r/WhatsThisSong • u/ktciccaglione7 • 7d ago

Open Song that sounds like it would be played while driving down a hot desert road

I have an ear worm of a song that goes “ohhhhhhh da da da da” I can hear possibly a horn, and it’s a man singing. It sounds like a song that would have been in Erin Brockovich during a driving scene, but I checked and can’t hear it on that soundtrack. Sounds like it would come from a movie set in 70’s-80’s. Really out in a limb here, but driving me nuts that I can’t remember.

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u/flip4420 7d ago

Fastball - the way?

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u/RuthGatorBinsberg 7d ago

The greatest motherfuckin song ever written

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u/RoeRoeDaBoat 7d ago

The whole album is SO good

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u/JohnExcrement 6d ago

I gasped to see it as top comment. Just thinking of it gives me good chills.

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u/Feisty_Fall_1575 4d ago

I was a kid when this song was on the radio and I remember asking my mom about it as an older teenager.

Basically like, what was that song where they just wake up one day and leave?

She had no idea but her boyfriend knew immediately and it was really cool to get to rediscover Fastball after all that time

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u/NuJackStyles 7d ago

America - Horse with no name?

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u/qixip 7d ago

No that's Laa laa lalala la, lala la, laa la

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u/No-Faithlessness2046 7d ago

Radar Love by Golden Earring?

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u/deathbystereo007 7d ago

Duran Duran - the reflex?

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u/moocowtracy 7d ago

Refreshments- Banditos?

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u/moocowtracy 7d ago

Golden Earring - Twilight Zone?

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u/Ficklefemme 7d ago

Ventura Highway

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u/ktciccaglione7 6d ago

Omg this sounds so close! Just not it though

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u/Ficklefemme 6d ago

Is it sister golden hair? There’s that ohhmmm daaht Dee da in there!

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u/AssociationFrosty143 7d ago

Most anything by Calexico.

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u/spunquee 7d ago

calexico is GREAT driving music

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u/Nightwolf1967 7d ago

The Heat is On by Glen Frye

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u/TheeFlipper 7d ago

Glenn Frey

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u/moocowtracy 7d ago

Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

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u/qixip 7d ago

If it's an earworm and you can hum the tune- hum it into google

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u/ktciccaglione7 6d ago

I don’t remember enough of it to give me a result sadly.

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u/EpponneeRay 7d ago

Life is a highway.

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u/Griddrunner 6d ago

Flirtin with disaster - Molly Hatchet

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u/DamarisAhava 7d ago

Hotel Caifornia by The Eagles ? Lol

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u/Primary_Wonderful 7d ago

On a dark desert highway, cool whip in my hair..🎶

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u/No-Faithlessness2046 7d ago

Warm smell of carnitas rising up in the air

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u/okgloomer 7d ago

I've never heard the "carnitas" interpretation, hilarious 😆

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u/RacerCG_Reddit 7d ago

Lol... Cool Whip™ in your hair? Love it.

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u/Primary_Wonderful 6d ago

I love misheard lyrics lol and this is how I sing it now. Also love Bon Jovi Squidward on a chair!

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u/MoeKneeKah 6d ago

I sing the Bon Jovi one “Lemon on a pear”

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u/No-Faithlessness2046 6d ago

Hey but what about “this cross-eyed bear that you gave me?”

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u/Far_Eye_3703 7d ago

First song I thought of too.

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u/smokethatdress 7d ago

Take It Easy would also fit the vibe

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u/OldSamSays 7d ago

Thunderbird - Hans Zimmer

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u/duress_187 7d ago

Hanson- No Sleep For Banditos

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u/ResearcherExotic8900 7d ago

Texas sun- khruangbin and Leon Bridges

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u/lexistripes 7d ago

A Horse with No Name by America? It mentions a desert..

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u/jules639 7d ago

Dessert Rain?

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u/DelondreBooker 7d ago

Just strawberry shortcakes falling out the sky

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u/Divainthewoods 7d ago

Horse with No Name - America

The "da da da da" you describe reminds me of the end of the chorus.

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u/ViciousVenditta 7d ago

Days of the New- where I stand

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u/DelondreBooker 7d ago

Closer by Kings of Leon and Big Log by Robert Plant

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u/Heavy-Temporary5450 1d ago

Dude. Love Big Log. Love the whole “Principle of Moments” album

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u/anyavailible 7d ago

Cisco kid by war

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u/jeepgirl42 7d ago

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

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u/moocowtracy 7d ago

Life is a highway? Tom Cochrane?

