# Scraping lyric files

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scraping-lyric-files/69933
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 6, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scraping-lyric-files/69933 "2025-10-06T11:51:25Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scraping-lyric-files/69933/6 "2025-10-06T12:58:12Z")

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> [@GaryF](#):
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> I won’t use Foobar.

so something has changed since

> [@Adding lyrics automatically for a whole album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-lyrics-automatically-for-a-whole-album/62588/6):
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> I found Foobar and have had good results with that so far

all the other information required for MP3tag can be found here:

> [@\[WS\] Import lyrics from websites](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-import-lyrics-from-websites/2034):
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> Mp3tag v2.39 or higher required Finds song texts and saves them to the UNSYNCEDLYRICS field (official ID3v2 field). [How do I install the script?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2748/1) / [Wie installiere ich das Script?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2749/1) Search for lyrics on different sites! Note: Darklyrics only has songs from Metal bands and to use it properly you must select all files of an album and you'll get all songs at once. Other scripts in this thread: [Lyriki & Lyricsmania](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2034/123)[RapGenius](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2034/119)[Lyrics\_Darklyrics\_02.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e19833a4de5f2194e7c7b5d037d76da7ef20939f.zip) (797 Bytes) [Lyrics\_metrolyrics\_02.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9f2b3391f341087f135ff3c1f48e3d23bf84e04e.zip) (736 B…

which means: there are already web source scripts to get lyrics from web sites.

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