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| {{Infobox Lostwave
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| |ShowBox = yes
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| |Image = BreakDownThoseWallsAlbumArt.jpg
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| |Caption =
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| |Genre = New Wave, Funk
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| |Length =4:54
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| |Year = 1984
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| |Status = Solved
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| |Search_started = July 2023
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| |Search_ended = May 2024
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| |OP = NY80sTapes
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| |Media =BreakDownThoseWalls.mp3
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| '''Break Down Those Walls''' (formerly known as '''"Uptown People"''') is a solved lostwave by new-wave band Dolce Vita that was released in 1984 on their self titled EP, and was posted on WatZatSong by user NY80sTapes.
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| ==Background==
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| On July 2nd, 2023, user NY80sTapes uploaded the song to WatZatSong, noting that it sounded like something ABP (a Scottish funk-rock band<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APB_(band)</ref>) would make.<ref name=":0">https://www.watzatsong.com/en/found/Dolce+Vita-Break+Down+Those+Walls-776289.html?page=2</ref> Between 1980 and 1986, he recorded the song at a radio station in New York or New Jersey, possibly from WFMU, WFDU, WNYU, or a college station in the area.<ref name=":0" /><ref>https://www.watzatsong.com/en/profile/ny80stapes</ref>
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| The search gained traction in December 2023, when it was first posted to r/lostwave by user cynicalcleaning.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/18d3l3v/1984_unknownunidentified_song_uptown_people_soul/</ref> In early January, WatZatSong users zman90 and PTV's Tapes contacted WFMU and WFDU respectively, but representatives from the stations did not know the song.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240209015356/http://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/776289.html</ref>
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| On May 20th, 2024, the OP returned to the WatZatSong thread and stated that he believed the song was from 1984 based on the other songs recorded on the same tape.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/uptownpeople/comments/1d13cgy/ny80stapes_uploader_of_the_snippet_says_there_are/</ref>
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| == Discovery ==
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| On May 29th, 2024, Reddit user TriPork revealed that they had discovered the song while searching "post punk albums 1984 site:youtube.com intext:1984" on Google.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/uptownpeople/comments/1d33nu8/found_i_found_it_the_song_is_dolce_vita_break/</ref> They found a video that was uploaded by the channel Obscure Alternatives, and the song was identified as "Break Down Those Walls" from new-wave band Dolce Vita's self-titled album.<ref>https://youtu.be/6ss5WvkCAsA?si=-wJiEfqW614ydOMO&t=551</ref>
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| == Lyrics ==
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| |'''Presumed Lyrics'''
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| |'''(Intro)'''
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| La-la-la, la-lala, la-lala
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| La-la-la, la-lala, la-lala
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| '''(Verse 1)'''
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| Uptown people looking, down, downtown
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| What are we gonna do?
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| Say what, what are you doing in my town?
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| Hey, I'm talking to you, and I said
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| La-la-la, la-lala, la-lala
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| La-la-la, la-lala, la-lala
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| We were living in Cleveland
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| La-la-la, la-lala, la-lala
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| La-la-la, la-lala, la-lala
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| They'll never understand
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| '''(Pre-Chorus)'''
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| We won't live like this
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| With these walls between ourselves
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| '''(Chorus)'''
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| Break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| '''(Verse 2)'''
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| Hey, hey, hey
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| Hey, one-way thinking, one-way traffic
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| Rhythm doesn't stop
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| Something's coming and something's drumming
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| It's time for the walls to rock and I say
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| La-la-la, la-lala, la-lala
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| La-la-la, la-lala, la-lala
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| We were fighting in the streets
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| La-la-la, la-lala, la-lala
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| La-la-la, la-lala, la-lala
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| Work inside those rules
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| '''(Pre-Chorus)'''
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| We won't livе like this
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| All these walls bеtween ourselves
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| '''(Chorus)'''
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| Break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| '''''(Guitar Solo)'''''
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| La-la-la, la-lala, la-lala
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| La-la-la, la-lala, la-lala
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| '''(Verse 3)'''
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| Hammer hearts, time to start
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| That's where we play, New York, come on!
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| Ba-ba-ba-ba, (sold to quest?)
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| So consecrated, (just less?)
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| So calm down, too tumultuous
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| The walls between you and me
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| '''(Pre-Chorus)'''
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| No one lives like this
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| With these walls between ourselves
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| '''(Chorus)'''
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| Break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| You can break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| You can break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| You can break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| Break down those walls
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| You can break down those walls
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| == Personnel ==
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| [https://www.discogs.com/artist/9368989-David-Quinn-12 David Quinn] – lead vocals, keyboards
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| [https://www.discogs.com/artist/9368986-Tommaso-Commonara Tommaso Commonara] – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
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| [https://www.discogs.com/artist/9368980-Lorenzo-Gilioli Lorenzo Gilioli] – bass
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| [https://www.discogs.com/artist/9368983-Julius-50 Julius] – drums, percussion
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| ==References==
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| <references />
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| [[Category:Identified]]
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| [[Category:New wave]]
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| [[Category:Funk / Soul]]
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| [[Category:Uploaded by NY80sTapes]]
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| [[Category:The Golden Age Of Lostwave]]
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