I was always super jealous of people’s Shazam app, but for some reason never felt like downloading it myself. I guess I just really didn’t want yet another app crowding my phone. But late in 2022, I finally caved. Now I’m constantly whipping out the app. Anytime I’m watching TV or at a restaurant or somewhere and can’t readily identify the song, I’m grabbing for the app on my phone. Maybe I love the song or the singer’s voice or just think, ‘Oh, that’s pretty’, or maybe I hate it. Maybe I’ve heard it a million times but am blanking on the title or artist’s name or want to know who does this cool cover. Maybe I’m watching a movie so old or obscure I’m simply curious whether Shazam will have any record of it. For whatever reason, I started collecting Shazams and am never going back.
So now I have this random playlist made up largely of things I wasn’t often or ever listening to and no idea of where much of it came from. What to do with it? Why, showcase it, of course! Here’s everything from 2023 (and a few from 2022) in order of Shazam. Maybe you’ll find something new or long-forgotten in all the randomness.
The List
- Destiny: Zero 7, Sia, Sophie Barker
- Love Song: Sheila Nicholls
- bury a friend: Billie Eilish
- Inside Out: Vonray
- Wave Goodbye: Steadman
- Carolina: Taylor Swift
- Wherever Would I Be?: Dusty Springfield, Daryl Hall
- You Hold Me Up: The Bones of J.R. Jones
- Don’t Fear the Reaper: Gus Black
- We’re the Lucky Ones: The Marias
- Amazing: Josh Kelley
- 100 degrees: kenzie
- Wie ein Stern: Frank Schobel
- Rock’n Roll im Stadtpark: Pankow
- Stell dich mitten in den Regen: Bayon
- I pescatori di perle: Georges Bizet
- Faraway: Dara Schindler & Classic
- I Want More, Part 2: Faithless
- Dream Worth Keeping: Sheena Easton
- Come Back Down: Lifehouse
- Ms. Vandersanden: split habit
- Year 3000: Busted
- Wikked Lil’ Grrrls: Esthero
- Believe: The Bravery
- Oxford Comma: Vampire Weekend
- It Ends Tonight: The All-American Rejects
- Pioneer to the Falls: Interpol
- Stop and Stare: OneRepublic
- Mercy: OneRepublic
- One More Day: Vast
- Fade Into You: Mazzy Star
- Bells in Santa Fe: Halsey
- Trampoline: SHAED, ZAYN
- Anti-Hero: Taylor Swift
- Medley: Eva Ayllon
- Senor Mentira: Daniela Darcourt
- Lo Que un Dia Fue No Sera: El Sello Latino
- Necesito un Amor: Antonio Cartagena
- Redeemer of Israel: GENTRY
- Never Forget You: Noisettes
- Nicest Thing: Kate Nash
- Waking Up: MJ Cole, Freya Ridings
- Terrified: Anna Ternheim
- I Know Places: Lykke Li
- Mr. Sandman: SYML
- Ditch: Empara Mi
- A’ Soalin’: Peter, Paul, and Mary
- Salvation from the Dawn: Will Bates, Maiah Manser
- The Gift of the Rose: Isabella Summers, Elise McQueen
- Fuel to Fire: Agnes Obel
- Never Let Me Down Again: The Blue Notes
- Bloody Mother F****** A******: Martha Wainwright
- The Wonder of You: Villagers
- How’s the World Treating You: Daniel Agee
- Bright Eyes: Art Garfunkel
- I Don’t Like Mondays: The Boomtown Rats
- When I Need You: Leo Sayer
- Give It Up: KC & the Sunshine Band
- People in the Front Row: Melanie
- Quand On N’a Que L’amour: Jacques Brel
- The Joker Went Wild: Brian Hyland
- A solis ortus cardine: Anonymous
- Thank You: The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
- Heaven: Gregory Porter
- Songbird: Alexis Ffrench
- Alleluia: Monks of the Abbey of Notre Dame
- Called to Serve: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
- When You Believe: One Voice Children’s Choir
- What Was I Made For?: Billie Eilish
- New York Groove: Ace Frehley
- Misereri mei, Deus: Gregorio Allegri
- Nothing Matters: The Last Dinner Party
