History Trivia / TheMostMysteriousSongOnTheInternet

** The song itself gave a popularity boost to Greek SynthPop band Statues in Motion, due to a popular, but heavily disputed rumor, that they were the artists who made the song.[[note]]The main pieces of evidence refuting the rumor are the band's more synth-heavy style compared to the guitar-driven song, and the fact that the band broke up just before the Yamaha DX-7, the synthesizer commonly believed to be featured in the song, became widely available after a limited-run launch. Not helping matters is that one band member actually had denied initially that the song was theirs, before backtracking and claiming that it was a song that was left out from their album, and when confronted with the discrepancies regarding instruments mentioned beforehand, claiming that the band member in charge of said instruments had passed away, leading people to assume that he lied to seek attention to his work.[[/note]] The band only released one album, in 1983, which failed commercially, before they decided to split up, but the similarities between lead singer Alvin Dean's singing voice and the vocals on the song drew a lot of attention towards the group that they never saw in the '80s.[[note]]One theory put forward to explain this is that Dean ''is'' the singer of the song, but did so after Statues in Motion broke up, either as part of a new act or as a solo artist.[[/note]]

* ReferencedBy:
** The song is featured in the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' WAD ''VideoGame/MyHouse'', where it can be heard playing on a car radio.
** ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'' uses lyrics such as "Like the wind," or "Check it in, check it out," as a motif for the illegitimate Hawkwinds.
** The alternate history ''Literature/RedsARevolutionaryTimeline'' possesses its own most mysterious song on the internet. This one was eventually identified by in-universe researchers.

* AnonymousAuthor: We don't know ''any'' details about the song, least of all who was responsible for it. It is unclear at the moment whether the responsible parties have been made aware of the search, and are ''choosing'' to remain anonymous, or are ignorant of the search [[note]]since they would likely be in their [=60s=] now and perhaps not in the loop about Internet memes[[/note]]or if they are unable to make the decision either way[[note]] presuming they're still alive[[/note]].

* AnonymousAuthor: We don't know ''any'' details about the song, least of all who was responsible for it. It is unclear at the moment whether the artist(s) responsible have been made aware of the search and are ''choosing'' to remain anonymous, are ignorant of the search (since they would likely be in their [=60s=] now and perhaps not in the loop about internet memes) or are unable to make the decision either way (presuming they're still alive).

** ''WebVideo/TalesFromTheInternet'' covering the search in July 2019 brought it to the attention of many. He has since covered the story four more times.
** The song was played in its entirety on at least two German radio stations in 2019: once on its purported original broadcaster NDR, and then again in Berlin. The Berlin broadcast brought it to the attention of the man who had originally recorded the song off the radio, as well as his sister, who had started the online search in 2007.
** ''Magazine/RollingStone'' was the most prominent of several media sites to write an in-depth article about the search.

** The song itself gave a boost in popularity to Greek SynthPop band Statues in Motion, due to a popular but heavily disputed rumor that they were the artists who made the song.[[note]]The main pieces of evidence refuting the rumor are the band's more synth-heavy style compared to the guitar-driven song and the fact that the band broke up just before the Yamaha DX-7, the synthesizer commonly believed to be featured in the song, became widely available after a limited-run launch. Not helping matters is that one band member actually had denied initially that the song was theirs, before backtracking and claiming that it was a song that was left out from their album, and when confronted with the discrepancies regarding instruments mentioned beforehand, claiming that the band member in charge of said instruments had passed away, leading people to assume that he lied to seek attention to his work.[[/note]] The band only released one album in 1983 that vastly undersold before they decided to split up, but the similarities between lead singer Alvin Dean's singing voice and the vocals on the song drew a lot of attention towards Statues in Motion that they never saw in the '80s.[[note]]One theory put forward to explain this is that Dean ''is'' the singer of the song, but did so after Statues in Motion broke up, either as part of a new act or as a solo artist. Some reports claimig that he spent some time in Germany after the break-up of Statues in Motion are also put forward to support this.[[/note]]
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As far as anyone knows, the only surviving copy of this song is a second-generation recording on a mixtape made sometime in [[TheEighties the mid-1980s]] which was digitized in 2004 and uploaded to the internet in 2007. It's entirely possible that even if the song is identified, any original pressings of the single or demo may have been lost or destroyed. Ironically, one of the other songs on the mixtape contains an audio watermark saying that "home taping is killing music" when this whole affair has proven the ''opposite'' to be the case.

** The song is featured in the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' WAD ''VideoGame/MyHouse'', in which it can be heard playing from a car radio.
** ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'' uses lyrics such as "Like the wind" or "check it in, check it out" as a motif for the illegitimate Hawkwinds.
** The alternate history ''Literature/RedsARevolutionaryTimeline'' possesses its own most mysterious song on the internet, except it was eventually identified by in-universe researchers.