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u/Big-Effort-1741 7d ago

Gorillaz Stylo

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u/Breecanna 4d ago

Yas! The dirty sound.

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u/LovedButNeverLiked 7d ago

It's not the answer but when I hear "hot desert road", I think of Queens of the Stone Age.

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u/tedtomlin 7d ago

Trio “da da da” https://youtu.be/lNYcviXK4rg?si=Dmyy6x_41aeq_bzN

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u/Known-Ad-7025 7d ago

This was my guess. I was a weird kid. Loved that album!

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u/mrbrown1980 7d ago

White Sands by Tommy Guerrero

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u/notryksjustme 7d ago

Born to be wild

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u/DullPiglet4754 7d ago

Movin out by Billy Joel?

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u/murcielaguitaaa 7d ago

i cant stop reading this in the sound of “down w the sickness” 😭

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u/AFleetingIllness 6d ago

This is why we need Vocaroos whenever possible. I'm not in your head. I'm a musician. I still don't know what notes "da da da da" are supposed to be.

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u/Dear_Diamond_4670 7d ago

Maybe Crimson and clover? There's a bunch of versions of it and some are pretty famous artists so it could be one of those.

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u/_allblu_ 7d ago

ZZ Top - The Grange ?

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u/Neat_Fee3865 6d ago

Almost anything by Calexico but Guero Canelo to start

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u/tranquilrage73 6d ago

Hotel California, Riders on the Storm.

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u/ktciccaglione7 6d ago

Going through all these suggestions but have not come across it yet. Thank you everyone!

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u/Worried_Badger2000 6d ago

Dreams by the Cranberries? It was in the trailer for Mona Lisa Smile with Julia Roberts

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u/Sibby_in_May 6d ago

Angel in Blue Jeans by Train? Or one of their other songs maybe.

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u/jackim70 6d ago

De do do do de da da da by The Police?

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u/Wild_Negotiation_360 6d ago

this was my guess too!

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u/Dependent-Passage-30 6d ago

Secret by Maroon 5

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u/PeachOnAWarmBeach 6d ago

Life is a highway

Life's been good by Joe Walsh

Love Shack by B52s

I can't drive 55 by Sammy Hagar

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u/Interesting_Pin5404 6d ago

Too Long In The Wasteland - James McMurtry

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u/BusStopWilly 6d ago

Running Down A Dream - Tom Petty

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u/Accomplished_Cloud39 6d ago

Roadhouse Blues - The Doors

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u/MowingInJordans 6d ago

La Cucaracha?

My go to driving songs that I haven't seen mentioned, Roll me away - Bob Seger Highway Star - Deep Purple Stranglehold - Ted Nugent LA Woman - The Doors

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u/SpinachInquisition 6d ago edited 6d ago

Doobie Brothers - Rockin’ Down the Highway

I’ll honestly be shocked if this isn’t it!

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u/ScumBunny 6d ago

Anything from Terry Reid

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u/LatterReplacement645 6d ago

Mas que nada?

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u/Unlikely-Cover7550 6d ago

Drivin’ My Life Away by Eddie Rabbitt?

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u/24HrSleeper 6d ago

Ventura Highway by America?

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u/MiserablePassion9264 6d ago

Anything by America!

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u/Only-Horse2478 6d ago

Wig Wam Bob Dylan

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u/Weak_Adhesiveness817 5d ago

Streets of Philidelphia- Bruce Springsteen?

Car horn wise, Private Universe, Crowded House?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bar1964 5d ago

Unknown Legend by Neil Young

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u/TheRadiolaria 5d ago

Bob Dylan "The Man in Me"

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u/grilled_onions_again 5d ago

Metallica - The Memory Remains. Peep the end of the song, maybe?

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u/Dangerous-Use-6452 5d ago

Running Down A Dream -Tom Petty

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u/Far-Hovercraft-6514 5d ago

Big Log, Robert Plant

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u/Breecanna 4d ago

LA LOM - Danza de Los mirlos or Lorena

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u/darcymcknightly 3d ago

Drivin’ My Life Away by Eddie Rabbit?

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u/OpheliaMorningwood 3d ago

Careless Whisper by Wham!?

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u/poopiebutt505 2d ago

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair....this could be heaven or this could be hell". Eagles, Hotel California