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According to WatZatSong user tyx, the song features an Oberheim DMX drum machine, which was manufactured between 1980 and 1985.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberheim_DMX</ref>
According to WatZatSong user tyx, the song features an Oberheim DMX drum machine, which was manufactured between 1980 and 1985.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberheim_DMX</ref>


On June 10th, 2023, YouTube user NY80sTapes posted another recording of the song from a compilation of radio snippets, revealing that it was recorded from the same broadcast on WFMU in 1983.<ref>https://youtu.be/NgbmVNyjtdw?t=1153</ref>
On June 10th, 2023, YouTube user NY80sTapes posted another recording of the song from a compilation of radio snippets, which is assumed to have been recorded from the same broadcast on WFMU in 1983.<ref>https://youtu.be/NgbmVNyjtdw?t=1153</ref>


== Leads ==
== Leads ==

Latest revision as of 01:54, 5 November 2024

ⓘ This lostwave is classified as unsolved.

Waiting For The Countdown
Genre New Wave
Length 3:44
Year 1983
Status Unsolved
Original poster Guglielm
Search started 2012
File:WaitingForTheCountdown.mp3

Waiting For The Countdown (also known as "Waiting For A Come Down") is an unidentified new-wave song first uploaded to the New Wave Outpost forums in 2012 by user Guglielm.

Background[edit | edit source]

On August 23rd, 2012, the song was first posted to the New Wave Outpost forums by user Guglielm as part of a collection of lost songs, but it did not gain much traction.[1]

On July 16th, 2013, Guglielm uploaded the song to WatZatSong,[2] but it did not receive much attention, so he reuploaded it on August 6th, 2014, stating in his post that the song was internally tagged as Waiting for a Come Down.[3] Based on the OP's other found songs, this song was most likely recorded between 1980 and 1984, and recorded from the WFMU New Jersey radio station.[4]

According to WatZatSong user tyx, the song features an Oberheim DMX drum machine, which was manufactured between 1980 and 1985.[5]

On June 10th, 2023, YouTube user NY80sTapes posted another recording of the song from a compilation of radio snippets, which is assumed to have been recorded from the same broadcast on WFMU in 1983.[6]

Leads[edit | edit source]

Possible[edit | edit source]

Debunked[edit | edit source]

  • Call Noise - Missing For The Countdown: Not the same song.[7]
  • Lord Toph - Waiting For The Countdown: Found through BMI's database,[8] not the same song.[9]
  • Jonathan Mogavero - Waiting For The Countdown: Found through BMI's database,[8] not the same song.[10]

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

Resources[edit | edit source]