The Chatswood Youth Song
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| The Chatswood Youth Song | |
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| Alternative name(s) | Woo Hoo, She Came On |
|---|---|
| Genre | Pop Punk |
| Year | 1997 |
| Status | Unsolved |
| Original poster | Chernyat |
| Search started | 2019 |
| File:ChatswoodYouthSong.wav | |
The Chatswood Youth Song (also known as "Woo Hoo" and "She Came On") is an unidentified pop-punk song featured in the documentary film "Video Surveillance: Race Around Chatswood" produced by the Chatswood Youth Centre in Chatswood, Australia.
Background[edit | edit source]
On December 17th, 2019, Reddit user Chernyat first posted the song to the subreddits r/Lostwave,[1] r/HelpMeFind,[2] r/NameThatSong,[3] and r/sydney[4] after discovering a tape in a thrift store in Newtown, Sydney featuring footage recorded by the Chatswood Youth Centre in August 1997, which prominently played the song in both the intro and outro of the film.[1]
On the same day, the song was first reuploaded to YouTube by user ACE's Reposts,[5] and it was featured in a video by C.W. Schultz titled "10 MORE Mysterious Songs" on September 25th, 2020.[6]
On March 27th, 2024, YouTuber Strange Australian featured the song in a video titled "The Lost Media of Australia Iceberg Explained".[7] He later contacted a cast member from the Chatswood documentary who explained that the film could have been made for a state government-funded creative arts festival called ArtStart.[8]
Through this information, Strange Australian and Chernyat discovered a state government website from 1997 that confirmed the film's title as Video Surveillance: Race Around Chatswood and its participation in the ArtStart 97 festival.[9] Additionally, they discovered that the Ku-ring-gai Council, a Northern Sydney local government area close to Willoughby Council, where Chatswood is located, had its own ArtStart 97 program.[10]
The program involved recording unsigned local bands for a CD that would be sold at a live performance at the St. Ives Youth Service Centre in St. Ives, New South Wales.[10] After searching newspapers for mentions of this performance, the search team discovered that the album was titled "If It Fitz",[11] but this lead was debunked on October 14th, 2024, when the full CD was uploaded to YouTube and did not include the song.[12][13]
Leads[edit | edit source]
Possible[edit | edit source]
Debunked[edit | edit source]
- Youthrock (1997): Compilation album featuring Australian youth bands, confirmed to not feature the song.[14]
- The Rimquatters - Off To Blacksburg: Hoax post.[15]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
| Presumed Lyrics |
| (Verse)
Well, she came on fast, she came on strong She came on hot, now (linglinglinglong?) Woohoo Made you calm, it means you are Up and down, she's said she's wrong Woohoo I don't know what I've been told That (linglonglinglong's?) made of gold Woohoo Trying hard just to get along Can't think straight with that (linglinglinglong?) Alright! (Chorus) And now it's (coming to being?) That no matter the (???) Do you fulfil your big (plan/hand?) fantasy Matter of fact, it's fun and hyper The world's going to get such better, oh yeah (Verse) I don't know what I've been told That (linglonglinglong's?) made of gold Woohoo Trying hard just to get along Can't think straight with that (linglinglinglong?) Woohoo (Chorus) And now it's (coming to being?) That no matter the (???) Do you fulfil your big (plan/hand?) fantasy Matter of fact, it's fun and hyper The world's going to get such better, oh yeah (Verse) I said, I don't know what I've been told That (linglonglinglong's?) made of gold |
Resources[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/ebu584/unknown_song_from_australia/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/HelpMeFind/comments/ebuehq/unknown_song_from_australia/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NameThatSong/comments/ebui0b/unknown_song_from_australia_era_90s_genre_poppunk/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/ebuqmi/unknown_song_possibly_from_a_local_chatswood_band/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201128215410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66bCgfGnqU&feature=youtu.be
- ↑ https://youtu.be/bq9VrIHQLtw?t=516
- ↑ https://youtu.be/9cFU6s4XS_E?t=4941
- ↑ https://youtu.be/PeGemmNlo6U?t=894
- ↑ https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/19980701090851/http://www.youth.nsw.gov.au/artstart/progmetr.html
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1fjnrq8/chatswood_youth_woo_hoo_she_came_one_major_lead/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1fzk3ky/chatswood_youth_song_if_it_fitz_kuringgai_cd/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2scAQowj1V0&t
- ↑ https://chatswood-youth-song.webflow.io/articles-summary/if-it-fitz-the-facts-we-know-about-this-lost-album
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEgGof0jlHw
- ↑ https://www.kamtape.com/watch.php?v=B8TI7MoewhA