Extract lyrics from a song
Upload a song with singing. The words come back line by line, each with the second it starts, ready to copy or save.
Drop an MP3, WAV, M4A or FLAC up to 20 MB and press Get the lyrics. The first 8 minutes are heard and every sung line comes back with its start time. Copy the text or save it as .txt, .srt or .lrc. It costs 1 credit a song; if no words are heard, the credit comes back. The upload is read once and not kept.
Drop an audio file here or
MP3, WAV, M4A or FLAC, up to 20 MB
- 1 credit a song, back if no words are heard
- Every line with its time
- Your file is not kept
What came back from a 2:32 song
“Saturday Is Ours”, a song made here, uploaded as it is: music and voice together.
16 lines in about 11 seconds
From the first verse at 0:11 to the last chorus, without splitting out the voice first.
94% of the words right
Checked word by word against the lyrics the song was made from.
A time on every line
So you can jump to a line, or put it on screen when it is sung.
Where it slipped, and why to read it through
Three of the lines it heard differently from what was sung.
Words that sound alike
“Ours” became “on” where the vowel was held over the drums.
Fast, quiet endings
The last “Turn it up” fades under the band and was heard as “Turn it out”.
Fix it in a minute
Every line is plain text: change the word, then copy or save.
The lyrics extractor in numbers
Measured on the song above, and the limits of every upload.
- Files
- MP3, WAV, M4A or FLAC, up to 20 MB
- Heard
- The first 8 minutes
- Test song
- 2:32, indie pop with a female voice, music left in
- Lines back
- 16, the first at 0:11
- Right words
- 94% against the written lyrics
- Cost
- 1 credit; back when no words are heard
How to get the lyrics of a song
Three steps, about a minute for a normal song.
![One song, three files: song.txt with plain lines, song.srt with numbered timed blocks, song.lrc with [mm:ss] times](/images/pages/el-files.webp)
- 1
Drop the song in
Pick the file or drag it onto the box. Its name and length show before anything is charged.
- 2
Press Get the lyrics
The song goes up as an MP3, the words are heard, and the file is dropped.
- 3
Copy, fix, save
Read it once, fix any word, then copy it or save .txt, .srt or .lrc.
Questions about extracting lyrics from a song
Can I extract lyrics from an MP3 without the vocals split out?
Yes. Upload the whole song. Our test song kept its drums and guitars and 94% of the words still came back right.
What does it cost to get the lyrics of a song?
1 credit a song. If no words are heard, as with an instrumental, the credit is given back.
Do you keep the song I upload?
No. It is read once to hear the words and then dropped. Nothing is saved to your library.
Which songs may I upload?
Songs you made or have the right to use: your own recordings, demos, or songs made here.
Does it work for songs that aren’t in English?
It hears many languages, but we have only measured English so far. Read the lines through before you use them.
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Hear the words in a new song
Paste the lyrics into the song maker, pick a style and get two full songs.
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