List of Lostwaves

This is a list of notable songs from the lostwave genre.

Reasons for loss

Many rare groove or lostwave songs have become lost because of their obscurity or lack of popularity, even as the Internet has expanded.

List

Lost

Song	Notes	Ref
The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet	Teenager Darius S. recorded the song off of West German radio station Norddeutscher Rundfunk in the mid-1980s and uploaded it to the internet in 2007, although the search would not gain popularity until later.
Tension Rising in the Air	In 2006, user LORRAIN uploaded a 15-second clip to WatZatSong, which appeared to be a rock song from the 1980s, but stopped using the platform that same year.
Under the Stars (La canción de Alicia)	In 2021, account Jitomate Triste posted a video on Facebook which featured the song in an Alice in Wonderland edit. Triste expressed interest in finding the song, but despite it gaining attention, soon after their account was banned for unknown reasons.
Just a Game	In 2018, user Gabor72 uploaded a 31-second audio snippet to WatZatSong, which is assumed to be from the 1980s or 1990s due to it sounding like music from that time period.
Somewhere in the Night	In 2020, user gymforma uploaded a 34-second audio snippet to WatZatSong, which is speculated to be from 1978 to 1992 because they stated in the post's description that they usually posted songs from that time range.
Stop Making Me Cry	In December 2023, user pilo uploaded a 30-second audio snippet to WatZatSong, which they believed to be from the 2000s.
Zoltan	In May 2019, user Mosiqa posted a 30-second audio snippet to WatZatSong. In March 2024, users found a music video on Dailymotion from 2007, uploaded by user Stanley Kubik, which appeared to be a parody of Dschinghis Khan's song Moskau, as well as another video from 2006 promoting the French bank Crédit Agricole which featured the song.
CIA	On July 20, 2020, user DJFormaldehyde uploaded a song to YouTube, which they claimed to have heard on CFNY-FM in 1985.

