Stuck on “Ulterior Motives”? Listen to Outer Limits Recordings

thefader.com:

Way back in 2021, an account with the handle carl92 posted a brief snippet on Whatzatsong, a website that lets its users collaborate to track down obscure tunes.

carl92’s snippet was a lo-fi rip of an energetic ‘80s pop tune. With its blown-out quality and peppy vibe, the snippet — which was nicknamed “Everyone Knows That” — sounded like a Duran Duran hit that had been Mandela Effected out of our collective memories.

Whatzatsong users were unable to identify the track, but many were hooked. The song became a minor TikTok hit, a subreddit called r/everyoneknowsthat sprung up, and an entire community was formed around figuring out where it came from.

On Monday, user south_pole_ball announced that they had found it: The song’s real title is “Ulterior Motives,” and Christopher David Booth wrote it for a 1986 softcore porno called Angels of Passion..