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|Alt_name = Come Back 2 Me
|Alt_name = Come Back 2 Me
|Year = 2003
|Year = 1999-2003
|Genre = Italodance
|Genre = Italodance
|Search_started = December 22nd 2009
|Search_started = December 22nd 2009
|OP = DaRioXYK
|OP = DaRioXYK
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|Media=YourEyesComeBack2Me.mp3|Made By Elton John=The Song Was Made By Famous Pianist Elton John Between 1999-2003}}
 
'''Your Eyes''' or '''Come Back 2 Me''' is an unknown italodance song, supposedly dating back to the early 2000s. The song has spent the majority of its life on the Chinese side of the Internet.
'''Your Eyes''' (also known as '''"Come Back 2 Me"''') is an unidentified Italodance song sourced from a 2003 mixtape that was uploaded to several Chinese file sharing sites in the 2000s.  
 
==Background==
A low-quality version of the song was first uploaded to YouTube in 2009 by user DaRioXYK, and a higher-quality version was featured in various Italodance mixes by individuals affiliated with the radio station FM120 in the 2020s.
Your Eyes originated in 2003, on a since defunct Chinese music website. As music was often shared via P2P services such as Kazaa or LimeWire in this time period, the song was uploaded to many websites, such as 666c.com, or real2000.org. Your Eyes appeared on a compilation, created by an at-the-time unknown DJ, titled 新歌热舞 专辑 359. This roughly translates to Hot New Dance Song Album 359. The file containing Your Eyes was named 欧美抒情高档 Pop, which translates to European and American lyrics high-end Pop. There were no indications of an artist, title or even county of origin within this file or the compilation.  
 
==Origins (2003-2004)==
The compilation is in itself mysterious since many of the songs on it are Eurodance hits, possibly from Italy, but seem to originate on the Chinese web. It has been alleged that there are other mysterious songs on the compilation but at present, there is no notable search for these songs. Analysis of the original upload of Your Eyes by user JayRidders on reddit proved that this recording has a PAL encoding, meaning it was recorded from a colour TV in a region that includes China (as well as Australia, India and parts of East Africa).
Your Eyes was first uploaded on the Chinese music website 666c.com,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20201115181925/https://www.666c.com/special/3331/7731.htm</ref> 568.com<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20051202012236/http://www.568.com/special/7731.htm</ref> and china57.com<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040421022156/http://www.china57.com/music/newmusic/776.htm</ref> on November 1st 2003 as part of a compilation created by an unknown DJ, titled 新歌热舞 专辑 359, which roughly translates to Hot New Dance Song Album 359. The album cover's filename is "DjFengkuang.jpg.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20201115181926im_/https://img.666c.com/SpecialPic3/images/DjFengkuang.jpg</ref> The file containing Your Eyes was named 欧美抒情高档 Pop, which translates to "European and American Lyric High-end Pop". The compilation of Eurodance hits, with various dance songs from Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy,<ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aR8TqtAg5fNCGSx9IDLnn5wOPaXopq0yBgKG5ilShyo/edit</ref> appears to originate on the Chinese web. The original upload of Your Eyes was discovered by Reddit user JayRidders to have a PAL encoding, indicating that it was not recorded in North America.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1bn1t2y/the_original_audio_file_for_your_eyes_come_back_2/</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL?useskin=vector#Countries_and_territories_that_are_using_or_once_used_PAL</ref>
 
According to Reddit user SignificanceNo4643, the synthesizer used in the song is a 2003 Casio Privia, which is more popular in the Asian market than it was in Europe.
Around 2004, the song was being widely shared on Chinese file sharing websites such as hcdj.com<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20041012072103/http://hcdj.com:80/</ref> and QQMusic.com. This version of the file has become known as the "Low Quality Version".
 
