The 40 Year Hunt for the Most Mysterious Song on The Internet 

"I can't play too much of the song due to DMCA." - FROM WHO?

EKT has fallen, now it's time to go back to the original, most mysterious song

The only explanation for no one coming out to claim it is that it was possibly a one-man band (which is really common) and the guy has passed many years ago, and if he had a band mate, he just does not use internet, as many people still don't do, especially older people, and thus cannot be reached to claim and explain the song.

Worst part is the song is an absolute banger too, so that makes the mystery even more frustrating

the thing about the lead singers is that the vocal style is extremely common for 80s new wave bands, so just going by "this guy has a similar voice" isn't really much of a lead

I was a musician in Vienna in the 1980's, here are a few thoughts: - The song itself: it uses a very common chord progression that was repeated on many songs of that time, over and over again. It is what an amateur band of the time in Austria or Germany etc. would likely have used. There is a second part in the song, not really a bridge though, so this sounds like the "flagship" song of some unknown band that never made it. However, the scraped enough money together to pay for a recording studio. That was quite common at the time, and since studios were expensive, it is possible that they recorded two songs only for the front and back of a single. Or, another thing that wasn't uncommon, this could have been their only song, which was released on a sampler LP. If it is the latter, it is probably next to impossible to find it, at least without skimming through endless records and reading the fine print. - Production quality: it sounds like it was recorded in a proper studio, as opposed to a basement or garage. As for the synth, that might have been there in the studio, for rent. The drums are definitely not top notch, just listen to the hi-hat. The mixing is also not great, which points to the band doing everything themselves (you could hire a sound technician as well... then it would probably sound better). - Musicians: these are most likely not professionals, at least not anywhere close to high-end. Think about the elaborate guitar solos common in the 1980's, and their guitarist just strums the same notes. It's probably the best he could do. Same with the synth, a hallmark of the 1980's, there is so much more that a professional band could and would have done with this synth. - Recording technique: one thing that is mentioned in the video is that back then, each track was recorded individually. So I think it is possible that a drummer would not recognize or remember a song after he recorded his part (happened to me too). That is not proof, of course, but something to keep in mind. Sometimes bands would break up before the record was finished. - NDR1 "Musik für junge Leute": some episodes are up on youtube; their focus seems to have been to play underground music and/or unknown artists. The production quality of most songs was mich higher than for the "mysterious song", as well as the musical complexity. Since the song was played on radio only once (?), it is possible that someone asked a favor from his or her cousins or friends, or through some other connections (we did that too). Then the band split up, people got real jobs, and they stopped thinking about this song. So it could just be that they haven't watched this video... :)

how does one get DMCAd by the most mysterious unknown song on the internet?

The big irony here: this song would be forgotten without this mystery of who wrote and played it. Maybe someone could sell a plagiarized cover, and wait for someone to sue!

i got this upload confused with LEMMINO , but still tho thats like the best compliment ever

that Ronnie dude might be a bit of an asshole but that doesn't mean he can't be our guy. Same thing happened to Feels Like a Wish (former "Fond My Mind"). The composer was found but refused to cooperate, and we could only REALLY find the song cus some other dude who worked with him in the 80s had a copy of it. If we were relying on Edde (the composer) wanting to help, that song would have never been solved.

I rented a DX7 for a weekend in 1984 to record some songs with some friends. And we weren't any known band. In that time period it was pretty easy to get access to a DX7 without having to have been a well known band.

Radio stations have been archiving their music since they began. They know its most likely at NDR. Surely someone currently working there would be curious enough to start digging around those dates. It's there somewhere.

Seeing Whang in other people’s videos is such a cool full circle moment for me.

Everytime I listen to this song, I get such an eerie feeling. It actually creeps me out a bit. Don't understand why though.

"I can't play much of the song due to DMCA" Claimed by who? This song has to be copyright-free, right?

Tbf I was a heavy drug user when I was musician and I forgot a lot of things I did when I was a drug addict that decades later remembered when people told me about it

That Ronnie fellow who claims to have co-written and co-performed the song was totally coked up while sending those emails. No normal person types like that, even if they're angry or otherwise worked up over something. He very well might have something to do with the song, but his head is screwed up beyond all belief from all the drugs he's presumably taken over the course of his life.

The radio channel nrd where it come from was contacted, and a mystery show from germany went and talked about it, seemingly being THE ONLY song they don't remember playing

When the internet dies, this song will be in the credits.

As a native Greek speaker i believe that the song's lyrics sounds like "english with greek accent to me" just like their album SIM. Very normal for some boys back in 83 to not have perfect english accent. The story about George Dalabiras moving to Germany bringing the tms song there sounds posible, but onli him, Dalabiras , can confirm or deny it. If he is alive. From your communication with Bily, did he told you if they are still on touch? If he knows where he lives?

Awesome video and very up to date. Considering how old this song is, we might be running out of time, but I hope we get to know the answer. Thanks for the shout-out!

