Podcast song finder
Paste a podcast episode and get every song played in it, with the time each one starts.
You'll see the length and the price in hours before you pay.
Works with episodes on YouTube, SoundCloud and Mixcloud. Spotify and Apple Podcasts links won't work.
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What came back from an hour of the CLR Podcast
Lewis Fautzi mixed episode 391 of the CLR Podcast, and CLR put it on YouTube. Setlist.ID found 24 songs in it. Each one comes with the time it starts, its BPM, its key and the label that released it, and quite a few are his own records on Faut Section.
The buttons on each song open it on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer or Beatport, wherever we found it. When you run an episode yourself, you can also save the whole list as a playlist on Spotify, Apple Music or Tidal.
A long episode: Mala for Resident Advisor
Mala's episode of the Resident Advisor podcast, RA.1016, runs 2 hours 47 minutes on SoundCloud, and Setlist.ID found 48 songs in it. This is the stretch where Kode9's Sine comes in at 19:12 and Burial's South London Boroughs follows at 23:05:
Two hours in, Mala plays Ek Do Teen, a Bollywood song from 1988, and that came back by name too. See all 48 songs in the episode.
Songs from talk podcasts
It works on any episode, not only DJ mixes. Paste the episode and you get the intro and outro music and the songs the hosts played, each with the time it starts.
A song that plays on its own comes back more reliably than one playing quietly while people talk over it.
You see the price for the whole episode before you pay. Once it's done, long stretches of talking give their time back to your hours.
Where to get a link that works
Spotify and Apple Podcasts links won't work, because we can't get the audio from them. Most podcasts post their episodes in more than one place, though.
Video podcasts are usually on YouTube. DJ podcasts and radio shows tend to go up on SoundCloud or Mixcloud as well, the way Resident Advisor's does on SoundCloud. Search for the show there, open the episode and copy its link from the Share button or your browser's address bar.
When a song won't come up
Setlist.ID matches what it hears against songs that have been released, so a few things get in the way:
- People talking over the music, or the music turned right down under them.
- Tracks that aren't out yet, which DJ podcasts play a lot of.
- Theme music made just for the show.
- Jingles that only last a few seconds.
Anything we can't name shows up as a gap with a start and end time, and its time goes back into your hours.
Questions about finding songs in podcasts
Can I paste a Spotify or Apple Podcasts link?
No. We can't get the audio from Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Most shows also post their episodes on YouTube, SoundCloud or Mixcloud, so look for the same episode there and paste that link.
Can it find a podcast's intro music?
If the intro is a released song, yes. Plenty of shows use music made just for them or taken from a music library, and that often isn't in any catalogue, so it can come back without a name.
Does it work on radio shows?
Yes. A radio show posted on Mixcloud, SoundCloud or YouTube works the same way as a podcast. Episodes of Radio 1's Essential Mix and Drumcode Radio are already on Setlist.ID.
Will it name tracks that aren't out yet?
No. DJs often play music before it's released, and we can only match songs that have come out. That stretch shows up as a gap with a start and end time, so you know where to ask about it.
What does it cost?
You pay for the length of the episode in hours, and you see the price before you pay anything. Hours come in bundles, starting at 5 hours for $6, with a 15-minute minimum, and they don't run out. Time we can't match to a song, like a long stretch of talking, goes back into your hours.
Paste the episode with the song you're after
Copy the link from YouTube, SoundCloud or Mixcloud.
You'll see the length and the price in hours before you pay.