List of Lostwaves

Lostwave is a term for music with little to no information available about their origins, including song titles and names of associated musicians.

This list is about known and searched Lostwaves at the moment, you can help us expanding the page.

Note: The songs must be placed in alphabetical order.

Unsolved

Placeholder name	Image	OP	Possible year	Note
American Daydream		Acidbeats9	1984-1986
Bronx Stories		Da Cream Hunter	1993-1994
CIA		DJFormaldehyde	c. 1985
Curly Toes File:Curlytoesmusic.mp3		Irwin Chusid	1970s	Song found on the disk "Songs in the key of Z".
Factory For Love File:FactoryForLove.mp3		wurlitizer18	unknown
Forgive And Forget File:ForgiveAndForget.mp3		Slymukk	1970s-1980s
Just A Game File:JustAGame.mp3		Gabor72	unknown
Light The Lanterns		Windows to sky	1985
See U Dancing		FM120	2000s
Stay By My Side		konstantinos	c. 1985	The song was first posted to WatZatSong on December 23, 2008 by the aforementioned user. Konstantinos describes that he found it at a flea market, while searching for tapes dated between 1982 and 1988.
Stop Making Me Cry File:Stop Making Me Cry (SMMC).mp3		pilo	2001-2002
One Love File:OneLove.mp3		Samira Korcheni	c. 2013
Punch		Not Applicable	before 2019
Tension Rising In The Air		LORRAIN	1985-2000	This song, uploaded in 2006, is among the very first posts (#90) in the entire history of WatZatSong. The OP is presumed to be French, and has posted several samples of the same genre in 2006.
The Fallen King		sled1025	1987-1989	The search has been going on since 2009
The Most Mysterious Song On The Internet File:TMS-new 32-bit PCM.wav		Darius S. and Lydia H.	c. 1984	Most likely recorded from the German radio station NDR1 in the year mentioned. First posted to the Internet in 2007, on CFNY's "Spirit of Radio" site, in their song identification category.
The Squid Song		Not Applicable	Late 2000s - Early 2010s	From a small web forum from around 2013, was mistaken for as a song by Beaverloop
Treadmill Of Time		Jacob Morgan	1980s-1990s
''Unknown Techno Song'' File:HELP ME FIND THIS TECHNO SONG!.wav		plasmalabtv	1996-1997
Uptown People		NY80sTapes	c. 1984
Waste My Time File:WasteMyTime.mp3		morback	2010
Your Eyes		DaRioXYK	2000-2003	Song posted for the first time on a Chinese music website similar to real2000.org, as part of a compilation named "新歌热舞 专辑 359".
Your Sacrifice		Most Mysterious 90s	c. 1996	Also known as "The Most Mysterious Death Metal Song on the internet".

Partially solved

Placeholder name	Image	OP	Possible year	Note
Edge of a Dream		anikinvitaly	1998	Found in the 1998 movie "Nightmare Street". Although the sample was posted to WatZatSong in 2016, the search has been reportedly started in 2005. A mention of the song was found in a thread on the russian forum iXBT, dating from 2011.
Imagination Lives		KatePevensie	2003	This song was verifiably aired on the channel Sci-Fi in 2003, as a bumper presenting the films that would air in 2004. Some of the searchers think this song is a mashup of samples created by Sci-Fi, while others believe it is an original song. Likely made by Sci-Fi channel itself.
The Endless Longing of Sea Doves		Alfredo Brvxias Fanzine	1988	Most likely the band Dead Can Dance (without Brendan and Lisa)

Solved

Name	Image	Placeholder name	Year	Artist
2night		Bend The Rules	2012	TWNKL
Bravely		Try To Smile Again	1992	Beatboy
Catchy		Unknown Mid 2000s Song	2006	Lucky Star
Corona		Swahili Dance	2020	Nicholas Busienei
Dizzy (The Flying Lizards)		Amigos Míos	1984	The Flying Lizards
Dizzy (Tova Litvin)		Dizzy	c. 2011	Tova Litvin
Dreams 4ever File:Dreams4Ever.mp3		La Canción De Alicia	2018	Bad Influence
Feels Like a Wish File:FeelsLikeAWish.mp3		Fond My Mind	1990	Station K.
Funky File:Funky.mp3		Dance For Hours a Day	2005	Royal Treatment Plant
How Long File:HowLong.mp3		How Long Will It Take	2005	Paula Toledo
Johnny in the Middle of the Park		Johnny	1983	Pierro Cotto
Just Passin' By File:Justpassinby.mp3		The World Was So Easy	1994	Big Picture
Katonda Alinawe File:KatondaAlinawe.mp3		Kenya Dance	2011	David SonJC
Maniac Laugh		Ha Ha Ha Ha	1992	Jonny Cohen
Nefertiti		Egyptian Wife	1987	Two Big Boys
Rhythmatic Viruskus		Extra Terribrial	1990	Wisconsin Conservatory of Noise
Time Of My Life			1987	Dress to Kill
Ulterior Motives File:Everyone Knows That.wav		Everyone Knows That	1986	Christopher Saint Booth
Urusei Yatsura Italian Intro		Urusei Yatsura Italian Intro	1984	Noam Kaniel, Ciro Dammicco, Haim Saban and Shuki Levy
Zoltan File:Zoltan.mp3		Zoltan	2007	Zoltan Lantos, Vincent Barrès and Marc Beacco
Brighter Days File:BackToBed.mp3		daqva	2011	John Snow
Bougez!		pilo	1995	Bla Bla Posse

For Lostwaves without extensive searches see Minor Identified Lostwaves

Hoax

Name	Image	Placeholder name	Note
Digital Girl		Digital Girl
Girl Talk			AI-generated
I'm A Demo		3w0e9wm_mxMDZ01m904_121nmsam0.mp3	AI-generated
Panic In The Streets
This One’s Gonna Fly		Above The Clouds

Unconfirmed

Here's list of music, so far existence of which is highly disputable and/or the OP remade the music from their memory.

Placeholder name	Image	OP	Possible year	Note
"Lostwave August 2019"		IntelligentBread5	Unknown	Possible hoax
Raspberry144mb's gore		Raspberry144mb	Unknown	Possible hoax
''Unknown Drum and Bass Song''		Supra935	c. 2010	Most likely the song is "Enya - Only Time (Drum n Bass Remix)"
"Unknown Song '02"		InMyAngelhood	c. 2002
''Unknown Trance Song''		DK88	1998-2001 c. 1999