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	ⓘ 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

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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

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

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 finding it on indiemusicpeople.com.^[8]

Lyrics

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

Article about the search

[1] ttps://soundcloud.com/arthur-bogushev-223246332/1a-1

[2] ttps://www.musicbanter.com/name-tune/88897-looking-pop-rock-song-have-1-5-min-sample.html

[3] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JccbI-hy-fM

[4] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/119jzhs/unknown_rock_song_clip_theres_a_man/

[5] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1aunxb3/theres_a_man_potentially_solved_by_myself/

[6] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC65ke-aWV8

[7] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1aunxb3/comment/kr52v25/

[8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20240425073551/https://indiemusicpeople.com/songs.aspx?SongID=60156&ArtistID=105162

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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'''.
+'''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.
-==History==
+==Background==
-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 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>
-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.
+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>
-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.
+==Discovery==
+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>
-==Search and Discovery==
+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 finding it on indiemusicpeople.com.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240425073551/https://indiemusicpeople.com/songs.aspx?SongID=60156&ArtistID=105162</ref>
-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, 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.
+== Lyrics ==
+{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" role="presentation"
+|'''Official Lyrics'''
+|-
+|'''(Intro)'''
+One, two, three, four
-== References ==
+'''(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
-* [https://soundcloud.com/arthur-bogushev-223246332/1a-1 Original Post]
+Louis Pietranik – drums
-* [https://youtu.be/ZC65ke-aWV8?si=L0GN1xnfxluGDl8v Live performance]
+== References ==
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30C9Fx5aZ2U Full Song]
+* [https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/perth-kinross/4902226/the-defended-man-on-a-hill-perth-band-song/ Article about the search]
+<references />
 [[Category:Identified]]
+[[Category:Indie Rock]]
 [[Category:The Golden Age Of Lostwave]]
-[[Category:Rock]]