How to find out the name of a song

Have you ever sat in your car listening to a song on the radio Find name of unknown song with lyricsthat you have heard dozens of times, but can’t quite seem to remember the title? Or may be a song you have heard on YouTube? You know the song that you can’t quite get out of your head and is going to stay there until you figure out what song it is and who performed it.

If you know a few words from the lyrics or can hum the basic tune, there’re a few tools that can help you to get the name of the song online.

• Midomi: This may be one of the fastest ways to find the name of a song. All  you need is your computer, a microphone and an Internet connection. By singing a few of the words, humming or whistling the tune, the online tool will instantly identify the song for you. You can find a video demo how it works here.
• Shazam: This is a mobile application that you can download to most cell phones and portable devices including iPhones, iPads,  iPods, Android powered devices, Blackberry and Windows Phones. By placing your device close to the source of music, not only will it identify the song for you, but it will also display the lyrics. Unfortunately, Shazam is not available as a desktop application.
• Music ID2: Similar to Shazam, this mobile app can help you find a song name from a database of over 28 million songs in seconds. Not only do you get the title of the song and the artist, you have access to a host of related content. You can also search by typing in any information you know such as artist’s name, lyrics, etc. and get the same results almost instantly.
• Tunatic: It is another great music identification software. All you need is your computer, a microphone and a connection to the Internet. Simply download the software, play the music where the microphone can pick it up.  If you don’t have a microphone, you can plug in your sound source (e.g. radio) directly to your computer, through an inexpensive audio cable.
• TrackID: This app is another cool music recognition software made by Sony for android devices. Hold your smartphone near your TV or radio, this nifty tool will auto-magically identify the name of the song, artist name and album info within seconds.

Using a combination of these music identification tools will maximize the chance for you to identify the name of an unknown song. For the best results, I recommend you to use these applications in a quiet area.