Automatically add lyrics to your iTunes library

There's nothing better than having the lyrics to your favorite songs with you on iTunes. Unfortunately, iTunes doesn't include a lyrics retrieval tool but you can get round it by adding this program.

iTunes Lyrics importer or "iLyrics" automatically searches the net when you click Get Lyrics and downloads the song lyrics based on their titles. However, you should note that iLyrics is a discontinued project due to copyright issues according to the developer. This means that it definitely will not work with iTunes 9 although it may still work with iTunes 7.0 and 8.0 for which it was designed.

iLyrics has a huge databank to choose from thanks to the Lyricswiki project which allows users to upload the lyrics of their favorite songs. Because of this, you're more likely to find the lyrics of obscure songs rather than other lyrics sites which concentrate more on mainstream offerings. To use iLyrics, you need to go into Tools in iTunes and select Lyrics Viewer.

Normally, iLyrics will give you a direct hit and provide you with exactly the song you were looking for. However, occasionally it will confuse the song with another one but you only have two modes "Update automatically" or "Manual Mode". If you select the former and it finds the wrong lyrics, note that you'll lose the old lyrics and they will be replaced by lyrics that may be wrong. If your initial experiments prove to be a bit dodgy, then I'd recommend using the latter mode which gives you control over whether to definitely replace the lyrics or not.

iLyrics is an excellent addition up to iTunes 8.0 which has a huge resource of lyrics to draw from although take note that the project is officially discontinued.

  • Pros

    • Finds the lyrics to your favourite iTunes songs
    • Easy to use
  • Cons

    • May replace old lyrics with wrong ones
    • Can be slow at accessing databases
    • Doesn't work with iTunes 9
    • Project discontinued
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App specs

  • License

    Free

  • Version

    1.1

  • Latest update

  • Platform

    Windows

  • OS

    Windows 98

  • Language

    English

  • Downloads

    205.6K

    Last month's downloads

    • 2
  • Size

    271.20 KB

  • Developer

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User reviews about iTunes Lyrics importer (iLyrics)

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  • Anonymous user

    Download new version!. As of today (08/19/2014) softonic still has the old version which doesn't work anymore. Download version 1.3 elsewhere (such as CodePlex) which actually works.

  • Anonymous user

    Useless. Also VERY disappointed, I paid the $2.99 in good faith but the software fails to import any lyrics, either automatically or manually. Rather get iArt it is a LOT better

  • Anonymous user

    Does not work at all. This does not work at all wished I read the rating before buying I see it as if I through away 2.99. I hope I get an updated version that does work if I do get that I will write a different review if the updated version works. Pros: Nothing Cons: Does not find any songs

  • Anonymous user

    Pretty Good!. I don't know if I have this version or not, but the one I have works with itunes 8 pretty fine (I use windows) also for overwriting your lyrics, it only does so when you click on overwrite, otherwise it won't. Overall, its an excellent program. Pros: Fast.Accurate.Works fine with itunes 8. Cons: It only checks one website which is lyrics wiki, more sites could be better to get better results.

  • Anonymous user

    Incompatable with 8.0. Not Compatible with 8.0. It's a Good Program it Just needs to be updated for compatibility with Itunes 8.0. It Work Just fine the previous version. I keep getting error messages. It did work before I upgraded to 8.0. It just won't add lyrics to Itunes.

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