Around 2004, the song was being widely shared on Chinese file sharing websites such as hcdj.com and QQMusic.com. This version of the file has become known as the "Low Quality Version".
According to Reddit user SignificanceNo4643, the synthesizer used in the song is a 2003 Casio Privia, which is more popular in the Asian market than it was in Europe.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cxsa32/potential_lead_for_your_eyes/</ref>
 
==Rediscovery==
==Rediscovery (2009-2020)==
In 2009, DaRioXYK posted the song to Youtube with the title "unknown italodance", not specifing where he got the song from.  
On December 22nd, 2009, Youtube user DaRioXYK posted the song with the title "Italodance Sconosciuta/Unknown Italodance", believing the song to be from 2000-2001.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tW0yP7LfhE</ref>
 
   
There is evidence that the search for Your Eyes was ongoing into the early 2010s, as another channel called Music Productions uploaded a track called "Radio Rise" by Mystic Moment in 2013. Music Productions said they found the song in 2001 and uploaded it without credit to protect the artist's privacy. Some have labeled this as a hoax, however, AllTheLyrics forum posts from 2011 show that the name Mystic Moment "Radio Rise" had been circulating before the upload, meaning the 2013 video could have used this thread as a source for the title. In the comments, an Italian DJ called FD440 claimed the song.
On October 28, 2013, another channel called Music Production posted the song, crediting it as "Radio Rise (Full Jack Mix)" by Mistic Moment, and claimed to have created it in the description.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_UR9lZ8_5I</ref> A forum post on AllTheLyrics.com by user frantol asking about the song used this title two years before the YouTube upload, implying the 2013 video may have used this thread as a source for the title. In the comments, an apparent Italian DJ named FD440 claimed the song as his own.<ref>https://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110523</ref> 
 
In the mid 2010s, a discogs page was discovered for an artist called Gabry-L with a track called "Your Eyes (Come Back 2 Me)". The voracity of this page has been somewhat corrupted by the later search.  However, this song gave the community the common placeholder name for the track and in 2014, the unknown song was uploaded under the name from the Discogs page.
On February 1st, 2019, Dj JPedroza & MCW released a remix/cover of the song.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnJ9wZQeHuk</ref> MCW was investigated and turned out to be Michael Waust, who said he only collaborated on the remix with Dj JPedroza and has no connection to the original song.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnJ9wZQeHuk&lc=Ugw_Imcb5EL0m7myww54AaABAg.91GwakDAa7s91IeDjOTTca</ref>
 
In 2019, the song was remixed by DJ JPedroza, who credited an artist under the name MCW as the creator of the track. MCW was investigated and turned out to be Michael Waust, who said he only collaborated on the remix with DJ Pedroza.
== Full Song Discovery & Current Search (2020-Present) ==
 
On April 4th 2020, the full version of the song was uploaded for the first time by user Johnson Paul, titled "Identify Italodance".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBfds7BFkLg</ref> This version had the full intro of the song, which was cut off from previous uploads. The uploader downloaded the song from QQMusic.com, which didn't credit the original creator of the song.<ref>https://y.qq.com/n/ryqq/songDetail/000RDVPI3hWGWQ?songtype=0</ref>  On the same day, user Aigeng uploaded a version of the lost intro of Your Eyes onto a mix of Italodance recorded off the Italodance World FM120 radio station, with the watermark of the DJ clearly audible. The rest of the song was cut off, but the intro was in much higher quality than had ever been posted before.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7mqop58r2Q</ref> A comment on YouTube suggested that the DJ in the watermark is DJ BPM.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7mqop58r2Q&lc=Ugydj42hp3VyOnpJ6_h4AaABAg.98KKSguitf89uF-48-puCc</ref>
The search for Your Eyes had picked up speed by this point due to the influx of interest in Lostwave and a common suggestion raised was that the song could be Jungle Eyes by The Test ft. Rodger, a song with evidence it existed but no versions uploaded. This lead was ruled out after users obtained and listened to the track.
 
On May 8th, 2020, user Mike B uploaded the highest quality version of the song with the title "Unknown Artist - Come Back" as a "Radio Edit", which was later discovered to be an edit made by himself.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230421232017/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4cECinPDK4</ref> Due to requests for the full version, he uploaded the full version to YouTube. He claims he doesn't know the song's title due to the file being renamed and has not revealed the source of his upload.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210304232137/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a08CilBSBE</ref> The version he's posted seems to be the same as Aigeng's, from the pops you can hear in the same spots.
== 2020 High Quality Upload ==
On April 4th 2020, the full track of the "Low Quality Version" was uploaded to Youtube by Johnson Paul, titled "Identify Italodance". This version had the full intro of the song, which was cut off from previous uploads. A commenter on the video suggested that this was a different mix of the song completely, said that all versions of the song circulating were low quality versions and claimed the name of the DJ that created the Chinese compilation could be heard in a kind of watermark. The consensus reached was that 3 different versions had been uploaded to QQMusic.com, all actually discovered to be the same, low quality mix, but they had long since been taken down.  
On May 19th, 2021, the song was featured in an Italodance megamix on the FM120 official YouTube channel<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j49Vj-Ra9w&t=258s</ref>. On October 21st of the same year, the channel once again featured Your Eyes in a megamix with the following description: "The most rare vinyl record from the entire network - Track 1(135 bpm) is the sample from the vinyl." DO NOT ask me about Radio Rise / Jungle Eyes / Your Eyes (Come Back 2 Me), or I will assume you don't know dance music at all..." .<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSpmhNK_GSA</ref>  Some believe this confirms FM120 does not know the song title, however, the channel has also been accused of protecting the names of rare Italodance albums and tracks in their collection.
 
