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- Some websites can help you when you don’t know the name of a song.
- These sites make it easy to find songs by using just a few notes or lyrics.
Are you wondering what song is playing? Popular music-identification apps like Shazam are valuable tools that quickly identify unknown songs as they play. You can even use Shazam in your browser.
What if you need to find a song’s title when it’s not playing? Here are some of the best free online services that can help you identify a song if it’s stuck in your head or available as a file on your computer.
If you know enough of the lyrics, a quick Google search can provide results faster than these websites.
What We Like
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Identifies songs from a sung or hummed sample.
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Allows searching by lyrics, artist, or song title.
Midomi helps you find a song using voice sampling, making it easier to identify a tune stuck in your head. Just sing, hum, or whistle the melody.
The Midomi website is user-friendly. You only need a microphone and a few seconds of silence to provide your sample. You can also search using the lyrics you remember to see potential matches.
What We Like
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Community-driven song identification.
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Active community where you might get an answer in minutes.
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Leaderboard encourages contribution.
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Record with a mic or upload a file.
What We Don’t Like
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Inaudible samples or inaccurate lyrics might not get answers.
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No easy way to check if others have posted about the same song.
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You must create an account to post a sample.
WatZatSong is ideal when you need to identify a song and singing or humming isn’t effective. Unlike Midomi, this platform relies on a community of real people to help you find the song name. Post your sample, and other users can listen and provide answers or guesses.
The service is effective and provides quick results unless your input is obscure or inaudible.
What We Like
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Upload a file or record live audio.
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Links to the YouTube video once a song is identified.
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Compatible with all popular audio and video formats.
Similar to Shazam, AHA Music identifies unknown songs using audio fingerprinting and is very user-friendly. Just upload a file to let it work.
This music finder site conveniently provides a YouTube link to listen to the identified song. It samples up to 60 seconds before giving up, and the file can be as large as 100 MB.
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