Lostwave is a term for music with little to no information available about their origins, including song titles, names of associated musicians, and recording and release dates.
With other examples of lostwave appearing online, a Reddit community of the same name was created in 2019[4] to distinguish it from the search for "The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet" and bring more attention to the topic.
[7][8] "How Long (Will It Take)" is a song by Canadian musician Paula Toledo that was licensed for use in the TV film Secret Lives and the series 15/Love.
[10] In December 2023, user the-arabara found the song after searching the database of Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada.
[17] On 27 May 2019, Australian music news website Tone Deaf wrote the earliest article focusing on the song, with author Tyler Jenke discussing the preliminary stages of the search and noting its similarities to the 2013 search for a song eventually identified as "On the Roof" by Swedish musician Johan Lindell.
[18][8] Also in 2019, DJ Paul Baskerville was thought to be related to the song, as it was believed to have been taped off of his program Musik für junge Leute ("music for young people").
[27] A subreddit dedicated to finding the song was created, with two of its members being interviewed by French commercial TV network TF1 on 7 January 2024.
[28] On 28 April 2024, the song was identified as "Ulterior Motives" by Christopher and Philip Booth, from the 1980s pornographic film Angels of Passion.