On October 7th 2021 a user named Carl92 posted a short recording on WatZatSong. He claimed to have found the file on an old DVD backup from 1999. The song sounds like it’s from the 80s or 90s. You can listen to the original here.

Part of the lyrics that can be made out well may be “Everyone knows that you’ve got ulterior motives”, which led to the appointed title of the song becoming “Everyone Knows That”. It is not verified to be the actual title of the song, and the origin of the song has not yet been found.

Many theories are floating around. An interesting and most likely one is that the song was made specifically for an old commercial. This could mean that it wasn’t distributed as a song and is therefor hard or perhaps even impossible to find. The more I listen to it, the more it sounds like a song that would play in a commercial.

  • boy kisser(s)English
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    11 months ago

    so happy to see someone post about lostwave here! I consider lost media in general to be one of my more niche interests so I love seeing posts like these in non lost media spaces!!

    im personally in the camp it’s definitely from a commercial. I mean, there’s a chance it’s from some show that featured small/indie artists but carl92 seemed to almost imply he was in spain at the time of recording until directly asked so, little strange a show like that would play songs in english there. however, MANY spanish commercials feature english songs. (I’ve watched hundreds of complications looking for this damn song, id know💀)

    not sure if you’re keeping up with the search at all but the most recent lead is a mod from r/everyoneknowsthat actually getting an admin at watzatsong to email carl and inform him of the search. seriously hope he can officially confirm where it was recorded at least.

    ive sort of put everyone knows that on the back burner because the reddit community for it is really aggressive and rude for no reason. I’ve been really hyperfixing on this one lost song with the unofficial title “how long will it take”. definitely would recommend looking into it if you’re into this sort of stuff. the search community is super friendly too!

    sorry to infodump, just super happy to see a post about everyone knows that out in the wild. that damn pink boom box has made its way into my dreams 💀 - 🔋

    • A Friendly StrangerOPM
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      11 months ago

      I appreciate your infodump!! I am glad I could provide recognition for an interest of yours :D I do find it interesting! But haven’t engaged much with the community.

      Some interpretations of the lyrics really make it sound like it could be a shoe or fashion commercial. “Counting all your shoes in the sky” paired with “every move shows that she’s got”. Just gives me sassy boss lady vibes xD.

      The day after I found this I woke up with with a fusion between everyone knows that and another song stuck in my head. The other song’s lyrics was ‘cause you’re messed up’, which I coulda sworn was from an existing song, but ironically couldn’t find it.