You can identify a song in several easy ways depending on what you know:
- If you remember some lyrics, you can type them into specialized lyric search tools like Chosic, FindMusicByLyrics, Music Gateway, or Writecream’s Song Identifier. These tools match your lyric snippet to their large databases to find the song title and artist
- You can also simply type your lyric phrase into Google search within quotation marks plus the word “lyrics” to narrow down results to songs. Google and other search engines are very effective at finding songs from partial or even slightly incorrect lyrics
- If you don’t know the lyrics but remember the melody, Google offers a “Hum to Search” feature. On your phone, open the Google app or use Google Assistant and say “Hey Google, what’s this song?” then hum, whistle, or sing the tune for 10-15 seconds. Google’s machine learning matches your humming to millions of songs and shows you the best matches along with info, lyrics, and links to listen
- Apps like Shazam can identify songs playing around you by listening to the audio, but for humming or lyric-based searches, Google’s Hum to Search and lyric finder tools are best
In summary, to find a song you can either search by lyrics using lyric finder websites or Google, or hum the melody to Google Assistant’s Hum to Search feature for quick identification