That was Joy Division singing in German.

If you got a DMCA strike - wouldn't that tell you who *filled* the claim, and therefore who owns the rights to the song? I mean you can't get a DMCA strike from no one.

I read a comment under one of the videos about this song which really fits. It went something like: "If the Internet ever ends (probably along with the whole world), this song will be the ending credits song to The Internet. ". The mood of the song really fits lol.

Everyone Knows That/Ulterior Motives is another famous lost song, but we only have a tiny snippet of that one. these situations can be pretty discouraging :/ edit: well... maybe this song is from an 80s porno too lol

I stepped away from the research a few months ago, then got curious as to where it's at. Thanks for the updates!

I like the way you talk so calmly, and I did not know about the 2 specific dates yet! I just finished my 25 year search for my personal music mystery (which turned out to be much more "trivial"/well-known than I thought and was solved by searching a little differently than I used to...), so I am "hungry" for new interesting facts about TMMS!

The song itself is a banger. The guitar, synth, vocals and bass parts are fine could be modernised with better drumming and a more varied bridge. If an EP with different versions EDM, metal etc was made I'd buy it.

Chill Fuel is back baybay!

It’s on iTunes. It sounds great, I added it to my KTSW playlist, but iTunes gave credit to Alvin Dean and Statues in Motion, but that’s not who created it.

My brother doesn't want this mystery to even be solved. Its a symptom of the Internet that we think all answers should be available.

99% of mystery songs on the Internet are just Sandstorm by Darude.

I've been interested in this story but not actively following it, so I appreciate this video a lot 🥰

I missed the videos from this channel. Hope you upload more often, it is really good content. I've seen all the videos.

Honestly this song slaps, it’s a bummer that no one can pin down the artist. It’d be dope to get a remaster of it

Great video as always!

Listening to the amateur drumming on the song, it makes me think it was someone's high school band or something and was unlikely to be an established band that was out there touring or whatever. I'm guessing someone who worked on the radio station was acquainted with someone from that band, got asked to play it, and just did it once as a favor. They probably didn't want to list it in the logs since technically they shouldn't have been playing it. They may not have even announced the song after it played.

Glad to have you back bro

I thought this would be etk again lmaao.

How can you be DMCA'd if nobody can prove the actual artist or owner?

I thought this channel was dead.. Well this is a nice treat..

The end of the video makes it sound like this song is ancient. If it was recorded in 84 and the band members averaged 20 years old (a fair presumption) they're only just now turning 60. They're not in the grave just yet.

How is a song without an owner DMCA?

I think the biggest problem is that no one from the German RU-vid or generally social media scene is talking about this. I’ve only ever heard about it from English creators. If anyone is gonna find this song it’s trough someone’s parents who knows the local band. I’m convinced it could be found if some German influencers brought some traction into the topic within Germany.

This might be LEMMINO

It doesn't help that this sounds like most indie rock from the 80s and 90s

i thought i was suffering a case of Mandela Effect as i swore i saw a video about this before... oh yeah. the channel All Things Lost covered THIS EXACT SAME STORY less than a month ago!

makes me think about all the other songs lost and forgotten through time

Thank you Chill Fuel. Your work was outstanding on this one!

Ronnies email, if it really his email, is trying really hard to be a scam email lol

I've been convinced on alvin dean since it was brought up but i dont find the voices that much similar anymore, who knows maybe someone will randomly solve this one too one day.

It was claimed in an older video that someone who has access to the archives of NDR was contacted, but didn't have the time to skim through that mass of audio to find it. Sadly I can't find the video where I have heard that claim. Does anybody know what I am talking about?

this song is literally my goth post punk dream it sucks that no one knows it, would add to my playlist in a heartbeat

Around 2007 I changed the name of my MySpace-music to "Red Jumpsuit Aparatus" (because they were #1 on MySpace at the time). I got 10s of thousands of plays downloads in a couple days, and then the account was completely erased. I hope those songs are a mystery for someone someday.

Elvin didn't even need to move to Germany if a producer found a cut track and decided to sell it to a foreign market without knowing who or what it belonged to.

i made many demo records for years and i am sure that this song was a demo of some young musicians but did not make any sense at that time.

There are no links in the description

I wonder if a language expert has been engaged to determine the lead singers accent. I know, probably German, but maybe the region could be narrowed down.

Wow you went deep dude, this was interesting. Keep it up

A buddy of mine in a club band had a Yamaha DX7 in 1984

I am trying to find a song from an old fifa game. At first I thought it was from fifa 99 but after listening tot all the fifa songs from fifa 96 to 2005 I couldn't find it. At least i believe it's from fifa. Maybe a different football/soccer game. I remember a game menu, and in there, the song goes as follows: a man singing loudly, maybe multiple men: lyrics are: when we go we go oh oh oh. Then a high trumpet that goes like: tiiht tiiiht tiiht. I am not sure if it's "when we go or we roll, you row" or whatever. But this is all I can remember. It's definitely 2005 or older!!! Whoever finds it is a LEGEND forever.

