This LOST 1986 Song Went Viral…But for Years-NOBODY Knew WHO Sang it—UNTIL Today!--Professor of Rock

17 seconds. That’s all anyone had to go off of. Just a few years back an anonymous user uploaded a clip of a mystery track from the 80s to a song discovery site. The audio was low quality, and the lyrics were hard to decipher. Some people claimed to have heard it before. But no one knew who sang it. And when pressed for more information the uploader refused to talk about it. But people had to know. So social media users sprang to action looking for clues in improbable places. And for three years no one could figure this song out… But then someone found it in the most unlikely of places. And you’re not going to believe where. My mind was blown when I heard this. It’s the story where the truth is definitely stranger than fiction. It's Ulterior Motives by Who's Who and Christopher Saint Booth… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.

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So a little while back we covered the insane story of The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet… a song from the 80s that no one can find the origins of. No one knows who wrote it or even what it's called… We’re still searching for the band or artist and the name of the song. That story goes that back in the mid-80s someone going by the name Darius S recorded an unnamed song onto a mixtape. He labeled it ‘Blind the Wind’ after a line in the song, and it stashed it away in his collection of cassettes.

Fast-forward to 2004, Darius S rediscovered the track and tried to identify it via the Internet. But to no avail. Then in 2007, his sister Lydia uploaded ‘Blind the Wind’ onto multiple song discovery sites, kicking off a nearly two-decade search for the truth about this track. All kinds of leads have been followed trying to verify who wrote this song. Musicians would come forward claiming to have written it, but could provide no proof to back up their claims. It’s a pretty wild story. And as of this video, the song’s identity still remains a mystery. So that story was a lot of fun to cover. And it got me wondering if there are any mystery songs like this that actually have been identified.

And you know what? After doing some digging, I realized that there are. In fact, The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet spawned an entire phenomenon called Lostwave… The name is of course a play on the New Wave genre of the 80s and consists of songs that have that sound but whose origins are unknown. There’s even a Lostwave community on Reddit (40,000 members strong) that works to bring anonymous songs into the light.

So today we’re telling a story of another Lostwave gem, commonly referred to as “Everyone Knows That”. Along with The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet, this has got to be one of the craziest lost song stories out there. Alright so let’s jump into this saga. The story begins in October 2021, when an unidentified user named “carl92” uploaded a 17-second clip of a mystery synth-pop track to the song discovery site...

[ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What is your pick for the COOLEST SYNTHESIZER BASED song of the Rock era?

[berkkarsi]

Who else clicked on the video thinking the most mysterious song on the internet is solved?

[tangoandcars]

For a second I thought the Professor found the other lost song Like the Wind.

[Shooter_FPV]

HUGE props to the brothers for not only embracing it, but to piece it together as close as they could to the original, then releasing other "lost" tracks they had for a complete album. They could have easily shrugged it off and let it be. Probably the best story of the year!!!

[st.anselmsfire]

I love how wholesome the story became. Just two dudes who love music and struggled for decades to make it big having a total career resurrection because kids young enough to be their grandchildren fell in love with a snippet of one of their songs. And they both sound like genuine stand-up guys, too. It's such a heart-warming story. You don't get that much these days.

[panamafloyd]

Keep stuff like this coming when you find them, Professor! My own two 'lost songs' were pretty easy to find once I got the internet in the '90s, but I still recall the joy I felt when I found them. Nothing like that "FINALLY!!" after discovering the artist/title of a song that's been going through your head for years. My two were from my days listening to shortwave radio in the '80s. I was up late one night, waiting for the news bulletin from Radio Australia. Dude played a tune right before the news that blew me away. Turned out to be "Eagle Rock" (1971) by Daddy Cool. The other was one I actually remembered from old AOR radio in the '70s. SW station playing music from the US Southwest played it one day in the '80s, "Oh! I remember that one!!" DJ didn't backsell it. Turned out to be "Fallin' in Love" (1974) by Souther-Hillman-Furay. I miss the days when internet search engines actually looked for what you were looking for, instead of sending you a thousand pages of results from people that want to sell you something.

Best wishes for everyone still working on 'Like The Wind' - there will be great joy if that one ever gets solved!

