iTunes for Mac: Enter and view lyrics

Enter and view lyrics

If you’re an Apple Music member, you can view lyrics for the currently playing song.

You can also enter a song’s lyrics into iTunes and view them at any time.

You can’t add lyrics to some types of files, such as WAV and QuickTime files.

View song lyrics for the currently playing song

  • Click the Up Next button Three numbered horizontal lines, then click Lyrics.

Enter song lyrics

  1. Control-click a song and choose Get Info.

  2. Click Lyrics.

  3. Enter the words to the song.

With some iOS devices and iPod models, you can view a song’s lyrics on the device if you’ve entered them in iTunes. See the documentation that came with your device for more information.

Last Modified: Sep 20, 2016
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