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It's a sad-but-necessary nuisance.  Some programs use my site to grab lyrics, but some of these programs are poorly written, so they hit the Top40db server hundreds of times, needlessly.  This once got so bad that normal users, like you and me, couldn't even access the site.

So, I added the duplicate search warning system.  If you speed-search, or duplicate searches enough, you'll get a rating (starting at zero and counting up).  When you reach 100%, you're banned from searching.

Logged on members get great leeway in this system and should not see any warning for a while.  All warnings disappear after 3 days, so it's difficult to get banned.

This is not intended to offend anyone, and it shouldn't prevent humans from searching.  But it does stump the poorly written lyric-grabbing programs.

Same as above.  Some programs will whack away at this site, hitting in rapid succession.  But normally, humans search only 5 or 6 times per minute.  You searched so fast that the server thought you were a "hacking" program.

Just break for about 30 seconds and then resume your searching.

Don't try to.  Instead of trying all of Bruce Springsteen, just type Bruce.  There aren't that many Bruce's in here.

This eliminates greedy searches.  Seriously, why would you search for only 1 or 2 characters?

Use the alphabet list on the Artist search page.

This list of instrumentals

Songs in a theme share a commonality that users often want.  We group them for you.

In searching, noise words are ignored, like the, that, and and.

88% of searches are successful.  The others fail because:

1. Text too long: (7%) Don't search for Jay-Z Feat. Beonyce Knowls when you can simply use JAY.
2. Wrong field: (5%) Getting confused between Artist and Title searches.

Shorten your text and check the search field.

Logged on members can do custom searches.

That's the maximum results for any search.  If you don't see what you want, try narrowing your search.

Visit the page of downloads.

No.  Do not email me that.  Try Google.com.  Or better yet, ask someone in the Forum.

No.  What I've got is what I've got.  Again, you can ask in the Forum.

If you don't see it, I ain't got it.  If you're darn sure I'm missing a Top 40 song, then post your idea on the Forum.

No.  I've made the information here as easy to use as possible.  This is all you get.

You can buy Billboard books (aka Joel Whitburn) at RecordResearch.com.

You're asking to rank about 500 songs, from 1 to 500.  I don't do that.  This site lists songs' peak positions on the charts.  Multiple songs hit the #1 position.

When you see Billboard with lists like that, they're using some funky math to determine which #1 hit was better than other #1 hits.

Basic computer stuff we should all know.  How to .

Start at your bio.  In the menu bar provides links to other members sharing files.  You must be logged on.

From your bio.  In the menu bar click Upload File Share.