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Man On A Hill, formerly known as There's A Man is a solved indie rock lostwave created in 2008 by the band The Defended.
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|Artist = The Defended  
|Genre = Indie Rock
|Year = 2008
|Status = Solved; Full version available
|OP = Arthur Bogushev
|Search_started = 2017
|Search_ended = 2024
|Media=ManOnAHill.mp3}}


==History==
'''Man On A Hill''' (formerly known as '''"There's A Man"''') is a solved lostwave by Scottish garage-rock band The Defended, originating from a 2017 recording by Soundcloud user Arthur Bogushev.
In 2017 the song was posted to Soundcloud with a request for identification by a Ukrainian user called Arthur Bogushev. The song had been saved on an MP3 player Bogushev had owned but there had been no title or artist.  


On April 6th 2017, Bogushev uploaded the song to Soundcloud to preserve it since they planned to dispose of the MP3 player. They titled the track "1" and asked if anyone could identify it.  
==Background==
On April 5th, 2017, a Soundcloud user named Arthur Bogushev originally uploaded the song under the title "1", sourced from a recording from an unknown Ukrainian radio station that he had stored on an old MP3 player.<ref>https://soundcloud.com/arthur-bogushev-223246332/1a-1</ref> He also posted the song on the music identification forum musicbanter.com, claiming that it was recorded between 2012 and 2013, but it received no attention.<ref>https://www.musicbanter.com/name-tune/88897-looking-pop-rock-song-have-1-5-min-sample.html</ref>


In 2022, a snippet of the song was uploaded to Youtube by the channel Lost Music: Cold Case. This finally sparked interest in the search.  
The search gained popularity in the lostwave community after it was reuploaded to YouTube by user Lost Music: Cold Case on December 20th, 2022,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JccbI-hy-fM</ref> and then posted to r/lostwave by user bigjimothy18 on February 22nd, 2023.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/119jzhs/unknown_rock_song_clip_theres_a_man/</ref>


==Search and Discovery==
==Discovery==
Arizona Ranger reached out to Bogushev and got the previously mentioned information about the song's origin, which led to speculation the song may be from a Ukrainian band. The song gained popularity in the lostwave community, being reuploaded several times.
On February 19th, 2024, Reddit user TrippyDrew identified the song as "Man On A Hill" by The Defended after searching YouTube for "The man on the hill before:2013" and discovering a live performance of the song by the band at Box Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1aunxb3/theres_a_man_potentially_solved_by_myself/</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC65ke-aWV8</ref>


On February 19th 2024, r/lostwave user TrippyDrew and Discord user lexal8054 discovered the song by searching keywords from the song using the before: search feature. They found a live video of The Defended performing the song and later found the full track on a site called Indie Music People.
The full version of the song was posted in the thread by user NoButterscotch3385,<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1aunxb3/comment/kr52v25/</ref> after Discord user lexal8054 found it on indiemusicpeople.com.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240425073551/https://indiemusicpeople.com/songs.aspx?SongID=60156&ArtistID=105162</ref>


== Lyrics ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" role="presentation"
|'''Official Lyrics'''
|-
|'''(Intro)'''
One, two, three, four
'''(Verse 1)'''
There's a man who stands upon a hill
Looking down to the people he has killed
And he done them one by one
There's a man, who stands above a grave
Looking down to a woman he couldn't save
And his life's been put on hold
'''(Chorus)'''
And he will make or break your day
Turn round and look the other way
You gotta listen to what he says
And he will send you up or down
Don't matter if your break your neck or drown
You gotta listen to what he says
'''(Verse 2)'''
There's a man who lost what he once loved
Lookin sad cause he knows the time has come
To take his pain away
He writes a note and he makes his way upstairs
It won't be long til' he don't have to care
Til' he meets our man on a hill
'''(Chorus)'''
And he will make or break your day
Turn round and look the other way
You gotta listen to what he says
And he will send you up or down
Don't matter if your break your neck or drown
You gotta listen to what he says
'''(Verse 2)'''
There's a man who lost what he once loved
Lookin sad cause he knows the time has come
To take his pain away
He writes a note and he makes his way upstairs
It won't be long til' he don't have to care
Til' he meets our man on a hill
'''(Chorus)'''
And he will make or break your day
Turn round and look the other way
You gotta listen to what he says
And he will send you up or down
Don't matter if your break your neck or drown
You gotta listen to what he says
'''''[Guitar Solo]'''''
'''(Chorus)'''
And he will make or break your day
Turn round and look the other way
You gotta listen to what he says
And he will send you up or down
Don't matter if your break your neck or drown
You gotta listen to what he says
|}
== Personnel ==
Dave McCallum – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Scott Chalmers – lead guitar, backing vocals
Fraser Breingan – bass
Louis Pietranik – drums
== References ==
* [https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/perth-kinross/4902226/the-defended-man-on-a-hill-perth-band-song/ Article about the search]
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Latest revision as of 23:30, 4 August 2024

ⓘ This lostwave is classified as solved.

Man On A Hill
Artist(s) The Defended
Genre Indie Rock
Year 2008
Status Solved; Full version available
Original poster Arthur Bogushev
Search duration 2017 - 2024
File:ManOnAHill.mp3

Man On A Hill (formerly known as "There's A Man") is a solved lostwave by Scottish garage-rock band The Defended, originating from a 2017 recording by Soundcloud user Arthur Bogushev.

Background[edit | edit source]

On April 5th, 2017, a Soundcloud user named Arthur Bogushev originally uploaded the song under the title "1", sourced from a recording from an unknown Ukrainian radio station that he had stored on an old MP3 player.[1] He also posted the song on the music identification forum musicbanter.com, claiming that it was recorded between 2012 and 2013, but it received no attention.[2]

The search gained popularity in the lostwave community after it was reuploaded to YouTube by user Lost Music: Cold Case on December 20th, 2022,[3] and then posted to r/lostwave by user bigjimothy18 on February 22nd, 2023.[4]

Discovery[edit | edit source]

On February 19th, 2024, Reddit user TrippyDrew identified the song as "Man On A Hill" by The Defended after searching YouTube for "The man on the hill before:2013" and discovering a live performance of the song by the band at Box Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland.[5][6]

The full version of the song was posted in the thread by user NoButterscotch3385,[7] after Discord user lexal8054 found it on indiemusicpeople.com.[8]

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

Personnel[edit | edit source]

Dave McCallum – lead vocals, rhythm guitar

Scott Chalmers – lead guitar, backing vocals

Fraser Breingan – bass

Louis Pietranik – drums

References[edit | edit source]