Can CC Solve the case of the internets most mysterious song

[DRM]

I recently stumbled across the strange tale of a song, recorded from the radio in the early eighties, no one knows the artist or the song title, apparently it was recorded in West Germany from the NDR Station, the recording was then carefully edited to get rid of the DJ, as one did back then, and added to a mix tape. roll on several decades and the German pop pirate rediscovered the tape, but has no idea who recorded the song, or the title, as they didn't note it at the time of recording, speculation is that it may have been a demo that was sent in, possibly from East Germany, the song is in English but the singer does sound to be German, it's been christened "Blind The Wind" or "Like The Wind" as it seems that is what is being sung, and it does sound annoyingly familiar.

View: https://youtu.be/zPGf4liO-KQ?si=lA_HAJWxzQWfQwwB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Mysterious_Song_on_the_Internet
There's a fuller explanation on Wikipedia, also the Professor of Rock covered the story on his YouTube channel
View: https://youtu.be/MY3IUQ9PDQo?si=ijVKdr9dp1dhDIL4

Any ideas anyone?

 

[classic33]

Song written by Erland Josephson (who sings it). The rest of the band is Valéire Mairesse (keyboards), Tommy Kjelkvist (guitar and bass) and Per Kallman (drums). The band was called "Sacrifice" and released only two songs: "Like the Wind" and the even more obscure "Little Man" as B-side.
Maybe?

 

[Donger]

Song written by Erland Josephson (who sings it). The rest of the band is Valéire Mairesse (keyboards), Tommy Kjelkvist (guitar and bass) and Per Kallman (drums). The band was called "Sacrifice" and released only two songs: "Like the Wind" and the even more obscure "Little Man" as B-side.
Maybe?

If I go on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" I need you as my "phone a friend".

 

[T4tomo]

If I go on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" I need you as my "phone a friend".

you'd lose as that theory @classic33 quoted has been debunked...

 

[classic33]

The DJ who played it on the radio, claimed he did so in the 1980's. It can be further pinned down to 1984, by both the tape used and the machine used to record it with.
The machine was phaaed out1984, the tape(as sent to and used by the radio station) was introduced in 1984. Having been thrown over the wall, East to West in Berlin.

 

[DRM]

seems the film Offret, Swedish for Sacrifice, had a classical music film score, but it could be that it was used in a film, there was another unknown song called" Every One Knows That," actually called, "Ulterior Motives ",was found on a film soundtrack, one that was in the err, Gentleman's Special Interest section, shall we say but this one is a mystery as most suggestions of possible artists have been debunked

 

[classic33]

seems the film Offret, Swedish for Sacrifice, had a classical music film score, but it could be that it was used in a film, there was another unknown song called" Every One Knows That," actually called, "Ulterior Motives ",was found on a film soundtrack, one that was in the err, Gentleman's Special Interest section, shall we say but this one is a mystery as most suggestions of possible artists have been debunked

Film was made in 86, two years after the
"Like the Wind" was heard on the radio.

 

[classic33]

Why was it recorded with a 10kHz line in it?
The younger you are, the better your chances of hearing it. It's akin to the modern day mosquitos used to keep kids away from some areas.

The synthesiser used in the chorus was a Yamaha DX7. The DX7 was released in 1983, meaning that LTW could not be from any earlier than 1983.

 

[DRM]

Why was it recorded with a 10kHz line in it?
The younger you are, the better your chances of hearing it. It's akin to the modern day mosquitos used to keep kids away from some areas.

The synthesiser used in the chorus was a Yamaha DX7. The DX7 was released in 1983, meaning that LTW could not be from any earlier than 1983.

The 10Khz line was in the radio stations RF signal, it was on other songs that were recorded from NDR in Hamburg, so it identifies which station the song was played on, some people have recognized the synth used, dating it, but it seems a bit funny that such new tech was in an Eastern Block country at that time, if it was the case that it went over/under the wall

 

[classic33]

The 10Khz line was in the radio stations RF signal, it was on other songs that were recorded from NDR in Hamburg, so it identifies which station the song was played on, some people have recognized the synth used, dating it, but it seems a bit funny that such new tech was in an Eastern Block country at that time, if it was the case that it went over/under the wall

A tape, with a means of clearing young people from an area, just "thrown over the Berlin Wall"!
Maybe the East Germans knew the potential before we did.

 

[DRM]

View: https://youtu.be/iWpcvqTCA8g?si=xiPlfWj0SDuMXMNI

So the mystery has been solved, it was a German Band called FEX, who had recorded it on a demo, the song is called Subways of Your Mind, the video Professor of Rock has done is worth a watch, it’s a bit long, but has a good ending too