Discovered

Song name	Artist	Placeholder name	Notes	Ref
Feels Like A Wish	Station K (Edde Edman and André Nóbrega)	Fond My Mind	In August 2014, user Peter uploaded an audio snippet of the song to SpiritOfRadio, which user gsipkoi having also posted the song to the site around a year prior. gsipkoi stated that they had recorded the song off of either Brazilian radio stations Transamerica or Radio Cidade, around 1993. In July of 2021, YouTuber Whang! posted a video about the song, which helped to bring more attention to it. In December of 2023, the song was identified as being by Station K, a duo consisting of Edde Edman and André Nóbrega; Edde would later release the song on YouTube.
Bravely	Beatboy	Try to Smile Again	In 2005, user Marek uploaded a 31-second clip to SpiritOfRadio. After Marek became inactive, the song was reposted on various audio and video sharing platforms. In 2009, user Konstantinos reposted the song on the same website, which Marek later commented on, revealing that someone had discovered the song around the time of the initial upload. In February 2024, YouTube account Johhaidii uploaded an extended snippet of the song, stating that it originated from a radio station in Estonia in the early to mid-1990s. Following this, Reddit user regingryzor located the full song after discovering a YouTube video containing the radio jingles of Estonian radio station Top Raadio from 1993 to 1994. regingryzor reached out to the video's uploader, who suggested that the music resembled the work of Estonian pop composer Sven Lõhmus's old band, Beatboy, and provided regingryzor with the complete song.
Man on a Hill	The Defended	There’s a Man	In 2017, user artb91 shared a 1 minute and 41 second audio snippet on SoundCloud, on which he went by the name Arthur, claiming to have recorded it from a radio station about four or five years after it first appeared online and that he had been searching for the song for over a decade. After another user asked about the song’s origins, Arthur suggested that it was from Kyiv, Ukraine, but did not remember the radio station he had recorded it from. On February 20, 2024, user trippydrew8492 revealed that he had discovered the song using YouTube's search filter to find videos before a certain date, through which he found a video from 2008 featuring a performance of the song by band The Defended. Reddit users contacted the band, and one of the band members responded with the full song. Following the song's rediscovery, The Defended have reformed and released several of their previously unreleased songs onto YouTube and Spotify.
Just Passin’ By	Big Picture	The World was so Easy	In 2021, Reddit user e-robotic posted on Reddit about a 3-second video clip that was part of a VHS tape recording of them as a baby. They speculated that the tape had been accidentally left in the VCR, leading to the playback of the video when someone switched on the TV. User DO_FLETCHING responded to the post, identifying the logo in the bottom right corner of the video as belonging to the New Country Network, a Canadian television program that aired from January 1, 1995, to October 31, 1996, in Calgary. Other users noted that the guitar featured in the video was a Parker Fly, which was introduced in 1993, and that a curling match included in the recording was from the 1996 Scott’s Tournament of Hearts. Based on these factors, it was estimated that the song was likely from 1993 to 1996. In March 2024, user LeeRosevere revealed that Chris Murphy of Sloan recognized the singer, and found the song by searching through their collection of radio samplers based on the estimated timeframe.
Royal Treatment Plant	Funky	Dance for Hours a Day	In June 2007, user presveva uploaded a 30-second audio clip to WatZatSong; the next day, they posted another snippet of the song, but the post was deleted for unknown reasons. Despite attempts to reach presveva through social media, he did not respond. On November 13, 2023, presveva reappeared and soon after joined a Discord server dedicated to finding the song. On January 9, 2024, user Sveta identified the song's name and artist by collaborating with presveva and finding a defunct website for the band Royal Treatment Plant, with an embedded audio player within a music section of their website. Soon after, Sveta contacted the band members through an old email address listed on the website. Finally, on February 22, 2024, user octavia shared the full EP after receiving it from artstorm, who had it in a personal .MP3 archive.
Katonda Alinawe	David SonJC	Filthy Frank Kenya Dance	In January 2013, Filthy Frank uploaded a now-deleted video titled "How To Pick Up Girls In 30 Different Cultures!", which featured an unknown song in the segment about Kenya. When questioned about the song's identity, Frank stated that he did not know its name, which he also stated in the subtitles of the video. Some speculated the song might be in the Lugandan language, and further investigation revealed that the lyrics heard in the video were from Isaiah 9:6 of the Bible. In December 2015, user TM2 uploaded a video titled "NEW African Cristiano Ronaldo – AMAZING Long Shot HD," which featured the same snippet heard in Frank's video. When questioned about the source, TM2 claimed to have purchased it from the deep web for 10 USD, leading to speculation that Frank may have obtained the snippet from the same source. In December 2023, YouTuber nbduckman offered a $300 reward for anyone who could identify the song. This renewed interest in finding the song, and ultimately Discord user damn peggy found the song by using YouTube's search filter to look for videos predating 2013 with the search term "east Ugandan gospel."
How Long	Paula Toledo	How Long Will It Take	In 2007, user Kieron shared a .MP3 file on AllTheLyrics.com, seeking help in identifying the song. Despite other users expressing interest in finding the song and replying with inquiries and potential leads, the forum went defunct and unnoticed until 2018, when user alexx1984 received a bootleg DVD of Jacquou le Croquant from a college friend, which featured the song on the DVD's scene selection screen. Some users suggested the song might be by The Cranberries, citing similarities to Dolores O'Riordan's vocals. Wes765, an audio engineer, proposed that the song might have originated from an Irish radio station due to its radio compression effect, leading users to search through Irish radio station logs. In December 2023, Reddit user the-arabara claimed to have found the song by searching through Socan, as they thought the song's vocals sounded similar to that of Paula Toledo's music. the-arabara shared their discovery on Reddit, prompting people to contact Toledo. She initially thought it was a phishing scam, but soon realized the messages were too detailed to be scams. Her son told her, “Mom, this is legit. People have been looking for you for 16 years,” and soon after she posted the full song.
Lost in the Code	Email/haditonvinyl	Digital Girl	In September 2023, WatZatSong user haditonvinyl uploaded a 30-second clip of an early-2000s electronic song, claiming to have discovered it on a DVD compilation of 2000s tracks. The clip generated attention on YouTube, prompting the creation of a subreddit dedicated to finding the song. haditonvinyl explained that the clip was incomplete due to WatZatSong's storage limitations, and later announced that they had transferred the full contents of the DVD to their computer and shared it through Vocaroo. However, it was later revealed that the song was a demo titled Lost in the Code, created by haditonvinyl themselves as a promotional hoax. The account was later traced back to The Lostwave Gal, known for creating hoax accounts and fabricating songs.
D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L	Panchiko	N/A	In 2016, a 4chan user asked for help identifying a demo EP of D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L by Panchiko which he had found in a Oxfam shop in Britain. Despite the band name, album name, and cover art being visible, the band members, Owain, Andy, Shaun, and John, were identified only by their first names. There was no information about the band or its members online. In 2020, the band members were identified by using metadata from the price sticker to geolocate the charity shop to Sherwood, Nottingham and contacting Facebook users with the same first names in the Sherwood area. The band has since reunited and gone on multiple international tours, as well as made a debut album.
On The Roof	Johan Lindell	Stay (The Second Time Around)	"On the Roof" is a song by Swedish musician Johan Lindell which, under the name Stay (The Second Time Around), went unidentified until 2013. It was identified as being created by Lindell by a listener of the Swedish radio station PP3, who played the song in hopes others would recognize it. Lindell had since abandoned music to pursue a career in painting, and was unaware of the search.
Ready 'n' Steady	Dennis Lucchesi and Jim Franks, credited as D.A	N/A	"Ready 'n' Steady" is a song by American musicians Dennis Lucchesi and Jim Franks, credited as D.A, which was recorded in 1979. Despite never being publicly or commercially released, the song debuted on the Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at number 106, rising to number 102 before disappearing from the chart. To date, the song is the only song without an official release appearing on a Billboard chart. The song's existence was in question for many years, but was confirmed to be real in 2016. It was aired on KFAI in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, that same year and is the only known instance of it being aired on radio.
Ulterior Motives	Christopher and Phillip Booth	Everyone Knows That or Ulterior Motives	In 2021, user carl92 uploaded a 17-second audio snippet to WatZatSong, which he found on a DVD backup. He claimed that the file was dated 1999 and that he lived in Spain, although it is commonly assumed that the song is from the 1980s or 1990s. The song was indentified to be from the 1986 pornographic film Angels of Passion, directed by Christopher and Phillip Booth.