# Recently, I received an audio file from an artist—it had no tags and no cover art…

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**Created:** [November 5, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recently-i-received-an-audio-file-from-an-artist-it-had-no-tags-and-no-cover-art/72037 "2026-11-05T23:54:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 6:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recently-i-received-an-audio-file-from-an-artist-it-had-no-tags-and-no-cover-art/72037/3 "2026-11-06T06:50:30Z")

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> [@Sergius](#):
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> it had no tags and no cover art…

In order to retrieve information from external sources, you will need to provide some basic details, such as the `ARTIST` name, the track `TITLE` and the `ALBUM` name.

Without such information - i.e. if a song is completely "unknown" - it is not possible to search for it on online sources such as Discogs or MusicBrainz.

The only way to search for an "unknown" song is to use [AcoustId](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/acoustid-vorstellung/13211). This is an audio fingerprint created for the audio part of a track. This fingerprint can then be searched against a huge online database. If a match is found, the existing metadata is returned.

MusicBrainz Picard, for example, provides this kind of audio fingerprint creation and online search.

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