Shazam is totally free and it’s available for both iOS and Android. Soundhound used to be another alternative to Shazam, but reviews for the app from the past year indicate that it’s not a great option anymore and the company has moved on to other venutres. [2] X Research source
You can also add Shazam to the control center on your iPhone or Apple Watch by updating your phone and adding “music recognition” in the control center settings.
You can do this in a browser if you have a microphone or webcam, too. If you know any lyrics from the song, you can sing them instead.
If the song is playing in the background, Midomi will work the exact same way Shazam does.
AudioTag also has a database of obscure music videos, info about current radio rotations, and a time machine function to explore old or forgotten tunes.
People on WatZatSong get a kick out of trying to figure out where obscure songs come from. If you don’t want to upload anything, try posting on reddit’s r/NameThatSong board. Describe as much as you can about the tune and wait for the suggestions to roll in.
This website is pretty old and buggy, so try to be patient. If you get too many results to go through and you know how the song starts, enter the notes at the start of the song and select the option to only scan beginnings. The more notes you enter, the more accurate the results will be. Don’t worry if a few of the notes are incorrect—Musipedia will generally figure it out.
If you don’t remember the specific movie but you can remember an actor or actress who was in it, pull up their IMDb page and scroll through the filmography until you find it.
