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glassbooks Since: Apr, 2013
2013-05-18 08:38:33

This is extremely vague. Some lyrics would help a lot.

They say it bursts through your clothes when it takes you over...
KEVP Since: Aug, 2009
2013-05-19 16:20:39

I know that lyrics would help a lot!!!

But she forgot the lyrics that she was SURE she would remember!!!

I think the things to focus on is "song originally by a White British group (probably 80s), later covered by a Black group, song has to do with crime or criminal punishment"

Alvin Since: Feb, 2012
2013-05-21 12:37:06

Would it be "House of the Rising Sun' by The Animals (white British) and others?

KEVP Since: Aug, 2009
2013-05-22 03:58:36

Not House of the Rising Sun, the original wasn't that old. The original was probably 80s, as I said.

Azzizzi Since: Oct, 2009
2013-05-22 08:15:33

The only one that comes to mind is "Every Breath You Take," by "The Police," which Shaggy used in his song "Angel." There's a part of "Angel" that mentions prison:

Now life is one big party when you're still young And who's gonna have your back when it's all done It's all good when you're little, you have pure fun Can't be a fool, son, what about the long run Looking back Shorty always mention Said me not giving her much attention She was there through my incarceration I want to show the nation my appreciation

XFllo Since: Aug, 2012
2013-05-22 13:29:24

When did she hear the song? Radio? Club? Festival? Some random place? Perhaps somebody could track it down if it was radio or something that had a programme or schedule.

Edited by XFllo
supermanwich23 Since: May, 2011
2013-05-22 16:24:14

Is it 80's rock/pop/new wave turned to R&B/hip hop/rap? or was the cover in the same style as the original? As with the above comment- WHEN and WHERE she heard it could help find out if it's on the radio or popular...

If you can find out either song or artist, you may check out www.whosampled.com which has a large database of covers and cover artists.

If you can read this, please tell me to get OFF tv tropes and do my homework.
KEVP Since: Aug, 2009
2013-05-23 07:52:44

She heard the song the night before I first posted, in a club in Second Life. She is pretty sure the original was from the 80's. It at least "feels" like the 80s.

It's not Shaggy's song Angel. It was a cover, not a song being sampled.

The cover was basically in the same style as the original, as I said she thought it WAS the original until the singing started.

DataAngel Since: Jan, 2013
2013-05-23 08:01:30

This might help a bit... http://www.inthe80s.com/covers/index.shtml

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