On the same day, Aigeng uploaded a version of the intro of Your Eyes onto a mix of italodance recorded off the radio, with the watermark of the DJ clearly audible. The rest of the song was cut off but the intro was in much higher quality than had ever been posted before. It became clear that Aigeng didn’t know the song title but the description suggested it had been broadcasted from  Italodance World.  
The FM120 channel was discovered to be a collaboration between Aigeng and DJ BPM, potentially more than two people, as Aigeng's linked account uploaded music to the official Italodance World page on music.163.com under the username HardNoise.<ref>https://music.163.com/#/program?id=2066502120</ref><ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KF9SIAdZLvyljk7yTGG74FLzm-MVrPLQli4ruGEAuis/edit#heading=h.n3d6i5axuzaj</ref> The DJ BPM watermark appears before uploads of the Your Eyes intro, leading some to speculate that they may have created the compilation album. This was probably ruled out by the discovery of DjFengkuang in the original filename.
 
A new lead relating to the song "Angel Eyes" by Che JT was discussed, as like previous candidates, the song was released (by DIY Records) and had credible evidence of it's existence but no recording had surfaced online. Che JT was suspected to be Che JianTao, who when contacted, said they had no knowledge of this song. To make things more complicated, a user uploaded Your Eyes under the name "Angel Eyes" by Che JT but used the album cover of Gabry-L's "Your Eyes (Come Back to Me)". This was added to the discogs page for the song, massively confusing the search.  
On September 2nd, 2022, user ItaloBoy DJ uploaded a recording of Your Eyes being played from a cassette, which he claimed was recorded in the summer of 2001 on Radio Versilia.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZz1SdXhkjY</ref>
 
On May 8th of 2020, a full radio edit of a "High Quality Upload" was posted to Youtube by Mike B. Mike B had made the edit himself but reposted the full "High Quality Version" to Youtube, saying the file had been renamed so he didnt know the original artist or title. Sometime after this, the video was privated or deleted.
The song was discovered once again in several more Italodance megamixes, including one posted by user papaotaker on August 13th, 2022.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt6XEoxNLP4&t=1966s</ref> and another posted by user SandoPlayz16 on May 12th, 2024, which claimed to be from FM120.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVBmiHpf5W0&t=55s</ref>
 
== C. W. Schultz Investigation ==
In 2024, reddit user ACrateOfAle investigated DJ FD440 from the allthelyrics.com post and discovered they had a YouTube account with some playlists, but no further leads were discovered.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1boedyz/comment/kwsusvt/</ref>
In 2019, C.W. Schultz uploaded the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT90KQramio&list=PLduanEgs5ZT9WQGQkgfNb_mnShX7tihGk&index=1&pp=iAQB Top Ten Most Mysterious Songs], where they put Your Eyes at number 6. Schultz explained what was known of the mystery up to that point. In 2020, they followed up on the mystery in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opnLdrnHx1w&list=PLduanEgs5ZT9WQGQkgfNb_mnShX7tihGk&index=3&pp=iAQB Mysterious Music Episode 3 - Updates]. Schultz had investigated the Gabry-L lead and reached out to the parent company of the record label that produced the disk, but they hadn't confirmed anything.  
 
== Current and Debunked Leads ==
A more promising avenue of investigation was that Gabry-L had been featured on a track by TY1, an italodance artist. The two had created a track called "Phoenix" but when Schultz reached out there was no response. These leads have been reached out to as much as possible and the community has strongly advised not to contact them anymore.
 
