Ulterior Motives

Ulterior Motives, formerly known as Everyone Knows That, was an unidentified 17-second snippet uploaded to WatZatSong on October 7th, 2021 by carl92. Initially, carl92 claimed that he discovered the song on a DVD backup file dated to 1999 but that he did not remember its origin. He insisted that the song could be from the 1980s era. The user has been inactive since December 2021. Since then, the search gradually gained prominence, with a subreddit dedicated to the song opening on June 19, 2023. Leads included the song originating from an unused Saleen car commercial, MTV broadcast, or advertisement. Prominent speculated artists were Roxette, Savage Garden, Richard Hozza, Osny Melo, White Mike Johnny Glove, Omega Tribe, and Second Guessing. On April 28, 2024, Ulterior Motives was found in an obscure 1986 pornographic film entitled Angels of Passion. The song was composed by Christopher and Adrian Booth. At that time, the r/everyoneknowsthat subreddit had over 40,000 members.