Dizzy (The Flying Lizards)

ⓘ This lostwave is classified as solved.
Dizzy
The cover art.
Alternative name(s)	Amigos Míos
Artist(s)	The Flying Lizards
Year	1984
Status	Solved
Original poster	Redoalfo
Search duration	2012 - 2020
File:DizzyFlyingLizards.mp3

Dizzy (previously known as "Amigos Míos") is a solved lostwave by British new-wave band The Flying Lizards. It was first posted by Youtube user Redoalfo in 2012.

Background

On November 25th, 2012, Youtube user Redoalfo, a collector of mysterious and obscure songs, first uploaded a version of the song to their channel.

The upload received very little attention until 2019 (as shown by the first comment being from that year) because the song was posted before Lostwave went massively viral, so the unknown song remained unsolved until it was discovered that Redoalfo uploaded a snippet of "The Most Mysterious Song On The Internet" in 2011, 8 years before it became popular.

The song grew in popularity around this time and was subsequently featured in C.W. Schultz's video: Top 10 Most Mysterious Songs, released on October 20th 2019. C.W. Schultz suggested in their video that the lyrics of the song may have been sampled from various audio tracks, as they appeared to be random phrases.

The Search

On r/TheMysteriousSong, Reddit user boederman suggested that the DJ's dialect throughout the song was from Spain, not South America. The instruments were analyzed, and the song was dated to the mid-1980s. There was speculation that the song was created in the 1990s, when the Spanish club scene was taking off, and may have simply used older instruments.

The Weathermen, a partly-satirical Belgian EBM (Electronic Body Music) band, became an early lead for the artist after Redoalfo mentioned them in the song's description as a possible artist.

Discovery

On October 24th, 2019, YouTube user Psyche-HQ suggested that the song could be a sped up version of the song Gyrotastics or Dizzy by the band The Flying Lizards, identifying that the EP that the song was on was called Dizzy Miss Lizzie.

This claim was discussed on the TMS Discord, and user Bluey Grifter decided to back up Psyche's speculation by getting a copy of the single and proving that the song Dizzy was the B-Side for the 7" vinyl, but the second track on the A-side for the 12".

The full high-quality version of the song was uploaded to YouTube by user K.S. Archives on July 24th, 2020, and was later reuploaded in higher quality by user VCC. The Spanish DJ on the Redoalfo upload remains unknown, as well as the other song in the video, which Dizzy transitions into at the three-minute mark.