Mysterious Music

cropped-jill_cwschultz.jpg.jpgMysterious Music is a YouTube series in which C. W. Schultz investigates and explains recorded music with an unknown source. It uses “Makro” by Electronic Senses as a main theme, which appears in the majority of episodes.

Despite uploading as far back as 2008, Schultz didn’t start releasing content on a regular basis until October 2018. A year later, he released Top 10 Most Mysterious Songs and 5 Mysterious Songs That Were Eventually Identified; and after both videos garnered a viewership that focused on discovering and sharing several different types of music, Schultz was inspired to continue the series by covering other unidentified albums, songs and/or musicians.

As of March 19, 2024, there are 17 episodes of Mysterious Music.

Table of Contents

E1 – Top 10 Most Mysterious Songs

Episode One breaks down songs that were, at the time of the video’s creation, all unidentified. The episode covers a total of 14 songs; 10 in a countdown list, plus four honorable mentions. As of April 24, 2021, eight of these songs have since been identified.

Music featured in this episode:

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E2 – 5 Mysterious Songs That Were Eventually Identified

Episode Two breaks down a list of formally mysterious songs that have since been identified. Like in the previous episode, the video includes a section for honorable mentions.

Music featured in this episode:

  • “Ammunition” by All Good Children
  • “Strangers” by Sinking Ships
  • “Like the Wind”
  • “FearMachine” by Art Nouveau
  • “Too Shy” by Kajagoogoo
  • “Say Something” by Too Many Joes
  • “Love Poems” by Plastic Souls
  • “Reach Out” by Feelabeelia
  • “On the Roof” by Johan Lindell

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E3 – Updates

Episode Three details Schultz’s intentions of turning Mysterious Music into an ongoing series, and includes updates on songs covered in previous episodes. It concludes with introducing one new mysterious song (“Stay By My Side”) and one identified song (“This Will Be the Last Time” by Zoom).

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E4 – Lost & Found

Episode Four examines the difference between a mysterious song versus a lost song, explaining that the latter is similar to that of a lost artifact, film or literary work; in which credible sources indicate its existence, but no known copy has been found. Another way to look at the difference between mysterious songs and lost songs is that with a mysterious song, a recording has been found, but no information about the artist/band is known; whereas, with a lost song, there’s no recording available, but the artist/band is known.

The fourth installment of Mysterious Music details one lost song and one lost album, as well as a lost song that has since been found. As a bonus, two new mysterious songs are examined, plus an update is given on the “Urusei Yatsura (Italian opening)” decades-long mystery.

Music featured in this episode:

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E5 – Single-Copy Albums

Episode Five features albums which only have one copy that exists.

Music featured in this episode:

  • The Mark of the Beast by Devil Doll
  • “The Girl Who Was … Death” by Devil Doll
  • Music for Supermarkets by Jean-Michel Jarre
  • “Souvenir de Chine” by Jean-Michel Jarre
  • “Musique pour Supermarché Overture” remake by Radek Tymecki
  • Once Upon a Time in Shaolin by Wu-Tang Clan

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E6 – Urban Legends

Episode Six is an examination of songs that have been shrouded in mystery due to being associated with an urban legend. Mysterious Music takes a deep dive into the history of these songs, determining if such myths are true, false or indeterminable.

Music featured in this episode:

  • “Mother and Child Reunion” by Paul Simon
  • “867-5309/Jenny” by Tommy Tutone
  • “Cross Road Blues” by Robert Johnson
  • “Puff, the Magic Dragon” by Peter, Paul and Mary
  • “Because” by the Beatles
  • “Moonlight Sonata” by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins
  • “Stan” by Eminem
  • “Gloomy Sunday” by Rezső Seress
  • “Gloomy Sunday” by Billie Holiday
  • “My Way” by Frank Sinatra
  • “Like the Wind”

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E7 – 10 MORE Most Mysterious Songs

Episode Seven is a callback to Episode One, in which more unidentified songs are analyzed. The episode covers a total of 14 songs; 10 in a list (no longer in countdown format), plus four honorable mentions.

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E8 – 5 MORE Most Mysterious Songs That Were Eventually Identified

Similar with Episode Seven being a callback to Episode One, Episode Eight is a callback to Episode Two, which examines songs that were previously unidentified. Unlike Episode Two, however, Episode Eight has a bonus segment, making the total amount of songs covered in the episode to be 10 (counting the honorable mentions section).

