For years, the internet tried to identify a song recorded from German radio in the 1980s. The search produced theories, false leads and a lot of very committed people staring at old playlists.
Now there is an answer: the song is “Subways of Your Mind” by the German band FEX.
The mystery was solved in November 2024
A Reddit researcher contacted former FEX member Michael Hädrich in November 2024 after finding evidence that pointed to the Kiel band. Hädrich recognized the song, and the band was able to produce old recordings that supported the identification.
German broadcaster NDR subsequently reported the identification and reunited members of FEX on air. That evidence displaced earlier theories—including the Wild Angels/Nebojsa Savić claim that this article previously treated as the solution.
What was the “Most Mysterious Song”?
The track had circulated online for years after being taped from a German radio broadcast. Nobody knew the title or artist, so it became known simply as “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet.” The hunt grew into a long-running crowdsourced investigation involving radio archives, musicians and online communities.
The original radio recording surfaced later
The story kept moving after the band was identified. In January 2025, NDR reported that the original recording associated with the radio broadcast had also been found among old cassettes.
That made the answer unusually satisfying by internet-mystery standards: not just a plausible artist name, but a band, a title and archival recordings that tied the pieces together.
The corrected answer
The song is “Subways of Your Mind” by FEX. The identification was established in November 2024, with additional archival evidence reported afterward.
Sources: NDR on the November 2024 identification and NDR on the recovered original recording.