How to Identify Any Song Just by Singing It

Each result is assigned a percentage match based on your sample, and it seems to vary without much reason (singing with the correct words versus humming a tune didn’t seem to have a distinct impact on the match). You also see other possible matches: While these additional matches are often covers of different versions of the same song, occasionally they’re completely different tracks. It’s fun to tap on one of these options to see how similar or different they are from the song you were thinking of. It might be a good resource for finding the inspiration for your favorite melodies, or newer songs that were clearly inspired by your music.

To try it out for yourself, make sure you have the Google app on your iPhone or Android. Open the app, then tap the mic icon in the search field. From here, tap “Search a song,” then get singing.