[JulieCaptivatedinFl]

It is Nick GILDER not GLIDER. First time I heard Hot Child in the City, I thought it was a female. Great tune!

[michaelsurratt]

Can you imagine how many unknown songs were created, turned down by labels and would have been greats?

[leamanc]

As someone who follows lost media news, I knew about this one. But I bet it's a new story to a lot of people here, and it is a great one. Another fantastic pick, Professor!

[BitcoinMotorist]

The theory that it originated from an 80s adult film was one of theories that was floating around but most people didn't take that theory seriously. Turns out, it was right!

[diamonddave]

Your ability to compress a 5 min story into a video lasting just 19 minutes is amazing

[shanestewart]

Reminds me of how it took me about 30 years to solve a set of mystery songs. In 1989 I saw a cassette strung out on the parking lot of a high school that my bus stopped by from my Jr high school to pick up students to take home from there. A cringe moment for me as a couple long strands were being run over. The next day all but a little wad was left under a tree. a couple weeks or so later when my dad was driving out that way, I tagged along and had him stop there so I could get it. On the wrinkled muddy bit I got, I heard some kind of heavy metal music but had no idea what it was. All I know was that one song was saying " I'm slipping away, " and another saying "when lightning strikes." I don't listen to much metal, but thought that one sounded interesting. With no pieces of cassette shell to get a lead on, it remained a mystery.

Fast forward a few years later and I find in a totally different location, a small bit of another tape with the same thing, again, no cassette shell to tell me what it was. Then somewhere in the early 2000's laying on the parking lot of my dad's small grocery store was a fully intact 60 minute TDK cassette from the mid 80's with the full album on it! Now I had the full album, but still no clue what the band or album was because nothing was written on the tape's paper label.

Into the 2010's I tried looking up guessed song titles on it on YouTube but no luck. So I brushed it off and didn't think about it for years until about the end of the decade when I decided to try again. This time, I got a match! "Lightnin' Strikes Again" by Dokken. And it didn't take me too long to find out that the album was called "Under Lock and Key" from 1985. Not being the social one, I wasn't about to go around asking people 30 years ago what it was I was hearing on a wad of tape I picked up. I had to solve the mystery myself. Even if it did take a few decades to solve.

[Crazykid]

It's hard not to like videos like this. Your channel has helped so many people either discover music they have never heard about, or REDISCOVER music they have forgotten about. I think this could be a new segment of your show, possibly call it "The Forgotten Ones" or something.

[becky]

Do more lost songs! This is really fun to hear about!

[gailburnette]

Dang, that’s awesome! Putting out an 80’s album in 2024 is pretty sweet!

[carriersignal]

Ah Kajagoogoo, yes! Funny thing is, if that song had been easy to find, the "lost album" would have never been released and none of us would know anything about this music. Makes you wonder what else could have been released that never was. Anyone remember the band The Quick? Their album One Light in a Blackout had a similar feel to Kajagoogoo's White Feathers. Love this type of content. My life revolves around obscure 80's new wave.

[ultradave]

Great job Adam! 👏👏👏 What a crazy story!!! One of the best thing about things about the internet is the wealth of information and the connection to the masses. I love this stuff and being born in the 70's the music from the 80's is very nostalgic for me. Well done!

[dannschmit]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. Great story with an awesome ending!! I saw the video about the mystery of the song. Happy it got solved. So happy for the Booth boys that this has come back to them. Great opportunity! Thanks Adam! Have an amazing day!!!!

[scottphillips]

I met the Booth brothers when I was a guard at Waverly Hills in Louisville KY. They made a movie there called Death Tunnel. It is a horror cult masterpiece. Philip and Christopher are absolutely two of the nicest guys you could ever meet. At the time I didn't know how accomplished they were so I talked to them as I would anyone else and they spoke to me the same, very nice and respectful and never gave a hint of being better than others. Cool accents too.

[trynsurviven]

I find it absolutely amazing the drive to keep the 80’s music alive after all these years. I really enjoy the search to bring lost classics back to life. I’m an old school rocker that never really got into new wave but that doesn’t mean those songs should fade into obscurity. Thank you and I hope to see more on these “Lost Classics”.