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|Name = Somewhere In New York
|Name = Somewhere In New York
|Image = Silly.webp
|Image = SomewhereInNewYork.jpg
|Alt_name = Yo Yo Yo Ja Ja Ja
|Alt_name = Yo Yo Yo Ja Ja Ja
|Artist = Electrafive
|Artist = Electrafive
|Caption =  
|Caption =The cover of Electrafive's 1981 album Picture, which features the song
|Genre = Synth-pop, new age
|Genre = Synth-pop
|Length = 4:56
|Length = 4:56
|Year = 1981
|Year = 1981
|OP = NY80sTapes
|OP = NY80sTapes
|Search_started = July 16th, 2023
|Search_started = July 17th, 2023
|Search_ended = June 22nd, 2024
|Search_ended = June 22nd, 2024
|Media =
|Media =SomewhereInNewYork.mp3
}}
}}


'''Somewhere In New York''', (previously known as '''Yo Yo Yo Ja Ja Ja''') is a solved lostwave song that was originally uploaded to WatZatSong by NY80sTapes on July 17, 2023.
'''Somewhere In New York''' (previously known as '''"Yo Yo Yo Ja Ja Ja"''') is a solved lostwave song by synth-pop band Electrafive, which was originally uploaded to WatZatSong by NY80sTapes in 2023.


== History ==
== Background ==
On July 17th, 2023, the WatZatSong user NY80sTapes uploaded a 16-second snippet of the song, which ended up garnering little attention.
On July 17th, 2023, WatZatSong user NY80sTapes posted the song as a 16-second snippet with no additional information.<ref>https://www.watzatsong.com/en/found/Electrafive-Somewhere+in+New+York-777484.html</ref> Based on the OP's other found songs, this song was most likely recorded from a New York or New Jersey radio station between 1980 and 1986,<ref>https://www.watzatsong.com/en/profile/ny80stapes</ref> and it may have originally released between 1977 and 1985.<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JpLQGpi4zts5y1yBp5N4tdVkML1OIVHwn13YVqwj5Bg/edit?gid=1371961864#gid=1371961864</ref>


It eventually began to resurface in 2024 and was uploaded to YouTube by q.
The song first received attention in May 2024, when it was reuploaded to r/lostwave by user Unlucky-Show-3708<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cvokhc/unknow_song_clip_yo_yo_yo_ja_ja_ja/</ref> and YouTube by user VisualConfusion.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH9S6n2mr2c</ref>


On June 22nd, 2024, the song was solved by Bloost Media to be Somewhere In New York by Electrafive. The song was found while they were searching for a different NY80sTapes song via YouTube.
== Discovery ==
On June 22nd, 2024, the song was identified as Somewhere In New York by Electrafive after Discord user Bloost Media searched "Mitternachtsmusik 1981" on YouTube in an attempt to find a different NY80sTapes song,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBRVQmc4LXY</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH9S6n2mr2c&lc=UgzZbhhEQhu51r07RxR4AaABAg</ref> as another NY80sTapes song, "Rita Jenrette" by The Cheesedogs, was also uploaded to the Mitternachtsmusik channel.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iJEWoEJx6s</ref>
 
== Lyrics ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" role="presentation"
|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
|-
|'''(Verse 1)'''
I saw you in the war zone
 
You were on your own and trying
 
In this world, in this world
 
There's a shadow stand behind you
 
You're on your own and dying
 
In this world, in this world
 
'''(Pre-Chorus)'''
 
You go your own way, I'll go mine
 
Into the subway sect, you climb
 
Somewhere in New York
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
I saw you fighting, somewhere in New York
 
I saw you fighting, somewhere
 
Somewhere in New York, I saw you fighting
 
Somewhere in New York, York, York, York, York
 
'''(Verse 2)'''
 
There's a thunder in your silence
 
Too tough to cry you're dying
 
In this world, in this world
 
I saw you running under neon
 
Intention city smiling, we survive
 
In this world
 
'''(Pre-Chorus)'''
 
You go your own way, I'll go mine
 
You know we'll meet again in time
 
Somewhere in New York
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
I saw you fighting, somewhere in New York
 
I saw you fighting, somewhere
 
Somewhere in New York, I saw you fighting
 
Somewhere in New York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York
 
'''(Bridge)'''
 
I saw you fighting (I saw you fighting)
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
I saw you fighting, somewhere in New York
 
I saw you fighting, somewhere
 
Somewhere in New York, I saw you fighting
 
Somewhere in New York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York, York
 
'''(Outro)'''
 
Somewhere in New York
 
Somewhere in New York
 
In New York
 
Somewhere
|}
 
== Personnel ==
[https://www.discogs.com/artist/421996-Kelvyn-Hallifax Kelvyn Hallifax] – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
 
[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1821045-Tom-Ferrara-2 Tom Ferrara] – lead guitar, backing vocals
 
[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1821044-Mike-Tomasulo Mike Tomasulo] – bass, backing vocals
 
[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1494780-Tom-Graves Tom Graves] – keyboards
 
[https://www.discogs.com/artist/387513-Alan-Childs Alan Childs] – drums
 
== Resources ==
<references />
[[Category:Identified]]
[[Category:Synth-pop]]
[[Category:Uploaded by NY80sTapes]]
[[Category:The Golden Age Of Lostwave]]

Revision as of 10:48, 17 August 2024

ⓘ This lostwave is classified as solved.

Somewhere In New York

The cover of Electrafive's 1981 album Picture, which features the song
Alternative name(s) Yo Yo Yo Ja Ja Ja
Artist(s) Electrafive
Genre Synth-pop
Length 4:56
Year 1981
Original poster NY80sTapes
Search duration July 17th, 2023 - June 22nd, 2024
File:SomewhereInNewYork.mp3

Somewhere In New York (previously known as "Yo Yo Yo Ja Ja Ja") is a solved lostwave song by synth-pop band Electrafive, which was originally uploaded to WatZatSong by NY80sTapes in 2023.

Background

On July 17th, 2023, WatZatSong user NY80sTapes posted the song as a 16-second snippet with no additional information.[1] Based on the OP's other found songs, this song was most likely recorded from a New York or New Jersey radio station between 1980 and 1986,[2] and it may have originally released between 1977 and 1985.[3]

The song first received attention in May 2024, when it was reuploaded to r/lostwave by user Unlucky-Show-3708[4] and YouTube by user VisualConfusion.[5]

Discovery

On June 22nd, 2024, the song was identified as Somewhere In New York by Electrafive after Discord user Bloost Media searched "Mitternachtsmusik 1981" on YouTube in an attempt to find a different NY80sTapes song,[6][7] as another NY80sTapes song, "Rita Jenrette" by The Cheesedogs, was also uploaded to the Mitternachtsmusik channel.[8]

Lyrics

Personnel

Kelvyn Hallifax – lead vocals, rhythm guitar

Tom Ferrara – lead guitar, backing vocals

Mike Tomasulo – bass, backing vocals

Tom Graves – keyboards

Alan Childs – drums

Resources

  1. ↑ https://www.watzatsong.com/en/found/Electrafive-Somewhere+in+New+York-777484.html
  2. ↑ https://www.watzatsong.com/en/profile/ny80stapes
  3. ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JpLQGpi4zts5y1yBp5N4tdVkML1OIVHwn13YVqwj5Bg/edit?gid=1371961864#gid=1371961864
  4. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cvokhc/unknow_song_clip_yo_yo_yo_ja_ja_ja/
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH9S6n2mr2c
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBRVQmc4LXY
  7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH9S6n2mr2c&lc=UgzZbhhEQhu51r07RxR4AaABAg
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iJEWoEJx6s
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