Song ID -- not much to go on here....

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Sounds like it was recorded anywhere between 1962-72. Has a motown/R&B feel and production. Vocalist is a black female.

Got a memorable bassline that sounds practically identical to the first 4 notes of "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bun)" by the Four Tops, except slightly slower with more swagger. As the those first four notes hit "din dun doon din" the singer is singing "Since you been gone..." in time with the beat.

Have been looking for this tune for years. Help friends.

― white dolemite (White Dolemite), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

sounds like Freda Payne's "Band of Gold"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

That is IT! Just hearing the song is like scratching athlete's foot of the mind.

Thank you Dr. Bill.

― white dolemite (White Dolemite), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

yeah, this is a definitive That Song. Title only mentioned twice (and not in the chorus), not an exceptionally major artist--for the longest time, just knowing the title I assumed it was a country song.

Anyway, no problem.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

I love that song.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

FYI:

"Since you been gone..." is only the first line of the last chorus...

It's "Now that you're gone" for the first two. I know this because I copy/pasted the lyrics to a noize dude thread called "Since You Been Gone" thinking that Freda said it a bunch of times in the song, but sadly only the once.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

How many other songs about impotence have hit the top 40?

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

"Stutter" from Elastica -- never top 40 but a damn good song.

― white dolemite (White Dolemite), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

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