Spotify lyrics feature: Trick nobody knows about to find any song stuck in your head

The ‘secret’ Spotify trick nobody knows about to find any song stuck in your head: ‘I had no idea this existed’

  • Spotify users can type song lyrics into the search bar to look for tracks
  • Users can also narrow search results by genre, year, and record label 

Thousands are stunned after only just discovering a Spotify feature that allows users to search for their favourite ear-worm by typing the lyrics directly into the search bar.

Users can use the search function to locate songs, albums, artists, genres, playlists, moods, podcast, and profiles.

It is also possible to look up radio stations and upcoming concerts and official merchandise for a certified artist.

‘If you don’t know a song’s title, search at least 3 words from its lyrics. Songs with those lyrics show Lyrics match in the results,’ a Spotify official wrote in a guide.

 

Thousands are stunned after only just discovering a Spotify feature that allows users to search for their favourite ear-worm by typing the lyrics directly into the search bar 

'If you don’t know a song’s title, search at least 3 words from its lyrics. Songs with those lyrics show Lyrics match in the results,' a Spotify official wrote in a recent guide

‘If you don’t know a song’s title, search at least 3 words from its lyrics. Songs with those lyrics show Lyrics match in the results,’ a Spotify official wrote in a recent guide

How to find specific songs and artists

You can use quotation marks with a search term to narrow the results to garner exact matches – for example, ‘Anti-Hero’ or ‘It’s me, hi, I’m the problem’.

Spotify also allows listeners to include (use: ‘AND’ or ‘+’) or exclude (use: ‘NOT’ or ‘-‘) certain words from their search.

For instance: Lady Gaga NOT Dance will display all Lady Gaga tracks except with the word ‘Dance’. 

How to combine searches

If you’re looking for songs from a certain time period, you can search for a range of years but exclude some.

For example: year:1975-2000 NOT year:1981

You can find music by genre and year by searching: genre:folk AND year:1985

How to find a mood or music that matches your vibe 

Spotify has special, curated playlists for most times of day, activities, moods, and feelings.

You can browse the genres and moods available by scrolling through your ‘Discover’ page – or search for something more in-line with what you are looking for.

Users can simply type in words like ‘happy’, ‘workout’, ‘dance party’, ‘long bath’ and more.

You can use quotation marks with a search term to narrow the results to garner exact matches - for example, "Adore You" or "You're wonder under summer sky"

You can use quotation marks with a search term to narrow the results to garner exact matches – for example, ‘Adore You’ or ‘You’re wonder under summer sky’

How to use Spotify’s ‘advanced search’ function 

 Example

year:1969

year:1978-1984

 Description

Displays music from a particular year. You can also enter a range of years                                      

Displays music in the genre matching keyword.

Displays music released by the label matching keyword.

 Source: Spotify

Thousands are shocked that they never knew they could use the search bar for such specific functions.

‘This is a great trick, I won’t have to go through pages of Google search results anymore!’

‘My mind is blown, I will definitely be using this.’ 

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