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Songs with unintentional bum notes in them
I was listening to Sophie Ellis Bextor's version of "Take Me Home" recently and I was shocked that bum note at 0:28 made the final version of the song
I mean she sounds completely flat and it affects my enjoyment of the song![]() https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6gLOmjP5GY Anyway, are there any other cases of bum notes in recorded songs?(please not live versions as they don't count). |
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On the Barbara Streisand track " Make it like a memory" from her album 'Guilty' she sings a long bum note at one point and seems to run out of air just towards the end of it- she recovered it well but it's there...
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I can't hear the bum note mentioned in the OP, it sounds fine to me.
The bass guitar in this old Billy Joel song sounds slightly out of tune to me though, with a bum note at 0:29 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEm3Kx7bAxo |
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I can't hear the bum note mentioned in the OP, it sounds fine to me.
Anyway, here are some *definite* bum notes. *cough* |
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It's the way she sings "unwind" like a dying calf
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Lumidee - Never Leave You. The singing throughout is pretty bad, especially the intro.
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Yeah I can't hear the bum note in Sophie E-Bs song either?
Sounds in tune to me.I can't think of any unintentional recordings, but I remember Janet Jackson sung a flat note in 'Runaway' but they kept it in and she follows it by saying something like 'ooh didn't quite hit that note there' One of her best tracks IMO!
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Lumidee - Never Leave You. The singing throughout is pretty bad, especially the intro.
![]() This was actually a production fault. Lumidee was always singing in the "right" key but when they remixed the single for a worldwide release, they added a completely random bassline. Not that I'm defending the song as it is a bit crap but pretty sure this is what happened in this case. |
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Marc Almond , particularly around the Soft Cell years had an amazing poweful voice which could go off key at times. But, it actually didn't detract from the material cos his delivery has always been passionate, infact, even Almond himself prefers the original of Say Hello Wave Goodbye, to the 1990's revised polished version.
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Can somebody confirm - would these be classed as "bum notes?" The first song that sprung to mind was Girls Aloud - Life Got Cold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wurjnwmtrqk I have always thought that 1:03 was a bum note ("day by day" sung by Cheryl of all people) and 1:25 ("... in heroes anymore" also by Cheryl) |
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Can somebody confirm - would these be classed as "bum notes?" The first song that sprung to mind was Girls Aloud - Life Got Cold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wurjnwmtrqk I have always thought that 1:03 was a bum note ("day by day" sung by Cheryl of all people) and 1:25 ("... in heroes anymore" also by Cheryl) As for the OP, that Sophie Ellis Bextor note is not off. She is slightly "bending" the notes though, which is the style the original is sung in too. |
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Jason Derulo has a bad one in Little Mix's Secret Love Song
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Marc Almond , particularly around the Soft Cell years had an amazing poweful voice which could go off key at times.
I remember seeing his first ever television appearance on something like Look North, and I think my jaw must have dropped open in horror. I honestly thought is was some kind of comedy duo having a laugh.
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How on earth did I forget Marc Almond?
I remember seeing his first ever television appearance on something like Look North, and I think my jaw must have dropped open in horror. I honestly thought is was some kind of comedy duo having a laugh.As for bum notes, this 1975 top ten hit has plenty of them - https://youtu.be/vANcgolYNds |
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The classic was the late Kenny Ball, the traditional jazz band trumpet player. He could play a bum note at any time.
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Couple of Kate Bush ones:
Mrs Bartolozzi - Kate goes really out of tune at one point during this. She explained in an interview that she tried rerecording the song, but couldn't capture the same 'feel', so kept the out of tune version on her album. Among Angels - she starts playing this on the piano, but starts in the wrong key, apologises, then sings it beautifully. |
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Girls Aloud - Life Got Cold [..] I have always thought that 1:03 was a bum note ("day by day" sung by Cheryl of all people) and 1:25 ("... in heroes anymore" also by Cheryl)
![]() Sounds nothing like a truly "bum note" at any rate. However, I *will* note the obvious flaw that at 1:05 the singer loses track of which song she's singing and accidentally launches into "Wonderwall".
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Anything sung by Ollie Murs
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Coldplay - Us Against The World
Chris attempts a really low harmony when he sings "So, whatever you do... don't let go" and it's blatantly out of tune but then he changes key on the next line and all is good. |
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Marc Almond , particularly around the Soft Cell years had an amazing poweful voice which could go off key at times. But, it actually didn't detract from the material cos his delivery has always been passionate, infact, even Almond himself prefers the original of Say Hello Wave Goodbye, to the 1990's revised polished version.
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On boyzone's love me for a reason Stephen Gateley struggles to hit the high note, a valiant effort though.
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The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (sorry Sting!).
Liam Gallagher - take your pick
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The solo in "Seek and Destroy" from Metallica's first album has a bum note at the admission of Kirk Hammett himself. It sounds a little discordant and so works as part of the song but was apparently not what he was going for!
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I mean she sounds completely flat and it affects my enjoyment of the song

Sounds in tune to me.
One of her best tracks IMO!