=== Possible ===
At the end of the segment on Your Eyes, Schultz mentions looking into the Mystic Moments lead and suggests they are following up on private leads that were not disclosed in the video. This suggests the artist may not want to be found, backed up by how both Music Productions and Aigeng said they wanted to preserve the artist's privacy.
 
* '''Eporgroove''': '''Come Back To Me''':<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/1611160-Eporgroove-Come-Back-To-Me</ref> Unlikely, as it was created in 1996.
== 2021 Investigation ==
In 2021, the aforementioned Chinese compilation was rediscovered. The full thing was uploaded to Soundcloud.  
=== Debunked ===
 
A new lead was discussed after a GEMA entry for an Italodance song called "I Need You" by Pietro Bertini, Stefano Mattara, and Luca Verzeletti was found. This lead was ruled out and it appears the song may actually be called "I Want You".
* '''The Test ft. Rodger - Jungle Eyes'''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TraLbnIDJM</ref>: A common suggestion raised was that the song could be Jungle Eyes by The Test ft. Rodger, a song with evidence it existed, but no versions uploaded.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/4294319-The-Test-2-Featuring-Roger-Jungle-Eyes</ref> This lead was ruled out after users obtained and listened to the track.
 
* '''Gabry-L - Your Eyes (Come Back 2 Me)''': Hoax Discogs page for the song which was created on March 19, 2015 by user MusikForSale. No record of the song exists anywhere and the poster has added other fake releases before.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/15349358-Gabry-L-Your-Eyes-Come-Back-2-Me</ref>
== Current Investigation ==
* '''Che J.T - Angel Eyes''':<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/15100795-CHE-JT-ANGEL-EYES</ref> Hoax Discogs page.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/15100795-CHE-JT-ANGEL-EYES</ref> The song's author, Che J.T., appears to be a shortened version of Che JianTao, who when contacted, had no knowledge of this song.
After the discovery of the Chinese Compilation, a key lead is the DJ who created it. There are suggestions that this may be the same DJ as the one who is named in the watermark on Aigeng's upload. A Youtube comment on the video suggests that the DJ in the watermark is DJ BPM.  
* '''Pietro Bertini, Stefano Mattara, and Luca Verzeletti - I Need You:''' GEMA entry for an Italodance song called "I Need You", which was ruled out after further investigation.
 
* '''DaRioXYK''': The uploader of the song's first YouTube upload claimed to have taken the song from an unknown website, but also mentioned it was already unnamed.
The clip was uploaded in much higher quality by the FM120 chanel, however, the OP wrote in the description in relation to the intro of Your Eyes:
* '''DJ Pieron 2020 / DJ Chin 2020 - Your Eyes''': Hoax post.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/h8dfht/unkown_italodance_song_is_your_eyes_by_dj_pieron/</ref>
 
* '''Thomas Bangalter - Come Back:''' Hoax post.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_nu-Z-IMXk</ref>
"The most rare vinyl record from the entire network - Track 1(135 bpm)  is the sample from the vinyl. DO NOT ask me about Radio Rise / Jungle Eyes / Your Eyes (Come Back 2 Me),  or I would think you don't know dance music at all... @DJ BPM"
* '''DJ Steve Lamb - Need You Now''': Not the same song.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK_1GNQ1bSc</ref>
 
* '''Luca Zeta - With You''': Not the same song.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIg6HAFD9A0</ref>
-FM120
* '''A+J: Come Back 2 Me''': Not the same song.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/539145-AJ-Come-Back-2-Me</ref>
 
Some have speculated this implies FM120 doesn't know the name of the song, however, the FM120 chanel has a reputation for protecting the names of rare italodance songs as well.
== Lyrics ==
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" role="presentation"
The FM120 channel was discovered to be a collaboration between Aigeng and DJ BPM. It is unknown whether more people are involved with this project.
|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
 
|-
In 2024, reddit user ACrateOfAle looked into DJ FD440 from the the Allthelyrics post and discovered they had a Youtube account with some playlists but no more leads were discovered.
|'''(Chorus)'''
 
