YouTube Song Finder – How to Identify Music in YouTube Videos

What's the song in this YouTube video? You must have the similar experience that you are attracted to the background music of a YouTube video but have no idea how to find music from YouTube videos because you don't know their names. Usually, well-known artists will add music names, singers and other details when uploading music videos. But for most homemade videos, there's nothing you can do. So, are you going to give it up? Of course not, I really know you may get frustrated, hence, I'd like to share with you 5 practical ways to recognize song from YouTube. Ready? Here we go!

In the video description, some YouTubers will directly list all the music materials used in this video. Some may post the information at the end of the video. And you will find that many people may ask for the music names in the comments section, and some will provide the answers. So, you may identify music in YouTube videos through carefully checking the video description or ending and public comment section. This is also the most common way to find music in YouTube video.

One simple and straight way to identify the background music is to focus on the lyrics of the song. If they are clearly audible, you can Google it and get the song recognized. Google will show some similar and exact results, get your song from the search results.

Some online sites can help you quickly find song in YouTube video like "Mooma.sh", a tool to identify music in YouTube videos. You just have to copy and paste the YouTube link in the search bar on the homepage and click "Start". Then you will get the name of the song used in that particular video. In this way, you can find music from YouTube videos in several seconds.

Updated: Mooma.sh has been shutdown for no reason. Generally, most Music Recognizers rely on respective song database. Rather than waiting for the unscheduled database update, it's recommended to ask music experts on some forums or social media like Identification of Music Group, Name That Song, Tip Of MyTongue, etc., and get the timely response.

Similarly, there are also some browser extensions/add-ons capable of finding the music from YouTube videos, such as the AHA Music - Music Identifier.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/aha-music-music-identifie/dpacanjfikmhoddligfbehkpomnbgblf

After installation, open the extension when you are playing a YouTube video, and then you will see the music name to find music from YouTube video within seconds.

We all have a smartphone today. So, you can also use some YouTube music identifier APPs to recognize song from YouTube such as Shazam and SoundHound. Simply install such an app on your mobile phone and keep it near your computer's loudspeaker. Then play the YouTube video and the app will find music from YouTube video after several seconds.