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Funky R&B song
I'm trying to find a song by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly. It has a choral portion which contains a line that sounds like either "because it's my time" or "because it's my turn". Following the line, there's a synthesizer sound like something is being shut down. Does anybody know what song I'm trying to ask about?2603:7000:8641:810E:45CD:C165:2A78:587C (talk) 09:18, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The track Never let you down at 2:35 contains the phrase "in my time". 2A00:23A8:0:3D01:B146:4391:37DC:D954 (talk) 13:03, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The video you referred me to is unavailable. So, I tried typing the title you suggested in the search bar. I found another available video, and the song played. It's not the song I'm asking about. The song I'm trying to talk about has a more upbeat tempo. Plus, it has the synthesizer sound I'm trying to describe. Is that a little more helpful?2603:7000:8641:810E:1C41:88B:F3C2:9C18 (talk) 23:32, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I found it, finally. It's 'Magic', from the album Can't Stop the Love.2603:7000:8641:810E:1C41:88B:F3C2:9C18 (talk) 04:05, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Squirm song
At the start of the classic film Squirm we hear a child singing "I can hear the dark, coming up the stairs...". Do we know the composer, the lyricist, and the performer please? DuncanHill (talk) 22:19, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * IMDb lists music by Robert Prince; perhaps "IMDb Pro" has more info? 136.54.99.98 (talk) 01:29, 29 July 2023 (UTC)


 * This forum thread has (apparently) a contribution from Jeff Lieberman who is the credited lyricist for the film:
 * I have no idea the of the young lad who sang that song. I do know he was British because the entire score was recorded in London-- with the London philharmonic I might add! So, he would be around 40-45 years old by now, maybe older. Bob Prince definately did the melody but as far as the lyrics go, I seam to recall working on that together with him. I know it was my idea to have a choir boy sounding single voice, and the idea behind it, but "I can hear the darkness, crawling up the stairs" is definately NOT mine. For all I know, Bob wrote all the lyrics, it's been too long.
 * Hope this helps. Alansplodge (talk) 11:39, 29 July 2023 (UTC)