* AnonymousAuthor: We don't know ''any'' details about the song, least of all who was responsible for it. It is unclear at the moment whether the artist(s) responsible have been made aware of the search and are ''choosing'' to remain anonymous, are ignorant of the search, or are unable to make the decision either way (presuming they're still alive).

* AnonymousAuthor: We don't know ''any'' details about the song, least of all who was responsible for it. It is unclear at the moment whether the artist(s) responsible have been made aware of the search and are ''choosing'' to remain anonymous, are ignorant of the search, or are unable to make the decision either way.

** The song itself gave a boost in popularity to Greek SynthPop band Statues in Motion, due to a popular but heavily disputed rumor that they were the artists who made the song.[[note]]The main pieces of evidence refuting the rumor are the band's more synth-heavy style compared to the guitar-driven song and the fact that the band broke up just before the Yamaha DX-7, the synthesizer commonly believed to be featured in the song, became widely available after a limited-run launch. Not helping matters is that one band member actually had denied initially that the song was theirs, before backtracking and claiming that it was a song that was left out from their album, and when confronted with the discrepancies regarding instruments mentioned beforehand, claiming that the band member in charge of said instruments had passed away, leading people to assume that he lied to seek attention to his work.[[/note]] The band only released one album in 1983 that vastly undersold before they decided to split up, but the similarities between lead singer Alvin Dean's singing voice and the vocals on the song drew a lot of attention towards Statues in Motion that they never saw in the '80s.

** The song itself gave a boost in popularity to Greek SynthPop band Statues in Motion, due to a popular but heavily disputed rumor that they were the artists who made the song[[note]]the main pieces of evidence refuting the rumor are the band's more synth-heavy style compared to the guitar-driven song and the fact that the band broke up just before the Yamaha DX-7, the synthesizer commonly believed to be featured in the song, became widely available after a limited-run launch[[/note]]. The band only released one album in 1983 that vastly undersold before they decided to split up, but the similarities between Alvin Dean's singing voice and the vocals on the song drew a lot of attention towards Statues in Motion that they never saw in the '80s.

** The song itself gave a boost in popularity to Greek SynthPop band Statues in Motion, due to a popular but heavily disputed rumor that they were the artists who made the song[[note]]the main piece of evidence refuting the rumor is that the band broke up just before the Yamaha DX-7, the synthesizer widely believed to be featured in the song, became widely available after a limited-run launch[[/note]]. The band only released one album in 1983 that vastly undersold before they decided to split up, but the similarities between Alvin Dean's singing voice and the vocals on the song drew a lot of attention towards Statues in Motion that they never saw in the '80s.

** The song itself gave a boost in popularity to Greek SynthPop band Statues in Motion, due to a popular but heavily disputed rumor that they were the artists who made the song[[note]]the main piece of evidence refuting the rumor is that the band broke up just before the Yamaha DX-7, the synthesizer widely believed to be featured in the song, became widely available after a limited-run launch[[/note]]. The band only released one album in 1983 that vastly unsold before they decided to split up, but the similarities between Alvin Dean's singing voice and the vocals on the song drew a lot of attention towards Statues in Motion that they never saw in the '80s.

* ReferencedBy: The song is featured in the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' WAD ''VideoGame/MyHouse'', in which it can be heard playing from a car radio.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As far as anyone knows, the only surviving copy of this song is a second-generation recording on a mixtape made sometime in [[TheEighties the mid-1980s]] which was digitized in 2004 and uploaded to the internet in 2007. It's entirely possible that even if the song is identified, any original pressings of the single or demo may have been lost or destroyed. Ironically, one of the other songs on the mixtape contains an audio watermark saying that "home taping is killing music" when this whole affair has proven the ''opposite'' to be the case.

* FanNickname:
** TMS (The Mysterious Song), for the song.
** TMB (The Mysterious Band), for the band (assuming it ''is'' in fact a band).
** TMV (The Mysterious Vocalist), for the singer.

* AnonymousAuthor: We don't know ''any'' details about the song, least of all who was responsible for it. It is unclear at the moment whether the artist(s) responsible have been made aware of the search and are ''choosing'' to remain anonymous, are ignorant of the search, or [[AuthorExistenceFailure are unable to make the decision either way]].

** ''WebVideo/TalesFromTheInternet'' covering the search in July 2019 brought it to the attention of many. He has since covered the story three more times.

** The song was played in its entirety on at least two German radio stations in 2019: once on its purported original broadcaster NDR, and then again in Berlin. The Berlin broadcast brought it to the attention of the man who had originally recorded the song, as well as his sister, who had started the online search in 2007.

** The song was played in its entirety in at least two German radio stations in 2019: once on its purported original broadcaster NDR, and then again in Berlin. The Berlin broadcast brought it to the attention of the man who had originally recorded the song, as well as his sister, who had started the online search in 2007.