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'''Strange Complex''' (previously known as '''"Cheer"''' or '''“Complex”''') is a solved lostwave by the Swiss band Het, that was discovered on a cassette tape containing snippets of various unknown songs.  
'''Complex''' (previously known as '''"Cheer"''') is a solved lostwave by the Swiss band Het, that was discovered on a cassette tape containing snippets of various unknown songs.  


==Background==
==Background==
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On August 14, 2024, Discord user Trabial discovered a listing for a song named Complex by a Swiss band called Het on the website of the Swiss National Sound Archives.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1et0ytz/cheer_is_in_verification_needed_het_complex/</ref><ref>https://www.fonoteca.ch/cgi-bin/oecgi4.exe/inet_fnbasedetail?REC_ID=1449.011&LNG_ID=ENU</ref> The band shares a similar musical style to the song and recorded in the same studio as Micro Kids, the band that the OP originally believed to have created the song.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O3hbH2SGVg</ref> On August 15, 2024, the OP claimed that he skipped work to listen to the recording at a library and confirmed that it is the same song,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6n0ssD2zGg&lc=UgyXxcJAOYZcdsb0WG94AaABAg.A78TCtsGEubA7AAXukId4Y</ref> but he is unable to upload it because he is not allowed to create a copy of the original recording.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6n0ssD2zGg&lc=UgyXxcJAOYZcdsb0WG94AaABAg.A78TCtsGEubA7AJHA8rAwW</ref>
On August 14, 2024, Discord user Trabial discovered a listing for a song named Complex by a Swiss band called Het on the website of the Swiss National Sound Archives.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1et0ytz/cheer_is_in_verification_needed_het_complex/</ref><ref>https://www.fonoteca.ch/cgi-bin/oecgi4.exe/inet_fnbasedetail?REC_ID=1449.011&LNG_ID=ENU</ref> The band shares a similar musical style to the song and recorded in the same studio as Micro Kids, the band that the OP originally believed to have created the song.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O3hbH2SGVg</ref> On August 15, 2024, the OP claimed that he skipped work to listen to the recording at a library and confirmed that it is the same song,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6n0ssD2zGg&lc=UgyXxcJAOYZcdsb0WG94AaABAg.A78TCtsGEubA7AAXukId4Y</ref> but he is unable to upload it because he is not allowed to create a copy of the original recording.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6n0ssD2zGg&lc=UgyXxcJAOYZcdsb0WG94AaABAg.A78TCtsGEubA7AJHA8rAwW</ref>


On August 16, 2024, the band responded to a moderator of the Fond My Mind Discord, giving him the entire song and the permission to share it.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsGOOcs1hCk&lc=Ugx2mdFIQkok3FOKIOF4AaABAg.A7DJQAwNMsxA7DJzM0mcTj</ref> After that, they gave the community the full song, which was confirmed to be Strange Complex by Het.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ7RoKzWfJ8</ref>
On August 16, 2024, the band responded to a moderator of the Fond My Mind Discord, giving him the entire song and the permission to share it.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsGOOcs1hCk&lc=Ugx2mdFIQkok3FOKIOF4AaABAg.A7DJQAwNMsxA7DJzM0mcTj</ref> After that, they gave the community the full song, which was confirmed to be Complex by Het.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ7RoKzWfJ8</ref>
 
On December 16th, 2024, during an email exchange between user Jack Torrance, Franz Frosch, the male singer, provided the front and back cover of the cassette. It was discovered that the song was indeed just called "Complex", instead of "Strange Complex" or "High Society" which was misremembered by Eva when she was typing the file name. This was further cemented by Franz confirming the title directly as "Complex" in a later message.


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" role="presentation"
|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
|'''Official Lyrics'''
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|'''(Verse 1)'''
|'''(Verse 1)'''
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I love her once, I do it twice
I love her once, I do it twice


In bed, we're playing cat & mice
In bed, we're playing cats and mice


'''(Chorus)'''
'''(Chorus)'''
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You may say she only likes my sex
You may say she only likes my sex


It's not to cause a strange complex  
It's not true cause her strange complex  


That even though our problem is  
Is that even though our problem is  


Only like to mind the smell of piss
Only like the mine does smell her piss


You may say she only likes my sex
You may say she only likes my sex


It's not to cause a strange complex  
It's not true cause her strange complex  


That even though our problem is  
Is that even though our problem is  


Only like to mind the smell of p-p-p-piss
Only like the mine does smell her p-p-p-piss


'''(Verse 2)'''
'''(Verse 2)'''
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She is from the high society
She is from the high society


We're driving Jaguars & drinking tea (pee?)
Is driving Jaguars & drinking tea  


She looks like (Karloff?)
She looks like Karloff, she is so strong
 
She is so strong


I have been hers yet for so long
I have been hers yet for so long
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You may say she only likes my sex
You may say she only likes my sex


It's not to cause a strange complex  
It's not true cause her strange complex  


That even though our problem is  
Is that even though our problem is  


Only like to mind the smell of piss
Only like the mine does smell her piss


You may say she only likes my sex
You may say she only likes my sex


It's not to cause a strange complex  
It's not true cause her strange complex  


That even though our problem is  
Is that even though our problem is  


Only like to mind the smell of p-p-p-piss
Only like the mine does smell her p-p-p-piss
|}
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Latest revision as of 00:57, 18 August 2025

ⓘ This lostwave is classified as solved.

