Dreams 4ever
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Dreams 4ever | |
Alternative name(s) | La Canción de Alicia, Under The Stars |
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Artist(s) | Bad Influence |
Genre | Psychedelic Rock |
Year | 2018 |
Status | Solved |
Original poster | Jitomate Triste |
Search duration | July 3rd, 2021 - May 16th, 2024 |
File:Dreams4Ever.mp3 |
Dreams 4ever (formerly known as "La Canción de Alicia" and "Under The Stars") is a solved psychedelic rock song that was popularized on the Facebook group Lost Media Perdidos Posting. On May 16th, 2024, the song was identified as Dreams 4ever by the Peruvian band Bad Influence.
Background (July 2021)[edit | edit source]
Sometime before July 3rd, 2021, a Facebook user named Jitomate Triste posted on Facebook, either in his private feed or in a private group, asking for the song's name. A video edit of the song, featuring footage from Disney's animated film Alice in Wonderland, was attached to the post. Jitomate Tristes' post received little attention and was dismissed.[1][2]
On July 3rd, 2021, Facebook user Daniel Gutierrez uploaded a screen recording of Jitomate Triste's post on the Facebook group "Lost Media Perdidos Posting",[3] which would be reuploaded on YouTube by user Javk Ani- -ZnKyak on July 4th, 2021.[4]
Previous Leads (September 2021 - May 2024)[edit | edit source]
The search gained traction in September 2021 on the Spanish internet, when it was initially uploaded on r/lostmedia and r/lostwave by users Longjumping-Table819 and GameMonkeyDev respectively.[5][6] As the community grew, it became widely assumed that the singer was not a native English speaker and most likely had a Spanish accent.[6]
In mid-October 2021, a YouTube user named 'Yo yoyo' suggested that Chilean alt-rock band Gin & Tonic could have created the song.[7] The band in question was formed in 2001, and split sometime in 2005. In 2003, the group released their first and only album, Free as the Sun, with English vocals and a similar musical style.[8][9]
In late October, some people contacted Gin & Tonic's vocalist, Ricardo Méndez, who confirmed that the song was not created by him or his band. Later, Méndez would record a cover of "La Cancion De Alicia" on his channel, @richardvox, titled "Under The Stars".[10]
Discovery[edit | edit source]
On May 16th, 2024, Reddit user JMike_324 shared his discovery of the song, which he found after showing it to a friend at a university, who recognized it as being by the Peruvian band "Bad Influence".[11] They linked to a post from November 29th, 2018, in which the band performed the song live; the song's name was revealed to be "Dreams 4ever," and was recorded in November 2018.[12][13]
The band's guitarist created the Alice in Wonderland edit, which was uploaded to the Indie 505 Facebook page, but deleted an hour later by a moderator. This is where Jitomate Triste, presumably a member of the page, downloaded and re-uploaded the video.[14]
The following day, on May 17th, 2024, the studio version was found and posted by JMike_324 on his YouTube channel.[15]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
Official Lyrics |
(Verse 1)
Last night I could find, something warm In the middle of the night it calls me Between the life and death, you decide A million miles away, it searches me (Refrain) When I see your face in the darkness night I just wanna be the only who change your mind But my life is real, you're a simple dream That remember me the love is a mystery Oh please, let me be this boy, who you never forgot I won't close my eyes, but somebody wake me up (Verse 1) Last night I could find, something warm In the middle of the night it calls me Between the life and death, you decide A million miles away, it searches me (Refrain) When I see your face in the darkness night I just wanna be the only who change your mind But my life is real, you're a simple dream That remember me the love is a mystery Oh please, let me be this boy, who you never forgot I won't close my eyes, but somebody will When I see your face in the darkness night I just wanna be the only who change your mind But my life is real, you're a simple dream That remember me the love is a misery Oh please, let me be this boy, who you never forgot I won't close my eyes, but somebody wake me up (Chorus) Look at me in the eyes Are you gonna stay by my side? Spending nights together, together Together under the stars ‘Cause nobody knows, you could be the first and the last I'm sure it last forever, forever I would make you only mine Look at me in the eyes Are you gonna stay by my side? Spending nights together, together Together under the stars (Guitar Solo) Look at me in the eyes Are you gonna stay by my side? (Oh, ooh-ooh) Spending nights together, together (Oh, oh) Together under the stars (Oh, oh, ooh-oh) ‘Cause nobody knows, you could be the first and the last (Ooh-oh, ooh-oh) I'm sure it last forever, forever (Ooh-oh) I would make you only mine Look at me in the eyes Are you gonna stay by my side? (Ooh-oh, ooh-oh) Someday, someday (Zun dada, Zun dada) 'Cause nobody knows, you could be the first and the last (Ooh-oh,ooh-oh, ooh-ooh) I'm sure it last forever, forever (Ooh-ooh) I would make you only mine (Outro) Baby I’m still dreaming, for what it's worth I can’t Baby believe me, why we just came back to the beginning? Baby believe me, for what it's worth I can’t Baby I’m still dreaming, why we just came back to the beginning? Yeah! |
Personnel[edit | edit source]
Diego Salcedo – vocals
Jesús Saldaña – lead guitar
Flavio Román – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Carlos Mendoza – drums
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231123172455/https://www.facebook.com/1261341603/videos/3148428885376852/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/LaCancionDeAlicia/comments/1be0xcd/lcda_lcda_related_timeline/
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cj5ixC9WV5o66ciSr03SJWE8XWnfYeWQcImwOum6OUo/edit#heading=h.m9cluo6duc9h
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8OmEBMn-ys
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/pisug4/hi_everybody_im_from_lost_media_perdidos_posting/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/pisug4/hi_everybody_im_from_lost_media_perdidos_posting/
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/30220364-Gin-Tonic-Free-As-The-Sun
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20041030142422/http://www.bandasdechile.cl/banda_detalle.php?banda_id=1364
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeCDTKGjbLo
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6R6-uPMi8E
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cttng2/we_found_la_cancion_de_alicia/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/100063153434308/videos/2049906881755656/?mibextid=oFDknk&rdid=YyEfKwHGV0eJq1hE
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhJRc3W3dk4
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cu276e/message_from_one_of_the_members_of_bad_influence/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cu6z7c/la_canci%C3%B3n_de_alicia_hq_demo_version/