Swofford - Ulterior Motives (Everyone Knows That) (Demo)

🌆 This song contains a licensed interpolation of "Ulterior Motives" by Who's Who & Christopher Saint.

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🌆 Find this song on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/23obf...

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🌆 The Story:

In Summer 2023, I stumbled upon a Shaiivalley video essay about a song believed to be lost. Since identified in Spring 2024 as "Ulterior Motives" by Christopher Saint Booth and Phillip Adrian Booth, only a 17-second clip was known to exist at the time.

With 1980s synth-pop being one of my favorite genres, I created a speculative reconstruction of the song in a few hours as a songwriting exercise, placing the snippet as the end of a pre-chorus and the start of a chorus.

The story of the search for "Ulterior Motives" is a testament to the power of the internet's collective fervor, and I will forever remember witnessing that crescendo: from the spread of the mystery to the fan theories, to the amusing discovery of the song's true, salacious origins.

Thank you all for your support, and thank you to Christopher Saint Booth for being so helpful in the process of getting this interpolation licensed.

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🌆 Credits:

Writers:
Christopher Saint Booth
Philip Adrian Booth
Luke Garrett Swofford

Produced by:
Swofford

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🌆 About Swofford:

Swofford is a retro-pop artist known for blending nostalgic 80s sounds with modern production. Inspired by the sounds of The 1975, MUNA, and Carly Rae Jepsen, his music captures the essence of heartfelt emotions with a unique and relatable touch.

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🌆 Listen to the original 1986 "Ulterior Motives":

   • Ulterior Motives