano, playing AAE EEE/F#F#D DDD, then repeats. The AAE and F#F#D parts are slow (quarter note) triplets, and the EEE and DDD parts are fast (eighth note) triplets. I might have the key wrong-- I figured it out from memory, but those are definitely the intervals. I don't even particularly like the song; I'm just curious to know what it is.

Professor T · Post by **Professor T** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:08 am

Popular + piano = Sara Bareilles?

Looks like the "King of Anything" track is the most popular off her new album.

ubertar · Post by **ubertar** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:50 am

Professor T wrote:Popular + piano = Sara Bareilles?

Looks like the "King of Anything" track is the most popular off her new album.

It's not that song. I think after the piano line, a male voice starts rapping. So it's probably hiphop. I could probably walk a few blocks down my street and hear it twice in five minutes, just from the cars passing by, it's so popular. Whatever it is.

If you play the line I quoted in the first post, and you've heard the song, you should recognize it instantly. That's pretty much all there is to the song.

Professor T · Post by **Professor T** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:01 pm

I'd run through the top singles charts on itunes.

SoulOfJonas · Post by **SoulOfJonas** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:59 pm

"Empire State of Mind" by Jay Z ft Alicia Keys??? Just a wild guess based off of the "piano" and "rapping" tips. I live in NYC too and can't count how many times I've heard cars driving by blasting that song. Hell, if the stereo in my car was working I'd be blasting it too. That's a hell of a driving song

CraigS63 · Post by **CraigS63** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:01 am

You could give this site a try - it guesses the song after you tap the rhythm on the space bar.

http://www.bored.com/songtapper/?dotap=1

ubertar · Post by **ubertar** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:36 pm

It's not Empire State of Mind. The tapping site came up with Comfortably Numb as the first choice... not much hope there. If you play the melody above, and you know the song, you will recognize it. The piano part isn't background; it's the focus.

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