Other leads include searching the SIAE database and trying to find "Angel Eyes" by Che JT to definitively rule the song out.
I need you now, now more than ever
I miss you all the time
And every moment that I'm living
I think of you and your eyes
I need you now now more than ever
I miss you all the time
And every moment that I'm living
I think of you and your eyes
You and your eyes
'''''(Instrumental)'''''
I need you now, now more than ever
And every moment that I'm living
I need you now now more than ever
I miss you all the time
'''''(Instrumental)'''''
'''(Verse 1)'''
You're looking so far from me tonight
I'm dancing, but may we just stop the fight
Now things are not as before, as you know
Reading your book inside your heart
(Decide on what?) passage, it seems so dark
You're not any longer mine, you know
'''(Bridge)'''
Why don't you come back to me
You're the only one I need
Try to tell me, try to explain
All your fears and all your pain
Why don't you come back to me
You're the only one I need
And remember, you are my guide
'''(Chorus)'''
I need you now now more than ever
I miss you all the time
And every moment that I'm living
I think of you and your eyes
You and your eyes
'''''(Instrumental)'''''
'''(Verse 2)'''
Remember when life didn't used to smile
You were always there, you were by my side
So let me go on and on, you know
And even if you still dance with me
There's something inside, it's so hard to feel
That will never fade your eyes, you know
'''(Bridge)'''
Why don't you come back to me
You're the only one I need
Try to tell me, try to explain
All your fears and all your pain
Why don't you come back to me
You're the only one I need
And remember, you are my guide
'''(Chorus)'''
I need you now, now more than ever
I miss you all the time
And every moment that I'm living
I think of you and your eyes
I need you now, now more than ever
I miss you all the time
And every moment that I'm living
I think of you and your eyes
You and your eyes
|}


== Possibility the Artist May Not Want to be Found ==
== Possibility the Artist May Not Want to be Found ==
There is some evidence that suggests that the artist behind the song may not want to be discovered. Both Music Productions and Aigeng suggested the artist wanted to protect their privacy and C.W. Schultz deliberately did not disclose leads for this reason as well. The cryptic message posted in the description of the FM120 may imply this as well.
Some evidence suggests that the artist behind the song does not want to be discovered. Music Productions stated that the song was "uploaded in raw format, to defend the privacy of the artist," and the cryptic message posted in the description of the FM120 upload may also imply this.  
 
The fact the artist may want to preserve their privacy raises ethical questions about the extent to which the search for this lost song can be conducted.


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
 
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KF9SIAdZLvyljk7yTGG74FLzm-MVrPLQli4ruGEAuis/edit Lead Document]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_UR9lZ8_5I Music Productions Upload]
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cop6C-U4Hpkacco2HcF2NU5WLNGxU_ATXVzT-r1yKUo/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Lead Spreadsheet]
 
* [https://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110523 2011 Allthelyrics Discussion]
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBfds7BFkLg Johnson Paul Upload]
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7mqop58r2Q Aigeng Upload]
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSpmhNK_GSA FM120 upload]
 
* [https://soundcloud.com/your-eyes-tms/sets/359-1 Soundcloud Compilation]
* [https://soundcloud.com/your-eyes-tms/sets/359-1 Soundcloud Compilation]
 
* [https://www.discogs.com/de/release/15349358-Gabry-L-Your-Eyes-Come-Back-2-Me Gabry-L Discogs page]
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEwaKluHI0E High Quality Version]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:57, 21 December 2024

ⓘ This lostwave is classified as unsolved.

Your Eyes
Alternative name(s) Come Back 2 Me
Genre Italodance
Year 1999-2003
Original poster DaRioXYK
Search started December 22nd 2009
File:YourEyesComeBack2Me.mp3

Your Eyes (also known as "Come Back 2 Me") is an unidentified Italodance song sourced from a 2003 mixtape that was uploaded to several Chinese file sharing sites in the 2000s.

A low-quality version of the song was first uploaded to YouTube in 2009 by user DaRioXYK, and a higher-quality version was featured in various Italodance mixes by individuals affiliated with the radio station FM120 in the 2020s.

Origins (2003-2004)[edit | edit source]

Your Eyes was first uploaded on the Chinese music website 666c.com,[1] 568.com[2] and china57.com[3] on November 1st 2003 as part of a compilation created by an unknown DJ, titled 新歌热舞 专辑 359, which roughly translates to Hot New Dance Song Album 359. The album cover's filename is "DjFengkuang.jpg.[4] The file containing Your Eyes was named 欧美抒情高档 Pop, which translates to "European and American Lyric High-end Pop". The compilation of Eurodance hits, with various dance songs from Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy,[5] appears to originate on the Chinese web. The original upload of Your Eyes was discovered by Reddit user JayRidders to have a PAL encoding, indicating that it was not recorded in North America.[6][7]

Around 2004, the song was being widely shared on Chinese file sharing websites such as hcdj.com[8] and QQMusic.com. This version of the file has become known as the "Low Quality Version".

