Shazam turns 20
Shazam is one of the very few apps in the past 20 years that STILL "wows" me. I have no idea how the tech works, and I even sort of like not knowing, to be honest. It's one of the very few apps out there that still in exist in a "magical" way to me. I am constantly impressed with how fast/easy it works, even with very obscure music. What an amazing app.Fun quick related story, about 10 or more years ago there was a back tracking song on a TV show (Scrubs) that I really liked that was only in the Netflix version. It was just an instrumental song with some French sounding words speaking in it so there was no easy way to search for it. However, it was distinct enough that it didn't seem like something made just for the show. It was also pretty quiet and under some talking in the tv show scene. I had posted on reddit asking if anyone knew it, and never got any responses. I searched all over the web, but no source had the track details. It drove me crazy every time I would hear the song in re-watching the show, and I still could not track it down every few years when I tried again. Back then, Shazam had no cataloging of it so it wasn't in there either yet. However, when re-watching it a few years back again, I tried Shazam again and to my surprise it finally worked. I was blown away that Shazam was finally able to solve this 10+ year mystery. It was one of the coolest feelings every to scratch that itch finding this rare French song and hearing it in full. It was truly magical.EDIT: Oh sorry, I didn't think anyone would actually care about the song itself lol It was called "Sans Hésitation" by the French-Canadian band "Chapeaumelon". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju4d3YQhByU - It's also interesting cause now the song does in the episode in tv music database sites. Very cool.