Song Identifier
Identify any track by name or lyrics. Find the artist and related versions when a match is available — free and without signing up.
What it does
Song Identifier is built for the moment when a melody is stuck in your head but the artist name is not. You type a title, a half-remembered chorus line, or an informal name from social media, and the tool looks that phrase up so you can connect the sound in your memory to a real credit.
Unlike pure audio recognition, this page starts from text you already know — a few words from the hook, a misspelled title from a comment, or the name of a sound on TikTok. That makes it useful when you cannot play the track again, when the room is too noisy to record, or when you only wrote the lyrics down on your phone.
When the catalog returns a confident hit, you get the performing artist and related context. When it does not, the empty state still points you toward the next best step: refine the query, identify a file or recording on the homepage, or use the browser extension while the music is playing in another tab.
Text search and audio recognition complement each other. If you can still hear the song, an audio match is usually the most direct route. If all you have is a caption, a comment, or a line you jotted down, searching by words gets you to the same answer from the other side. Many people use both: a quick title or lyric search first, then a recording or the browser extension if the words lead nowhere.
A few habits improve results. Use the lines you are most sure of rather than a long guess, avoid adding extra words about the video or the scene where you heard it, and try alternate spellings for names, since lyrics are often misheard. Songs in other languages, remixes, and sped-up edits sometimes circulate under different titles, so searching the original-language line or the phrase from the chorus can help.
Song Identifier is free, needs no account, and runs in your browser on desktop and mobile. Once you know the track, the rest of the Music Identifier toolkit can help you work with it — for example the BPM Detector and Key Detector for tempo and key, or the Audio Trimmer to cut a clean sample for another recognition attempt.
The goal is simple: fewer dead ends when you are asking “who sings this song?” and a clear path whether you start from lyrics, a title fragment, or live audio elsewhere on Music Identifier.
How to use it
Enter what you remember
Type a full or partial song title, or a short lyric line you are sure about. Distinctive phrases from the chorus usually work better than generic words like “love” or “baby” alone. Spelling can be approximate — try the version you actually heard.
Run Search
Press Search and wait for the catalog check. The interface shows a short loading state, then either match information or a clear “no match” panel so you know the lookup finished.
Refine or switch method
If nothing matches, try a different line from the song, drop extra words, or fix an obvious typo. If you can hear the track again, identify it from a file, link, or microphone on the homepage, or install the extension to capture audio from the current browser tab.
2 Ways to Find Out Who Sings a Song
Music is everywhere, yet the artist’s name often escapes us. Whether the hook came from TikTok, the radio, or a TV ad, these are two practical ways to uncover who performs the track.
1. Search by song title or lyrics
If you remember part of the chorus or an informal title, type it into the search field above. The lookup checks titles and lyric fragments so you can see who sings the song and, when data is available, related covers or alternate versions.
2. Use a browser extension
If you keep asking “who sings this song” while watching YouTube, streaming series, or scrolling social feeds, install the free Music Identifier extension for Chrome or Edge. One click listens to the audio in the current tab and helps you identify what is playing without leaving the page.
Install for Chrome → Install for Edge →
Stop guessing and start listening — finding the artist behind a familiar melody should take seconds, not an evening of searching.
Frequently Asked Questions
01Who sings this song?+
Use Song Identifier to look up an artist from a title or lyric fragment, or use the homepage recognizer and browser extension when you can play or record the audio. Together they cover the most common ways people ask who performs a track.
02How do I find out who sings a song?+
Start with any words you remember and search above. If you only have the sound, upload a clip, paste a media link, or record from your microphone on the homepage — or identify whatever is already playing in a tab with the extension.
03What app can identify who sings this song?+
Music Identifier works in the browser on mobile and desktop without installing a full mobile app. For one-click tab recognition, add the free Chrome or Edge extension from the official stores.
04Can I find a song if I only know part of the lyrics?+
Yes. Enter the fragment you remember — even a short chorus line can be enough. More distinctive phrases work better than single common words; if the first try fails, try another line from the same song.
05Can I identify a song playing on TV or in a video?+
Yes. Use Record mode on the homepage with your device near the speaker, or open the video in the browser and run the Music Identifier extension on that tab. A clear 10–15 second stretch of the melody usually works better than a long noisy clip.
06Is Music Identifier better than Shazam for finding who sings a song?+
They solve the same problem in different ways. Music Identifier runs in the browser with no app install, supports title and lyrics-style search on this page, and can identify audio from files, links, microphone capture, or a browser tab via the extension — a flexible option when you are already on the web.