# Listen to all the songs! \[app wanted\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-all-the-songs-app-wanted/634599>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-all-the-songs-app-wanted/634599 "2012-09-13T14:21:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-all-the-songs-app-wanted/634599/1 "2012-09-13T14:21:59Z")

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I’m looking for an app where I can search for any song and stream it to my Android phone. So, if I’m sitting on the bus and suddenly want to listen to Country Joe & The Fish, I fire up the app, put in the song title and off we go. I don’t want to download the song.

The app doesn’t need to be free, and I don’t mind paying a reasonable flat fee for the service. In fact, I’ll gladly pay more if it’s ad-free.

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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-all-the-songs-app-wanted/634599/2 "2012-09-13T16:21:55Z")

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YouTube?

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**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-all-the-songs-app-wanted/634599/3 "2012-09-13T16:33:35Z")

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Spotify. With a free account there’s ads, otherwise you can pay $10/month for a premium account.

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**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-all-the-songs-app-wanted/634599/4 "2012-09-13T23:16:26Z")

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> [@AaronX](#):
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> YouTube?

It’s not a bad resource, but many of the songs I’ve searched for are available only as bootlegged live versions with questionable sound quality.

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**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-all-the-songs-app-wanted/634599/5 "2012-09-14T22:25:43Z")

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> [@lazybratsche](#):
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> Spotify.

That’s apparently not available in Canada.