One little songs that has made quite a journey

The person who made the music is Martin Kott

I might be a bit off but it hear "Blind the wind You came here running Take your consequence of living There's no space There’s no tomorrow There’s no sense of dedication Check it in, Check it out Or the sun will never shine Better not, Any way Fill the somber of your mind Blind the wind You’re gonna suffer There’s no sunny hill avail There’s no place There’s no sorrow In the arms of your sweetheart Check it in, Check it out Or the sun will never shine Better not, Any way Fill the somber of your mind -musical break- Check it in, Check it out Or the sun will never shine Better not, Any way Fill the somber of your mind Check it in, Check it out (Cause the sun will move) Check it in, Check it out (It's the reason) x5-6"

Great video

I'm pleased we have a backstory behind the most mysterious song in the world it really fleshes things out.

21:56 lol that is when my dad turned 1 year older

Do you have a link to what radio stations broadcasted the song for the search? I can only find the paul baskerville broadcast on RU-vid

I feel like the song was from some popular band until they fell into obscurity

Welp, thanks for the reminder that 1984 was 40 years ago... 👵

Nice video ! This is the good part of internet

*as the internet dies this song plays it’s unknown when but soon*

22:22 The NDR has the one of the biggest music libraries in Europe. Then there is also the DRA for the entire ARD. Sometimes programmes are shared between the member stations. The Popnacht for example shares the SWR programme with HR3, NDR2, MDR Jump, RBB, SR1 and WDR1. So sometimes it might not be the NDR directly, but the BR sends via the Stern to other stations. I wrote it under another video already that suggestion.

Simon Whistler snippet detecteeeeed

The voice kinda sounds like the lead singer from Alphaville which is a German band that was extremely active in the time frame of the broadcast. Maybe it was theirs and they just didn't really go anywhere further with the song, abandoned it or something. Anyone try to see if it was from them?

There are thousands lost songs out there. There will just always be art that can't be tracked back to its original creator. There is a Undercover Runway Fashion Show video on RU-vid and the last song that plays in that video is so beautiful, and everyone in the comments is wondering who this song made. It's probably just a song made by an artist who could be compared to an artists who nowadays would have 10 listeners on Spotify. And that's sad. But also, that's just life, I guess.

The internet is just so damn interesting

Very interesting mystery

Always top notch content. Keep it coming!!!

Interesting. I never heard this story before. I hope you have song here.

20:06 this is the SECOND time I've heard "Angels" being mentioned in lost media

how do you write an email so fake that it circles right back around to being plausibly real due to the sheer madness of it?

"What's your favorite song?" "It's complicated."

People argued on the whole radio station but it doesn't seem to be entirely clear if it was.

i thought this was going to be EKT at first, now i know of 2 possibly never to be found songs. hm

I like how the guy posted in the *Joy Division* subreddit. 😀

Funny thing, I did and posted a cover on RU-vid (see my channel) and when I posted it, it said copyright material was detected, but that the owner allows free use. Seems strange.

Chill Fuel: Return of the King 👑🔥 Thank God he remembered his favourite hobby 🤲🏼

8:55 I was fully convinced he was gonna say Ronnie Radke 😂 Edit: He seems to be even more insane than Radke

Best video ive ever seen in my life

After ultery motives was found i have hope this song will also be found

Statues in motion. Possibly without the lead singer.

The singer Alvin Dean sounds pretty similar from the examples

This has bound to have been examined, but the first thing that I thought of was voice print comparison with known singers. Is it possible or is the source recordings fidelity too insufficient?

If anyone knows where my old bands Tascam 4 track demo tape from 1986 is let me know.

I remember people handing out free tapes of their work at venues around Detroit 80s and 90s never to see or hear from them again , many were from guys who had an impressive investment in their basement studio . in detroit you only heard such music from college radio like whfr or Canadian CBC Late at night .

Happiness has to be fought for.

Here is what I think happened with the song; If this song was produced in east Germany, then it's highly likely that the tapes or disks simply werent preserved once they had played it on the radio enough times. And the band more than likely didnt even have the rights to their own song to begin with, so what motivation did they have to keep their demo tapes?

I just wish we had a definite version of lyrics. But then again, that does lend itself more to the mystery. Every time I listen to the song, I can't quite make my mind up on what the lyrics are. Is it "There's no sent communication?" or maybe "sense for new divisons?" or something else? Is it "summer blues" or "sum of 2?" I do think the one part is saying "Like the wind, you're going somewhere, let a smile be your companion" but the way the singer sings "somewhere" sounds like "sumwur" so I can see why people thought it said "suffer". But the rest I can't quite parse, and I would like the original artists to be found, if only so we knew the lyrics, for sure. But still, I do love the mystery!

lmfao the description