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How can I find a song if I only know two lines?

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Type two lines of the song in Google search, then you can find the websites that have lyrics of that song.

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Can I identify a song, or have someone else identify it, when I have a link to its intro?

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Probably, yeah. The intro is part of the song, and some of them are really memorable. If someone has heard a song a few times, they probably know the intro. If you have the Shazam app, you might try letting it "listen" to the intro and see what comes up.

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How do I find a song if I remember only part of the music lyrics?

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If you remember a few lyrics, google "____ (part you remember) lyrics", this should help you find it.

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I can only remember an instrumental section of the song. How can I find it?

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Visit the Midomi website and hum the song into the recorder.

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What if I only know the melody?

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You can use apps and websites such as Midomi, SoundHound, NameMyTune, and more. Just hum the melody, and it will give you a list of songs matching you tune in their database.

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I know the genre of a song and it doesn't have any lyrics -- how can I find it?

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Download an app like Soundhound on your phone. Then hum the tune and hopefully it will find the song you are after.

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How do I find a song if I know the artist and nothing else?

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Search the artist and then search the lyrics you remember, or know, and put the artist name after it. Most of the time you will get the song you were looking for.

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What do I do if I only know the album art?

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Try a reverse Google image search and find the album, then listen to the songs until you find the one you want.

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I only know part of the melody of a song and Shazam isn't helping. How can I find the song?

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Use Midomi, a.k.a. SoundHound; you hum your melody and it tells you the song.

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How do I find sheet music that I do not know the name of?

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Type in keywords (for example, lyrics) that you can remember in Google. That sometimes works as it comes up with song lyrics for the song.

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I can't find the song through a Google search of the lyrics. What should I do?

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If you remember the voice of the singer, compare it to an artist you know. Look through the artist's songs and you'll possibly find the song you're looking for. AZ Lyrics is a good site for this.

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How do I find a song if I don't know the name or lyrics, but know a tiny part of the music?

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Try humming it into the app SoundHound. It's free and really accurate and effective.

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How can I search for a song I heard, but only know the time and radio station it was played?

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Go to the station's website (if it has one), search the date and check the songs played then.

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How can I find a song that is popular in a different country?

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If you know when the song came out, you could try doing a google search for "popular songs in [country] in [year or decade the song was released]." You will have to do a little research, but there's a good chance you will come across it.

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How can I find a song in Midiomi?

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Hum it into your phone, record a clip and upload it, or let the program "listen" to the song by activating it while the song in question is playing.

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How can I find a song that I only remember a small part of the music video?

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If you remember any lyrics, type them into a search engine. If not, try searching for "music video" with a few words of description about the small part you remember.

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What if I can only remember the video the song was in?

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If the video was on YouTube, check the description for any links or song names. If it's not in the description, ask for the song title in the comment section below.

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How can I find a song with no lyrics?

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There's a YouTube video called 79 Instrumental Songs Everyone Knows but Nobody Knows the Name Of." That would be a good place to start.

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I think the title of the song is "Papa, Can You Hear Me". Any suggestions?

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I know what song you are talking about. It is in French. It is called Papaotai by Stromae.

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I tried typing the lyrics into Google, but the only lyrics I know are apparently titles to other songs. What else can I do?

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You could try humming it on SoundHound, Midomi or Shazam. You may even sing the song on those, but humming seems to work better.

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How can I find a song by describing the music video?

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Go to YouTube and enter as many distinguishing features of the video, including lyrics, that you can think of. Try different combinations of words to see if it helps your results.

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How can I find a song when I only know the band name?

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Just look up the band name and listen to their different songs. You will probably find it.

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I know some information about a song but not the title. How can I find it?

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If you know some of the lyrics, enter them into Google and see if you can get the title that way.

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The song I want to find is almost completely unknown, and now a new song has the same title, making it very difficult to find. Any more suggestions?

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If you know the name of the artist(s), look them up on a lyric website. A good website for this is AZ Lyrics.

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How do I find a song when I only know what the album cover looks like?

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Your best bet would be to type as many descriptive words as you can from the album cover in Google Image Search and hope for results.

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What song is sung by a female singer with lyrics containing "All of my life, I've looked for a sign, to get to a place, where I can be fine"?

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It's Timeless by HYLLS. It was released on May 31, 2018 and is in the album ONCE.

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There's a song at the end of an episode of Atypical, season 3 episode 9. How can I find it?

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It may be that the song is ‘We Lost’ by Anoraak featuring Slow Shiver.

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Can you find out the song that goes like “I wish I were a star, because stars are all the same”. It’s sung by a female and it’s a soft tune?

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I think your song is You Are The Only One by Elaine. You can look up the lyrics if you know them, to find songs that you don't know.

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Anybody recognize these lyrics ? Öut of my working time, sinking my whisky time, drowning my years and finding you, Just for a while..."??? Thanks a million.

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Type those lyrics into any search engine.

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What female-singer's song goes “I’m fallin' in love but I’m broken-hearted"?

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I think the song you're looking for is Solo by Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato.

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