How to Find Words to Songs

by Ashan R. Hampton

Overview

Everyone has been plagued by that tune stuck in the head that demands to be sung or that incomprehensible verse buzzing through the radio. In times past, song lyrics were printed in popular teen and music magazines. Some beneficent artists would include their lyrics in the CD liner notes--a quickly fading practice. Now finding words to popular music takes a bit more effort, but with Internet access the search is easy and fruitful. Several websites offer free song lyrics to today's top hits and yesterday's golden oldies to make it easier for users to accurately sing their favorite songs.

Step 1

In a web browser, navigate to MTV's Lyric archive at mtv.com/lyrics. As the premier music and entertainment hub for commercial artists, the lyrics often come directly from record labels and tend to be more accurate than those posted to non-industry sites.
Step 2

Choose song titles from the most popular searches or browse lyrics by artist name. To find specific songs, type related words or phrases into the search box.
Step 3

Click the song title link to reveal the song's lyric page. Complete publication information is also provided along with the song lyrics.

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According to the article, "Song Lyrics Find Legal Home at Yahoo" written by Eliot Van Buskirk, Yahoo augmented its market-leading music website with a legal lyrics search licensed through Gracenote a couple of years ago. Buskirk adds that Lyric Search can find songs based on a snippet of lyrics, which gives users a new way to discover music based on a few words. Click the "Artist" tab from the Yahoo Music site to search for song lyrics.
According to the article, "Song Lyrics Find Legal Home at Yahoo" written by Eliot Van Buskirk, Yahoo augmented its market-leading music website with a legal lyrics search licensed through Gracenote a couple of years ago. Buskirk adds that Lyric Search can find songs based on a snippet of lyrics, which gives users a new way to discover music based on a few words.
Click the "Artist" tab from the Yahoo Music site to search for song lyrics.
Some sites like rare-lyrics.com have removed song lyrics because of complaints based on the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Some sites like rare-lyrics.com have removed song lyrics because of complaints based on the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.