Need help: 70's (?) earworm with very little to go on

[fyl2u]

I've got a bit of a melody in my head and can't think what it is.

Possibly a 70's or early 80's song with a similar feel to The Morning After from the Poseidon Adventure, maybe by ABBA or The Carpenters or some female-led group or female artist. Probably.

All I have is a bit of the first line of a verse:

Something something something little bit longer

Could be "little bit stronger" or something else entirely but that's the rhythm.

The melody is clear as day in my mind but I don't have enough of the words for google to be of any help.

Derr dum derr dim derr dum deddil dim derr dum

Where a dum is a lower note than the previous one, a dim is a higher note than the previous one, and a derr is the same note as the previous one.

Haway SMB. Help me get this out of my noggin, it's annoying the balls off me.

 

[JAZZMANB]

Oh wont you stay a little bit longer ..? used on a suntan cream ad I think ?

 

[fyl2u]

For any musician around, if we're in the key C, the notes are:

E G G F F B BCD D C

Where the G's and B's are lower than the C but the rest of the notes are above.

 

[Space Hopper]

'Love me' by Evonne Elliman?



Love me
Just a little bit longer
Love me
I remember times my love
When we really had it all
You were always there to make me smile
To help me when I fall
Ooo, I can't believe you're leaving me
When there's so much more to say
I can't let you go
Ooo, every time I look at you,
I still can feel the glow
Let it be, let it grow
[Chorus: ]
Ooo, love me, please
Just a little bit longer
Together, we can make it
Our love is much too young to break it
Oh all I ever wanted was
To have you to myself
Then I see you standing there
In the arms of someone else
Ooo, you know a girl can stand so much
And it's more than I can fake
I can't let you go
Ooo, every time I look at you
I still can feel the glow
Let it be, let it grow
Love me, please
Just a little bit harder

 

[fyl2u]

Wow, the missus just got it immediately with her first guess. I'll leave it up to see if anyone else gets it.

Extra clue: The melody bit I posted is spot on for the verse but the "little bit stronger" is slightly misleading as it's actually "little bit" something else and from a line in the chorus not the verse.

Oh wont you stay a little bit longer ..? used on a suntan cream ad I think ?

'Love me' by Evonne Elliman?



Love me
Just a little bit longer
Love me
I remember times my love
When we really had it all
You were always there to make me smile
To help me when I fall
Ooo, I can't believe you're leaving me
When there's so much more to say
I can't let you go
Ooo, every time I look at you,
I still can feel the glow
Let it be, let it grow
[Chorus: ]
Ooo, love me, please
Just a little bit longer
Together, we can make it
Our love is much too young to break it
Oh all I ever wanted was
To have you to myself
Then I see you standing there
In the arms of someone else
Ooo, you know a girl can stand so much
And it's more than I can fake
I can't let you go
Ooo, every time I look at you
I still can feel the glow
Let it be, let it grow
Love me, please
Just a little bit harder

Nope and nope.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Wow, the missus just got it immediately with her first guess.

I love a happy ending.

 

[EDGE]

'Love me' by Evonne Elliman?



Love me
Just a little bit longer
Love me
I remember times my love
When we really had it all
You were always there to make me smile
To help me when I fall
Ooo, I can't believe you're leaving me
When there's so much more to say
I can't let you go
Ooo, every time I look at you,
I still can feel the glow
Let it be, let it grow
[Chorus: ]
Ooo, love me, please
Just a little bit longer
Together, we can make it
Our love is much too young to break it
Oh all I ever wanted was
To have you to myself
Then I see you standing there
In the arms of someone else
Ooo, you know a girl can stand so much
And it's more than I can fake
I can't let you go
Ooo, every time I look at you
I still can feel the glow
Let it be, let it grow
Love me, please
Just a little bit harder

Yep. Was thinking the same thing.

Good old Yvonne.

Had some canny stuff.

Wow, the missus just got it immediately with her first guess. I'll leave it up to see if anyone else gets it.

Extra clue: The melody bit I posted is spot on for the verse but the "little bit stronger" is slightly misleading as it's actually "little bit" something else and from a line in the chorus not the verse.





Nope and nope.

Little bit longer?

 

[ajthemackem]

Any of these?

https://www.lyrics.com/serp.php?st=just+a+little&dec=1970

 

[Abu Dhabi Red and White]

'Love me' by Evonne Elliman?

Why no Y?

 

[joemcdokes]

Wow, the missus just got it immediately with her first guess. I'll leave it up to see if anyone else gets it.

It is a tad easier when you can hear it.

 

[JAZZMANB]

Wow, the missus just got it immediately with her first guess. I'll leave it up to see if anyone else gets it.

Extra clue: The melody bit I posted is spot on for the verse but the "little bit stronger" is slightly misleading as it's actually "little bit" something else and from a line in the chorus not the verse.





Nope and nope.

Makes perfect sense to you of course but just getting more confusing

 

[fyl2u]

Any of these?

https://www.lyrics.com/serp.php?st=just+a+little&dec=1970

Actually no.

Makes perfect sense to you of course but just getting more confusing

Ok a bit extra...

"little bit more than"

Haway, you lads are musicians, I've given you the actual notes!

Yep. Was thinking the same thing.

Good old Yvonne.

Had some canny stuff.


Little bit longer?

"Little bit more than"

Another clue...

When I said "Possibly ABBA" I almost hit the nail right on the head.

The year was actually 1984.

 

[EchoMan]

Not Dr Hook ?

 

[Scimmy]

Katy B - I Like You?

 

[fyl2u]

Not Dr Hook ?

Nope.

Recap:

1984

When i said i thought it was someone like ABBA, I was actually very close to being correct.

Definitely females singing.

"little bit more than" appear in the chorus

The der dum stuff and the rhythm of the verse line from the OP are bang on, as are the notes I posted later.

Katy B - I Like You?

Nope.

 

[Patch]

Actually no.
When I said "Possibly ABBA" I almost hit the nail right on the head.

The year was actually 1984.

Jabba the hut with a cover of Maxwell's Silver Hammer?

 

[EchoMan]

Nope.

Recap:

1984

When i said i thought it was someone like ABBA, I was actually very close to being correct.

Definitely females singing.

"little bit more than" appear in the chorus

The der dum stuff and the rhythm of the verse line from the OP are bang on, as are the notes I posted later.



Nope.

Hang on.

It’s coming to me.

I know it so well

Wasnt it good?

 

[Snaggletooth]

I know him so well.
Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige?
That was written by the gadgies out of abba, I think.

 

[EchoMan]

I know him so well.
Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige?
That was written by the gadgies out of abba, I think.

 

[JAZZMANB]

Actually no.



Ok a bit extra...

"little bit more than"

Haway, you lads are musicians, I've given you the actual notes!



"Little bit more than"

Another clue...

When I said "Possibly ABBA" I almost hit the nail right on the head.

The year was actually 1984.

Yes confusing ,I read the something something something at the start as actual lyrics,the decade is wrong and I am a musician but learn by ear so ebgebees means nowt ,no idea of tempo etc etc