According to Reddit user SignificanceNo4643, the synthesizer used in the song is a 2003 Casio Privia, which is more popular in the Asian market than it was in Europe.[9]

Rediscovery (2009-2020)[edit | edit source]

On December 22nd, 2009, Youtube user DaRioXYK posted the song with the title "Italodance Sconosciuta/Unknown Italodance", believing the song to be from 2000-2001.[10]

On October 28, 2013, another channel called Music Production posted the song, crediting it as "Radio Rise (Full Jack Mix)" by Mistic Moment, and claimed to have created it in the description.[11] A forum post on AllTheLyrics.com by user frantol asking about the song used this title two years before the YouTube upload, implying the 2013 video may have used this thread as a source for the title. In the comments, an apparent Italian DJ named FD440 claimed the song as his own.[12]

On February 1st, 2019, Dj JPedroza & MCW released a remix/cover of the song.[13] MCW was investigated and turned out to be Michael Waust, who said he only collaborated on the remix with Dj JPedroza and has no connection to the original song.[14]

Full Song Discovery & Current Search (2020-Present)[edit | edit source]

On April 4th 2020, the full version of the song was uploaded for the first time by user Johnson Paul, titled "Identify Italodance".[15] This version had the full intro of the song, which was cut off from previous uploads. The uploader downloaded the song from QQMusic.com, which didn't credit the original creator of the song.[16] On the same day, user Aigeng uploaded a version of the lost intro of Your Eyes onto a mix of Italodance recorded off the Italodance World FM120 radio station, with the watermark of the DJ clearly audible. The rest of the song was cut off, but the intro was in much higher quality than had ever been posted before.[17] A comment on YouTube suggested that the DJ in the watermark is DJ BPM.[18]

On May 8th, 2020, user Mike B uploaded the highest quality version of the song with the title "Unknown Artist - Come Back" as a "Radio Edit", which was later discovered to be an edit made by himself.[19] Due to requests for the full version, he uploaded the full version to YouTube. He claims he doesn't know the song's title due to the file being renamed and has not revealed the source of his upload.[20] The version he's posted seems to be the same as Aigeng's, from the pops you can hear in the same spots.

On May 19th, 2021, the song was featured in an Italodance megamix on the FM120 official YouTube channel[21]. On October 21st of the same year, the channel once again featured Your Eyes in a megamix with the following description: "The most rare vinyl record from the entire network - Track 1(135 bpm) is the sample from the vinyl." DO NOT ask me about Radio Rise / Jungle Eyes / Your Eyes (Come Back 2 Me), or I will assume you don't know dance music at all..." .[22] Some believe this confirms FM120 does not know the song title, however, the channel has also been accused of protecting the names of rare Italodance albums and tracks in their collection.

The FM120 channel was discovered to be a collaboration between Aigeng and DJ BPM, potentially more than two people, as Aigeng's linked account uploaded music to the official Italodance World page on music.163.com under the username HardNoise.[23][24] The DJ BPM watermark appears before uploads of the Your Eyes intro, leading some to speculate that they may have created the compilation album. This was probably ruled out by the discovery of DjFengkuang in the original filename.

On September 2nd, 2022, user ItaloBoy DJ uploaded a recording of Your Eyes being played from a cassette, which he claimed was recorded in the summer of 2001 on Radio Versilia.[25]

The song was discovered once again in several more Italodance megamixes, including one posted by user papaotaker on August 13th, 2022.[26] and another posted by user SandoPlayz16 on May 12th, 2024, which claimed to be from FM120.[27]

In 2024, reddit user ACrateOfAle investigated DJ FD440 from the allthelyrics.com post and discovered they had a YouTube account with some playlists, but no further leads were discovered.[28]

Current and Debunked Leads[edit | edit source]

Possible[edit | edit source]

  • Eporgroove: Come Back To Me:[29] Unlikely, as it was created in 1996.

