Songfacts

Songfacts is a music-oriented website that features articles about songs, detailing the meaning behind the lyrics, how and when they were recorded, and any other available information.^[2][3][4]

Songfacts

Type of site	Song database
Headquarters	Hartford, Connecticut
Founder(s)	Carl Wiser
Employees	13[1]
URL	www.songfacts.com
Registration	Optional
Launched	1999
Current status	Active
OCLC number	892018719

The journalists who work for the site have interviewed thousands of artists and songwriters to uncover the facts behind the songs, including Peter Murphy,^[5] Gene Simmons,^[6] Mick Jones,^[7] Ian Anderson,^[8] Brad Arnold (3 Doors Down),^[9] Billy Steinberg,^[10] Matt Thiessen,^[11] Tomas Haake,^[12] Jo Dee Messina, Marc Roberge, Bill Withers, Janis Ian, Emily Saliers,^[13] and Willie Chambers.^[14]

The site was started by WHCN DJ Carl Wiser^[15] in Hartford, Connecticut, in August 1999. Wiser originally created the list as a database to prepare for his radio programs but later posted it online. It was initially used mainly by DJs, but in 2002 it was chosen as a "Yahoo! Pick".^[16][13][17]

The August 2004 issue of Men's Journal listed Songfacts as one of the "100 Best Websites for Guys".^[18] USA Weekend has praised it as "a virtual Behind the Music."^[19]