I accidentally heard a song on the radio and wanted to find it - this situation is familiar, apparently, to everyone. And it happens that the name of a long-familiar song flies out of my head, which really needs to be remembered. If you have the Internet at hand, then there is always a choice of several options for searching for a song by lines from it.
It is necessary
Access to the Internet
Instructions
Step 1
Use any online resource that specializes in collecting and cataloging lyrics. Such sites, as a rule, have built-in search engines in their databases. For example, you can enter a phrase you have from a song in the appropriate field at https://masteroff.org/search.php. In the drop-down list below, specify the search criteria - that is, whether you should find the phrase in the text in the form in which you indicated it, or you can search for all the words of a line from a song in any order. In the second drop-down list, select "Line from song" and click the button labeled "Search!"
Step 2
Use global search engines on the Internet, if you do not want to be limited only to the database of one, albeit specialized, site. For example, enter a phrase from a song into a Google.com search engine. By default, it will search for pages containing words from the phrase in no particular order. To limit the search results to only those containing the words from the song string in the exact order, enclose it in quotation marks. You can also add “lyrics” before the phrase (outside the quotes), or one word lyrics for English lyrics.
Step 3
Ask a question with a phrase from a song on an Internet forum or other resource that offers information exchange options. Of course, the chances of getting a fairly accurate and quick answer are much higher on those sites that are actively visited by "music lovers". These can be forums dedicated to music in general or its individual areas, or servers of online music radio stations. The Moskva.fm website, for example, has a special section for such questions, and the answers of experts there are stimulated by awards from grateful applicants. The address of this section is
