r/WhatsThisSong • u/Muscalp • Aug 07 '25

Open Song from the 80‘s with weird sound

I‘m looking for a song that from the sound I‘d wager is from the 80‘s. I believe it‘s an instrumental but I‘m not sure. The lead instrument is some kind of synthetic jungle-flute. At least that’s the best description I can give it. This i my best attempt at recreating the melody: https://voca.ro/1b4LTOInr0Bz

Edit: Just wanna reiterate that I‘m not certain it’s actually from the 80‘s. Neither that it’s actually a synthetic flute- the synths have a kind of „pressed“ quality in their tones that remind me of pan flutes or a blown bottle. It’s nothing like a nice clear whistle from a recorder. Sound is kinda upbeat and relatively fast

Edit: Ok, found it. Was way if my Mark in terms of time of release and choice of instruments and pretty much everything else, but it’s „El gigante del Hierro“ by „Grupo Sonador“

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u/illinie Aug 07 '25

Baltimora - tarzan boy?

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u/Muscalp Aug 07 '25

Sadly no

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u/Broken_Enigma Aug 07 '25

Incantation - Cacharpaya maybe?

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u/No_Pen_3732 Aug 07 '25

Came here to say this. Starts off slow and then speeds up.

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u/Spangle1984 Aug 07 '25

Popcorn by Hot Butter? Though that is from the 70s.

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u/Ouisch Aug 07 '25

I'm thinking Popcorn as well.

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u/Muscalp Aug 07 '25

No that’s like synth music 101 I would have recognized that immediately 😅

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u/Mistayadrln Aug 08 '25

I thought that was the greatest song even when it first came out.

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u/Admirable-Skirt-8352 Aug 07 '25

Life In One Day- Howard Jones?

https://youtu.be/OGL5Z4MpU4Y?si=omxFR5Arb3WxUq0q

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u/Admirable-Skirt-8352 Aug 07 '25

Actually could it be the Miami Vice theme?

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u/agienne Aug 08 '25

Upvote for a song I haven't heard since it was on Friday Night Videos. I should do a Howard Jones Spotify deep dive. Thanks.

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u/Admirable-Skirt-8352 Aug 08 '25

He’s so underrated. I adore his music.😊

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u/Jerk_Johnson Aug 07 '25

Clear by Cybotron

https://youtu.be/YT4qqZHN8no?si=TOP3_gOeWI6aWohK

Check the 2:00 minute mark

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u/CommercialExotic2038 Aug 07 '25

It sounds like the UCLA marching cadence. dah di di di di di di dah dah dah da dah

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u/Muscalp Aug 07 '25

The base rythm is kinda similar but it’s definitely not a marching cadence. That’s just me being a bad singee

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u/Feisty-Candidate3693 Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25

Could it be Yaz/Yazoo - Only You or possibly The Art Of Noise - Moments In Love

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u/Muscalp Aug 07 '25

Both way, way too slow

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u/Feisty-Candidate3693 Aug 07 '25

Gotcha. Best of luck in your search.

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u/Illustrious_Class545 Aug 07 '25

Video killed the radio star?

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u/mestar12345 Aug 07 '25

Maybe: Waterfall - Atlantic Ocean

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u/4115R Aug 07 '25

“Din Da Da” by George Kranz?

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u/Double_Station3984 Aug 07 '25

Could it be Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull? There are a lot of instrumental sections.

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u/Muscalp Aug 07 '25

That‘s a real flute

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u/Double_Station3984 Aug 08 '25

Eh. Worth a try.

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u/bawkward Aug 07 '25

Could it be the Peter Gunn theme by Art of Noise? https://youtu.be/tK-vUY6erQU

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

Herbie Hancock scratchit?

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

I think the name is actually Rockit

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

Or maybe axel F by Harold faltered. The song was from Beverly Hills Cop?

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u/pootenshammer Aug 07 '25

Anybody else find that music video to be creepy AF?

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

YES!! The legs used to give me nightmares.

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u/pootenshammer Aug 08 '25

I just rewatched the video for fun and it's even creepier than I remembered. The legs are the creepiest part, but the whole thing is downright disturbing!

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u/Main-Tourist-4132 Aug 07 '25

Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil

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u/Aggravating-Cloud556 Aug 07 '25

Hocus Pocus by Focus?

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u/PetitPxl Aug 07 '25

My gut feeling is that it might be Enigma - Sadeness Part II based on the flutey synth description.

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u/Context_is_____ Aug 07 '25

The soundtrack of Basic Instinct contained a lot of songs like this.

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u/JohnSnowsPump Aug 08 '25

There is an instrumental version of Save a Prayer by Duran Duran which fits the bill but probably not upbeat enough....

https://youtu.be/LQKEmc5fXMw?si=uKj2-jfzPauOnOtm

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u/astrid_stargazer Aug 08 '25

oxygene pt 2 by jean-michel jarre

starts off fast but at around 3:30 the flutes get the sort of pan pipe, blown bottle quality you mentioned

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u/Naive_Arm_3111 Aug 08 '25

Wonderful Life by Black ?

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u/h3ll0_k4ty Aug 08 '25

Blue Monday by New Order?

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u/Yacht_Rock_On Aug 08 '25

Not a flute, but the melody sounds a bit like “San Jacinto,” by Peter Gabriel

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u/catsdomineaux Aug 08 '25

Your voca sounds like One Night in Bangkok by Murray Head to me.

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u/OpheliaMorningwood Aug 08 '25

The bridge from The Chauffeur by Duran Duran

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u/SentientChonies Aug 08 '25

Cusco - Inca Dance

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u/McMimi4 Aug 08 '25

Funky Town?

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u/wishpod Aug 08 '25

One Night in Bangkok by Murray Head?

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u/Sensitive-Lunch-2602 Aug 08 '25

Taco "puttin on the Ritz"?

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u/Existing-Elk-8735 Aug 08 '25

808 state - Pacific 202

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u/Existing-Elk-8735 Aug 08 '25

Oh. Lol it’s been solved. I happen to have that Grupo Sonador album.

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u/NicePsy-OpBro Aug 09 '25

Who solved it and where

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u/Existing-Elk-8735 Aug 09 '25

The edit under the original post.

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u/Prst_ Aug 08 '25

Close (to the Edge) by Art of Noise?

https://youtu.be/-sFK0-lcjGU

Famously sampled by the Prodigy for Firestarter

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

Down under by Men at Work??

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u/Naive_Arm_3111 Aug 08 '25

My first thought too