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The Most Mysterious Song On The Internet (also known as “Like The Wind”, “Blind The Wind”, “Check It In, Check It Out”, “Take It In, Take It Out”, and “The Mysterious Song”) is the name given to a recording of an unidentified song, recorded by Darius S. It was recorded sometime around 1983-1984 from the North German radio station "Norddeutscher Rundfunk," or NDR for short.

Origins and search

Around 1982 to 1984, Darius recorded the song off radio and onto a cassette tape, leaving out DJ chatter, and thus important info, for a cleaner recording. This tape was used for several mixtapes, though the original source tape remains lost.

On March 18, 2007, Darius' sister, Lydia, asked for help, posting the song on the websites best-of-80s.de and Spirit of Radio.

In April of 2011, redalfo uploaded the song to his YouTube channel, with the original title as “Unkonow Song - Cancion Desconocida - Track Id.”

In July, 2017, the song was uploaded to WatZatSong by user azthriller.

In 2019, Gabriel Pelenson started the search in earnest, posting the song to many Song Identification and investigative subreddits, including r/helpmefind, r/rbi, and r/tipofmytongue, as well as creating the r/TheMysteriousSong subreddit. Not long after, on July 12th, u/Johnnymetoo posted a complete version of the song, downloaded from one of Lydia's earlier posts before the post was removed.

On July 9th, 2019, Whang! posted the first of many videos about the song on his Tales from the Internet series.

On July 21, 2019, after requests from the song's researchers, Paul Baskerville played the song on "Nachtclub," his radio program. This alerted Darius and Lydia to the search, with Lydia joining the subreddit and Discord.

However, the song couldn't be identified on playlists for Baskerville's "Music Für Junge Leute," program.

On September 24, 2019, The Rolling Stone's David Browne posts the article "The Unsolved Case of the Most Mysterious Song on the Internet."

In late 2020, one of the researchers discovered that the recording had a 10 kHz line, present on most NDR broadcasts of the time, except Hilversum's broadcasts.

On November 2, 2021, Lydia posted a higher quality copy of the song, found in a box of tapes while she and her son were renovated her apartment.

Notes

The synth in the song is a Yamaha DX7, using several presets, like Syn Lead 5. This means the song couldn't have been released any earlier than 1983, at a minimum.

Brandi and Urini have both tried to claim the song, but an associate of theirs says it sounds nothing like them.

Paul Baskerville thinks it could have been a demo that aired on NDR, but was thrown away afterwards.

