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Subject: Help naming 80's song!!!
All I remember is a part of the music video for this song took place in a coffee shop and the singer (a female) was sitting at a table drinking her coffee while a homeless woman was looking in at her (It may have been raining!)
I can't remember any words or anything else. But I remember it being a big hit.
Help me!!!
Subject: Re: Help naming 80's song!!!
The song is "Tom's Diner".
It is a remix by a D.J. team called D.N.A. of a Suzanne Vega song.
Suzanne originally released "Tom's Diner" on her 1987 album "Solitude Standing" as an a capella track.
In 1990, D.N.A. took her a capella track and added a dance track to it. This is the version of the song that became the big hit and had the video on MTV.
If you are looking for the song, you'll need to look for the artist credit as Suzanne Vega with D.N.A., or something like that. Since no album was released, (I think it was only released as a cassette and/or CD single which are most likely out of print now)it probably exists as a track on a compilation of some sort. If you buy "Solitude Standing," it will only have the a capella version on it, not the pop version. It was a big hit, it should be on a hits or dance compilation.
> All I remember is a part of the music video for this song took place in a
> coffee shop and the singer (a female) was sitting at a table drinking her
> coffee while a homeless woman was looking in at her (It may have been
> raining!)
> I can't remember any words or anything else. But I remember it being a big
> hit.
> Help me!!!
Subject: Re: Help naming 80's song!!!
> The song is "Tom's Diner".
> It is a remix by a D.J. team called D.N.A. of a Suzanne Vega song.
> Suzanne originally released "Tom's Diner" on her 1987 album
> "Solitude Standing" as an a capella track.
> In 1990, D.N.A. took her a capella track and added a dance track to it.
> This is the version of the song that became the big hit and had the video
> on MTV.
> If you are looking for the song, you'll need to look for the artist credit
> as Suzanne Vega with D.N.A., or something like that. Since no album was
> released, (I think it was only released as a cassette and/or CD single
> which are most likely out of print now)it probably exists as a track on a
> compilation of some sort. If you buy "Solitude Standing," it
> will only have the a capella version on it, not the pop version. It was a
> big hit, it should be on a hits or dance compilation.
You can find the original a capella, DNA remix and other versions of "Tom's Diner" on the "Tom's Album" Compilation. Available at Amazon.com
Subject: Re: Help naming 80's song!!!
> You can find the original a capella, DNA remix and other versions of
> "Tom's Diner" on the "Tom's Album" Compilation.
> Available at Amazon.com
Thanks for the info. I didn't know this was available. Cool!