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E9 – Odds & Ends

The ninth episode of Mysterious Music covers miscellaneous albums, bands and songs that didn’t quite fit the other categories featured in previous installments.  It premiered on January 23, 2021, over a week prior to its original planned release of February 3.  Schultz explains in this post that content featured in the episode would potentially be competing with other outlets, so he decided to release it ahead of schedule.

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Special – Panchiko’s D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L

In 2016, a mysterious CD with anime cover art was found at a second-hand shop. The only information was the name of the band, album and tracks, plus a copyright year of 2000. When playing the disc, electronic-rock music could be audible underneath the glitchy sound caused by damage to the CD. With no other information or trace on the internet about the band or their music, this would be the starting point of the search for Panchiko.

Music featured in this episode:

  • “Away” by Patrick Patrikios
  • “Like the Wind”
  • “Stabilisers For Big Boys”
  • “D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L”
  • “Laputa”
  • “The Eyes of Ibad”
  • “Kicking Cars”

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E11 – Traditional Songs

Like E6 – “Urban Legends”, the series takes a detour from introducing lesser-known music, and instead examines some of the most timeless songs and how their origins have been long forgotten. It just goes to show, regardless of popularity, that any song from any time can be mysterious.

Music featured in this episode:

  • “Future King of Heaven” by Zachariah Hickman
  • “Master and Servant” by Depeche Mode
  • “The Livin’ and the Dyin'” by Jim Dawson
  • “Like the Wind”
  • “You Gotta Move”
    • The Two Gospel Keys
    • Mississippi Fred McDowell
    • The Rolling Stones
    • Reverend Gary Davis
    • Aerosmith
    • Sam Cooke
  • “Scarborough Fair” by Simon & Garfunkel
  • “The Gallis Pole” by Leadbelly
  • “Gallows Pole” by Led Zeppelin
  • “Pretty Peggy-O” by Bob Dylan
  • “Midnight Special” by Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • “Whiskey in the Jar”
    • Thin Lizzy
    • Metallica
    • The Dubliners
  • “The House of the Rising Sun” by the Animals
  • “She Was a Rum One” by Harry Cox
  • “Sloop John B” by the Beach Boys
  • “I Want to Go Home” by Johnny Cash
  • “Maggie May”
    • A. L. Lloyd
    • The Beatles
  • “Au clair de la lune” by Alexandre Lagoya
  • “This Will Be the Last Time” by Zoom

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E12 – The Strange Yelling on a SUBLIME Album Solved

Sublime, a popular band from the 1990s, had an unlikely mystery floating throughout their second album Robbin’ the Hood. Three tracks contain the rambling and yelling of a man named Raleigh Theodore Sakers. The things he’d say ranged from humorous to troubling, but always entertaining; and these tracks fascinated listeners for 27 years. Aside from his name, however, not much else was known about him, until now…

Music featured in this episode:

  • “Two Sides” by SefChol
  • “S.T.P.” by Sublime
  • Cold Cracks Us” by TrackTribe

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E13 – Iceberg of Mysterious Songs and Lost Music

This special episode of Mysterious Music examines unknown or long forgotten bands, songs and albums through the lens of an iceberg chart, built by some of r/Lostwave‘s greatest music-detectives.

Music featured in this episode:

  • “Mind Scrape” by Kevin MacLeod
  • “Like the Wind”
  • “On the Roof” by Johan Lindell
  • “Nefertiti” by Two Big Boys
  • “Strangers” by Sinking Ships
  • “Urusei Yatsura (Italian opening)” by Ciro Dammicco & Noam Kaniel
  • “Light the Lanterns”
  • “Fond My Mind”
    • Eventually identified as “Feels Like A Wish” by Station K
  • “Isolation Shot” by Fake Ideal
  • “The Livin’ and the Dyin'” by Jim Dawson
  • “Blackout” by Statues in Motion
  • “Paragon” by NuKeMOuT
  • “D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L” by Panchiko
  • “Sick to Death”
  • “Mystery” by the Nudes
  • “Mermaid” by Kevin MacLeod
  • “LostWave – August 2019”
  • “Friends”
  • “The Ren & Stimpy Show (Opening Theme)” by John Kricfalusi, Chris Reccardi, Jim Smith and Scott Huml
  • “Grey Flannel” by Vans in Japan
  • “Woo Hoo (She Came On)”
  • Once Upon a Time in Shaolin by Wu-Tang Clan
  • “All Angels Gone” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  • “It’s Alive” by Sketchpad
  • “I’m Crawling”
  • “So Much Better” by Evan Olson

