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Viral Mystery Song ‘Everyone Knows That’ Identified Thanks to Eighties Porno

The viral mystery song, 'Everyone Knows That,' was finally identified as, 'Ulterior Motives,' which first appeared in an Eighties adult film.

As Rolling Stone reported last year, the obsessive effort to uncover the truth behind “Everyone Knows That” led to not only trolling and harassment but also an array of hoaxes and fake debunkings. User “One-Truth-5867” said they started to crack the case while watching a scene from a different Eighties porno movie on YouTube that featured a song that sounded a lot like “Ulterior Motives.” One-Truth-5867 recognized Christopher and Philips’ names in the video’s description from BMI and SOCAN’s song registry and shared the lead with another user, “south_pole_ball.” The two proceeded to watch a whole bunch of movies the Booths worked on before finally stumbling across “Ulterior Motives” in Angels of Passion. For those curious, yes, you can hear “Ulterior Motives” in full because some kind soul has uploaded a heavily censored, safe-for-work version of Angels of Passion to YouTube.

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