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-{{BoxRed}}'''The Most Mysterious Song On The Internet''' (also known as “'''Like The Wind'''”, “'''Blind The Wind'''”, “'''Check It In, Check It Out'''”, “'''Take It In, Take It Out'''”, and “'''The Mysterious Song'''”) is the name given to a recording of an unidentified song, recorded by Darius S. likely sometime around 1983-1984 from the North German radio station Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR).
+{{BoxRed}}'''The Most Mysterious Song On The Internet''' (also known as “'''Like The Wind'''”, “'''Blind The Wind'''”, “'''Check It In, Check It Out'''”, “'''Take It In, Take It Out'''”, and “'''The Mysterious Song'''”) is the name given to a recording of an unidentified song, recorded by Darius S.  It was recorded sometime around 1983-1984 from the North German radio station "Norddeutscher Rundfunk," or NDR for short.
 == Origins and search ==
-He recorded the song onto a cassette tape and also made a mixtape with other songs on it. He removed DJ chatter from the song to get a cleaner recording, which is why the date of recording and song details are unknown. On March 18, 2007, Darius’ sister, Lydia, asked for help in identifying the song on best-of-80s.de and Spirit of Radio. The song slowly gained prominence, being uploaded to WatZatSong in 2009 and to YouTube in 2011. In 2019, Gabriel Pelenson uploaded the song to his YouTube channel and to many lostwave subreddits, also founding the r/TheMysteriousSong subreddit. On July 12 of that year, u/Johnnymetoo posted a complete version of the song, obtained from one of Lydia’s posts before deletion. On July 21, 2019, after being asked to do so by searchers, Paul Baskerville played the song on his radio show “Nachtclub”. This made Darius and Lydia aware of the search, and Lydia became involved with the subreddit. After extensive investigation, searchers have discovered that the song was not ever played on Baskerville’s Music Für Junge Leute. When analyzing various songs that played on North German radio during that time period, searchers could not find the song. In late 2020, a searcher found that the recording had a 10 kHz line. This was present on all NDR broadcasts at the time, except for Hilversum radio broadcasts. On November 2, 2021, Lydia posted on Reddit the discovery of a higher-quality recording of TMS, found in a box of tapes while her son was renovating her apartment.
+Around 1982 to 1984, Darius recorded the song off radio and onto a cassette tape, leaving out DJ chatter, and thus important info, for a cleaner recording.  This tape was used for several mixtapes, though the original source tape remains lost.
-== Theories ==
+On March 18, 2007, Darius' sister, Lydia, asked for help, posting the song on the websites best-of-80s.de and [https://spiritofradio.ca/SongComments.asp?SongID=1737 Spirit of Radio.]
-It is widely thought that the singer has a European accent. Some searchers have theorized that a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer was used, which was released in late 1983 and could possibly narrow down the date of recording. The song is widely considered to have been recorded in 1984, since that is when most other songs on the cassette tape were released. Paul Baskerville suspects it was an NDR demo that was thrown away. One article claims the song is by Christian Brandl and Ronnie Urini, recorded in Vienna, 1983. Urini claimed the song was his and tried to manufacture false evidence, but this was debunked. An associate of Brandl said it did not sound like Brandl or Urini.
-The earliest article on the song dates to May 2019. It compares TMS to earlier lostwave search “On The Roof”. Between 2019 and 2021, Whang! posted five videos on the search. In 2019, “antwon101” claimed the song as theirs on Shazam, leading to backlash. Many remixed and remastered versions of the song have surfaced. The song remains unidentified to this day.
+In April of 2011, redalfo uploaded the song to his YouTube channel, with the original title as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qus5eOALnMY “Unkonow Song - Cancion Desconocida - Track Id.”]
+In July, 2017, the song was uploaded to WatZatSong by user [https://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/511126.html azthriller.]
+In 2019, Gabriel Pelenson started the search in earnest, posting the song to many Song Identification and investigative subreddits, including r/helpmefind, r/rbi, and r/tipofmytongue, as well as creating the r/TheMysteriousSong subreddit.  Not long after, on July 12th, u/Johnnymetoo posted a complete version of the song, downloaded from one of Lydia's earlier posts before the post was removed.
+On July 9th, 2019, Whang! posted the first of many [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90JvgNQicp0 videos about the song] on his Tales from the Internet series.
+On July 21, 2019, after requests from the song's researchers, Paul Baskerville played the song on "Nachtclub," his radio program.  This alerted Darius and Lydia to the search, with Lydia joining the subreddit and Discord.
+However, the song couldn't be identified on playlists for Baskerville's "Music Für Junge Leute," program.
+On September 24, 2019, The Rolling Stone's David Browne posts the article [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/most-mysterious-song-on-the-internet-885106/ "The Unsolved Case of the Most Mysterious Song on the Internet."]
+In late 2020, one of the researchers discovered that the recording had a 10 kHz line, present on most NDR broadcasts of the time, except Hilversum's broadcasts.
+On November 2, 2021, [https://new.reddit.com/r/TheMysteriousSong/comments/qkwo2x/higher_quality_version_of_the_song_thanks_to/ Lydia posted a higher quality copy of the song,] found in a box of tapes while she and her son were renovated her apartment.
+== Notes ==
+The synth in the song is a Yamaha DX7, [https://new.reddit.com/r/TheMysteriousSong/comments/j05psy/just_a_video_for_those_who_dont_think_that_the/ using several presets, like Syn Lead 5.]  This means the song couldn't have been released any earlier than 1983, at a minimum.
+Brandi and Urini have both tried to claim the song, but an associate of theirs says it sounds nothing like them.
+Paul Baskerville thinks it could have been a demo that aired on NDR, but was thrown away afterwards.