How Does That Go?

Did you ever have the melody of a song in your head, and have a heck of a time pairing it with a song title? Or what about just one song lyric from the chorus?

Although it is not yet possible to whistle a tune to a website and have it match the melody to a song title, it is possible to research song titles by lyrics.

Here are some strategies to find your song:

1. Google it. Put quotation marks around the song lyric in question, and do your search. Websites that contain that particular song lyric (sometimes including audio) might pop up. If you know who wrote the song or performed the song, you can also Google the person's name and the song lyric in quotation marks, OR Google the person's name and "discography". (Many online discographies include audio clips of the songs featured on each recording.)

2. Google the term "song lyrics", and find websites that contain databases of lyrics from thousands of songs.