Have you ever wanted to do a music search for a song when all you have is a small piece of the song's lyrics to go by? Luckily this age old problem can be solved by one of the most powerful search engines on the planet, and this article shows you how to do it.
Most people think that doing a karaoke music search by lyrics involves going to Google or another search engine, typing in the scrap of lyrics that you remember, and then hoping that what you are looking for comes up on the first screen. If you are lucky, then maybe it will, but some popular songs have lyrics that are quite common in everyday language, and so an ordinary web search may not pull up the song title that you are hoping for. For example, if you ran a search for Bugle Boy you would see many pages of results for Bugle Boy jeans and such before you ever found an entry for "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" by the Andrew Sisters. Luckily for you though, Yahoo's new Music Search lets you quickly and easily find the music you are looking for without the hassle of digging through pages of mixed results.
A Quick Primer on the Legalities of Free Music Lyrics
First of all, the vast majority of music lyric web sites that are out there are not operating within the bounds of copyright law in the United States. Several music publishers have begun to file lawsuits against major free music lyric web site owners on the basis that they are not paying for the use of the lyrics portion of a copyrighted work. You see, the lyrics are every bit as unique and copyrighted as the chords and melodies you hear when the song is performed, but due to the overwhelming desire of users to find such lyrics the Internet has become awash with hundreds of free music lyric web sites , very few of which pay any royalties to the owner of the copyrighted music.
Yahoo Music is one of the few that has signed an agreement with music publishers to archive their lyrics and still provide them for free to the end user. Other sites such as the Gracenote CD Database have also done so, but in many cases these results are available only to paid subscribers.
Doing a Music Search By Lyrics At Yahoo Music:
Surf over to http://music.yahoo.com/search and type in a few words of the lyrics to the song you have forgotten the name of. A few seconds later you will get a listing of all of the songs in Yahoo's lyric database that match your request. Doing the same search for Bugle Boy that was mentioned previously pulls up the Andrew Sister's version right off the bat, along with several other arrangements and other songs that simple have "bugle," and "boy," in them somewhere. Click through to the page of the song you wanted and get a full printout of all of the lyrics to the song as well as an audio sample and the ability to purchase the music for immediate download.
Yahoo's Music Lyric Search doesn't stop there, however. You can search for music in many other ways as well, such as by title, artist, album title, or even search for videos. All in allYahoo has developed a very powerful and effective method for doing music searches by lyrics as well as by other means as well. Try them out the next time you get a song stuck in your head and can't remember the title!

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its called "dancing" by: Elisa =D i took me forever to find it too :-)
" . . . up in heaven . . . so i've got to be strong, so i can see her when I leave this world" and then the tapping on the guitar . .. .
can't remember artist
1. There is a song in the movie The Craft, which one of the characters in the film claims is by Connie Francis. I do not know the name or any lyrics, but it plays when the mom and daughter move into the fancy new condo and the mom has her jukebox stocked only with Connie Francis songs.
2. This song is an R & B kind of slowish song. The lyrics are "I met you on a (I think it is Monday), Tuesday we were....., and it goes on to sing about what they did on each day of the first week they met.
If any one can help, please email me.
Thanks so much,
Jessica
sometimes u win, sometimesu loose
its all about love and the love u choose, so hold hold on tight everythings alright, as long as u keep satisfied and singing
nah,nah,nah,nah
summer days, summer nights
I'm just a dinosaur
Shoulda died a long time before
"There's a sun coming over the horizon. I want to know where it's coming from, doesn't everyone."
Does anyone know song name and artist?
if anyone can help me ill be soo happy its been stuck in my head for so long
Does anyone know the song? Its driving me crazy
the only part I can remember is let me clear my throat.
it's kind of a rap song that I heard live a while ago
thanks
even after there gone
but i know
i was meant for you
what is that song
The truth is changed every day......
. . . . . .
When you lien,
when you running,
running for the night,
running like you ... race to win,
now you tell me
I'd love to find the lyrics of the above song (which I don't have) but I can't even find the song itself.
It was sung in 1958/1960 and it was country style.
Male singer with a very nasal voice.
It was a love song.
That's all I remember.
Thank you very much for your help!
who sings a song with the lyrics: wish you could have turned my head and left my heart alone. ever since i met you babe you have done me wrong
Thnx
i remember when id run to you through fields of white flowers your embraces my air how i needed you there when all of the world and all of its power couldnt keep you love from me now.. cause i need you like the dragon fly wings need you and like the orphan needs home
"That's a strange way to show that you love me." Either "Don't cry to me or "Don't lie to me."
for the following lyrics?
I really want to know my darling
I don't drink no santaria
I don't have a crystal ball
....at the same time were still young, we realize that we were wrong"
"Will you swear on your life that no one will cry at my funeral..."
Please help me out.
Looking for a song from the 60\'s, or so.
Slow song, played with an organ, male singer.
The only words I know sound like: Turning wilder, she don\'t care\"
Thanks!
...The moon is wide,stars up in the sky. this what it feels like,yeah.
the moonlight stop shining (blah blah) ...