The Elusive Note: When Music Loses Its Context The "lostwave" phenomenon refers to songs that float around online without any identifying information attached to them.
One such lostwave is CIA, a 42 year old Canadian song whose existence was discovered by chance when it was uploaded to YouTube in 2020. Recorded on CFNY FM (now known as 102.
1 The Edge) in the mid 1980s, the song's origins remain a mystery despite hundreds of hours spent chasing leads by online sleuths, including Reddit forum moderator Joe Gaschler and DJFormaldehyde.