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E14 – Mysterious Music Minis

On 11/03/2022, Schultz released a video titled Mysterious Music Announcement: New Format, More Videos, in which he explains that eight segments would be released in isolated short episodes each Thursday for the remainder of 2022 (from 11/10/2022–12/29/2022). An additional ninth episode was released on 01/05/2023. These episodes are:

Mysterious Music Minis segments:

  • 11/10/2022 – “Peanut Duck” by Marsha Gee – Watch episode
    • Episode also features “Baby, I Need You” by Marsha Gee
  • 11/17/2022 – “Please Don’t Stop” – Watch episode
  • 11/24/2022 – “The Mysterious Dracula Songs” – Watch episode
  • 12/01/2022 – “That Time a Band Encouraged a Fan to Commit Suicide at Their Concert” – Watch episode
  • 12/08/2022 – “Digital World” – Watch episode
    • Eventually identified as “Digital Girl” by Janusz Bronakowski
    • Episode also features “Human Ride” by Viper
  • 12/15/2022 – “The Mysterious Rammstein Song” – Watch episode
  • 12/22/2022 – “Again (and Again)” – Watch episode
  • 12/29/2022 – “Alice’s Song” – Watch episode
    • Identified as “Dreams 4ever” by Bad Influence
  • 01/05/2023 – “Simple Guy” by Coca – Watch episode

E15 – Film & TV

This episode of Mysterious Music is about unknown songs featured in movies or television.

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E16 – One of the longest MYSTERIOUS MUSIC searches comes to an end!

In 2005, a 30-second clip of an unknown song was uploaded to the internet. After music enthusiasts spent years searching for the complete track, a longer (but still incomplete) version surfaced on YouTube in 2024. This major development sparked a resurgence in interest to identify the song once and for all….

Music featured in this episode:

  • “Bravely” by Beat Boy
  • “Girl” by Beat Boy
  • “Never Surrender” by Anno Domini Beats

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E17 – Before the Wind: Songs Searched for Longer than “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet”

“Before the Wind” examines three mysterious songs that have been searched for longer than “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet” (aka “Like the Wind”).

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E18 – Alice’s Song: 64-second demo gets over 500k Views

“Alice’s Song” (also known as “La Canción de Alicia”) was the placeholder title for an incomplete song of unknown origin. It was first shared on Facebook in July 2021. In September 2021, an internet search formed to find the real name of the track and its full version, with the mystery eventually being solved in May 2024. In this special episode of Mysterious Music, take a journey through the fascinating and inspiring tale of how a 64-second demo captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands of music fans worldwide!

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Discussion

Aside from each episode being open to comments on YouTube, there were also discussions for the Mysterious Music series on the following Reddit posts before Schultz retired the lists due to exceeding the maximum 40,000 characters:

Instead, Schultz assists u/UsrDeletedFromPlanet and other Redditors on keeping the following lists updated:

Submit mysterious music

Due to an increase in junk mail and even some malicious messages, the submission form has been removed. Instead, please send your message to the holding email address, calensifferman[at]gmail[dot]com, where submissions will be vetted for spam. Please note, this isn’t my personal email address and therefore any responses to your inquiry will come from a completely different email. Most messages will be answered within 48 hours, but please allow a full week.

If you’ve waited seven days and still haven’t heard back from me, please check your spam folder to ensure my response didn’t find its way in there (again, my reply won’t come from calensifferman[at]gmail[dot]com). In the event my response isn’t in your spam folder, then unfortunately your initial message may have gotten incorrectly flagged as spam. One thing you can try is to use the following title structure in the subject line: [Topic] // [Brief summary]

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I apologize for any inconvenience. The form was much easier for everyone, but a select few had to ruin it for all. Thank you for your patience and understanding! Talk soon.

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