Have you ever found that you know a few words from a chorus or verse of a song but just can’t seem to remember the title? Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. As far as we know, we are the only place on the Internet where you can do a lyric search to find the exact song you’re looking for. If you haven’t found it yet, let me tell you where to find this treasure and how to use it.

Clicking the SEARCH button in the top navigation will take you directly into the Advanced Search page. From there, you’ll just need to change “I am searching for” from “an Album Title or Artist Name” to “an Accompaniment Track Lyric .” Next, be sure to tick “Match phrase exactly.” This will completely change the way your search behaves.

In your results, along with the usual information you’ll now see your search term displayed in context within the lyrics. This will allow you to find that song you knew the words to but not the title. What a lifesaver!

In this post, I want to give you some tips to help you find what you’re looking for in our vast music catalog.  Many of you have been using the search widget in the upper right corner, or out on our home page, and have noticed the auto-suggest feature. And that’s great, if you are only looking for an artist (group) or a specific title. 

But sometimes you need more, in which case, you need to click into Search.

There are several options here for you.  Narrow your results to only certain types of music, or require the search to find only exact matches of your search words.  For those seeking accompaniment tracks we have an incredible lyrics search for you. (We’ll go more in depth for you in the coming weeks about this cutting-edge tool.)

• Read the search tips we have placed below the search options
• Be specific but broaden your search if you don’t find what you are looking for at first
• Refine your search by typing more words, or more strategic words, and stay away from words that could be conjunctions or vernacular.

Here’s an example:
You want: “The Devil’s in the Phone Booth Dialing 911″
Search: “phone booth”

Phone Booth” is a good choice because it’s a unique phrase that’s not found in many titles
Not “Devil’s”, because it could have been originally call “Devil Is” or mistyped “Devils” (yes we, and studios, make typographical errors)
Not “Dialing” because some artists (groups) shorten those sorts of words to “Dialin’” or “Dialin”

As always, email or call if you can’t figure it out. We are here to help you find great music.