Somewhere In The Night

	ⓘ This lostwave is classified as unsolved.
	Somewhere In The Night
Alternative name(s)	Love's Gonna Find You
Genre	Pop Rock
Year	1980s
Original poster	funky_vinyls_records
Search started	2020
	File:Somewhereinthenight.mp3

Somewhere In The Night is an unidentified pop rock song sourced from a 2008 Dailymotion mix, circulated by the Lyon Funk music community and posted to WatZatSong in 2020 by user gymforma.

Background and Search

The song was originally posted to WatZatSong by user gymforma on November 27th, 2020.^[1] On August 28th, 2022, gymforma shared a slightly longer 33-second recording on MegaNZ, with the filename "request 8.mp3".^[2] He stated that he got the song from a collector who has been identified as NimzoAOR.^[how?]

On June 13th, 2024, Discord user Floptok discovered a mix titled "Funk Speed",^[3] uploaded by DailyMotion user "funky_vinyls_records" on May 23rd, 2008, which contains a longer ~47-second snippet of the song.^[4] Another unidentified song was discovered among the songs in the mix, known as "You're On Your Own," and the remaining tracks were from various countries, including Italy, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and the United States, dating from 1983 to 1989.^[5] In total, the 17 mixes contain 123 distinct song snippets, 121 of which are identified as of September 20th, 2024.^[6]

Early in the search, there was some confusion about whether NeonBlue80, a member of the Lyon Funk community, is related to the original post, with some accusing him of knowing the song and artist and purposefully hiding it from searchers. This is now confirmed to be a misunderstanding; specifically that NeonBlue is not funky_vinyls_records.^[7]

NeonBlue has previously claimed that the song was likely from a blog, possibly KISSMAR, HardRockAORHeaven (CamelBlue) or Polix Soundtrack,^[8] but this has been debunked by a former Lyon Funk community member, who has been identified as the original source of the 33-second snippet clipped from the "Funk Speed" mix. The identity of "funky_vinyls_records" is still unknown.^[7]

The search gained popularity in 2023,^[9] and is now one of the most sought after songs in Lostwave.

Musical Analysis

A slowed sample of the beginning to Giorge Pettus's song "One Time Affair" featured at the end of the snippet,^[10] originally suggested to searchers that the song was from a mix. This also indicated 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.^[11]

Leads

Possible

Alannah Myles: Suggested due to similar vocals and musical style.^[12]
Jan Parker Stevens: Suggested due to similar vocals and musical style.^[13]
Tom Harriman: Suggested due to similar vocals and music style.^[14]
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.^[15]^[16]

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.^[17] Reddit user AltariaBoy contacted Rhodes, who initially believed the song was created by AI using her voice.^[18] She did, however, suggest that it could be one of her demos that was never released due to legal or contractual issues,^[19] however it was not found and the lead was debunked.^[20]
Mark Scott: Suggested due to similar vocals and musical style, as well as the discovery of a collection of his unreleased demos on HardRockAORHeaven. Mark Scott confirmed that the song is not composed by him.^[21]
Billy Clift - Somewhere In The Night:^[22] Not the same song.^[23]
Cherry Cherry: Suggested in the WatZatSong thread, debunked by OP.^[24]
Paulo Gonzo - Somewhere In the Night:^[25] Not the same song.^[26]
Richard Kerr - Somewhere in the Night:^[25] Not the same song.^[27]
Statement - Somewhere In The Night:^[28] Not the same song.^[29]

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

[1] ttps://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/682223.html

[2] ttps://mega.nz/file/0lwiyZDQ#BNYEnw7xOqlRHC5trIzIuWKtW2HQeFlp04eVhVJz5nY

[3] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1df2sw0/somewhere_in_the_night_full_mix_found_with_a/

[4] ttps://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5j3ua?start=372

[5] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1df2sw0/comment/l8hpdgf/

[6] ttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HuYHgsUIArXVup7DE_OxpckxcquEF84AkhACk8SjhJc/edit?gid=1975757275#gid=1975757275

[:2-7] 7.0 ^7.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1fl36hj/neonblue_is_a_nice_guy_hes_not_the_op_of_sitn_and/

[8] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Somewhereinthenight/comments/1dfgn14/possible_sitn_information_find/

[9] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8k-cwcRW_o

[10] ttps://youtu.be/nZX5Ucz-ms0?t=5

[11] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1bqor6v/possible_somewhere_in_the_night_original_pitch/

[12] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Somewhereinthenight/comments/1cq7pcl/theory_alannah_myles_demo_unreleased_song/

[13] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sp878Yjsfk

[14] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbHiY-DvMg0

[15] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/DreamingNight/comments/1edphcd/has_anyone_looked_into_slide_back_lucy/

[16] ttps://picclick.com/Steve-Kipner-Demos-CD-RARE-Westcoast-AOR-Chicago-164675311942.html

[17] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1dan8g4/sitn_lead_phyllis_rhodes/

[18] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1daqw1g/phyllis_rhodes_sitn_solved_by_ualtariaboy/

[19] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1dar9l6/phyllis_rhodes_somewhere_in_the_night_most_likely/

[20] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1dar9l6/comment/l8xqjrw/

[21] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnFOfDRantQ

[22] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Somewhereinthenight/comments/1d13gsv/billy_clift_somewhere_in_the_night/

[23] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Somewhereinthenight/comments/1d7xsrd/sorry_for_the_bad_quality/

[:0-24] ttps://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/682223.html

[:1-25] 25.0 ^25.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1e52xfy/some_possible_leads_for_somewhere_in_the_night/

[26] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jB4fNs6few

[27] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoO37IWnY48&t

[28] ttps://kissmar-2019.blogspot.com/2008/02/statement-love-bites-1995-aorhard_29.html

[29] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLtcu-amQZ0

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