Somewhere In The Night

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Somewhere In The Night
Alternative name(s)	Love's Gonna Find You
Genre	Pop Rock
Year	1980s
Original poster	NeonBlue
Search started	2020
File:Somewhereinthenight.mp3

Somewhere In The Night is an unidentified pop rock song sourced from an 80s mix by NeonBlue.

Background and Search

Somewhere In The Night was originally posted on WatZatSong by user gymforma on November 27th, 2020, and gained popularity in 2023. A slowed sample of the beginning to Giorge Pettus's song "One Time Affair" featured at the end of the snippet, suggested that the song was from a mix. This also indicates that Somewhere In The Night was pitch-edited, as confirmed by the fact that in the discovered mix, the track directly before SITN, Something by Lava, was sped up by 15 BPM and pitched F# major, instead of the original E♭ major key.

It's unclear when or how it was discovered, but searchers on Discord eventually connected the snippet to a YouTube channel called NeonBlue80.^{[This section needs expansion]} NeonBlue was accused of knowing the song and artist and purposefully hiding it from searchers, but in a later comment, he clarified that he simply doesn't remember the song title and does not care about the search. NeonBlue claims that he got the song from a blog, possibly KISSMAR, HardRockAORHeaven (CamelBlue) or Polix Soundtrack.

On June 13th, 2024, the full original mix created by NeonBlue containing Somewhere In The Night was discovered, titled "Funk speed". It was found on Dailymotion and was uploaded by user funky_vinyls_records. Another unidentified song was discovered among the songs in the mix, and the remaining tracks were from various countries, including Italy, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and the United States, dating from 1983 to 1989.

Leads

Possible

• Alannah Myles: Suggested due to similar vocals and musical style.
• Jan Parker Stevens: Suggested due to similar vocals and musical style.
• Tom Harriman: Suggested due to similar vocals and music style.
• Steve Kipner - Slide Back Lucy - A Demo Retrospective (1982-95): A compilation album of unreleased demos by rock musician Steve Kipner, investigated because three songs are sung by different singers, and one of the songs on this album, Don't Call It Love, was another lost song that was discovered by NeonBlue.

Debunked

• Phyllis Rhodes: In June 2024, Phyllis Rhodes, former lead singer of the band Saint Tropez, was considered as the singer due to her similar voice. Reddit user AltariaBoy contacted Rhodes, who initially believed the song was created by AI using her voice. She did, however, suggest that it could be one of her demos that was never released due to legal or contractual issues, however it was not found and the lead was debunked.
• Mark Scott: Suggested due to similar vocals and musical style, as well as the discovery of a collection of his unreleased demos on HardRockAORHeaven, a blog NeonBlue used to frequent. Mark Scott confirmed that the song is not composed by him, but he is interested in finding out who sang it.^{[citation needed]}
• Billy Clift - Somewhere In The Night: Not the same song.
• Cherry Cherry: Suggested in the WatZatSong thread, debunked by OP.
• Paulo Gonzo - Somewhere In the Night: Not the same song.
• Richard Kerr - Somewhere in the Night: Not the same song.
• Statement - Somewhere In The Night: Not the same song.

Lyrics

Presumed Lyrics You know I’ve seen that look before

Inside, you're all alone

Looking for the perfect one

Has left you on your own

You think you're running out of time

The time is on your side

Just when you think it's out of reach

It's right before your eyes

Somewhere in the night

Love's gonna find you

You won't have to cry another tear

You don't have to try so hard this time, girl

References

• Full Mix
• NeonBlue Mix Spreadsheet
• Masterlist