Lostwave facts for kids

Lostwave is a cool term for songs that are a mystery! Imagine finding a great song but having no idea who sang it, what it's called, or when it was made. That's what lostwave is all about. People online work together like detectives to find clues and solve these musical puzzles. It's like a treasure hunt for forgotten tunes!

Discovering Lostwave Music

Lostwave became popular because of two big searches for mystery songs. One was for a song called "Ready 'n' Steady". Music experts looked for it for decades. They finally found it in 2016.

The second big search was for "The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet". Someone recorded it from a German radio station in the mid-1980s. This song sparked huge interest online. Many people joined the search on different Internet forums. In 2024, the song was finally identified! It was "Subways of Your Mind" by a German band called Fex.

As more mystery songs appeared, a Reddit community was created in 2019. It was named 'lostwave' to help people find these songs. This was the first time the word 'lostwave' was used. It sounds like other internet music styles, such as vaporwave and chillwave.

Famous Lostwave Discoveries

Many lostwave songs have been found thanks to online detectives. Here are some exciting examples:

"Spelling on the Stone" Mystery

"Spelling on the Stone" is a song from 1988. It was sung by someone who sounded like Elvis Presley. The song even hinted that Elvis might have faked his death. It appeared on a music chart but had no artist listed. Music historians think a singer named Dan Willis might have sung it, but it's still a bit of a mystery!

"On the Roof" Found

"On the Roof" is a song by a Swedish musician named Johan Lindell. He used the name "Stay (The Second Time Around)". The song was a mystery until 2013. A listener played it on a Swedish radio show, hoping someone would know it. It turned out Lindell had stopped making music to become a painter. He didn't even know people were looking for his old song!

"How Long (Will It Take)" Journey

"How Long (Will It Take)" is a song by Canadian musician Paula Toledo. It was used in a TV movie and a TV series. Parts of the song also appeared on unofficial DVDs in Russia. The search for this song began in 2007. In December 2023, an online user found the song. They searched a music database and finally identified it! Paula Toledo then uploaded her song to streaming services. She even donated money from sales to a music charity. Sadly, some fake versions of her song also appeared online.

"Ammunition" Identified

"Ammunition" is a song from 1994 by the Canadian band All Good Children. Two people recorded it from a radio broadcast in 1993. They thought it sounded like the band U2. The song remained a mystery until late 2015. It was played on a radio show again to help find it, and then it was identified!

"Ready 'n' Steady" Uncovered

"Ready 'n' Steady" was recorded in 1979 by Dennis Lucchesi and Jim Franks. What's amazing is that this song appeared on a famous music chart, the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, even though it was never officially released! For many years, people wondered if the song was even real. But in 2016, it was confirmed to exist. It was played on a radio station in the US that same year.

"Subways of Your Mind" / "The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet" Solved

This song was recorded by a teenager named Darius S. from a radio show in West Germany. He recorded it onto a cassette tape. To get a clean copy, he removed the radio host's talking. This made it harder to know exactly when the song was played.

The song was first put online around 2004-2007. But the big search started in 2019. A teenager from Brazil shared a part of the song on YouTube and Reddit. This led to a special Reddit community being formed to find it.

Many people helped in the search. A DJ named Paul Baskerville was thought to have played the song on his show. He believed it might have been a demo song played only once.

Then, on November 4, 2024, a Reddit user finally identified the song! It was "Subways of Your Mind" by the band Fex. Just a few days later, three members of Fex even performed an acoustic version of the song on German radio.

D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L Band Reunion

In 2016, someone found a demo music album called D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L by a band called Panchiko in a charity shop in Britain. The band's name and album art were clear, but there was no information about the band members online. In 2020, detectives used clues from the price sticker to find the shop's location. Then they contacted people with the same first names in that area on Facebook. This led them to the band members! Panchiko has since reunited and even gone on international tours.

"Ulterior Motives" / "Everyone Knows That" Found

In 2021, a user uploaded a short clip of a song to a website called WatZatSong. They said they found it in an old DVD backup. People first called the song "Everyone Knows That" because of its lyrics.

The search for this song grew over time. A special subreddit was created to find it. Two members of this group were even interviewed on French TV! People thought the song might be from an old TV show, background music, or a commercial jingle.

On April 28, 2024, the song was identified! It was "Ulterior Motives" by Christopher and Philip Booth, from a film made in 1986.

See also

• Lost media
• Rare groove
• Search by sound
• List of Internet phenomena