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Hi,

heard a song with the chorus "why do you do that thing, why do you that thing to me"

sounds like ian dury but i'm not sure who it's by or what the actual song title is. can you help please

thanks

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 I don't think I know who Ian Drury is.  Did he play with a rock era band?
  Those lyrics don't ring a bell,  I tried to do a little research and came up with nothing.
  Sorry I can't help you more.

 If you can give me more info,  such as what kind of beat,  the instruments (guitars and organ?)  and perhaps whether the guitars are clean or distorted it might jog my memory.  Also,   if it has hints of other styles in it, most rock era music was a combination of rock and blues, but a lot of it also had some jazz,  some classical,  reggae, and other styles involved I may be able to think of it.

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I can answer general questions about rock era bands, record labels they were on, and names of songs. Often I can tell the name of the record company that released a song, as well as the name of the song, and the year of release based on some of the lyrics. I grew up during the rock era and I am a musician myself, and always read the album and 45 info for production credits as well as lineups. One of the chat rooms I go to is quite amused at my ability to name a song along with it`s year of release and record label. I was also a record collector for years.

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