Debunked[edit | edit source]

  • The Test ft. Rodger - Jungle Eyes[30]: A common suggestion raised was that the song could be Jungle Eyes by The Test ft. Rodger, a song with evidence it existed, but no versions uploaded.[31] This lead was ruled out after users obtained and listened to the track.
  • Gabry-L - Your Eyes (Come Back 2 Me): Hoax Discogs page for the song which was created on March 19, 2015 by user MusikForSale. No record of the song exists anywhere and the poster has added other fake releases before.[32]
  • Che J.T - Angel Eyes:[33] Hoax Discogs page.[34] The song's author, Che J.T., appears to be a shortened version of Che JianTao, who when contacted, had no knowledge of this song.
  • Pietro Bertini, Stefano Mattara, and Luca Verzeletti - I Need You: GEMA entry for an Italodance song called "I Need You", which was ruled out after further investigation.
  • DaRioXYK: The uploader of the song's first YouTube upload claimed to have taken the song from an unknown website, but also mentioned it was already unnamed.
  • DJ Pieron 2020 / DJ Chin 2020 - Your Eyes: Hoax post.[35]
  • Thomas Bangalter - Come Back: Hoax post.[36]
  • DJ Steve Lamb - Need You Now: Not the same song.[37]
  • Luca Zeta - With You: Not the same song.[38]
  • A+J: Come Back 2 Me: Not the same song.[39]

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

Possibility the Artist May Not Want to be Found[edit | edit source]

Some evidence suggests that the artist behind the song does not want to be discovered. Music Productions stated that the song was "uploaded in raw format, to defend the privacy of the artist," and the cryptic message posted in the description of the FM120 upload may also imply this.

External Links[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201115181925/https://www.666c.com/special/3331/7731.htm
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051202012236/http://www.568.com/special/7731.htm
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20040421022156/http://www.china57.com/music/newmusic/776.htm
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201115181926im_/https://img.666c.com/SpecialPic3/images/DjFengkuang.jpg
  5. ↑ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aR8TqtAg5fNCGSx9IDLnn5wOPaXopq0yBgKG5ilShyo/edit
  6. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1bn1t2y/the_original_audio_file_for_your_eyes_come_back_2/
  7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL?useskin=vector#Countries_and_territories_that_are_using_or_once_used_PAL
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20041012072103/http://hcdj.com:80/
  9. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cxsa32/potential_lead_for_your_eyes/
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tW0yP7LfhE
  11. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_UR9lZ8_5I
  12. ↑ https://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110523
  13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnJ9wZQeHuk
  14. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnJ9wZQeHuk&lc=Ugw_Imcb5EL0m7myww54AaABAg.91GwakDAa7s91IeDjOTTca
  15. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBfds7BFkLg
  16. ↑ https://y.qq.com/n/ryqq/songDetail/000RDVPI3hWGWQ?songtype=0
  17. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7mqop58r2Q
  18. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7mqop58r2Q&lc=Ugydj42hp3VyOnpJ6_h4AaABAg.98KKSguitf89uF-48-puCc
  19. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230421232017/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4cECinPDK4
  20. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210304232137/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a08CilBSBE
  21. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j49Vj-Ra9w&t=258s
  22. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSpmhNK_GSA
  23. ↑ https://music.163.com/#/program?id=2066502120
  24. ↑ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KF9SIAdZLvyljk7yTGG74FLzm-MVrPLQli4ruGEAuis/edit#heading=h.n3d6i5axuzaj
  25. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZz1SdXhkjY
  26. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt6XEoxNLP4&t=1966s
  27. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVBmiHpf5W0&t=55s
  28. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1boedyz/comment/kwsusvt/
  29. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/1611160-Eporgroove-Come-Back-To-Me
  30. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TraLbnIDJM
  31. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/4294319-The-Test-2-Featuring-Roger-Jungle-Eyes
  32. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/15349358-Gabry-L-Your-Eyes-Come-Back-2-Me
  33. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/15100795-CHE-JT-ANGEL-EYES
  34. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/15100795-CHE-JT-ANGEL-EYES
  35. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/h8dfht/unkown_italodance_song_is_your_eyes_by_dj_pieron/
  36. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_nu-Z-IMXk
  37. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK_1GNQ1bSc
  38. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIg6HAFD9A0
  39. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/539145-AJ-Come-Back-2-Me
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