What's the name of that song?

August 14, 2007 5:28 PM

Just watched a tv show, looking for the music you just heard? Playing the radio, and didn't catch the DJ saying the title? On the go? In the woods? (Also)
posted by desjardins (14 comments total)

Birdjam solves a problem that I didn't exactly know I had. Fascinating. Great post.
posted by jessamyn at 5:39 PM on August 14, 2007

I think there may be an irony that you'll need this for MTV and VH1.
posted by Mach3avelli at 5:40 PM on August 14, 2007 [2 favorites]

This is awesome, thanks, desjardins!
posted by jonson at 5:42 PM on August 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

This is terrible. "Scrubs" and "Weeds" have already made me spend far too much money downloading great songs. Curse you.
posted by ColdChef at 5:55 PM on August 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

Don't forget Tunefind, Song Title, or Ad Tunes.
posted by ajr at 7:05 PM on August 14, 2007 [2 favorites]

I am always nothing short of amazed when Tunatic identifies a song...but unfortunately it is far from 100% reliable. Rarely gives a false answer, but often no answer at all. But my opinion is somewhat dated, maybe they have made improvements to the database.
posted by tdstone at 7:24 PM on August 14, 2007

There should be a site that lets one hum a few bars.
posted by longsleeves at 7:30 PM on August 14, 2007

Apparently there is, longsleeves.
posted by desjardins at 8:53 PM on August 14, 2007

In the woods? Count me in.
posted by porn in the woods at 9:26 PM on August 14, 2007

And for the UK audience, Commerical Breaks and Beats may prove useful.
posted by djgh at 9:57 PM on August 14, 2007

In the woods?

Shitting bear?
posted by dirigibleman at 10:54 PM on August 14, 2007

Is 411-Song a rebranding of good old Shazzam? (Which is spookily accurate in my experience.)
posted by jack_mo at 2:27 AM on August 15, 2007

There's also: namemytune.com
posted by mhh5 at 1:14 PM on August 15, 2007

Wow.
posted by longsleeves at 7:15 PM on August 19, 2007