There are three ways to find a song: spot something new in the What's new carousel on the home page, search from the bar at the top of every page (typing or talking), or browse the full library on the Songs page. None of them need an account.
The What's new carousel
The home page, signed in or not, has a What's new panel. Each slide is one kind of thing:
- Latest charts: new chord and lyric charts. Opens the chart.
- Latest songs: songs recently added to the library. Opens the song page.
- Latest bands, Latest albums and From the Woodshed.
Click a tab, or use the arrows, to move between slides. Each slide shows three picks from the ten newest, chosen at random, so you'll see something different on each visit. Charts and songs only appear if they have a YouTube video. See all → takes you to the full list.
Search from the top bar
The search box at the top of every page searches the song library.
- Type part of a title, an artist, or a vocalist, and press Enter.
- If what you typed matches one song title exactly, you go straight to its chart (or to the song page if it has no chart yet). Punctuation and capitals don't matter, so
dont stop believinfinds "Don't Stop Believin'". - Otherwise you get the Songs page with your results.
Say a song
If your browser supports speech (Chrome, Edge and Safari do; Firefox doesn't), the box says Say a song… and has a microphone button.
- Click or tap the search box.
- Say the song title. The first time, your browser asks for permission to use the microphone.
- It listens for about five seconds, then searches what it heard, with the same exact-title jump as typing.
Good to know:
- Want to type instead? Just start typing. That switches voice off. Esc also cancels listening.
- Click the button while it's listening to clear what it heard and start the five seconds again.
- On phones, tapping the box listens instead of opening the keyboard. If it doesn't hear anything, the box is ready for typing.
If your browser doesn't support speech, the box says Find a song… and works as a normal search.
Browse the Songs page
Songs (/songs) lists the whole library.
Note: At first the list only shows songs that have a chart, because Has chart is ticked. Untick it to see every song. The Song Collection page shows all songs from the start.
Ways to narrow the list:
- Browse: era and scene buttons (50s–60s, Classic rock, Blues, Jazz, and so on). Click one to filter and click it again to turn it off. Pick several to see songs that match any of them. Clear turns them all off.
- Letter: songs whose title starts with that letter. All shows everything.
- Sort: Alphabetical, Popular (songs with the most charts, links and setlist appearances), Recently Added, Recently Updated, or Artist Name.
The Filters panel has more:
- Search: title, artist or vocalist. Results update as you type.
- Advanced filters: event format (wedding, corporate, dance party…), cover approach, and moment on the gig (first dance, peak dance floor, crowd singalong…). A song matches if it has any of the tags you tick.
- Content: Has chart, Has YouTube, Has audio.
- Genre: pick one or more. Use Cmd-click (Mac) or Ctrl-click (Windows) to pick several.
- Clear filters resets everything.
The page shows 200 songs at a time, with page numbers at the bottom. Your filters are part of the page address, so you can bookmark or share a filtered list.
What each result shows
- Click a song to open its chart, or its song page if there's no chart yet. See The performance doc page and The song page.
- means the song has a chart. The badge next to it is the key.
- If the song has audio, a player appears on the row. YouTube and Spotify buttons appear when the song has those links.
Can't find it?
- Try fewer words, or just the artist.
- Check that Has chart isn't hiding it.
- Signed in, you can Add a song to the library from the Songs page. See Adding songs.
- The header also shows how many songs still need charts, with a link if you'd like to help.
To save songs as you go, use the Song Collection page.