Strange Complex
Alternative name(s) Cheer, Complex
Artist(s) Het
Genre Industrial
Length 3:26
Year 1988
Original poster нет войне!
Search duration 2015 - 2024
File:StrangeComplex.mp3

Complex (previously known as "Cheer") is a solved lostwave by the Swiss band Het, that was discovered on a cassette tape containing snippets of various unknown songs.

Background

On September 2, 2015, YouTube user нeт войнe! posted a video titled "Unknown Postpunk & Wave from Switzerland 1" containing snippets recorded from a Swiss radio station. In the video, the OP states "As far as I remember, this one is called complex and had both a male & female singer".[1]

On May 31, 2020, a new video called "Unknown Postpunk & Wave from Switzerland" was uploaded by нeт войнe!. This version included all of the lost songs from his older videos, which were uploaded in 2015, as well as some previously unseen clips from his tapes.[2] The new video included a snippet of vocals before the "Complex" snippet, which some searchers mistook as saying "Cheer," but it was revealed to be a leftover from The Indian Feast's song "Loneliest Person," and the vocal actually said "Yes."[3] "Loneliest Person" preceded "Complex" in the original video and was copied over to the new video as нeт вoйнe! lost the original files and tape.[4][5]

On May 12, 2022, нeт вoйнe! created a blog post explaining how he used to record his snippets from Radio DRS (DRS3),[6] a German-language radio station in Switzerland.[7]

On March 27, 2024, нeт вoйнe! posted a complete recreation of the song based on his memory and released the instrumental four days later.[8][9] This inspired an instrumental remake by user Moody Riffs in GarageBand on April 5, 2024.[10]

Discovery

On August 14, 2024, Discord user Trabial discovered a listing for a song named Complex by a Swiss band called Het on the website of the Swiss National Sound Archives.[11][12] The band shares a similar musical style to the song and recorded in the same studio as Micro Kids, the band that the OP originally believed to have created the song.[13] On August 15, 2024, the OP claimed that he skipped work to listen to the recording at a library and confirmed that it is the same song,[14] but he is unable to upload it because he is not allowed to create a copy of the original recording.[15]

On August 16, 2024, the band responded to a moderator of the Fond My Mind Discord, giving him the entire song and the permission to share it.[16] After that, they gave the community the full song, which was confirmed to be Complex by Het.[17]

On December 16th, 2024, during an email exchange between user Jack Torrance, Franz Frosch, the male singer, provided the front and back cover of the cassette. It was discovered that the song was indeed just called "Complex", instead of "Strange Complex" or "High Society" which was misremembered by Eva when she was typing the file name. This was further cemented by Franz confirming the title directly as "Complex" in a later message.

Lyrics

Former Leads

Debunked

  • Micro Kids: OP thought the song was created by them.[18] Their vocalist Raffaella Felder confirmed that they did not create the song, but suggested that it was made in Zurich.[19]
  • The Indian Feast: Band that preceded "Complex" on нeт войнe!'s tape[20]
  • Wallagh: Dutch band with a similar sound to the snippet[21]

References

  1. ↑ https://youtu.be/ZFI1xyheDoY?t=45
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6n0ssD2zGg
  3. ↑ https://youtu.be/Nty7CzWy8k8?t=18
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6n0ssD2zGg&lc=UgzQkrY-nEQpBHOtRFd4AaABAg.A-MkjNLWMqfA-O6IRI91UQ
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6n0ssD2zGg&lc=Ugwe2865RykYzZS_AER4AaABAg.A-dvIxuOVfJA-dw0aVfMvF
  6. ↑ https://kauft-mein-buch.blogspot.com/2022/05/drs3-sounds.html?view=classic
  7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweizer_Radio_DRS?useskin=vector
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zXiUgWGZUA
  9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULgOGHfl_W8
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-dNq1esScI
  11. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1et0ytz/cheer_is_in_verification_needed_het_complex/
  12. ↑ https://www.fonoteca.ch/cgi-bin/oecgi4.exe/inet_fnbasedetail?REC_ID=1449.011&LNG_ID=ENU
  13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O3hbH2SGVg
  14. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6n0ssD2zGg&lc=UgyXxcJAOYZcdsb0WG94AaABAg.A78TCtsGEubA7AAXukId4Y
  15. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6n0ssD2zGg&lc=UgyXxcJAOYZcdsb0WG94AaABAg.A78TCtsGEubA7AJHA8rAwW
  16. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsGOOcs1hCk&lc=Ugx2mdFIQkok3FOKIOF4AaABAg.A7DJQAwNMsxA7DJzM0mcTj
  17. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ7RoKzWfJ8
  18. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6n0ssD2zGg
  19. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/LostwaveCheer/comments/1dev7bb/micro_kids_lead_ruled_out/
  20. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1ciy799/update_on_the_indian_feast_cheer_complex/
  21. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/LostwaveCheer/comments/1bzyyue/wallagh_lead/
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