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Another year-end list: The most searched-for lyrics in 2020

LyricFind is the Toronto-based provider of licensed song lyrics. They’re the biggest in the world (they’re used by Amazon, Google,

I’ve had the same three twenty-dollar bills in my wallet for six weeks. I have no loose change in the

Now that so many song lyrics are legally online, it invites all sorts of analysis that’s good, bad, and goofy.

Lyrics are the most popular and most widely searched music content on the Internet. When listeners bought physical albums, finding

LyricFind, the Canadian-based licensor of lyrics (the biggest in the world, apparently) keeps track of what people search for. Here’s

Cars have always inspired songs. In fact, one of the earliest true rock’n’roll songs was “Rocket 88,” a 1951 song

LyricFind, the world’s largest licensor of song lyrics, has put together this infographic that shows the top weed name-drops in

More year-end fun, this time with a look at what lyrics people searched for the most. LyricFind, the Canadian-based lyric

LyricFind–a Toronto-based company that makes lyrics legally available for a variety of digital and online uses–has just expanded into a

Playoffs! Baseball! Yay! And now, the music news for April 12. HMV will be done completely by Saturday night. Can

The Man Machine Poem tour has been in the books for two weeks now, but stories about the band keep

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver