# Similar song searches

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-song-searches/440096>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 4, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-song-searches/440096 "2008-03-04T21:31:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-song-searches/440096/1 "2008-03-04T21:31:27Z")

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Should this be CS for music or IMHO because I’m looking for suggestions? We’ll see.

I once saw a web site where you could put in the name of a musician/band or a song and it would come back with not only the item you were looking for but a web of other songs/artists that were similar. You could then click on the other songs/artist and find similar stuff there and so on. I’m trying to add to my music collection and would like to find that site again. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-song-searches/440096/2 "2008-03-04T22:09:43Z")

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This isn’t exactly what you’re describing, since you can’t enter the names of songs (only artists/bands) but you might find [LivePlasma](http://liveplasma.com/) to be interesting. A similar site is [MusicMap](http://www.music-map.com/).

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-song-searches/440096/3 "2008-03-04T22:33:09Z")

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Sounds like [Pandora](http://www.pandora.com/).

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**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-song-searches/440096/4 "2008-03-04T22:35:29Z")

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[amazon.com](http://amazon.com) will bring up related searches. Also if you click it shows “Better Together” (buy this album + another for a better price) and what customers who looked at the item bought.

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**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-song-searches/440096/5 "2008-03-06T17:50:41Z")

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Aha! I found it! It’s called [Music Roamer](http://www.musicroamer.com/) . Thank you for your other suggestions, though.