The fevered quest for a song (that might be) called “CIA” – National
There’s an entire corner of the internet where song sleuths spend hours trying to identify songs of unknown origin. Among these quests was the track dubbed “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet,” which, after years of fruitless searching, was identified as Subways of Your Mind by a German band called Fex. A forty-year riddle had been cracked.
The song, a mostly unremarkable example of European synth-pop, became famous only because of its obscurity. In the digital age with lyric searches, Shazam, and other online tools, how was it possible for a song to be truly unknown, especially if so many people were looking for it? Once the chase was on, a lot of prestige rode on whoever won.For their part, Fex had no idea that their 80s track had become the Holy Grail of “lostwave,” those orphane...






