What Song Does These Lyrics Belong to? Search and Recognize Songs!

Deepak Gupta
3 min readJul 13, 2020

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Finding the title of a song having only its lyrics is possible thanks to new technologies that allow you to enjoy that song that has been playing in your head for days. Best of all, you can discover the title in just seconds, even know which artist sings it or which album it belongs to. And all these thanks to the programs that make this function possible.

It is curious how from time to time, it happens that we listen to a song that remains engraved in the mind, despite the fact that we do not know both the title and its author. Fortunately, many programs only take a few seconds to identify that song and provide much more information. Don’t miss out on the easiest ways to easily find a song title.

Search song by lyrics through online search engines

Around the web, there are thousands of services that offer a complete database of song lyrics. These websites have their own search engine, in which you can simply enter a phrase or part of the song and the search engine will return the songs that have the same lyrics.

Below we provide you with a list of services that allow you to find songs through the lyrics or a phrase in them.

  • Mp3song.co
  • FindMusicByLyrics.com
  • Lyrics.com
  • SongWordSearch.com
  • SongLyrics.com

The operation of these sites is very similar. You just need to enter them and put the phrase or the words of the song within the search box and press the corresponding button to go to the search results.

Find a song by phrases with Google

Another way to search for the name of a song knowing its lyrics is to put the lyrics in the Google search engine, followed by the word «lyrics» or «lyrics».

For example, to find the song Shallow” by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, all you have to do is search: “and because I lost my temper I almost lost even my lyrics”, without using the quotes.

You will see that Google will return the results corresponding to the name of the song in question. This is a widely used method and it brings the best results due to Google’s powerful algorithm, which relates song names even with errors or with differences from the original lyrics.

Shazam

It is probably the most popular application for identifying music online.

Shazam is available for both Android and iPhone and is as easy to use as downloading it and clicking on the application icon that appears in the center of the screen when the song we want to identify is playing. As soon as the application identifies it, the song title will appear, as well as the artist who performs it, the lyrics and you can even purchase it online.

In addition, Shazam has been improving the number of functions it offers the user, allowing it to read QR codes. Thus, it is possible to watch the trailer for a movie or access a soundtrack.

From My Shazam’s personal menu, you’ll be able to access the list of songs you’ve previously identified and played, and will even offer you a list of suggestions, with personalized songs based on music genres and style preferences.

SoundHound

Shazam’s clear competitor, without a doubt, is SoundHound. One of the peculiarities of SoundHound compared to Shazam is that, in addition to recognizing songs simply by detecting the sound, it is able to recognize them if we hum them ourselves.

When the application detects and identifies the song, it will show us the album it belongs to, and even a short summary with the artist’s biography or upcoming concerts.

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Deepak Gupta

Deepak Gupta is blogger, entrepreneur, marketer, and owner for several stunning technology blogs.